If you want your lace trim to hang down beneath your skirt hem like a petticoat or slip, pin the top edge of the lace just underneath the hem and sew close to the folded edge, lapping the lace ends. For a less gathered skirt, double your waist or hip measurement instead of tripling it. To prevent fraying, pink or zigzag stitch the seam
The British Fashion Council (BFC) and British Vogue magazine have joined forces in a new project to support fashion’s future global stars. The BFC Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, launched today, Tuesday, November 3rd, will provide one British-based designer with £200,000 and high-level mentoring support to build his or her business on the
Most of you have read or seen what has been hot down the catwalks for A/W 09. So now we are giving you a break down on all jewellery pieces. This post is about the statement rings that are hot hot hot right now and something you HAVE to have in your personal collection. As we mentioned before many highly noted designers such as Marc Jacobs,
microsoft creator Bill Gates has bought a 3.14% share in JJB Sports prompting a massive jump in the retailer’s share price. Shares in JJB Sports have soared by 15% to 28.75p after the sports retailer confirmed that the Microsoft founder had bought a stake in the company via his charitable trust, the Bill & Melinda Gates
Next chief has given us the strongest indication yet that the economy is stabilising after the retailer recorded a like-for-like sales fall of just 2.3% for the 14 weeks ended May 2 - well ahead of management estimates that sales would fall between 6% and 9% in the first half. Wolfson said: “We’re addressing the situation,
For many of you our there, money is becoming a massive issue. With summer in bloom (minus the rainy days), parties, BBQ's and nights out you need to start cutting corners and saving every penny to allow you to have a good time and not be worrying about the money your spending. If you follow our 5 simple tips you can be sure to look like a
We all know of ASOS, they have good rankings and many of us have used them. But with their online sales moderating and not seeming to have much of an increase, they have been able to see their pre-tax profits soar. Their sales increased by 104% to £165.4 million for the year to 31st March 2009. So far sales are still ahead by 52% even though
After the heatwave, after the start of our summer and still many looking for work .. It's not just the people who are being affected. Fashion is seeing sales drop and in june they dropped once again. Like for like sales are down 1.1% a little more than the average 0.9% across retail sectors. Apparently we have been avoiding splashing out on
Hot weather, good for us but it seems it's not so good for business as we see sales drop for John Lewis. Overall last week, fashion sales in John Lewis dropped 1.3%, and as we were soaking up the rays on Sunday they lost many customers on their Clearance day. Over this period John lewis sales fell 3.7% to £50.89 million. However John Lewis
Cruise, a mini designer outlet, has been bought out of administration. Accountancy firm Deloitte was appointed administrators of the retailer on the 15th May 2009 and the business was immediately acquired by a newly formed company called Cruise Fashion. Cruise managing director John Heath and Cruise finance director Iain Baird are
