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Diet Coke names Kate Moss as creative director

Supermodel Kate Moss has been appointed as creative director of Diet Coke, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this year, to kick start its official partnership with London Fashion Week. The appointment marks the first creative director of Diet Coke in a decade and aims to build on the brand’s heritage of collaborating with some of the world’...

Jul 1, 2022

Business

Cotton from Uzbekistan: comeback after boycott, potential alternative to China

For decades, sourcing cotton in Uzbekistan was considered risky, with child or forced labour used in most cases to harvest by hand. In 2009, more than 300 international brands - including Burberry, Puma, Gucci and Adidas - even joined forces in the Cotton Campaign and announced a boycott of Uzbek cotton products. This hit hard, especially...

Jul 1, 2022

Fashion

Botter wins ANDAM Grand Prize 2022

Dutch menswear label Botter, designed by Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter, was named the Grand Prize winner at this year’s ANDAM Fashion Awards. Botter beat off tough competition from Robert Wun, Peter Do, Lukhanyo Mdingi, Ottolinger, Heliot Emil, and Cool by Thomas Monet to win the coveted Grand Prize worth 300,000 euros, following in the...

Jul 1, 2022

Business

First 24 hour metaverse festival sees Burberry and H&M discuss brand loyalty in virtual world

A new 24 hour metaverse festival launched this week, bringing together leaders in the fashion industry to discuss the future of the digital world. Meta Festival, which was organised and co-founded by global digital agencies Dept and Journee, looked to establish a conversation around the metaverse, with the likes of tech developers and digital...

Jul 1, 2022

Fashion

Scotch & Soda announces bodywear and legwear licencing partnership

Amsterdam-based fashion brand Scotch & Soda has announced a long-term partnership with Stichd to design, produce, and distribute the brand’s bodywear (underwear) and legwear (sock) collections. The licensed line will launch with a men’s collection in February 2023 for spring/summer 2023, with an early capsule dropping in October 2022 for...

Jul 1, 2022

Business

Cath Kidston acquired by Hilco Capital

British brand Cath Kidston has been acquired by Hilco Capital after its former owner Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) reportedly put its stake in the business up for sale. The funding from Hilco, which is an operating arm of Hilco Global, looks to support the heritage retailer’s next phase of growth. Hilco is regularly associated with...

Jul 1, 2022

Business

Frasers Group snaps up 29 percent stake in MySale

Acquisition hungry Frasers Group has bought a 28.7 percent stake in Australian-based fashion marketplace MySale. In a brief statement, Frasers Group said it believes the deal will provide it with a “strategic partnership whereby end of line group products can be cleared via an established clearance channel”. It added that “this pipeline will be...

Jun 30, 2022

Business |Interview

Why 2022 will be home to the ‘summer of phygitals’

The merging of the physical and digital worlds has become increasingly evident in the fashion industry, with many brands taking advantage of the strategy in order to more closely appeal to the younger generation of consumers. Boson Protocol has been somewhat of a leader in this type of technology, establishing itself as a blockchain...

Jun 30, 2022

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Business

How can sustainability improve supply chain issues?

The fashion industry's supply chain still has yet to recover from COVID-19 lockdowns. Supply chain issues are one of the biggest topics in fashion right now, along with how rising inflation costs will affect retail. Sustainability has the potential to solve some of these ongoing issues. Sustainability could be the saving grace of supply chain...

Jul 1, 2022

Retail

German brand Closed set to expand to US in July with LA store opening

German fashion brand Closed is set to open its first US store in July at Platform shopping centre in Los Angeles. The store features more than 1,000 square feet of retail space and carries the brand’s handmade Italian denim, ready-to-wear, accessories, and lifestyle products. It comes three years after Closed launched its website in the US. “LA...

Jul 1, 2022

Business

Baird Group secures 7 million pounds in funding to fuel international growth

Baird Group, the license holder of brands Suit Direct and Ben Sherman, has secured 7 million pounds in funding from Bibby Financial Service to support its international growth. The group said a key part of the transaction was to enable it to fund letters of credit - guaranteeing payment from Baird Group to its suppliers in Asia - to boost stock...

Jul 1, 2022

Fashion

Making the Cut names season 3 designers

Prime Video’s fashion competition Making the Cut has named the 10 designers competing on season three to win one million US dollars, including fashion talent from the UK, US, Canada, Brazil, and Switzerland. The TV series premiers this August globally on Prime Video and will feature British designer Georgia Hardinge, alongside American talent...

Jul 1, 2022