UK-based fashion designer Matty Bovan has won the 2021 International Woolmark Prize as well as the Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation. Bovan joined fellow UK designer Edward Crutchley - who won the double back in 2019 - after a panel of industry heavyweights selected him the winner during a special virtual event held earlier this month.The International Woolmark Prize celebrates fashion talents from around the globe who showcase the beauty and versatility of Australian Merino wool, the organise

London-based rising star Ahluwalia, who was just announced as the winner of the BFC/GQ designer menswear fund, has unveiled her first joint men’s and women’s collection during London Fashion Week.In April, the designer debut herfirst womenswear range in collaboration with Ganni, opting then to rework deadstock fabric and leftover styles from the Danish label, for her spring/summer 2022 there was a confidence, mixing her menswear aesthethic with a feminine spin, which was further highlighted in h

At the preview of theAlexander McQueenautumn/winter 2021 collection at the house’s Old Bond Street store in London on 8 June, theRoses exhibitionremained installed on its upper floors – frozen in time from when it opened in November 2019, like so many cultural events during the pandemic.From thespring/summer 07 Sarabande show, with its gowns constructed using fresh flowers that cascaded down the designs, to the‘Rose dress’ of autumn/winter 2019and the laser-cut blooms that traversed the runwayin

The International Woolmark Prize, a prize that celebrates fashion talents working with Merino wool, has this year been awarded to British designer Matty Bovan.In what was a double win for Bovan, the designer also bagged The Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation, an award introduced in 2019 in honour of the late iconic fashion designer and International Woolmark Prize alumnus.“It’s a huge honour to win these prizes and I’m so excited for where it’s going to take me - I was already so thrilled with

“Whenever I work on a new collection, I consider a few points very closely, one is for whom we want to put out the collection and who is the person going to be wearing it.It’s also a combination of me, my aesthetic sensibilities with what the market is today and thankfully the market is far more exciting today than it was a few years back; so we get to do things that are slightly non-conformist and have a slight departure from regular traditional wear,”Designer Kunal Rawalnarrates. The designer

In what can be termed as one of the most unusual years in recent ‘fashion times’, designers and high fashion labels have had their creative juices flowing in overdrive, working day and night to cater to a consumer who is rapidly evolving.Changing needs, demands, priorities and circumstances all come together to dictate the current fashionscape – laying emphasis on comfort and well-being. There is no beating around the bush, as the consumers today are sure of what they want.Unlike staple fashion

Adidas Originals and Jeremy Scott have joined forces to reignite their iconic partnership. Reprising his role as creative collaborator, Jeremy Scott is set to bring his inimitable lens to an ongoing series of projects over the coming seasons, each time reimagining adidas’ suite of apparel, footwear and accessories in quintessentially playful fashion.In 2003, Adidas and American fashion designer Jeremy Scott first came together at a time when designer sportswear collaborations were virtually unhe

Property business Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has made its first equity investment in an occupier, taking a minority interest in British luxury fashion company Roland Mouret. The investment has been made through Grosvenor’sTenant Investment Fund, a first from a UK property company. The funding will support avenues for growth such as new business categories.The equity stake enables greater partnership between the companies, who first worked together when the luxury womenswear brand opened its

Swedish online second-hand shop Sellpy, which is majority-owned by fashion giant H&M has been launched in more 20 countries.On 31 May, it was opening in 20 more European countries as demand for sustainable fashion will keep growing.The start-up manages the entire sales process, from picking up items from the seller’s home to taking pictures, selling and shipping. After its first launch in Sweden in 2014, the expansion will take its market share to 24.Figure: H&M’s online second-hand shop

What: WHP Global has signed a long-term licensing agreement with Vandale Industries, to extend the Anne Klein brand into the intimates category.New product line + USP: Anne Klein Intimates will include a collection of bras, underwear, daywear intimates and shapewear that will encompass the brand's ethos of providing sophisticated, timeless, and well-priced fashion to today's modern woman.Design aesthetic: Anne Klein Intimate is able to fill a void in the market of ladies' lingerie fo