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20 February 2010
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Airport retail sales soar on weak pound
Duty-free shopping and the weakened pound drove sales at London’s airports to their highest levels for a decade last year. -
Alexander McQueen remembered at Central Saint Martins graduate show
Central Saint Martins College paid tribute to former student Alexander McQueen at its masters degree graduate show at London Fashion Week on Sunday. -
Amanda Wakeley
Autumn 10 -
Armour Embellishment
Autumn 10 -
Asda outlines multichannel and sourcing strategies
Asda has forecast that it will generate at least 10% of sales of its clothing range George from online. -
Aurora backs new Tonia Bastyan brand
Tonia Bastyan, one half of 1990s British womenswear design duo Press & Bastyan, has launched a new concession business for spring 10. -
Autumn 10 mainstream womenswear
Drapers visited the London showrooms of 10 key mainstream womenswear brands to see what they have in store for autumn 10 -
Basso & Brooke
Autumn 10 -
Betty Jackson
Autumn 10 -
Blacks to postpone fundraiser meeting
Blacks Leisure, the outdoor specialist, is expected to postpone its general meeting today to continue negotiations with rival sportswear retailer Sports Direct which plans to block Blacks’ proposed fundraising. -
Boho Lace
Autumn 10 -
Burberry Prorsum
Autumn 10 -
CC performance strikes positive note for Austin Reed
Strong sales and margins at classic womenswear chain CC helped to offset some of the profit decline at menswear chain Austin Reed for the year to January 31, 2009. -
Chanel-Inspired
Autumn 2010 -
Christopher Kane
Autumn 10 -
Chunky Intarsia Knits
Autumn 10 -
Chunky Knits
Autumn 10 -
Cocoons
Autumn 10 -
Cortefiel to launch retail chains in UK
Spanish retail giant Cortefiel is to bring three of its retail chains to the UK in the first deal for property company Land Securities’ Brand Empire venture. -
Dance Pants
Autumn 10 -
Debenhams to trial size 16 mannequins
Debenhams is trialling size 16 mannequins in its Oxford Street store window to showcase the new Principles by Ben de Lisi range. -
Drapers Footwear Awards 2010 open for entries
The Drapers Footwear Awards 2010 are now open for entries. -
Erdem
Autumn 10 -
Ethel Austin to close 89 stores
The administrators of value retailer Ethel Austin are to shutter 89 stores, leading to 1,048 redundancies. -
Fashion boosts John Lewis sales
Strong fashion helped department store chain John Lewis increase year-on-year turnover by 12.5% to £49.5m last week. -
Fashion leads online sales growth
Clothing and footwear continued to drive online growth in January, when total online retail sales growth slowed to its lowest annual rate. -
Fashion sales shaped by death of McQueen
The death of Lee Alexander McQueen has already had a huge impact on fashion sales in the past week, with sales of the Alexander McQueen Plato’s Atlantis spring 10 collection and the label’s iconic accessories such as his infamous skull-print scarf rocketing in the days following the designer’s death last week. -
Gucci to launch heritage ad campaign and live stream catwalk
Gucci will unveil a new ad campaign on Saturday to coincide with its Milan Fashion Week show, which will be live streamed via its Facebook page. -
House of Fraser drafts in web guru
House of Fraser has drafted in multichannel guru Robin Terrell to lead online and international operations at the department store group. -
House of Fraser to open stores in Middle East
House of Fraser has entered in to a partnership with Retail Arabia International to open stores in the Middle East. -
House Of Holland
Autumn 10 -
J Crew debuts wholesale on Net-a-Porter
American casualwear brand J Crew will be available in the UK for the first time via luxury etailer Net-a-Porter. -
Jasper Conran
Autumn 10 -
John Rocha
Autumn 10 -
Jonathan Saunders
Autumn 10 -
Julien Macdonald
Autumn 10 -
Kehinde Wiley
The LA artist and painter has collaborated on an African-themed World Cup collection of men’s and women’s fashion for Puma -
Label
Autumn 10 -
Leather
Autumn 10 -
LFW to maintain momentum as top buyers and brands return
The British Fashion Council (BFC) expects the strong momentum of September’s London Fashion Week to continue when it opens today, as a host of top-name buyers confirmed their attendance. -
Lightweight Velvet
Autumn 10 -
Liverpool's oldest department store Lewis's to close
Liverpool independent department store Lewis’s is to close in June after 154 years of trading with the loss of more than 200 jobs. -
London Fashion Week opens with tribute to McQueen
London Fashion Week opened this morning with a tribute to British designer Alexander McQueen, who died last week. -
London Fashion Week video highlights: Aquascutum
A look at the latest autumn 10 catwalk collection from Aquascutum. -
London Fashion Week video highlights: Christopher Kane
Christopher Kane talks about his inspiration and latest collection at London Fashion Week. -
London Fashion Week video highlights: Erdem
Erdem talks about his inspiration and latest collection at London Fashion Week. -
London Fashion Week video highlights: Henry Holland
Henry Holland talks about his inspiration and latest collection at London Fashion Week. -
London Fashion Week video highlights: Julien Macdonald
Julien Macdonald talks about his inspiration and latest collection at London Fashion Week. -
London Fashion Week video highlights: Matthew Williamson
Matthew Williamson talks about his inspiration and latest collection at London Fashion Week. -
London Fashion Week video highlights: Paul Smith
Paul Smith talks about his inspiration and latest collection at London Fashion Week. -
London Fashion Week video highlights: Vivienne Westwood Red Label
A look at the latest autumn 10 catwalk collection from Vivienne Westwood Red Label. -
London Fashion Week: Burberry Prorsum, Jonathan Saunders, Nathan Jenden
London Fashion Week’s womenswear shows came to end yesterday, as the biggest draw – Burberry Prorsum – delivered a pitch perfect collection by chief creative officer Christopher Bailey. -
London Fashion Week: Christopher Kane and Paul Smith
Christopher Kane, the rising star of London Fashion Week, showed a technically brilliant collection yesterday, stitching together the lightest of leather skins and gothic black lace into a hard-edged collection of little black dresses. -
London Fashion Week: Matthew Williamson, Vivienne Westwood, Julien Macdonald
Matthew Williamson, Vivienne Westwood and Julien Macdonald were the headline designers at London Fashion Week yesterday, with the trio delivering impressive collections in keeping with their signature looks. -
Londonedge
Autumn 10 -
Long live the legacy of McQueen’s genius
The death of Lee Alexander McQueen, easily the UK’s greatest creative fashion design talent, has led to a huge outpouring of grief. -
Louise Goldin
Autumn 10 -
Margaret Howell
Autumn 10 -
Matalan considers refinancing
Matalan is reportedly considering a refinancing following its axed sale. -
Matthew Williamson
Autumn 10 -
Matthew Williamson slips into the red
Designer brand Matthew Williamson Holdings slipped £1.4m into the red in 2008, according to reports. -
McQueen foundation to fund student designers
Lee Alexander McQueen is understood to have suggested to people in the industry that he would wish to set up a foundation to support struggling design students in the event of his death. -
McQueen label must live on, says industry
On the eve of London Fashion Week, the fashion industry issued an impassioned plea to the Gucci Group to back Alexander McQueen chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd and keep the genius British designer’s legacy and label alive. -
Menswear Day closes LFW
London Fashion Week came to a close yesterday with Menswear Day designers showcasing varied looks from classic Savile Row tailoring to acid green PVC and gimp masks. -
Menswear Mainstream indicator, Fenruary 20, 2010
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from mainstream retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect menswear by clicking on the PDF. -
My-Wardrobe.com reports strong sales from menswear
Premium etailer My-Wardrobe.com has recorded sales of £1.4m from its menswear business in the first year of trading. -
Nathan Jenden
Autumn 10 -
New storefit to be trialled in Bhs
Arcadia is planning to trial a new look for its department store chain Bhs in one store in May. -
New York Fashion Week: Marc by Marc Jacobs, Derek Lam, Rodarte
Layering and texture were the order of the day at New York Fashion Week yesterday as Marc by Marc Jacobs, Derek Lam and Rodarte presented cohesive autumn 10 collections. -
New York Fashion Week: Oscar de la Renta, Proenza Schouler, Michael Kors
Fur continues to dominate the autumn 10 catwalks with Oscar de la Renta, Proenza Schouler and Michael Kors all backing the trend. -
Paul Costelloe
Autumn 10 -
Paul Smith
Autumn 10 -
Peter Pilotto
Autumn 10 -
PPQ
Autumn 10 -
Primark first-half like-for-likes rise 8%
Primark said that sales in the first half of the year were ahead of expectations. -
Pringle
Autumn 10 -
Pure London Footwear
Autumn 10 -
QS targets a profit for first time in 10 years
Value retailer QS is on track to make a profit this year, after a decade spent languishing in the red. -
Record attendance at Pure London as optimism reigns
Pure London notched up record visitor numbers on its first day and saw a 23% year-on-year increase in people attending the three-day trade show. -
Retail sales hit in January, according to ONS
Total retail sales in January fell by value and volume month-on-month but climbed year-on-year, the Office for National Statistics reported. -
Richard Nicoll
Autumn 10 -
Riva Shoes in administration
Norfolk-based footwear brand Riva Shoes has collapsed into administration. -
Shoulders
Autumn 10 -
Soft Tailoring
Autumn 10 -
Spirit
Spring 10 -
Sports Direct acquires Blacks stake to derail rescue plans
UPDATED: Sports Direct, the sportswear chain, succeeded yesterday in acquiring the rights to a disputed 29% stake in rival sportswear chain Blacks Leisure to vote against its rescue plans. -
Sports Luxe
Autumn 10 -
SRG CVA approved
Speciality Retail Group, the menswear retail group which comprises chains Suits You, Racing Green and hire business Young’s, has won backing for its Company Voluntary Arrangement. -
Stitch
Autumn 10 -
Stitch adds third day next season despite mixed feedback
Stitch hosted 48 exhibitors at Old Billingsgate Market in London on February 14-15. Show organisers declined to release visitor numbers but a spokeswoman said: “We were very targeted about who we invited and it was never a quest for volume but rather for quality. On this we delivered 100%.” She added that an extra day would give buyers more opportunity to visit.Fenchurch trade marketing manager Karen Campbell said: “We’ve seen buyers from Fenwick, -
Supermarkets take biggest market share in kidswear in 2009
Supermarkets were market leaders in kidswear for the first time last year, taking over from high street retailers. -
Ted Baker integrates systems on web
Ted Baker has integrated its merchandising systems with its website. -
Texture
Autumn 10 -
TJX Europe full-year like-for-likes rise 5%
TJX Europe, the operator of off-price retailer TK Maxx, said like-for-like sales rose 5% in the full year to January 30. -
Todd Lynn
Autumn 10 -
Twiggy slams fur on the LFW catwalk
Model Twiggy has criticised designers for using real fur at London Fashion Week. -
Upbeat mood at Moda despite the snow
Mainstream trade show Moda started yesterday with exhibitors in an upbeat mood despite snow impacting footfall. -
Velvet
Autumn 10 -
Vente-privee plans UK growth after strong 2009
Private sales website Vente-privee.com saw a 33% hike in sales to £610m in 2009 across its European sites, ahead of internal expectations. -
Vivienne Westwood Red Label
Autumn 10 -
Womenswear Mainstream indicator, Fenruary 20, 2010
Access Drapers’ unique source of sales information from mainstream retailers, revealing the best-selling brands, the hottest products and the latest issues to affect womenswear by clicking on the PDF. -
Womenswear to lead growth at Supergroup
Supergroup chief executive Julian Dunkerton said the young fashion business would radically ramp up its womenswear and footwear offers after it confirmed plans for a £125m float next month.
