Articles by Danielle Wightman-Stone
V&A unveils couture Christmas Tree by Miss Sohee
Nov 28, 2022 - Fashion
London’s V&A museum has unveiled a couture Christmas tree designed by London-based Korean fashion designer Miss Sohee, whose work is featured in its ‘Hallyu! The Korean Wave’ exhibition. Located in the V&A’s Cromwell Road grand entrance, the showstopping design, on display until January 4, 2023, reimagines the traditional Christmas tree into a...
New research project ‘Locating Menswear’ launches
Nov 28, 2022 - Fashion
A new international menswear research project ‘Locating Menswear’ is launching to investigate the connections between British and Italian Menswear. The international research network will investigate the cultural and industrial connections between London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Milan, Italy, and how they have influenced the production,...
Michael Kors unveils capsule ski collection with Ellesse
Nov 28, 2022 - Fashion
Michael Kors and Italian sportswear brand Ellesse are following up the success of their inaugural collaboration with a new skiwear capsule collection. Launching globally on November 28, the capsule offers “a vivid take on ski resort style,” explains the American fashion brand, with pieces emblazoned with a one-of-a-kind insignia that fuses...
Open for Vintage launches The Loop handbag buyback programme
Nov 28, 2022 - Fashion
Dublin and London-based luxury re-sale technology platform Open for Vintage (OFV) is teaming up with Farfetch-owned resale platform Luxclusif to launch ‘The Loop’ handbag buyback service. ‘The Loop’ will be accessed directly on the OFV website and will allow customers to trade in their designer handbags in exchange for store credit that can be...
Richest consumers need to reduce fashion consumption to fight climate change
Nov 24, 2022 - Business
Consumers from countries including the UK, US, Germany, and Japan need to reduce their carbon footprint from fashion consumption to align the fashion industry with the 1.5°C temperature target of the Paris Agreement. Following COP27, the Hot or Cool Institute and the Rapid Transition Alliance have released the ‘Unfit, Unfair, Unfashionable:...
Claridge's unveils 2022 designer Christmas tree
Nov 24, 2022 - Fashion
Iconic London hotel Claridge’s have unveiled its 2022 Christmas tree designed by Sandra Choi for Jimmy Choo. Named ‘The Diamond,’ the sculptural Christmas tree takes inspiration from the designer’s fascination with the jewel and her dream of stepping inside one. The tree took more than 350 hours to construct and has been crafted from 69...
UK consumers to cut back spending this Christmas
Nov 23, 2022 - Retail
Nearly half (43 percent) of UK consumers expect to spend less this Christmas, according to EY’s latest ‘Future Consumer Index,’ as the cost-of-living crisis intensifies. The research, which surveyed more than 1,000 UK consumers between September 23 to October 14, found that falling consumer confidence due to the cost-of-living crisis will have...
Kathmandu launches into international markets
Nov 23, 2022 - Business
Australia and New Zealand’s number one outdoor brand Kathmandu has launched its autumn/winter 2022 collection in the UK, Ireland and Europe. As part of its international expansion plans, Kathmandu is available for the first time in the UK and throughout Europe and Canada, both online and via select retailers, before launching in the US later in...
Snoop Dogg launches pet accessories line
Nov 23, 2022 - Fashion
Rapper and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg has launched a new line of apparel and accessories for dogs in partnership with SMAC Entertainment and Little Earth Productions, Inc. Snoop Doggie Doggs pulls inspiration from the rapper’s lifestyle, explains the press release, by encouraging pet owners to spoil their dogs “to live like royalty in their...
JCA Class of 2022: MA Graduate – Sophie Park
Nov 23, 2022 - News
JCA | London Fashion Academy, MA Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation graduate Sophie Park debut the first collection of her eponymous plant-based gender-neutral footwear brand during a catwalk showcase in October. Park, the only footwear designer on the MA course, describes her footwear brand as pairing “stylistic originality...