Every editor, buyer or critic in London showed for Fashion East on this weekend, as well they should given its organizer Lulu Kennedy’s legendary antenna for new talent.

​Frasers Group’s plan to create an upscale chain of department stores called Frasers may have seemed to take a back seat to its Flannels chain expansion, but it’s still very much a major project for the firm.

A Sunday that drenched London in intense showers didn’t wash out the fashion, with two stellar collections from Simone Rocha and Erdem, and more than honorable displays by Tove and Holzweiler. 

On a sunny Saturday in London, three bold-face name designers presented contrasting visions of fashion, though unified in their common attempts to explore unexpected silhouettes, made of unlikely raw materials. 

London Fashion Week’s busy opening Friday afternoon of shows starred an erotic Greek revival at Di Petsa, East-meets-West sophistication at Huishan Zhang, and clubbing cool at Mark Fast.   

A crop of indie designers such as Puppets and Puppets, Willy Chavarria, and Luar demonstrated a distinctive New York point of view, during New York Fashion Week.

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New York Fashion Week’s final day threw up some cool, cerebral, cultish and clever collections on a wet Wednesday, from Yohji Yamamoto ex Ashlynn Park, veteran Bibhu Mohapatra, and an impressive new Salon 1884.

New York celebrated Tuesday with two uptown brands, Carolina Herrera and Love Shack Fancy, staging impressively romantic shows in sacred downtown locations – a museum and a seminary. 

H&M UK is continuing its circularity drive and has announced the launch of Pre-Loved, its new concept “dedicated to secondhand clothes and accessories”. At launch, it will focus on womenswear.

Inditex’s first-half results on Wednesday saw the Zara, Massimo Dutta and Bershka owner reporting a 40.1% surge in profits, even though it had kept a lid on price rises linked to higher costs.

As day four of NYFW spilled into day five, the remnants of Hurricane Lee caused one last burst of havoc while the city remembered 22 years since September 11, 2001.

New York Fashion Week designers Phillip Lim, Area, Jason Wu, Ulla Johnson, and Studio 189 made a case for working Sunday in the rain with their stellar collections and shows.

What's the top consideration for converting and retaining Gen Z online fashion shoppers? Fit assurance, a new study claims.

​Co-company chiefs is becoming something of a trend at the moment at the same time as Zalando has extended the contract of its Co-CEOs, it has emerged that River Island has two new Co-MDs.

​The Sandro brand may sum up all-things French, but the label has chosen a British photographer and a British stylist to bring its AW23 campaign to life. And it’s inspired by a song from a British music artist too.