Fashion |In Pictures

Romantic gowns, dramatic tailoring: Highlights of LFW according to Harrods’ buying director

With London Fashion Week SS26 officially wrapped, attention now turns to buyers across retail as they review the collections at hand and decide where to go from here. Among those is Simon Longland, director of buying for fashion at department store giant Harrods, who shared his impressions of the week and reflected on London’s evolving position...

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Fashion |Interview

India’s AK|OK Anamika Khanna makes LFW debut

Indian designer Anamika Khanna took over the iconic toy store Hamleys on Regent Street in London to make her London Fashion Week debut for her label AK|OK, which launched in 2021 and has been slowly expanding globally, including launching in Saks Fifth Avenue in the US last year. Khanna is a well-known designer in her native country, renowned...

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London Fashion Week SS26: A reset for British fashion's future

The SS26 edition of London Fashion Week drew to a close this week, wrapping up not just the season but a turbulent year of reinvention for the British fashion calendar. Under the new leadership of British Fashion Council (BFC) chief executive Laura Weir, the event sought to strengthen its position of being both a platform for fresh talent and a...

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Sarah Jessica Parker backs lab-grown diamond brand Astrea

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker, best known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw in ‘Sex and the City’, is teaming up with London-based lab-grown diamond brand Astrea to bring to life “her creative vision for the future of diamonds”. Parker, who shut her namesake footwear brand, SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker, last year, and has previously collaborated...

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