Brands & Designers

UK sportswear brand Castore yesterday launched an upsized 2,600 sq ft store on Peter’s Lane at the Liverpool ONE shopping centre, just nine months after opening its previous 1,600 sq ft shop on the nearby Manesty’s Lane.

Stella McCartney's Bond Street store will play host to a series of pop-ups from the #StellaCommunity over the coming weeks to mark the return of non-essential retail across England.

Some 24 brands, from Burberry to Paul Smith and Victoria Beckham, have donated materials, including deadstock and unwanted fabric, to fashion students at 33 colleges in need across the UK.

American footwear and performance apparel brand New Balance has announced the signing of a sponsorship deal with Liverpool FC’s rising star Harvey Elliott.

Mother of Pearl, the trailblazing sustainable fashion brand, has partnered with online fashion rental service Onloan to launch The Full Circle initiative.

Vans has partnered with Liberty of London Fabrics on a new women’s footwear, apparel and accessories collection for SS21, launching today at Vans.eu.

New Look has unveiled its first 915 fashion line for boys aged 9 to 15 years, expanding on the 915 brand which is already available for girls.

VF Corporation, the parent company of brands including Vans, Timberland, The North Face, Napapijri and Dickies, has announced a raft of new appointments to its EMEA leadership team.

Fashion resale marketplace Depop has teamed up with adidas Originals to give 40 sellers the unique opportunity to make their unique mark on a pair of Stan Smith PRIMEGREEN shoes, with proceeds going to a charity of each seller’s choice.

Tomorrow Ltd has taken a "signficant stake" in the Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY label and plans to take the label, known for its celebration of gender-queer youth culture, to a wider global audience.

Sisters Alice and Maisie Jones started up their Sisters & Seekers label from their garden shed in North Wales in 2017. Every year since then they’ve had to relocate to larger premises – growing to a team of 15 as well as creating a menswear "brother brand" called Brother + Kin in the height of the pandemic.

Luxury fashion and sports brand Perfect Moment has today announced it has closed a $6m bridge loan to support its rapid growth and provide funding for international expansion, as it prepares for an initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq later this year.

Burberry has lost its Chinese brand ambassador and has been deleted from a Chinese video game as consumers in the country boycott Western brands over accusations of forced labour in the Xinjiang-based cotton industry.

Diesel's Creative Director Glenn Martens has unveiled his first project since taking over in October 2020, with a capsule collection created with Renzo Rosso, reflecting

German classic womenswear brand Gerry Weber has appointed Angelika Schindler-Obenhaus as its new CEO.

British lifestyle brand Crew Clothing has announced the launch of an official Williams Racing licensed capsule collection, available via Crewclothing.co.uk from today, 26 March.

Cult New York fashion brand Rowing Blazers has today launched a 12-piece unisex capsule collection with heritage British sports brand Umbro, consisting of football jerseys, shorts and coach jackets.

US occasionwear group Adrianna Papell has announced a major global expansion programme, including plans to grow its existing Middle Eastern portfolio and enter Japan for the first time.

PVH Corp. owned Tommy Hilfiger has announced the launch of its Spring 2021 Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive collection, an innovative line of clothing designed to make

UK-based global licensing company Brand Machine Group’s acquisition of heritage US outdoor clothing brand Penfield in December, 2020, signalled a shift into brand ownership for the group. Former Commercial Director at Lyle & Scott, Tom Duncan, has been brought in as Group Brand Director, along with other new additions to the team, to lead the new strategy and the Penfield brand relaunch.