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QVC launches collection with TV personality Brenda Edwards

Video commerce retailer QVC UK has teamed up with TV personality Brenda Edwards to design her debut fashion and jewellery collection. ‘Be U by Brenda Edwards’ will be exclusive to QVC and offers fashion and jewellery that showcases Edwards’ “bubbly personality and passion for style,” offering “bold, vibrant designs and figure-flattering fits,”...

6 Mar 2023

Fashion

Freemans launches new casual womenswear range

Online clothing retailer Freemans has launched a new 40-piece range called ‘Freestyle’ offering casual daywear for women. The range has been designed in-house and will be exclusive to the online retailer to “fill a casual daywear market opportunity,” a growing segment that it has identified due to “a shift in how we dress due to changing work...

6 Mar 2023

Fashion

Four key colours for women’s wear from New York Fashion Week FW23

New York designers rendered their fw23 collections in a wide variety of colours and colour palettes. Standouts included orange for outerwear, bright green for daywear, brown for tailoring and bright red for directional looks. Orange Crush New York designers chose shades of orange mixed with other colours for outerwear choices. Altuzarra - Look 5...

1 Mar 2023

Fashion Featured

Key trends mens- and womenswear SS24

What is fashion? Who defines it? And where does a trend start? These are all questions that Rossella Catapano, professor at the Accademia Della Moda (IUAD) in Naples, started her trend forecast at Istanbul Fashion Connection (IFCO) on 10th February 2023 with. Trendforecasts are all about colours, styles and materials and for Catapano, today’s...

27 Feb 2023

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Pure London enjoys positive AW23 edition despite wider retail woes

Pure London returned to the English capital this week, taking place in its usual stomping ground at London Olympia from February 12 to 14, a three-day event that focused mainly on womenswear, but also featured menswear, footwear, accessories, and a dedicated, separate section for manufacturers. “I am overwhelmed by the buzz, the energy, and the...

15 Feb 2023

People

Jacob Cohën appoints Matthew Adams Dolan to head up womenswear

Italian luxury denim brand Jacob Cohën has appointed American designer Matthew Adams Dolan to helm its womenswear, starting with the spring/summer 2024 collection. Adams Dolan will work on the brand’s main collection and the Jacob Cohën Couture line under the creative direction of Jennifer Tommasi Bardelle. The appointment follows a...

6 Feb 2023

Fashion

Womenswear Buyers Guide FW23: Not-to-miss key Items

The FW23 ready-to-wear season is about to kick off. New York starts February 10, followed by London, Milan and Paris, through March 7. What will the major trends be? We already gathered some major clues from the ongoing pre-fall 23 season and last year’s FW22 collections. Once again, denim in a wide variety of styles and shades will be...

26 Jan 2023

Fashion

Chanel to unveil next cruise collection in Los Angeles

French luxury house Chanel is returning to California to showcase its 2023/24 cruise collection in Los Angeles. In a statement, Chanel said that its cruise showcase on May 9 will “mark a new chapter” in its shared history with the US, noting that it presented its 2007/08 cruise collection designed by its late creative director Karl Lagerfeld...

24 Jan 2023

FairsFeatured

5 Womenswear trends for AW23 spotted at Just Around the Corner Manchester

Over the course of January 19 and 20, a variety of brands descended upon the trade show Just Around the Corner to display their autumn/winter 2023 collections. Clothing ranges reflected the frosty weather of Manchester, where the event was held in the city’s Central Convention Centre, a new, larger location for this edition. In the womenswear...

19 Jan 2023

Fashion

Oh Polly announces collaboration with Tammy Hembrow

British womenswear brand Oh Polly is collaborating with Australian fitness model and influencer Tammy Hembrow on a series of curated collections. Hembrow is one of Australia’s most successful influencers, with 16 million Instagram followers, 1.7 million TikTok followers and a further 1.3 million YouTube subscribers. The debut ‘Tammy Hembrow x Oh...

18 Jan 2023

Fashion |Interview Featured

Liberty womenswear buyer: ‘I am expecting customers to look for slightly more muted pieces’

Since its opening in 1875, Liberty in London's West End has been one of the first and most prestigious locations for fashion and luxury goods of all kinds. The department store, in its majestic Tudor building, is known for its close connection to art and design, as well as its in-house design studio where Liberty’s bold and floral print fabrics...

6 Jan 2023

BusinessFeatured

Hush appoints Sarah Miles as its new CEO

Women’s fashion and lifestyle brand Hush has appointed former Amazon and Diageo executive Sarah Miles as its new chief executive. With more than 25 years of experience successfully driving growth across major UK and international consumer brands, Miles will join Hush on January 16, 2023, from global prestige beauty group Sephora, having...

2 Dec 2022