

The Designer Journal: WFH
On the eve of my Spring /Summer 2021 trend meeting, with the Buyer from one of the UK’s biggest High Street retailers, all my work is ready to go. I feel confident in the trends, colours, graphics, shapes I am to present, following weeks of research, several comp shops to London and countless hours scrolling online. And more hours spent compiling and editing my research into readable trend boards, I’m ready to go… But then Coronavirus hits and we are on lock down and all work


Fashion Week Highlights - AW20
New York Fashion Week began with the news that Ralph Lauren wouldn’t be showing at this month’s fashion week. Instead, he will be unveiling his AW20 collection in New York in April, with the exact date and location still to be revealed. Lauren has long been a driving force to New York Fashion Week, so it’s a great disappointment that he’s a no-show. But ever the innovator, according to a spokesperson for the brand, “developing unique experiential shows continues to be a prima