Judges rank the sharpest satire covering runway, retail and fashion industry business LONDON (June 2025)—This cycle’s review of fashion and business comedic writing concluded with judges praising entries grounded in verifiable trade detail. The panel rewards submissions that treat fashion industry logistics with the same deadpan seriousness the industry itself…
A house that lost its way chasing handbags was told to go home and sell outerwear, and the lesson applies well beyond one check lining Burberry and the Trench Coat There is a coat in my wardrobe that I bought second-hand in 2009 from a shop in Notting Hill. Honey-coloured…
The nation’s high street is about to become a pedestrian plaza, and the question is who is ready and who is still selling phone cases Oxford Street Pedestrianisation: What a Traffic-Free High Street Means for Fashion Retail I have a complicated relationship with Oxford Street. It is where I bought…
When two princes stop talking, their wardrobes keep broadcasting, and London tailors have been reading the signals for decades Silence, Tailored I have spent a good part of this week thinking about the London Prat piece on Prince William reportedly calling Earl Spencer and Harry traitors, and not, I confess,…
