Tag: Observer Main
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From cotton fields to high street racks, fashion bids to be 100% sustainable
Conservation charity WWF and online brand AwayToMars aim to make desirable clothes that have zero impact on the environment
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Let loose: how the corset became the new female power suit
Following the lead of Vivienne Westwood and Madonna, feminist designers are refashioning the Victorian underwear as street-style overwear
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Gucci, Versace, D&G … now top brands target fashion for kids
The designer childrenswear market is thriving even as parents count pennies
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£220,000: the price super-rich will pay to keep their privacy
Call for greater transparency as wealthy foreigners fork out to avoid registering London properties
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Luxury brands feed demand for return of UK’s cotton and knitwear mills
Designers in the UK are turning their backs on global manufacturing and bringing jobs to an industry that is backing homegrown talent
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A bigger splash: 35kg book of David Hockney’s artworks costs £1,750
Limited edition tome weighing in at 35kg has 450 prints dating back to 1953 – and a stand in the artist’s trademark colours