Articles by Don-Alvin Adegeest
Luxury fashion at a crossroads ahead of key designer debuts
If the Venice Film Festival’s red carpet is any guide, the luxury sector is entering the womenswear season in a state of uncertainty. Following a long summer and the July haute couture shows, celebrity dressing has returned with renewed significance, as catwalk presentations risk becoming increasingly predictable and uninspiring. The festival...
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Loewe and Jacob & Co. elevate wearable tech to High Fashion
The merger of fashion and technology has been a bumpy ride. The fashion industry has often approached it with the question: “What can tech do for us?” The answers have not always been inspiring. Jackets with built-in heating panels, compression wear with biometric sensors, or LED-lit outerwear may be useful in theory, but have rarely translated...
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Price conscious parents rewrite the back-to-school retail calendar
Back-to-school shopping in Britain has taken on the air of a fashion season in its own right, though one dictated less by catwalks than by cashflow. New research from Fulfilmentcrowd, the logistics group, shows parents are beginning earlier each year, some as soon as April, with search activity peaking between 27 July and 2 August. Yet despite...
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Selling the vibe: Why fashion brands need more than just product
In the last decade, the currency of fashion has moved decisively beyond fabric and form. Value now resides in broader social, cultural and environmental significance. A pair of jeans is never just a denim garment; it stands as an emblem of creativity, community and lifestyle values. Every garment is a transaction of meaning: the buyer aligns...
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Why the MA-1 bomber still dominates the fashion moodboard
Few garments have travelled as seamlessly from cockpit to catwalk as the MA-1 bomber jacket. For decades it has been a reference point for designers from Helmut Lang to Prada, and it still anchors countless emerging labels’ collections. This autumn, Alpha Industries, the US brand that supplied the original, teams up with No Problemo, the...
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UK retailers lean on own websites as margins tighten
New research from Shopify suggests UK retailers are turning to their own ecommerce websites as the most reliable route to resilience in a strained retail environment. According to the Global Business Pulse Survey, 52 percent of UK retail decision-makers say their own website gives them the greatest control over operations, ahead of marketplaces...
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Topshop’s return to the High Street: A reunion at Liberty
This August, a familiar name in British fashion history reappears on the London retail map. Topshop and Topman, once synonymous with Oxford Street’s democratic glamour, will return to physical retail with a residency inside Liberty’s Tudor-framed store. It is an ironic twist of geography: just streets away from their former Oxford Circus...
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Louis Vuitton's beauty brand has officially launched
Louis Vuitton’s move into luxury beauty has been widely anticipated after five years in the making. For fashion houses of such scale, beauty is often a natural extension, offering both a new revenue stream and a way to expand brand reach. With La Beauté, the company is extending its core themes of travel, craftsmanship and design into the...
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Retail insolvencies ease in June, but fashion sector remains on edge
The latest UK insolvency statistics offer a brief respite for retailers, though underlying pressures suggest the industry is far from out of danger. Company insolvencies in the retail trade fell to 169 in June 2025, a 12 per cent drop from May’s 192 cases and 17 per cent lower than the 203 recorded in June 2024, according to official data. For...
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How Ukrainian designers are redefining menswear through adaptive inclusivity
On the runways of Ukrainian Fashion Week, where aesthetics always carry political weight, designers Andriy Moskin and Andreas Bilous of label Andreas Moskin have elevated their craft into a form of social healing. Over the last two seasons, we have witnessed a poignant evolution: war veterans donning prosthetic limbs showing alongside...
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