Brexit and Covid-19 have proved a double blow for the fashion capital. Some creatives are localising production, while others are looking outside the UK for solutions.
The retailer, facing growing pains of its own, is launching a new 'Innovators Programme' to bolster the fledgling labels that help set it apart from competitors in a crowded luxury e-commerce market.
It may not be the end of empire just yet, but London’s once-imperial fashion kudos is slipping.
Marques’Almeida, Molly Goddard and Halpern — three labels dressing radically different women — each succeeded in solidified their codes, even if that meant looking back to move forwards.
In London, Molly Goddard and Michael Halpern are both grappling with just how much to evolve their signature styles.