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Wednesday 10 July 2013
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British fashion brand Nicole Farhi enters administration - but is confident of some form of survival
Wednesday 03 July 2013
'Decline in high street spend coupled with rising costs has led to increased financial pressures'
The new way to go nude for spring/summer
Tuesday 26 March 2013
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Man about town: Fine and dandy
Saturday 06 October 2012
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The new king of fashion entertains his subjects...
Friday 15 June 2012
London's first men's fashion week kicked off last night with a party hosted by an unlikely new style icon
The final piece of the puzzle
Monday 12 March 2012
High-street label Jigsaw returns to its Nineties roots with the revival of its menswear range. Welcome back! says Rebecca Gonsalves
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Monday 05 March 2012
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Trending: Looking for hits in all the wrong places
Monday 05 March 2012
When French Vogue editor Emanuelle Alt lip-synched her way through Wham's "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" for the relaunch of the magazine's website last month, she started a bit of a trend. The latest enterteditor (that's editor-turned-entertainer, duh) is Julie Vadnal, one of US Elle's junior staffers, who under her stage-name "Julez" appears in a music video the magazine has made called "My Heels". "I wanna a guy to make me feel the way I feel in my heels," she sings throughout the obligatory Ovidian transformation from office drudge to disco goddess.
Lacoste accused of attempting to censor 'too pro-Palestinian' art
Wednesday 21 December 2011
French luxury goods firm Lacoste last night dramatically terminated its sponsorship of a £21,000 photography prize after it was accused of attempting to censor the work of a London-based Palestinian artist.
Hermes raises revenue forecasts
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Hermes raised forecasts for revenues this year amid growing demand for its scarves, accessories and leather bags, in a reminder of the luxury goods company's attraction for rival LVMH, whose advances Hermes is trying to fend off.
Luxury still in style as LVMH profits break €20m barrier
Saturday 05 February 2011
LVMH, the luxury goods group, revealed sales broke through the €20bn (£17bn) barrier for the first time last year, as its chairman defiantly said it had no intention to sell its controversial stake in rival Hermès.
Great Works: Iris, Messenger of the Gods (circa 1895), Auguste Rodin
Friday 26 November 2010
Carola Long: Chanel soap set
Monday 01 November 2010
Drum roll please for what might be the chic-est thing the Indy fashion desk have ever seen: Chanel No.5 soap.
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