Jigsaw on the block First it was Whistles, now Jigsaw. I understand that the fashion chain has held talks with advisors about possibly selling the mid-market business. That could mean the founders offloading a minority or majority stake or even floating the 70-store retailer. A possible price hasn’t yet been mentioned but the company sold…
One trend that’s hit the runways with a bang for AW16 is the puffer (or down) jacket and it’s been accompanied by that love-it-or-loathe-it key item, the retro ski pant. Which is good news. How so? Well, we’ve heard a lot of complaints about too-warm weather from fashion retailers in recent months. But one group…
Isabel Marant has an uncanny knack of summing up the look of any season. She may not always offer up the key items everyone is raving over but when those so-called key items are on the clearance rack come the end of the season you realise that the pieces she gave us sold-through as well as…
Faith Connexion is turning into one of my favourite labels. Under Christophe Decarnin it’s become one of the most directional – but also wearable – denim-meets-urban-luxe lines around. If you don’t know Decarnin, he’s the designer who transformed Balmain from staid to sexy before Olivier Rousteing got to it. I’ve got nothing against Rousteing, but…
Moncler is hot, even when the weather’s wrong My favourite puffer jacket brand Moncler is going from strength-to-strength. Pre-tax profit was €300m last year and currency-neutral revenue rose 19%, although sales growth did slow as the weather stayed warm at year-end. Sales at the brand’s own stores surged 33%. So it’s no surprise that the firm…
The great thing about writing a blog rather than writing for a publication backed by a corporation is… you can say what you like and don’t have to cover what you hate. That means any collection that smacks of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ is out. So there are no pictures of Vetements on Trendwalk for…
What’s the difference between the designers who create fashion-changing clothes at high-end labels and those who create the clothes we all buy from stores at the local mall? Yes, it’s a trick question. Because there’s not that much difference. For designers, it’s not what many people seem to think: the best going off to the…
John Galliano certainly knows how to grab headlines. He’s been doing it since his graduation show in 1984. I was working at the (now-defunct) Fashion Weekly at the time and covering the graduate shows was my unwelcome task. But that collection certainly made the job a bit more interesting and propelled Galliano into the fashion…
What’s the magic number in fashion these days? One billion. Yes, that’s right. It can be $1bn, €1bn or £1bn (but not ¥1bn – that’s only just over £6m,after all). Either way, it seems to be the yardstick by which the importance of a business is judged. So it was interesting to read today that…
I was given a Kate Spade handbag once. It was linked to the brand’s first fragrance launch and the press kit came wrapped up in a beautiful tote bag package. Having at first assumed it was one of those not-quite-so-good promotional specials, my realisation that it was a real high-end bag practically had me hyper-ventilating.…
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