16th Feb 2024
As London Fashion Week celebrates its 40th anniversary, it’s a fitting time to celebrate the fashion and textile industry’s significant impact on UK PLC. According to research conducted by Oxford Economics it’s responsible for £62 billion of annual UK GDP, one in every 25 UK jobs and £1 in every £30 of HMRC’s annual tax receipts.
15th Feb 2024
It is common practice for items of clothing and accessories to become highly sought after simply because of the presence of a brand name or logo. The ability for an item to be recognised by such symbols is arguably the underlying driving force for the consumer’s desire to own designer items. The question we now ask concerns a logo and whether it can still act as the origin indicator of the goods even without the presence of any word element(s).
25th Oct 2023
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3rd Oct 2023
In the past 24 hours, fans of Leicester band Easy Life will have heard that the band are being sued by easyGroup Limited because of its name. In a post on the band’s social media pages, the band allege that “they’re forcing us to change our name or take up a costly legal battle which we could never afford.”
30th Apr 2021
The resale market is worth billions and you can see why – notably whenever there is a Nike Air Jordan x Off-White collaboration, trainers can be seen on the resale market at around five times the initial retail price, if not more in some cases. This makes these rare trainers a valuable commodity.
28th Apr 2021
On 26th March this year, Brooklyn, New York, based art collective MSCHF Product Studio, Inc. announced the launch of a pair of ‘Satan’ themed training shoes that were an instant sensation. The shoes were a limited edition collaboration with Grammy award winning rapper and media personality Lil Nas X and used the black on black version of Nike’s Air Max 97 as their basis. Nike however was not a part of the collaboration and had no input into either the design or manufacture of the shoe.
18th Feb 2021
When you think of fashion brands extending beyond their usual offering of clothing and accessories, you may think of fragrance or cosmetics lines, or possibly even homewear. But over the past few years, fashion brands have moved into much more unconventional spaces.
19th Jun 2020
With Covid-19 taking over 2020, fashion brands are having to come up with new and innovative ways to let the world know about their upcoming designs while adhering to social distancing rules due to the pandemic. Last Friday kicked off London Fashion Week’s first ever digital event, which includes live streams, visual lookbooks, interactive timelines and 360 degree photos and videos to show designers’ upcoming collections.So, has digital become the new normal for fashion brands to debut their new collections?