Buckingham Palace is celebrating the 60-year anniversary of the Queen and Prince Philip with a small exhibition of wedding gifts, diamond jewellery as well as the dress and 13-foot bridal veil designed by Norman Hartnell. The exhibition, “A Royal Wedding: 20 November 1947,” includes such items such as a piece of lace hand-spun by Mahatma…
Read moreAubade restructuring measurements
Due to sales drop at Aubade, the lingerie company is taking restructuring measurements. Aubade, a subsidiary of Calida Holding AG has submitted to its social partners a corresponding project for discussion. This includes further flexibility in the business model and simplification of the procurement structures. The weakening sales of luxury lingerie require a determined reduction…
Read moreJune retails sales marginal
Retail sales fell in June for the second month in a row after a bumper April, according to the Confederation of Business Industry’s (CBI) distributive trades survey released on Wednesday. The balance of retailers reporting a rise in year-on-year sales volumes remained at -17 per cent in June, but above the average level of -26…
Read moreASBCI Annual Industry Conference and Dinner 2009
The forum for clothing and textiles ASBCI is hosting its Annual Industry Conference and Dinner 2009 on Tuesday 19th May at the Dunchurch Park Hotel. This year the conference will discuss ‘The Crude CO2st of Fashion’, addressing fashion’s economic and energy challenges’. Financial and energy experts will join speakers from the retail, clothing manufacture, global…
Read moreSew-your-own
Ethical fashion brand Gossypium launches a range of printed cottons that can be used as they are or cut and sewn at home to make toys. Gossypium is known for producing high quality cotton clothing and home textiles from it’s own Fair trade and organic cotton. Last year it started to offer its fashion tops…
Read moreRussia launches its own fashion council
Russia has launched its own fashion council, similar to the national fashion councils operated in key fashion markets such as the British Fashion Council in the UK and the CFDA in America, to support its future talent. Announced at Russian Fashion Week, which is held biannually in Moscow, by president and co-founder of Mercedes-Benz Fashion…
Read moreTony Blair to advise Louis Vuitton group
Tony Blair is making a foray into fashion, and is to take up an advisory role with French luxury group Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy. LVMH is controlled by France’s richest man, Bernard Arnault, who is a close ally of the former Prime Minister. Rather than following the footsteps of Madonna, the current face of the…
Read moreOrla Kiely announces scholarship programme
London Fashion Week designer Orla Kiely has announced the launch of a full-fee scholarship programme to support future MA Textiles students at the Royal College of Art (RCA). The scholarship will be offered to one UK or EU student from the 2015 MA Textiles course, with a new student selected every two years, and it…
Read moreWhy American Apparel employees want former CEO Dov Charney back
Jan Willem Hubner first began his career at American Apparel working in a store in Amsterdam. He then went on to work close to ten years at the label’s head office as visual merchandising director & store standards. However his tenure at American Apparel fell short of his ten year work anniversary when he was…
Read moreCalif. Governor Seeks To ‘Jumpstart’ PG&E Bankruptcy Talks; Threatens State Takeover
From left, LA City Councilman Mike Bonin, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Eric Garcetti tour a burned home in Brentwood, Calif., on Tuesday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he wants to speed up Pacific Gas & Electric’s bankruptcy case, calling on the beleaguered utility’s executives, creditors and shareholders, as well as…
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