January retail sales bounce back after dismal December but fashion drops 1.4%
UK retail sales bounced back in January from a record poor December performance, notching up their biggest single monthly gain in close to three years, but fashion was the only sector not to see...
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London Fashion Week AW24 Highlights: Paul Costelloe's Manhattan moment
Paul Costelloe has taken residence at Lindley Hall once again, this time for the "Once upon a Time" AW24 collection. However, for the first time in its history, the South East London architectural...
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London Fashion Week AW24 Highlights: Backstage with Bora Aksu
Art is intended to spark emotion and that’s exactly what Bora Aksu's AW24 collection did. The demi-couture range was a moving commentary on the waves of grief, told through vintage-feel laces and...
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London Fashion Week AW24 Highlights: Natasha Zinko took us on a trip into...
In a fashion-forward exploration of the future, Natasha Zinko invited fashion enthusiasts to embark on a journey into outer-space. Drawing inspiration from space travel and the anticipation of...
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London Fashion Week AW24 Highlights: Annie's Ibiza - 17th century, but make...
Annie’s Ibiza, Annie Doble’s eponymous label, presented its third – and arguably its most ethereal – collection at a spell binding gothic church in West London. Somehow, Doble is able to effortlessly...
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London Fashion Week AW24 Highlights: Patrick McDowell transformed discarded...
Last night, Patrick McDowell dazzled the audience at his Autumn/Winter 2024 showcase. The collection, dubbed 'Orpheus' Ball', took inspiration from orchestral structures and reimagines them through a...
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London Fashion Week AW24 Highlights: David Koma’s exploration of light and...
When it comes to London Fashion Week, star studded front rows are a given, but David Koma's AW24 debut took this to new heights. As celebs, influencers and the fashion elite clamoured into the...
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40 Years of LFW: The runway shows that cemented stardom
London Fashion Week is celebrating its 40th year this season. As we welcome the festivities, TheIndustry.fashion takes a look back at some of the most iconic and nostalgic moments in London Fashion...
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London Fashion Week AW24 Highlights: Eudon Choi's ode to Pompeii
As a pianist set the scene centre stage, EUDON CHOI's AW24 collection transformed a Marylebone hall into a space reminiscent of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Models walked the runway in looks that...
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London Fashion Week AW24 Highlights: Ed Hardy's big comeback at Sinead Gorey
Sinead Gorey presented punk ready looks, worthy of iPod-baring teens of the 2000s, yesterday during London Fashion Week. This season, the British designer teamed up with brand that defined the noughts...
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A round-up of this season's standout London Fashion Week shows
This London Fashion Week, TheIndustry.fashion's writers show hopped to get the scoop on the latest trends and must-see collections. Here, the team consolidates the best of the best runways of the AW24...
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In My View by Eric Musgrave: Thanks for showing up at the shows
A round of applause, please, for all the fashion buyers who got off their backsides and made it to at least some of the trade shows over the past few weeks. You have contributed to keeping the fashion...
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Milan Fashion Week AW24: Matteo Tamburini debuts his creative direction for...
Tod’s turned the page to its new chapter, revealing the debut AW24 collection under its new Creative Director Matteo Tamburini. Tamburini had a mere two months to turn around his debut collection,...
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Retail Recap: The important openings and partnerships of February 2024
As February comes to a close, the retail sector reflects on an overall positive month. Valentine's Day not only injected the high street with splashes of red and pink, but it also gave retail a...
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In My View by Eric Musgrave. Retailing: The invisible industry
Politicians (of all persuasions) have no vision for the retailing sector, a huge industry that they take for granted. That, sadly, was the uncompromising message from retailing veteran Andy Higginson,...
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The John Lewis Partnership: are staff being given a bonus incentive… to leave?
The annual John Lewis partners’ bonus - a share of the business’ profits – was the biggest incentive for joining and staying at the retail giant. Since the inception of the partnership, nearly one...
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In History: Ted Baker. A timeline of a British retail icon
Ted Baker founder Ray Kelvin is without doubt one of the most talented retailers of his generation and it is also without doubt that since 2019, when he was obliged to leave the business he founded 30...
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In depth: NEXT outlines its strategy for a 'new era'
NEXT has revealed yet another period of positive growth as the high street giant sees annual profits rise and outlines its strategy for continued growth amid a challenging economic environment that has...
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Matches: what went wrong for the luxury retailer and what does the future hold?
Reaction to the news that Frasers had appointed administrators to take leadership of its recent acquisition – the luxury multi brand retailer Matches – has been varied. Some industry insiders were...
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Retail Recap: The important openings and partnerships of March 2024
As March comes to a close, the retail sector reflects on a month of highs and lows. This month marks two big retail blows - Matches and Ted Baker were both entered into administration. Despite this,...
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