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Xmas wear according to M&S

British department store Marks & Spencer has released a study which reflects what the nation will be wearing come Christmas Day, with almost half the country donning novelty Christmas clothing items. The poll, carried out by Marks & Spencer and Oxfam's Shwopping initiative, found that 45 percent of the public plan on celebrating the big day by...

Fashion

M&S to host live knitting installation

Marks & Spencer, together with Oxfam, will be celebrating Wool Week with a live knitting installation in their Marble Arch store featuring New York artist Andrew Salomone.The campaign, part of the retailer’s Shwopping initiative, will feature Salomone, who is famed for mixing computer technology and traditional knitting craft, using his ‘hacked’...

Design

M&S Shwopping scheme hits half a million clothes

Marks & Spencer has announced that half a million used and unwanted clothing items have been donated to its new clothes recycling initiative, Shwopping, that is the equivalent of eight items a minute. The initiative, which launched six weeks ago, has donated all the items it is has received to Oxfam for re-sale, re-use or recycling. The retailer...