This week’s issue features all the pictures from the Drapers Awards; a profile interview with Emily Bendell, founder of lingerie brand Bluebella on how Fifty Shades of Grey opened the doors to deals with Tesco and beyond; and all the dates you need to know about for 2018’s trade shows.
Digital edition: 1 December 2017
This week’s issue features all of this year’s Drapers Awards winners, including a profile interview with the Matchesfashion founders Ruth and Tom Chapman. Alongside this, there is an interview with Boden’s founder Johnnie Boden and CEO Jill Easterbrook on the opening of its first flagship store in London, a chat with…
Brand Showcase: Björn Borg
Björn Borg is a sports fashion brand established in the Sweden in the early 1990s. The focus of the business is underwear and sports apparel as well as the licensing of footwear, bags and eyewear.
Alexandra Shulman’s outstanding contribution to fashion
The Drapers Award for Outstanding Contribution to Fashion recognises Shulman’s influence as a champion of British fashion, and her ability to think commercially and understand the changing habits of her readers and, by extension, the British consumer.
An outdoor ‘megastore’ on Kensington High Street
Cotswold Outdoor, Snow + Rock and Runners Need have combined into a one-stop shop for outdoors enthusiasts.
Off the Record: Partying with the Porters, Gwen Stefani comes to Westfield and Jacamo celebrates a cricketing birthday
Find out what’s been happening in the fashion industry’s social scene this week.
Party people at Drapers Awards 2017
The biggest night in the fashion industry calendar moved to a fabulous new venue this year, Camden’s Roundhouse in London. Fashion’s finest were out in force to raise a glass to the winners of the Drapers Awards 2017.
Off the Record: Cocktail parties, Carnaby commemorations and Christmas tree couture
Find out what’s been happening in the fashion industry’s social scene this week.
Digital edition: 24 November 2017
This week’s issue features an interview with retail veteran Andrew Jennings, a look at the Israeli tech innovators seeking to disrupt UK retail, an investigation into the impact that a Christmas fuelled by credit could have on 2018 trading, and a preview of the high street collections for spring 18.
Introducing Escada’s ‘new face’ on Sloane Street
Iris Epple-Righi, CEO of luxury womenswear brand Escada, explains how it hopes to appeal to a wider audience with its new store concept.