Shein Discloses FTC Probe in US, Warns of Significant Payments
According to documents the ultra-fast-fashion company filed in connection with its planned Hong Kong IPO, Shein is cooperating with the investigation and could face significant fines.
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Fashion Week
Anya's Alpine Dream
Hindmarch is surely London fashion’s greatest impresario, making a mountain out of the portable version of a molehill.
Anya's Alpine Dream
Hindmarch is surely London fashion’s greatest impresario, making a mountain out of the portable version of a molehill.
Fashion Week
Mary's Magical Kingdom
Mary Katrantzou may be doomed to be dogged by her early success. But here, at least, there were clothes whose peculiar beauty stood on their own.
Mary's Magical Kingdom
Mary Katrantzou may be doomed to be dogged by her early success. But here, at least, there were clothes whose peculiar beauty stood on their own.
Fashion Week
At Topshop: Utility vs Femininity
Call it elevated festival dressing, the collection’s garish pizzazz was tempered by baggy knits, soft trench coats and teddy furs.
At Topshop: Utility vs Femininity
Call it elevated festival dressing, the collection’s garish pizzazz was tempered by baggy knits, soft trench coats and teddy furs.
Fashion Week
New Interest at Margaret Howell
Amongst the wash of neutral hued cotton and cashmere basics, Howell layered gardening aprons and bright citrus-y scarves, providing welcome fashion weight to her sober wardrobe.
New Interest at Margaret Howell
Amongst the wash of neutral hued cotton and cashmere basics, Howell layered gardening aprons and bright citrus-y scarves, providing welcome fashion weight to her sober wardrobe.
Fashion Week
Preen’s Restrictive Choice
The designers were inspired by the 1990s London art scene and the suffragette movement — apt, but the latter reference came across too literally at times.
Preen’s Restrictive Choice
The designers were inspired by the 1990s London art scene and the suffragette movement — apt, but the latter reference came across too literally at times.
News & Analysis
British Fashion Industry Steels Itself for Brexit
At the London womenswear shows, Brexit looms large over the British fashion industry.
British Fashion Industry Steels Itself for Brexit
At the London womenswear shows, Brexit looms large over the British fashion industry.
Fashion Week
Marching Roses at Simone Rocha
It’s not the first time Rocha has plumbed such depths of emotion. But her balance of dark and light has never been more acute.
Marching Roses at Simone Rocha
It’s not the first time Rocha has plumbed such depths of emotion. But her balance of dark and light has never been more acute.
Fashion Week
Gareth Pugh’s Macabre Cabaret
The show felt unsettling in a good way — bleak in its outlook and sharply in tune with how many of us feel about the near future, it struck a chord close to home.
Gareth Pugh’s Macabre Cabaret
The show felt unsettling in a good way — bleak in its outlook and sharply in tune with how many of us feel about the near future, it struck a chord close to home.
Fashion Week
Versus’ New Generation
Donatella Versace injected the hard rock’n’roll edge of the Versus of old with a transfusion of high performance sportswear to create a successful contemporary hybrid.
Versus’ New Generation
Donatella Versace injected the hard rock’n’roll edge of the Versus of old with a transfusion of high performance sportswear to create a successful contemporary hybrid.
Fashion Week
At Fashion East: Bright Young Things’ Dystopian Future
Distressed textiles took centre stage at the Fashion East show — a somatisation of a dystopian landscape.
At Fashion East: Bright Young Things’ Dystopian Future
Distressed textiles took centre stage at the Fashion East show — a somatisation of a dystopian landscape.
Fashion Week
J.W. Anderson’s Style Odyssey
“Ease and coolness,” said Jonathan Anderson of his collection, “It’s more digestible. I wasn’t trying to provoke myself.”
J.W. Anderson’s Style Odyssey
“Ease and coolness,” said Jonathan Anderson of his collection, “It’s more digestible. I wasn’t trying to provoke myself.”
Fashion Week
The End of Irony at CSM’s MA Show
Gabriele Skucas and Stefan Cooke won the top prizes at Central Saint Martins' annual MA graduate show.
The End of Irony at CSM’s MA Show
Gabriele Skucas and Stefan Cooke won the top prizes at Central Saint Martins' annual MA graduate show.
The News in Brief
Frasers Group Takes a Position in Burberry
The billionaire Mike Ashley’s investment arm disclosed Tuesday it holds an interest worth a potential 4.2 percent of the voting rights in Burberry.
EssilorLuxottica Beats Forecasts, AI Glasses and Myopia Products Drive Growth
The Franco-Italian eyewear maker reported a 15 percent rise in first-half profit, beating expectations, while revenue growth was driven by strong demand for AI-enabled glasses myopia products.
Whoop Names Kyle Leahy Chief Commercial Officer
Leahy joins the wearables brand from Glossier, where she was chief executive for three years.
Chinese Jeweller Laopu Gold’s Shares Drop on Growth Outlook
The jeweller lost $2.1 billion in market value after forecasting first-half 2026 revenue growth of up to 66 percent, a sharp slowdown from last year that unsettled investors in one of China’s most viral consumer brands.
Unilever Lifts Outlook on Strongest Volume Growth in Over A Decade
Unilever upgraded its annual forecast on Tuesday, as consumers reached for brands like Vaseline and Dove despite household budget concerns stemming from the Iran war.
J&J to Pay $5.5 Billion to Settle Talc-Related Cancer Claims
Johnson & Johnson on Monday said it agreed to a $5.5 billion commitment to resolve years of litigation related to claims that its talc products caused ovarian cancer.
Lenzing Closes UK, Austria Sites in Turnaround Bid
The closures are the latest in a series of cost-cutting and refinancing measures at the textile maker, which has faced headwinds from competition in China and India.