Fourteen of the biggest names in British fashion and art ranging from royal wedding dress designer Sarah Burton to sculptor Marc Quinn are being paired up in a unique collaboration to create works to celebrate 'Olympic values'
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A new initiative to showcase British fashion houses in China is launched. It is a joint project between the British Fashion Council, which promotes local design talent, the Beijing International Brand Management Centre and the China-Britain Business Council... more
Traffic should be banned from the West End for the post-Christmas sales to boost the number of shoppers and save chains from 'disaster', a top retail boss said... more
Samantha Cameron was the guest of honour at the British Fashion Awards, sharing the red carpet with Victoria Beckham, Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell... more
What is one of the fastest-growing areas of the insurance market? Brands taking out “disgrace insurance” to protect themselves against their celebrity endorser doing a Wayne Rooney... more
Harold Tillman, the owner of Jaeger and Aquascutum and chair of the British Fashion Council wants tax breaks for Britain’s £175 million ethical-fashion industry... more
Billionaire friends of property tycoon Scot Young who claims to have lost his £400 million fortune could cut off their financial aid after being drawn into his bitter divorce battle... more
As the recession forces Luella Bartley to shut up shop, Rosamund Urwin reveals how high-end labels are now hanging by a thread in this cut-throat business... more
Gosh, this is going some - barely have the shutters gone up at the villas and the sunbeds been packed away for another year than the deals are being rattled out. ... more
Former mercenary Tony Buckingham, whose exotic connections with the notorious Executive Outcomes and Sandline organisations and as a former associate of jailed Etonian Simon Mann, have in the past excited much comment, is set to become a FTSE 100 boss ... more
Whether it be in Savile Row, magazines, clubs or just accessible high street fashion, the capital leads the way. These are the names that make the fashion world spin.... more
Veteran singer and TV star Cilla Black showed off a magnificent pair of legs as she flounced down the catwalk, to the strains of her hit song Anyone Who Had a Heart... more
For the fourth year in a row, a menswear designer won the big prize at Graduate Fashion Week, the River Island Gold Award. Jessica Au scooped the £20,000 booty for her arrestingly printed menswear.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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