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"Slow Love" Knitwear Opens Its First Store in Cirencester
Slow Love, the £300 Hand-Knit Jumper Label, Opens Its First Shop in Cirencester
Slow Love, the Cotswolds knitwear label whose Young Hearts jumper once sold £70,000 in a day, opens its first permanent shop in Cirencester on 21 November. Its hand-knits cost £275... Read more...
Ralph Lauren Gets $82m in Tariff Refunds, Raises Outlook
Ralph Lauren Gets $82m Back in Tariff Refunds as Its Average Price Rises 9%
Ralph Lauren booked $82.3m in refunded US tariffs in its second fiscal quarter, gave $33.2m to charity and raised its outlook, while the average price shoppers paid rose 9%. Why... Read more...
Coach Sales Rise 16% as Its Handbag Prices Keep Climbing
Coach Sales Jump 16% as Handbag Prices Rise and Kate Spade Falls 10%
Tapestry’s Coach grew sales 16% to $1.66bn in its first fiscal quarter as handbag prices rose at a double-digit rate and unit sales barely moved. Kate Spade fell 10%. What... Read more...
EU Digital Product Passport for Clothes, Explained
EU Digital Product Passport: What It Will Show on Your Clothes
The EU’s Digital Product Passport will attach a scannable record to clothes sold in Europe, covering fibre composition, care, durability and origin. The textile rules are due to be adopted... Read more...
ThredUp Hits Record Buyers but Sees Holiday Revenue Dip
ThredUp Wins a Record 1.82m Buyers but Forecasts a Holiday Revenue Dip
ThredUp reported third-quarter revenue of $88.2m, up 7%, as active buyers rose 16% to a record 1.82 million and orders grew 17%. Its net loss widened to $5.5m and it... Read more...
Coperni, the Paris Label Behind the Swipe Bag, Is Liquidated After 13 Years
Coperni, the Paris Label Behind the Swipe Bag, Is Liquidated After 13 Years
Coperni, the Paris label founded in 2013 by Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer, is ceasing operations after five months in receivership. The company says its cash crisis came from sums... Read more...
Carmina Shoemaker Opens Its First German Store in Munich
Carmina, the Majorca Shoemaker Since 1866, Opens Its First Store in Germany
Carmina Shoemaker, the family workshop in Inca on Majorca with roots in 1866, has opened its first standalone store in Germany, in Munich. Its Goodyear-welted shoes cost €310 to €434,... Read more...
Lee Jeans Sold to Authentic in Up-to-$1bn Deal, Now Made Under Four Licences
Lee Jeans Sold to Authentic in Up-to-$1bn Deal, Now Made Under Four Licences
Authentic Brands Group has completed its purchase of Lee from Kontoor Brands in a deal worth up to $1bn, and named four regional licensees to make and sell the 1889... Read more...
Primark Profit Falls 12% as Price Cuts Squeeze Margin
Primark Profit Falls 12% as Price Cuts Squeeze Its Margin to 10.2%
Primark’s adjusted operating profit fell 12% to £1.01bn in the year to 12 September, as permanent price cuts on staples squeezed its margin to 10.2%. Sales rose only because of... Read more...
Bangladesh Forms New Garment Wage Board After Protests
Bangladesh Forms a New Garment Wage Board After Protests Halt 529 Factories
Bangladesh formed a new minimum wage board for garment workers on 1 November after protests disrupted 529 factories and nearly a million workers. The minimum is Tk12,500 a month; production... Read more...
Joseph Sale: Modella Capital Reportedly Eyes the Label
Joseph Owner Explores Sale as Modella Capital Weighs a Bid; Sales at £45m
Modella Capital, the investor behind TG Jones and former owner of Claire’s UK, is reportedly considering a bid for Joseph, the London label owned by Onward Kashiyama. Joseph’s sales fell... Read more...
BHV Marais Enters Receivership After Its Shein Bet
BHV Marais Enters Receivership in Paris After Its Shein Bet, 700 Jobs at Stake
A Paris court placed the BHV Marais department store into receivership on 2 November. Sales fell from €274m to €170m in 2025, brands including Dior left after it hosted Shein,... Read more...
US Clothing Tariffs: How They Reach the Price Tag
US Clothing Tariffs: Why $1 of Duty Can Add $2.50 to the Price Tag
Since 24 July, clothing imported into the US has paid its ordinary duty plus a Section 301 tariff of 10% or 12.5%, depending on origin. How that duty is multiplied... Read more...
EU Green Claims Ban: What ‘Eco’ Labels Mean on Clothes
EU Green Claims Ban: What ‘Eco-Friendly’ Means on Clothing Labels Now
Since 27 September 2026, EU law bans generic green claims such as “eco-friendly” on clothing unless backed by recognised top environmental performance, along with home-made sustainability badges and offset-based “carbon... Read more...
What Happens to a Fashion Brand After It Is Sold?
What Happens to a Fashion Brand After a Luxury Group Sells It?
When a luxury group sells a label, the buyer is usually a rival group, a brand-management company that licenses the name, or a founder or specialist. How Versace, Marc Jacobs... Read more...
Jimmy Choo Up 11.5% as Michael Kors Halves Discount Days
Jimmy Choo Sales Rise 11.5% as Michael Kors Cuts Its Discount Days by Half
Capri Holdings said Jimmy Choo sales rose 11.5% to $146m in the quarter to 26 September while Michael Kors fell 8.6% to $663m, as Capri cut markdowns, raised some prices... Read more...
Is It OK to Give Secondhand Gifts? How to Buy Pre-Owned
Is It OK to Give Secondhand Gifts? How to Buy Pre-Owned That Feels Special
Most people now say a secondhand gift is fine — and many say they would prefer one. A ThredUp survey found 62% of Americans plan to buy pre-owned gifts this... Read more...
The RealReal Hits Record as LuisaViaRoma Goes to Auction
The RealReal Posts a Record $642m Quarter as LuisaViaRoma Goes to Auction
The RealReal reported record gross merchandise value of $642m for the third quarter and raised its full-year outlook. The same week, a Florence court put LuisaViaRoma’s business up for auction... Read more...
Hugo Boss Rejoins Pakistan Factory Safety Accord
Hugo Boss Reverses Its Pakistan Accord Exit, Rejoining the Factory Safety Pact
Hugo Boss will rejoin the Pakistan Accord, the legally binding factory safety agreement with global unions, from January 2027. The German group had declined to renew earlier this year, prompting... Read more...
What ‘Made in Italy’ and ‘Made in France’ Mean
What ‘Made in Italy’ and ‘Made in France’ Actually Mean on a Clothing Label
A ‘Made in Italy’ or ‘Made in France’ label tells you where a garment had its last substantial transformation — not where the fabric, yarn or design came from. Here... Read more...
eBay Revenue Up 14% as Secondhand Buying Goes Monthly
eBay Revenue Rises 14% as Secondhand Becomes a Monthly Habit for 47% of Shoppers
eBay grew third-quarter revenue 14% to $3.2bn, and its own survey found 47% of shoppers now buy secondhand at least monthly. But excluding Depop and Tise, its active buyers grew... Read more...
Troubadour Raises £3.2m to Grow in the US and Europe
Troubadour, the London Bag Brand, Raises £3.2m to Grow in the US and Europe
Troubadour, the London maker of work and travel bags, has raised £3.2m in a round led by Harlo Equity Partners to expand in North America and Europe, launch a first... Read more...
Selling Clothes on Vinted or eBay: Do You Pay Tax in the UK?
Selling Clothes on Vinted or eBay: Do You Pay Tax in the UK?
Most people selling their own clothes on Vinted or eBay owe no tax, HMRC says. Platforms report sellers above 30 sales or about £1,700 a year, but tax applies only... Read more...
UK Budget: Amazon, Shein and Temu to Collect Sellers’ VAT
UK Budget Makes Amazon, Shein and Temu Collect VAT for Sellers Above £90,000
Chancellor John Healey’s Budget on 28 October makes online marketplaces including Amazon, eBay, Shein and Temu responsible for collecting VAT from UK business sellers above £90,000 from October 2027, and... Read more...
Etsy Returns to Buyer Growth as Revenue Rises 10.9% — and Ads Take a Bigger Cut
Etsy Returns to Buyer Growth as Revenue Rises 10.9% — and Ads Take a Bigger Cut
Etsy reported third-quarter revenue of $692.5 million on 28 October, up 10.9%, as active buyers grew for the first time in two years after the sale of Depop. The company... Read more...
EU €2 Parcel Fee: What It Means for Temu and AliExpress
EU €2 Parcel Fee From 1 November: What It Means for Temu and AliExpress Orders
The EU’s €2 handling fee applies from 1 November to every item line in parcels shipped to shoppers from outside the bloc, on top of the €3 duty in place... Read more...
Marc Jacobs Licenses China to I.T Group After LVMH Sale
Marc Jacobs Signs First Licence Since LVMH Sale, Handing China to I.T Group
Hong Kong retailer I.T Group has taken over Marc Jacobs in Greater China under a long-term licence, the first since WHP Global and G-III bought the label from LVMH. Marc... Read more...
Can a Tailor Take In Clothes? What Alterations Fix
Can a Tailor Take In Clothes After Weight Loss? What Alterations Can Fix
Tailors and cobblers report rising demand for alterations as more people change size. Here is what a tailor can take in easily, what is hard or impossible to alter, what... Read more...
Burberry House: Regent Street Flagship Reimagined
Burberry Turns Regent Street Flagship Into Burberry House, With Trench Repairs
Burberry will restore its London flagship at 121 Regent Street in phases and reopen it as Burberry House in autumn 2027, with a Trench Arcade offering coat restoration, an archive... Read more...
Shein’s $100m FTC Settlement: What It Means for Shoppers
Shein Agrees to Pay $100m to Settle US FTC Probe Over Delivery Complaints
Shein will pay $100 million to settle a US Federal Trade Commission probe into delivery delays and customer complaints, Reuters reported. What the figure means, why it lands at a... Read more...
Why Is Gucci Struggling? Kering’s Q3 Numbers Explained
Why Is Gucci Struggling? Kering’s Third-Quarter Numbers Explained
Gucci’s comparable sales fell 6% to €1.29 billion in the third quarter and Kering dropped its 2026 growth goal. What is going wrong, what GucciCore is, whether prices are falling,... Read more...
China’s Secondhand Luxury Market Grows Up to 20% as New Luxury Sales Shrink
China’s Secondhand Luxury Market Grows Up to 20% as New Luxury Sales Shrink
China’s secondhand luxury market grew 15–20% in 2025 while mainland sales of new luxury fell 3–5%, according to Bain & Company, as Louis Vuitton and Galeries Lafayette closed stores. Why... Read more...
Can ChatGPT’s Virtual Try-On Tell You If Clothes Will Fit?
Can ChatGPT’s Virtual Try-On Tell You If Clothes Will Fit?
ChatGPT added a virtual try-on button to its shopping results on 1 October. It is useful for judging colour and proportion, but OpenAI warns images may not show true fit.... Read more...
Vinted and Rivals Act to Block Looted Goods After Riots
Vinted and Rivals Agree Four Steps to Block Looted Goods After French Riots
Vinted, Amazon, eBay, Leboncoin, Meta and TikTok agreed four measures with French ministers on 19 October to stop goods looted in the 17 October riots being resold online, including tighter... Read more...
How to Check a Designer Bag Before Buying Secondhand
How to Check a Designer Bag Before Buying Secondhand, Step by Step
A step-by-step guide to checking a pre-owned designer bag: test the seller and the price first, then the leather, stitching, edges, hardware, stamps and serial or date code, judge condition... Read more...
Quince Launches in the UK With £50 Cashmere. Here’s How to Test It
Quince Launches in the UK With £50 Cashmere. Here’s How to Test It
Quince, the San Francisco retailer valued at $10.1 billion, launched its UK website on 19 October with Mongolian cashmere jumpers from £50, silk blouses at £55 and leather bags from... Read more...
Mulberry Sales Rise 18% at Full Price as the Luxury Giants Shrink
Mulberry Sales Rise 18% at Full Price as the Luxury Giants Shrink
Mulberry’s sales rose 18.1% in the 26 weeks to 26 September, with US sales up 28% and growth in every region, while promotional sales fell by 300 basis points. Full... Read more...
Cashmere Grades Explained: What Decides Quality
Cashmere Grades Explained: What Actually Decides the Quality of a Jumper
Grade A, B and C cashmere are retail labels, not a standard. The legal definition is fibre averaging 19 microns or less. This guide explains what fineness, fibre length and... Read more...
Double Denim for SS27: How to Wear It and Buy It Well
Double Denim Is Back for SS27: How to Wear It and Buy Denim That Lasts
Double denim is one of the clearest SS27 runway trends, from Tibi and Zimmermann to Sacai and Prada. Here is how to wear jacket-and-jeans without it looking like a costume,... Read more...
How to Read a Clothing Label: What the Fibre Percentages Really Tell You
How to Read a Clothing Label: What the Fibre Percentages Really Tell You
Every clothing label must list its fibres by percentage of weight, largest first. Here is what EU and US rules make brands disclose, what they let them leave out, which... Read more...
Armedangels Wood-Fibre Windbreaker Named TIME Invention
Armedangels’ $298 Wood-Fibre Windbreaker Named a TIME Best Invention
TIME has named Armedangels’ 100% lyocell windbreaker, made without a membrane, synthetic fibres or PFAS, one of its Best Inventions of 2026. The $298 jacket is built for wind and... Read more...
EU Ban on Destroying Unsold Clothes: What It Covers and What It Means for You
EU Ban on Destroying Unsold Clothes: What It Covers and What It Means for You
The EU’s ban on destroying unsold clothing, accessories and footwear has applied to large companies since 19 July 2026. Here is what it covers, the eight exceptions, why handbags are... Read more...
Brunello Cucinelli Lifts Growth Forecast to 12% as Logo-Led Luxury Stalls
Brunello Cucinelli Lifts Growth Forecast to 12% as Logo-Led Luxury Stalls
Brunello Cucinelli raised its 2026 growth forecast to about 12% after third-quarter revenue rose 13.5% to €374.2 million, driven by its own stores and the Americas. In the same week... Read more...
Sheth London Debuts With Gujarati Handweaving and Runs Capped at 30 a Style
Sheth London Debuts With Gujarati Handweaving and Runs Capped at 30 a Style
Designer Dimple Sheth has announced Sheth London, a womenswear label built with a 12-person artisan family in Gujarat. The debut has seven ready-to-wear styles and 19 accessories, runs of about... Read more...
Wool Coat Quality: How to Judge One in the Shop
How to Judge a Wool Coat in the Shop: Label, Weight, Fibre and Make
How to tell a good wool coat before you pay: what the composition label must disclose in the EU and US, why cloth over 400 g/m² matters more than a... Read more...
Louis Vuitton Speedy Tops Fashionphile Resale Ranking
Louis Vuitton Speedy Tops Fashionphile Resale Ranking Again, Value Up 16.2%
Fashionphile’s 2026 Ultra-Luxury Resale Report ranks the Louis Vuitton Speedy as the most-shopped secondhand bag for a second year, with value up 16.2%. The biggest gains sit with house classics... Read more...
Alexander McQueen Parts With Seán McGirr After Three Years as Kering Exits Mount
Alexander McQueen Parts With Seán McGirr After Three Years as Kering Exits Mount
Seán McGirr is leaving Alexander McQueen after three years, Kering confirmed on 15 October, the same day Calvin Klein confirmed Veronica Leoni’s exit and six days after Anthony Vaccarello left... Read more...
LVMH Fashion Sales Fall 5% in the Third Quarter as Chinese Shoppers Pull Back
LVMH Fashion Sales Fall 5% in the Third Quarter as Chinese Shoppers Pull Back
LVMH’s third-quarter revenue rose 1% organically to €18.5 billion, but its fashion and leather goods division fell 5% as spending by Chinese customers dropped sharply. Dior, Loro Piana and Rimowa... Read more...
Moschino Owner Aeffe Seeks Wage Support for 389 Workers as €115m Sale Nears
Moschino Owner Aeffe Seeks Wage Support for 389 Workers as €115m Sale Nears
Aeffe, the Italian group behind Moschino, Alberta Ferretti and Pollini, has requested extraordinary wage support for 389 employees after filing for a court-approved restructuring in Bologna. A €115 million rescue... Read more...
Swaine, London’s 1750 Leather House, Is Opening Its First Paris Boutique
Swaine, London’s 1750 Leather House, Is Opening Its First Paris Boutique
Swaine, the London accessories house behind Swaine & Adeney leather goods, Brigg umbrellas and Herbert Johnson hats, is opening its first standalone Paris boutique on Avenue George V. With about... Read more...