Last week, the UK became the first country to declare a climate emergency - one of the key demands put to the Government by Extinction Rebellion after haranguing London last month. But, the fact that it’s the 10th...

In our first column on the rising influence of Asian consumers, we touched on the region’s growing affluence and whether brands are adapting fast enough. Despite some companies failing to connect with Asia’s middle...

Think of Italy. Once you’re past the beautiful landscapes, art, architecture and delicious food, you think of brands, and you think of style. Be it the cocksure, sleek glamour of sports cars like Maserati and Ferrari,...

I first heard about Outdoor Voices, one of the most exciting and ground-breaking activewear brands in the market, from a friend based in San Francisco. A little bit of Googling told me all I needed to know about why...

I first met Stephanie just after she had returned to the UK following ten years ensconced in the New York fashion world. She had by that point risen rapidly, beginning at a PR startup before a role at Issey Miyake and...

2018’s edition of the Copenhagen Fashion Summit on the 15th and 16th May capped off an extraordinary year for the movement to make fashion sustainable. As Vogue proclaimed, 2017 ‘was the year that sustainable...

Over the last decade London has become a key hub on the world fashion scene – indeed, fashion is now so important to “brand UK” that even the Queen made a highly publicised visit to London Fashion Week just last...

I am a massive movie fan and I found the Oscar’s this year to be by turns inspiring and utterly deflating. My film of the year was Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and I thought Frances McDormand’s...

In my teens growing up in apartheid South Africa, everything was bound up in politics and the answer for me lay in going to work on the land on a socialist kibbutz, which I did. My biggest regret was not keeping my set...