The girls who single-handedly transformed the fortunes of the once reviled velour tracksuit have turned their hands to Jewellery. Yes, Juicy Couture jewellery has arrived at Harvey Nichols. LA fashion princesses Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy can do no wrong it seems. After the run-away success of their tracksuit, T-shirt and handbag lines, the next […]
Scottish retail sales increased in May, bucking the overall UK trend, but many retailers drove customer spending through discounts. May saw Scottish sales increase by 1.8 per cent on a like-for-like basis. This is a slight increase on last month, but is still below the growth rates seen earlier in the year. The overall increase […]
L’Oréal Paris this week appointed Scarlet Johansson to be the face of its new cosmetics line called HIP, or High Intensity Pigments. The new beauty line is aimed at bringing shoppers back to drugstores. The contract is set to earn the actress $3 million a year. The fair-skinned, plump-lipped beauty will first appear in HIP […]
London designer Robert Cary-Williams, known for his distressed silhouettes and rough edges, has designed the costumes for the ballet “Curious Conscience,” which is being performed at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre by the Rambert Dance Company. The production, choreographed by Rafael Bonachela, is set to Benjamin Britten’s “Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings,” which was inspired […]
Victoria ‘Posh’ Beckham has her own set of fashion rules, which she has chosen to share with the rest of us in Glamour magazine. The diva has some decidedly down to earth and out of character advice which she chooses to impart on us. The biggest shocker is her fashion inspiration: Audrey Hepburn. I cannot […]
Concerns in the retail sector were evident as trading worries caused fashion stocks to tumble. Despite Next’s good full year results, shares fell 106p to 1640p as the middle market giant said sales since its January 28 year end were worse than expected. The effect was felt at Marks & Spencer, even though it may […]
Chief executive of Scottish cashmere group Dawson International, Mike Hartley, has resigned from his post. He named chief operating officer Andy Bartmess as his successor. Bartmess was previously head of the company’s US business. A Harvard Business School alumnus, he has also worked for Deloitte and IBM. “Now we have got a good stable future,” […]
Walpole, the luxury trade body has launched a campaign calling for coordinated efforts and more spending to attract wealthy tourists to the UK . Chief executive Julia Carrick said that although trading has recovered from the lows just after the July 7 bombings last year, some luxury brands are still finding trading difficult. Tourism figures […]
Supermarket giant Tesco today reported group sales of £41.8 billion for the year 2005/6, up 13.2 percent. The retailer saw gains across the board, with group revenues up 13 percent to £38.3 billion and underlying profit up 16.9 percent to £2.2 billion. The company exceeded its target for return on capital two years early, realizing […]
Kate Moss, possibly the world’s most stylist model, is to launch her own fashion label, according to this week’s Grazia, London’s weekly glossy magazine. The report states that Ms Moss, who this week attended the AngloMania launch at the MOMA in New York, is to use her knowledge of the fashion industry and combine it […]