LK Bennett news and archive

LK Bennett opens store at Gunwharf Quays

British brand LK Bennett has opened a new store at the Gunwharf Quays Designer Outlet in Portsmouth. The store will carry the label’s newest AW22 styles, as well as popular pieces from its SS22 and AW21 collections. “We are delighted to be opening an LK Bennett outlet store in Gunwharf Quays; a destination-shopping area we know many of our...

21 Oct 2022

BusinessFeatured

LK Bennett FY sales up 38 percent

LK Bennett reported a 38 percent increase in group sales to 37.7 million pounds in the year ended January 31 2022 as it recovered from the pandemic. The sales increase came despite all international markets being impacted by Covid-linked store closures in the period. Sales in its home market of the UK jumped 53 percent during the year despite 71...

4 Oct 2022

Retail

LK Bennett opens new London store as it expands global retail portfolio

British label LK Bennett has unveiled a new boutique in London as part of its continuation of a global retail expansion strategy. The Hampstead-based boutique aims to feel fresh and contemporary, with minimal design elements created to spotlight the products. At the location, the brand will showcase its spring/summer 2022 collection, including...

14 Apr 2022

Fashion

LK Bennett: Our Brand Story

Founded in Wimbledon in 1990, we are a British accessible luxury brand with a vibrant London heartbeat. Our elegant clothing, shoe and handbag collections explore color, print and classic design through a contemporary lens. Everything is designed in-house and beautifully made harnessing expert craftsmanship, creating distinctive, quality pieces...

14 Feb 2022

Fashion

LK Bennett debuts wedding gowns and bridalwear

British retailer LK Bennett has launched a bridalwear category, featuring elegant wedding dresses and timeless bridal accessories. The four wedding gowns range from EUR 1080 for an off-white lace dress to a cream silk chevron-striped gown for EUR 1755. A satin crepe dress with front buttons and an antique cream sheer devoré dress both sell for...

6 Jan 2022

Retail

LK Bennett launches rental services

LK Bennett has launched LK Borrowed, an unlimited subscription clothing rental service. The service will be powered by e-commerce management service CaaStle. LK Borrowed allows customers in the UK to rent some of the brand’s most popular pieces from their RTW collections. For a flat 79 pounds a month fee, members receive 2 items in their first...

29 Jul 2021

Fashion Featured

LK Bennett launching rental service

British womenswear brand LK Bennett is launching its first monthly subscription rental service on July 27, allowing customers to rent some of its most popular pieces. The ‘LK Bennett Borrowed’ initiative, targeting a new customer base for the retailer, will allow customers to rent two ready-to-wear products at a time for 79 pounds a month....

26 Jul 2021

BusinessFeatured

LK Bennett gets green light for CVA

LK Bennett has been given the green light by creditors to move ahead with its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) that will see five of its stores permanently close and the rest move to turnover-based rents. The British womenswear retailer employs 400 staff and has 18 standalone stores. The retailer said last month that the CVA would result in a...

23 Dec 2020

BusinessFeatured

LK Bennett prepares to launch CVA

British womenswear retailer LK Bennett is reportedly gearing up to launch a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) proposal which will see five of its stores permanently close and the rest move to turnover-based rents. The company employs 400 staff and has 18 standalone stores, all of which are currently closed under the UK’s new lockdown...

12 Nov 2020

Fashion

The Reimagine Collection - The capsule collection that marks a new age.

Reimagination feels right in a new decade, and Take a Bow is our era-defining capsule collection that marks a new age of L.K.Bennett. Launching on the 3rd of April, these beautiful pieces are a modern interpretation of our history and heritage, seen through a new lens. Looking to our own design archives for inspiration; spots, stripes and...

24 Mar 2020

BusinessFeatured

LK Bennett bought by Chinese partner Rebecca Feng

LK Bennett’s Chinese franchise partner Byland UK has bought the British fashion and accessories brand for an undisclosed sum after it fell into administration in March. Rebecca Feng, who runs Byland UK, bought the UK, Irish and wholesale division of the company late on Thursday, following weeks of speculation over the brand’s future. LK...

12 Apr 2019

Fashion

Philip Day withdraws from LK Bennett bidding race

British retail mogul Philip Day has withdrawn from the race to acquire UK fashion and accessories brand LK Bennett after it fell into administration in March. The British billionaire and owner of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group (EWM) reportedly submitted a last-minute bid for the retailer with administrators at EY on March 25, just hours before...

1 Apr 2019