Fashion News

Safilo Group, the world leader in high-end and luxury eyewear, and Banana Republic, the accessible luxury brand of Gap Inc today announced a license agreement to introduce Banana Republic-branded prescription frames and sunglasses. The agreement includes the design, development, production and distribution of a collection to be launched by the end of 2007 in the United States and Canada.

Monsoon has announced it will be extending its ethical trading commitment by launching a range of t-shirts made from Fairtrade certified cotton. This builds on Monsoon’s heritage, as a company that started trading with small producer groups in the Indian sub-continent. Monsoon is committed to expanding its Fairtrade range to other products over the next few years.

Nordstrom has announced plans to expand its merchandise offering to include music. In select Northwest and Southern California stores and online, Nordstrom will be the exclusive seller of the previously out-of-print and highly acclaimed Marvin Gaye "Anthology" compilation (1995 version). "Anthology" will feature repackaged artwork and 47 tracks spanning the career of this gifted and visionary artist, including the hits "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing," "What's Going On" and "Mercy Mercy Me."

“The Death of Taste” event, organised by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, is a weekend of talks & films examining the work of making, styling and fashioning taste within the context of increasingly speeded-up fashion trends and the constant plundering of the recent past. Speakers range from fashion designers, trend predictors, stylists, fashion theorists, editors and retouchers who will discuss the ways in which they help create, develop and kill off tastes both old and new.

Following the phenomenal success of Kate Moss's debut film role for Agent Provocateur, mobile users will be the first to see an exclusive clip of the third film in the series as Miss X turns 'Exhibitionist'!

Filofax, the original and iconic personal organiser brand has joined forces with fashion designers Gharani Strok, sponsoring their catwalk show at last month's London Fashion Week, and now launching a new limited edition Filofax pocket organiser.

Nordstrom today announced the launch of several site enhancements to its Designer Collections website. E-commerce functionality is one of the most anticipated new features of the site, however, customers will continue to have the ability to order via phone and to interface with the dedicated team of Designer Collections specialists via live chat and email. Launched in February of this year, the Designer Collections website supports the retailer's efforts to bring a more complete version of what Nordstrom stores have to offer online. Customers are now able to directly order designer ready-to-wear, shoes and accessories featured on its website from the original ten designer shops including Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs and more.

Last week saw the emergence of several new fashion websites in both the high-street and designer e-tailing sectors, as greater numbers of retailers are "waking-up" to the importance of an effective internet presence in order to capitalize on the UK’s online shopping boom. This ever more competitive e-tailing market is also great news for consumers, who will no doubt benefit as companies strive to offer increasingly sophisticated websites providing greater product ranges and improved customer service.

UK consumers have well and truly caught the online shopping bug and research out this week confirms that Brits are now choosing the convenience of the internet over trawling the high street in search of savings.

The UK's first pay-as-you-go Visa Voucher is set to revolutionise online shopping. The 3V Voucher enables everyone over the age of 16 to shop online safely, wherever VISA is accepted, without using a credit or debit card. And it's simple to buy - just like buying mobile phone top-up.