We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Age of Innocence courtesy of brand Age range: 0-16 years This London-based brand brings a sweep of nostalgia to its beautiful footwear collections, which cover everything from feather-trimmed sandals to sparkling sneakers. Romantic and timeless but with a strong contemporary feel, you’ll...
Category: Fashion
Post
Post
eBay UK drops fees on selling pre-owned clothes to enable a circular economy for fashion
eBay UK has announced that from today (8 April) it is free for individual sellers to sell fashion items, a move designed to encourage fashion lovers to put more cash in their pockets while supporting circular fashion. It will be free to sell all pre-owned clothing, including everything from items worn just once, many...
Post
Green claims: CMA secures landmark changes from ASOS, Boohoo and Asda
The undertakings secured by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) commit ASOS, Boohoo and George at Asda – which together make over £4.4 billion annually from UK fashion sales alone – to change the way they display, describe, and promote their green credentials, meaning millions of customers can expect to see clear and accurate green...
Post
These Are The Best UK Fashion Rental Sites
The first UK fashion rental service to have an app, and the only purely peer-to-peer platform, By Rotation is facilitating the sharing of people’s personal wardrobes. The platform also has a resale functionality. So if you’ve loved a borrowed item so much that you’re dying to have it rest in your wardrobe forever, there might...
Post
Early warning system will detect opioids to help prevent US-style fentanyl crisis in Britain
An early warning system to spot synthetic opioids and other drugs is being developed by ministers, in an attempt to prevent a US-style fentanyl crisis. It will test waste water and spikes of overdoses being reported by the emergency services to track the presence and strength of synthetic drugs across the UK in real time. ...
Post
29 Emerging Female Designers To Have On Your Radar
Founder and designer Hannah Hopkins launched her debut AW21 accessories collection as part of Fashion East’s new line up, giving us giant scrunchies, hoods, pants and pouches aplenty. Hopkins, who originally began her career in costume design, has been busy designing and creating accessories since 2018. Known for her ‘extreme scrunchies’, and trust us when...
Post
Matches Fashion to enter administration after making ‘material losses’
Matches Fashion will be put into administration after parent company Frasers said it was unwilling to provide the money needed to keep the business going. Matches, which according to its latest accounts employed a little under 700 people, was making “material losses” and was “consistently” missing its target, Frasers said on Friday. Sports Direct owner...
Post
Brit Awards: Red carpet fashion as celebs and stars arrive for ceremony
Stars took to the red carpet for tonight’s Brit Awards in London in typically extravagant style. For the latest news on the UK’s top music awards, you can read our live blog. For the full story of what happened on the night, read here. But for are some of the best outfits among the arrivals,...
Post
It’s so profitable, even the cop stamping it out admits this is ‘the crime I’d get into’
A Gucci bag. (Supplied: Luxe Collective) This is a Gucci Jackie 1961 bag. It retails for around $4,000 in one of the brand’s high-end fashion boutiques. A fake bag.(Supplied: Luxe Collective) This is a fake. You can buy it online for about $50. A Lady Dior bag.(Supplied: Luxe Collective) This is a real Lady Dior. A...
Post
Monica Lewinsky joins fashion brand’s power dressing campaign as she encourages shoppers to vote
Monica Lewinsky has been signed by a major fashion brand to spearhead its latest campaign. The former White House intern turned activist – known for her affair with former US president Bill Clinton – stars in a new workwear campaign by sustainable clothing Los Angeles brand Reformation, which encourages people in the US to vote...
Post
Inside the UK’s rise as the centre of global fashion tech innovation
Ever since Thomas Burberry patented his durable, water-resistant trench coat in the mid 1800s, fashion innovation has found a natural home in the UK. The UK has always pushed the boundaries of fashion, responsible for the innovative minds of Alexander McQueen, Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood, and Stella McCartney. And more recently, a new generation of...
Post
Food and fashion push retail inflation towards ‘two-year low’
The annual rate of shop price inflation has eased to its lowest level for almost two years, according to an industry reading that credits food and fashion prices. The British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Nielsen Shop Price Index showed the pace of price increases slowed to 2.5% over the 12 months to February from 2.9% the previous...