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Carmen Busquets invests in BuyMyWardrobe

BuyMyWardrobe, the marketplace for pre-loved luxury designer fashion, has added luxury fashion entrepreneur and founding investor in Net-A-Porter Carmen Busquets to its line-up of investors, as the company pushes forward with trying to change the way people view pre-owned fashion. Launched in February 2008, BuyMyWardrobe was initially something...

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Roland Mouret for CoutureLab

London-based fashion designer Roland Mouret has launched a capsule collection of couture dresses with CoutureLab, a luxury online marketplace founded by Carmen Busquets. The collection features four styles of dresses including floor-length and cocktail, which have been made using handmade, vintage French lace crafted in Britain. Due to the...

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Carmen Busquets backs Moda Operandi

Carmen Busquets, the online luxury retail investor, has increased her investment in Moda Operandi, the first online luxury retailer to provide consumers access to the full collections from top designers direct from the runway. Earlier this month, Moda Operandi confirmed that it had completed a $36 million round of financing led by RRE Ventures,...

Design

Astley Clarke secures investment funding

Online luxury jeweller Astley Clarke has appointed fashion entrepreneur Carmen Busquets to its board. In addition, the business has recently secured a second round of investment funding from Busquets who is a founding investor and board director of Net-A-Porter.com. Commenting on her appointment Busquets said: "Astley Clarke is one of the...