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Actor, mental health activist and model, Adwoa Aboah, is Jo Malone London’s new Global Ambassador.

Recognised as a Next Generation Leader by Time magazine, her celebrated roles in the film, TV and fashion worlds, as well as her tireless advocacy, has seen her become one of her generation’s most influential voices.

So you’ve found your Duke and you’re in the depths of wedding planning, but how can you incorporate one of the year’s biggest trends into your big day?

The highly-anticipated second series of Bridgerton has sent searches for Regency fashion and home decor soaring - and the wedding industry is seeing the impact, too. It’s a trend that wedding stationery favourites Tree of Hearts predicted at the start of the year, and with just days to go until the new release they have already seen a 60 per cent increase in searches for Regency-inspired stationery.  

TV personality, attorney and former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst has died at the age of 30, her family has confirmed. According to police, Kryst was found dead in New York City early on Sunday morning.

Kryst, the winner of 2019's Miss USA pageant, was also an attorney who worked for unjustly jailed inmates. "In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie," her family said in a statement.

Matrimony recognizes the union between spouses—the love and commitment for one another, both legally and spiritually.

A joyous and monumental occasion, it inspires couples to consider symbols and details that reflect the journey, as well as the future. Throughout history, jewellery has played an important role in the celebration of marriage, as a token of both the day itself, and the days ahead.

British supermodel Naomi Campbell hit the runway in Dubai as part of Arise Fashion Week, which celebrates the best of Nigerian fashion and music.

Lagos is usually the home of Arise Fashion Week but there was a slight difference this year. As part of Nigeria’s Day at the ongoing Dubai Expo 2020, the fashion show was held at the Armani Hotel, in Downtown Dubai where the iconic and imposing Burj Khalifa stands tall.

People in Bristol queued for hours to get their hands on a limited-edition t-shirt designed by Banksy.

The elusive street artist says he made the T-shirts to mark the occasion of the trial of four people accused of pulling down the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol. Three defendants are set to go on trial charged with criminal damage after the 17th Century slave trader's statue was torn down last year.

Fashion label Things II Come, the brainchild of Sherwayne Mahoney which specialises in accessories, clothing and shoes, will debut its footwear in Macy's spring and summer 2022 collections. Macy's is described as “America's Department Store”, an iconic brand and retail industry leader known for value and high-quality products.

Mahoney, who was born to Jamaican parents in New York, made the breakthrough after 14 years of promoting awareness of his brand in the tristate area and wider markets.

It has been announced that world-famous fashion designer Virgil Abloh has died.

The first Black creative director of a top French fashion house, he was the artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear collection. He was chosen to be their artistic director in 2018 - bringing streetwear such as hoodies and sneakers to the catwalk as he transcended the fashion world.

India's largest conglomerates have been snapping up stakes in high-end, homegrown designer brands to help them scale up and go global. The trend, experts say, points to a luxury retail market on the cusp of maturity.

In October, Reliance Brands Limited (RBL), a subsidiary of the oil-to-telecoms Reliance conglomerate, announced it was buying 40% equity in celebrity fashion designer Manish Malhotra's eponymous label.

British award-winning luxury jeweller, ROX, has launched a nationwide jewellery design competition, Future Makers, to help find the next generation of jewellery makers. 

The competition is open to all aspiring jewellery designers and makers, with entrants invited to submit a commercial jewellery design which will be manufactured by ROX in their jewellery workshop. 

Azets, the UK’s largest regional accountancy firm and business advisor to SMEs, has helped Shrewsbury-based online and in-store retailer Turtle Doves (Not Just Gloves) Ltd (t/a Turtle Doves) secure additional working capital finance to fund further expansion and create up to 70 new jobs after a successful period of growth. Turtle Doves, a British design and manufacturing company specialising in using post-consumer textile waste to create new cashmere garments and accessories, employs more than 50 people and has a flagship store on Wyle Cop in Shrewsbury.

Making any plans over the past year was harder than ever and so organising a wedding was no exception.

With travel restrictions and social distancing guidelines constantly changing, the 2019-20 wedding season was extra chaotic. For many, this meant either postponing their big day by a year or two or going ahead with a ceremony smaller than planned. 

Fashionable used retro clothing has been the ‘go-to’ choice of the young and trendy for decades, but very few people know that it comes with an environmental price.

According to one respected waste and recycling company, many of the items in those achingly sharp boutiques have probably travelled thousands of miles to get to the shelves.

One of the UKs favourite vegan brands VEGAN Happy has been shortlisted from a long list of nominations, for the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award category in the Regional Finals of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards for the Midlands region.

Founder Lorri Delahunty turned her life around and now inspires others to go vegan - "one label at a time." Feeling frustrated at the lack of smart, classy clothing that is ethical as well as carrying a positive vegan message Lorri set up VEGAN Happy Clothing from her kitchen table 4 years ago.

This year marks 45 years since Punk Rock hit the music scene in 1976, the year Birmingham’s Patti Bell and business partner Jane Kahn opened up their famous Hurst Street boutique Kahn and Bell in the emerging gay-quarter of the city. Now, a tribute to the iconic clothing designs by the legendary fashion designer Patti Bell will be showcased in a brand new solo photographic exhibition by Birmingham born art photographer Gary Lyndsay-Moore.

Consigned Sealed Delivered (CSD), a new online retailer for authenticated luxury consignment, has announced its partnership with Climate Partner as part of its mission to be a fully carbon neutral company by 2030.