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Hadley Freeman on how the fashion magazines are coping with the recession

Struggling families? Whatever. Small businesses? Yawn. I'll tell you who's really having trouble getting to grips with the recession - the poor, confused, insecure fashion magazines. In these drearily pessimistic times, one can only be thankful for the heart-lifting entertainment generously provided...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-26-2008
George Davies: 'I can smell a British woman'

"I know women in this country ... I think I can smell a British woman," said George Davies, rather creepily, a few years ago. Davies, who today announced his plans to step down as chairman of the Marks and Spencer brand Per Una , must have something seriously awry with his sense of smell. How...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008
Christmas sale shopping: Bag a bargain

With the big chains trying to keep their finances healthy by launching early sales, we've rounded up the best deals online and in store

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008
Asos defies shopping gloom by reaching height of online fashion

Sales double in the past seven weeks as prom dresses and black shiny leggings prove particularly popular

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-17-2008
Imogen Fox: Comme des Garçons collection for H&M

It has been dubbed the oddest marriage in the fashion industry. Yesterday, after seven months of speculation and countless sneak previews on the internet, the Comme des Garçons collection for H&M finally went on sale. On today's sophisticated high street, designer and celebrity collaborations...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-13-2008
Fashion chain chief says hefty rise in clothing prices may be on the way

Clothing prices will rise by up to 10% next summer if the pound/dollar exchange rate stays at current levels, the boss of Next warned yesterday. Simon Wolfson, chief executive of the 480-shop chain, said the decline in the value of sterling in the past few weeks would make clothing imports more expensive...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-05-2008
Use of nanoparticles in cosmetics questioned

Cosmetics companies are taking insufficient steps to ensure face creams and other products that contain nanoparticles are safe, according to a report by a leading consumer association. The Which? report, which drew on advice from nanotechnology experts, warns that untested particles, which can be 1,000...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
Polly Toynbee: Boris, Danni and Leona all sung its praises, but this was a monument to another age

Imagined in a bygone era of bubble and boom, the gigantic Westfield shopping centre in London's Shepherd's Bush yesterday launched itself defiantly into a gigantic bust. The size of 30 football pitches, with 96 escalators, 265 shops, 13 cinema screens and 47 restaurants, the promise was that...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-30-2008
Models are too skinny for my size 10 styles, says fashion designer

One of Britain's leading fashion designers has reopened the skinny models debate by revealing she struggled to find models big enough to wear the clothes in her latest fashion show. When Maria Grachvogel set about preparing her catwalk show at Claridge's this week, she requested size 10 models...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-24-2008
Frieze art fair: Sarah Thornton asks 'If the work is free, is it art?'

In the past few years an unprecedented amount of money has poured into the art world. Has it become too commercialised? As Frieze, the UK's biggest art fair, opens in London, Sarah Thornton talks to eight leading artists about how the market influences them

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by guardian.co.uk on 10-15-2008

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