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Menswear edit: Holiday Boileau



Holiday Boileau men's logo sweatshirts

Feeling a post-holiday slump coming on? Extend the feel-good factor with a tee or sweat from Holiday Boileau, Franck Durand’s lifestyle line.

I just clocked these upbeat numbers on Mr Porter, so they’re strictly menswear, but hey, it’s 2018, why be limited by gender restrictions? (more…)



The DRG retail index: COS, Afound Sweden, H&M Paris, John Lewis, Browzzin, Depop



COS Repurposed cotton project

Here’s our latest monthly retail round-up celebrating experimentalism and innovation on the high street. From re-sale to re-make, this month our news feed is buzzing about the latest sustainability campaigns from high street players, while influencer-commerce is entering a new democratic phase.

COS RE-MAKES SWEATSHIRTS
COS is the latest H&M brand to launch a dedicated circular-fashion collection as part of its goal to be using 100% sustainably-sourced materials by 2030. The Repurposed Cotton Project (above) is a capsule line of sweatshirts for men, women and kids, made using cotton scraps left over from the brand’s main production process. After shredding and compacting the surplus cotton, COS re-uses it to make freshly dyed crewneck sweatshirts (more…)



What to buy from tomas maier and uniqlo 2018



Tomas Maier X UNIQLO

Heads up: the tomas maier and uniqlo collaboration is here only a few days away. If you don’t know who Tomas Maier is, he’s the designer who has been quietly toiling as creative director of Bottega Veneta since 2001. But he’s also well known for his own line of swimwear and casual-luxe separates, which are essential sartorial kit for any self-respecting island hopper.

Uniqlo is great at tapping into designer collaborations that may not be at buzzy as, say, H&M’s Moschino hook-up (more…)



First look at the Net-a-Porter fine jewellery and watch suite



Net-a-Porter fine jewellery edit

After a small blip, Net-a-Porter has finally unveiled its shiny new sub section. And the result is just that – beautiful, sleek and very chic. Back story: Net-a-Porter announced it would be upping its hard luxury game a few weeks ago with a proposed go-live date of mid April. (more…)