9 October, 2018

Positive fashion: inside the Maiyet Collective pop-up

Maiyet Collective pop-up Juta shoes

Art, fashion and retail had a very cosy relationship last week. In particular, I discovered an ambitious London pop-up concept – with a difference. As the cashed-up art-fashion crowd descended on the city for Frieze Week, positive impact brand, Maiyet launched its monthly pop-up, Maiyet Collective in Conduit street.

It’s quite the insidery affair, hidden on the first floor of a new private members’ club with little chance of passing trade, plus it’s only open three days a month. But what a fabulous surprise when you venture inside. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Beauty, Brands, Business of fashion, Design, Designers, News, Retail concepts, Trends beauty, Bethany Williams, Birdsong, Juta, La Bouche Rouge, luxury, Maiyet, Maiyet Collective, Mandkhai, MIH Jeans, positive fashion, retail concepts, retail news, Sana Jardin, sustainability

7 October, 2018

Buy it now: Gabriela Hearst bags at Net-a-Porter (UPDATED)

Net-a-Porter is embracing hype commerce with gusto, and I’m conflicted!

These short-term ‘online pop-ups’ are a way to get people shopping instantly (deliberate and be prepared to kick yourself later), a kind of fast fashion for the luxury brigade. I’m generally against that mindless consumption behaviour, but hear me out!

Net-a-Porter’s latest pop-up is from Gabriela Hearst, whose tailoring is widely coveted by the kind of cool executive women who also love The Row, ~~Celine~~ Phoebe Philo and Hermes. But this is all about her bags. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Brands, Business of fashion, Design, News, Online shopping, Retail concepts, Shopping, Trends AW18, Business of Fashion, Gabriela Hearst, handbags, hype commerce, luxury, Netaporter, retail concepts, shopping, trends

5 October, 2018

Margaret Howell SS19

I didn’t go to that many London Fashion Week shows this season. Unless you’re writing daily roundups, there’s really no reason to attend back to back shows when you can watch most of them on Instagram Stories. The exception is super-dramatic shows (Ashley Williams and Burberry sound like they had the best music) and shows where I’m personally invested in the brand.

Margaret Howell ticks that box for me in the mode of a couture client mentally ticking off the pieces I’m going to order. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Brands, Design, Fashion shows, Trends Fred Perry, Margaret Howell, ss19, street style, trends

1 October, 2018

The DRG retail index: Topshop, Benetton, H&M, Uniqlo

Here’s ALISON FARRINGTON’S latest monthly retail round up celebrating newness and innovation on the high street. Benetton is getting a reboot with a 90s nostalgia branding fest; Topshop is also dialling up a reboot for its Boutique collection; H&M’s latest Conscious Exclusive collection drops with new closed-loop fabrications and Uniqlo celebrates its LifeWear design principle with a Paris exhibition and pop-up

TOPSHOP REJUVENATES BOUTIQUE
Topshop wants to put its premium Boutique line back on the shopping agenda for a new generation of customers that are probably more grown-up and discerning than the retail brand has been talking to in recent years. Boutique is now about a point of difference, global design director Anthony Cuthbertson told the Evening Standard: ‘We are creating perfect wardrobe staples for the contemporary woman,’ he says, adding that the brand will offer investment pieces that are built to last. (more…)