Shimmer and shine: the Waterlily necklace is part of Boodles new collection CREDIT:MARTIN MORRELL Jewellery is “like a miniature sculpture that you can wear”, says Boodles’ head of design Rebecca Hawkins, explaining her passion for her work. “It’s tactile. And if you wear a piece for years, it can be intensely personal.” Ms Hawkins has Read More →

According to Stephanie Chan at The Hollywood Reporter, Ikea is going to be launching its own scents: Affordable-furniture giant Ikea is partnering with fellow Swede Byredo, the fragrance house founded by ex-professional basketball player Ben Gorham in Stockholm in 2006, whose scents are sold at Barneys New York and other upscale retailers. The fragrance collaboration is intended Read More →

“There has been a lot of noise about UK manufacturing in the past few years, but this is probably one of the first pieces of concrete evidence to support what we’ve been hearing,” said Adam Mansell, chief executive of the UK Fashion and Textiles Association (UKFT). “It is a significant turnaround from where we were.” Read More →

ALMOST 40 years after Brooke Shields’s “nothing gets between me and my Calvin’s” campaign, the model is teaming up with Calvin Klein again. Calvin Klein CEO Steve Shiffman revealed the plans at Time Inc’s Cannes Lions Shakers & Stirrers event overnight, stating, “We are going to be working with Brooke again very soon.” Shields first appeared in Read More →