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​Fashion chain River Island has revealed the location of the 33 stores it’s planning to close as it launches a restructuring plan aimed to get it back on track. Photo: Sandra Halliday The retailer currently operates 230 stores and in addition to the 33 already earmarked to shut, around 70 more are believed to be […]

Umbro parent Iconix is on the losing side of a UK Supreme Court appeal in a what’s seen as a landmark fashion intellectual property (IP) case. The UK sportswear brand’s owner sued Dream Pairs in 2021 for selling shoes featuring a double-diamond logo (the DP sign) that it said was confusingly similar to Umbro trademarks. 

British luxury accessories designer Sophia Webster is taking her signature style to the grocery aisles with the launch of a limited edition summer tote created exclusively for John Lewis sister brand Waitrose. Launching on 30 June in 315 of supermarket’s branches across the country and online, the bag is described as “a playful yet practical

Translated by Nicola Mira Published June 25, 2025 Alongside Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton, other labels shone on the Parisian catwalks on Tuesday, despite being less well-known to the general public. Like Japanese label Auralee and US label The Row. With their understated fashion and practical looks, though by no means unsophisticated and designed using

One of Europe’s leading fashion colleges, IFM held its Bachelor of Arts show on Tuesday along a quay on the Seine and it was the best-staged group show that the college has ever presented. Layered lace skirt and sculptural knit at IFM. – Courtesy All told, 30 young designers from 11 nationalities each presented six

Translated by Nicola Mira Published June 24, 2025 The decline of Comptoir des Cotonniers and Princesse tam tam is expected to cause both fashion chains to go into receivership, as reported by FashionNetwork.com last Friday. The protection procedure for which Fast Retailing France – the company that operates the two chains – has filed with the

By Bloomberg Published June 25, 2025 Selfridges, the department store chain owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Thailand’s Central Group, won approval for a new private members’ club at its flagship London outlet. Bloomberg Westminster City Council approved an application to convert space currently used for staff offices into a membership venue with

By Reuters Published June 25, 2025 Burberry shares rose on Wednesday as brokerages turned relatively upbeat on the British luxury brand before its first-quarter trading statement on July 18. Burberry shares up as analysts expect sales improvement – Reuters Jefferies and HSBC both raised their target prices for the company’s shares before the results. “Q1

Patrick McDowell, the London-based designer known for his sustainable luxury designs, has announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Sparxell. Sparxell is a nature-inspired colour platform technology company that creates biodegradable colourants free from plastic and toxic chemicals using plant-based cellulose.  It’s actually the first company to create 100% plant-based biodegradable pigments using natural cellulose and at