Sophia Webster, Emilia Wickstead, Mother of Pearl, Osman, and Prism for 2016 BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund

The 2016 BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund shortlist. The BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund provides one designer with a bespoke, high level mentoring support programme over a twelve month period, as well as a £200,000 grant to provide the necessary infrastructure to take them to the next stage in its business. The 2016 shortlist is: Emilia Wickstead, … Read more

Bagging a return – why the Hermes Birkin handbag is the best investment

Study shows the £150,000 Hermes bag averaged a 14.2% annual return since 1980 beating the S&P 500 index and gold. The only problem is getting your hands on one

The stellar fashion designers honored at the 2015 British Fashion Awards

Over 800 key influencers of the fashion industry voted the winners of the 2015 British Fashion Awards, an opportunity to celebrate and promote the extraordinary creative talents in the fashion world. 17 designers and fashion influencers were awarded including Gucci’s Alessandro Michele, supermodel Jourdan Dunn, Karl Lagerfeld, and Stella McCartney. The outstanding talents of the … Read more

2015 Walpole British Luxury awards. The Winners.

This year’s Walpole British Luxury awards winners demonstrate excellence in design, quality and experience in the luxury sector both within Britain – where the luxury industry is now worth over £32 billion – and internationally. The annual Walpole British Luxury Awards ceremony was held at The Dorchester on Monday 2nd November, and attended by Walpole … Read more

Madchester, grunge chic and Kate Moss: how the 90s shaped our world

The decade when youth culture exploded in defiant hypercolour lives on – and not just in Channel 4’s This is England ’90. Former editor of the Face Sheryl Garratt explains how the E generation’s style excesses are making a comeback