Nicole Fahri news and archive

Nicole Fahri enters administration

British retailer Nicole Farhi has gone into administration. The high-end fashion company, which was founded in 1982 by the French Connection boss Stephen Marks and Nicole Farhi herself, has entered administration hoping to sell the company before it falls into collapse. Nicole Farhi currently has a flagship shop in central London, plus five...

Design

Joanna Sykes moves to Nicole Fahri

Joanna Sykes has been appointed creative director of Nicole Farhi. Formerly Aquascutum creative director, Sykes left the label in early June after it was placed into administration in April and sold in May. "Nicole Farhi has always been about timeless style and effortless elegance," the brand's founder, who is still a significant shareholder and...

Design

Nicole Fahri CEO resigns

Nicole Farhi CEO Niki Scordi has resigned from her position, the brand announced this afternoon. The British-based label, which shows at London Fashion Week, was sold to private equity group Kelso Place Asset Management in January. "Over the past four years, we have reinforced the brand's position as an iconic British designer fashion house and...

Fashion

Celebrities paid to attend fashion shows

As fashion weeks draw to a close, beyond what is coming down the catwalk, the most prominent feature these days seems to be the dose of celebrities parading on the front row. Infact, so much so, old school designers from a fashion generation whereby celebrity didn’t exist, are up in arms as younger design talent and their press agents are...

Design

Nicole Fahri changes hands

Nicole Fahri is yet again going under new ownership. The label will undergo significant expansion after private equity group Kelso Place Asset Management acquired a majority stake in the company. Kelso Place, which sold British luxury leather goods company Smythson in 2009, bought the stake from OpenGate Capital, which only acquired Farhi in...

Design

Nicole Fahri winning window displays

Nicole Fahri is the latest retailer to create innovative window displays. She has recruited the expertise of a winning student from the London College of Fashion. Daniel Purnell was picked by course directors and visual merchandising course leaders after a college competition and has gone onto create displays focusing on art world influences;...

Design

60 seconds with...Chau Har Lee

Shoe designer extraordinaire. Chau Har Lee is a new name for your fashion rollerdex. She combines traditional skills and craftmanship with a sense of new world materials and shoe design for the future. Education Central St Martin’s BA in shoe design and then a Masters at The Royal College of Art. Achievements Production assistant and maker of...