Cyber Monday US: It’s big and getting bigger

US Cyber Monday sales are on track to smash all records but they’re also causing headaches with websites crashing or, at best, slowing down. Adobe, which tracks 80% of transactions from the top 100 retailers in the US, said sales between midnight and 10:00 rose 14% to $490m and it expects them to reach $3bn by…

Pattern fest: Peter Pilotto at the V&A

Peter Pilotto was the subject of the V&A’s Fashion in Motion series on Friday, presenting a curated selection of designs that showed off label’s brilliant way with print and pattern. The runway show, which celebrated an undeniably future-thinking label, looked even better in the historic setting of the London museum’s Raphael Gallery featuring the 15th Century Altarpiece…