Tag: brands

  • Kaupthing to put UK’s Oasis and Warehouse up for sale – sources

    By Dasha Afanasieva and Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) – Administrators for failed Icelandic bank Kaupthing are looking to sell off British high street retailers including Coast, Oasis and Warehouse which employ thousands of people, four sources familiar with the matter said. The bank was nationalised during Iceland's 2008-2011 financial crisis, with its domestic operations spun…

  • Fashion rebels Vetements stitch up haute couture

    Rebel brand Vetements sent fashion into a spin Sunday with an haute couture show that broke all the rules, appropriating clothes and shoes from 17 other brands and recutting them in its own irreverent neo-Soviet street style.

  • Out of fashion: how men could fall off the catwalk

    Menswear shows, traditionally held months before the women hit the runways later in the year, are being slowly airbrushed from the fashion industry's calendar and folded into the women's events, almost as an accessory. In Milan, where male models are strutting their stuff in shows that began on Friday for men's fashion week, 10 designers…

  • What to expect at the Paris men’s fashion shows

    Following on the heels of London and Milan, it will soon be the French capital's turn to showcase its Spring-Summer 2017 collections for men. Will Paris be the only fashion capital to resist the far-reaching changes shaking up the ready-to-wear and luxury fashion industries? Whatever happens, its men's shows will give us a first glimpse…

  • Fur is on-trend for Fall-Winter 2015-2016

    The tradition of the fur coat as a classic piece was maintained by the brands, and the approach this season is anything but subtle. Women will be able to wrap up in extra-long fur coats when the temperatures drop outside. Marni gave us long fur coats, as did Fendi, the specialist, which dreamed up ultra-long…