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Toast to introduce resale programme in extension of circularity efforts

British apparel retailer Toast is set to continue expanding its efforts in the field of circularity with the imminent launch of a new resale service for customers. Through ‘Toast Reworn’, which is scheduled to debut in October, shoppers will be able to bring pre-worn items into a Toast store or send them to the company free of charge to be...

Fashion Featured

Toast launches collection of “creatively repaired” pieces

Fashion and lifestyle brand Toast has launched a collection of one-of-a-kind “creatively repaired pieces for increased longevity” to demonstrate “the beauty in the process of repairs”. The Toast Renewed collection features womenswear and menswear garments, as well as soft textiles, which have been mended by the brand’s repair specialists. Each...

Fashion Featured

Toast to produce 20 percent fewer styles to drive sustainability

Slow fashion and lifestyle brand Toast has revealed that it will be scaling back its collections to produce 20 percent fewer styles than previous seasons as part of its roadmap to sustainability. In its annual Social Conscience report, Toast adds that throughout 2020 and 2021, it made “significant progress” towards achieving its long-term...

Management

French Connection sells majority stake in Toast to Bestseller

London - French Connection Group PLC has sold its majority stake in fashion and homeware label Toast Limited, together with the stake held by the brand's founders, to Danish fashion group Bestseller United for 23.3 million pounds. The deal sees Jamies and Jessica Seaton, founders of womenswear and accessories retailer, sell their 25 percent...

Schools

Toast boss aims to boost number of female CEOs

Chief executive of premium womenswear and lifestyle brand Toast, Suzie de Rohan Willner, is teaming up with Central Saint Martins in an attempt to boost the number of female CEOs. As part of the university’s Women in the Arts mentoring scheme for the next generation of female leaders, De Rohan Willner will take part in an ‘In Conversation’ event...