In short: The Hockeyroos and Kookaburras beat Great Britain in their respective FIH Pro League matches. The Hockeyroos won 3-2, while the Kookaburras triumphed 5-1. What’s next? Both teams will name their Olympic squads on July 1. The Australian women’s and men’s hockey teams have had ideal warm-ups for the Paris Olympics, with the Hockeyroos...
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Françoise Hardy: French music and fashion icon dies aged 80
7 days ago By Kathryn Armstrong, BBC News Getty Images Hardy was still a teenager when her melancholic love songs first captivated the music scene One of France’s best-loved singer-songwriters, Françoise Hardy, has died at the age of 80. “Mum is gone,” her son, Thomas Dutronc, who is also a musician, wrote on social media. Hardy burst...
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Walpole CEO: ‘Help Great British fashion to trade with Europe’
As the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Labour release their manifestos this week, Helen Brocklebank, CEO of luxury industry body Walpole, urges the new government to support Great British fashion – through relationships with its European Union trading partners and high-spending shoppers. No matter which party forms the next government, they will have an overflowing inbox...
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Lotte Kopecky wins Tour of Britain Women in emphatic style
The world road race champion, Lotte Kopecky, took a dominant overall victory in the reborn Tour of Britain Women, reinforcing her status as the rider to beat in the road race at the Olympic Games. The 28-year-old Belgian, riding for SD Worx Pro-Time, took stage wins in Llandudno and Wrexham and never looked under threat...
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Chanel’s creative director Virginie Viard is stepping down
Virginie Viard is stepping down from her duties as the artistic director at Chanel. It’s a position that the designer has held for the past five years, as part of a three-decade career at the French fashion house. Viard was best known as Karl Lagerfeld’s closest creative confidant and his number two; she took over...
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Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant on why you should stop buying rubbish
Lambswool sweater, £69.50, communityclothing.co.uk Think about where your clothes go afterwards Acrylics, polyester, nylon and materials that employ elastics are made from crude oil and fossil-fuel based resources; 342 million barrels of oil are used to make synthetic fabrics every year. If they are readily disposed of – as cheap, ultra fast fashion products often...
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UK clothing sales to EU plummet as Brexit red tape deters exporters
UK exports of clothing and footwear to the EU have dived since Brexit, according to a new study that shows the extent to which complex regulations and red tape at the border have deterred firms from sending goods across the Channel. Exports of clothing and footwear sold to EU countries have fallen from £7.4bn in...
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Great British Sewing Bee star Patrick’s Grant heartbreaking reason for keeping new relationship out of the spotlight
We’re loving having the Great British Sewing Bee back on our screens and as the competition progresses we end up getting closer to the contestants as well as show judges Esme Young and Patrick Grant. Fashion designer Patrick, who originally hails from Scotland, has been with the show from the start, however the 52-year-old often keeps out of...
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Shein wins Labour support as it prepares £50bn London listing
The Labour party has indicated its support for Shein’s potential London listing, as the Chinese online fashion company prepares to push the button on the UK’s biggest ever stock market flotation. The £52bn retailer is reportedly close to confidentially filing a prospectus for the listing on the London Stock Exchange to the Financial Conduct Authority...
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Online fashion giant Shein to file prospectus for £50bn London float
Shein, the online fashion behemoth, is on the verge of taking a huge stride towards a London flotation that would value it at about £50bn and rank among the most significant – and contentious – deals in the UK’s capital markets for years. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Shein, which was founded in China...
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Vaccine-style success or just ‘a logo’? Labour’s $10bn net-zero plan for Britain
A $10 billion green energy war chest being proposed by Britain’s opposition leader Keir Starmer could spark a vaccine-style sprint to net zero but will only work if a future Labour government throws its full weight behind the plan, analysts have said. Mr Starmer used an election rally in Scotland on Friday to say his...
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The Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant hits back at the ‘constant pressure’ to buy new clothes and says the BBC show has encouraged viewers to make their own outfits
Alex Alex is passionate about sustainability in the world of sewing and creating garments Alex – who lives in Derbyshire – is currently involved in the realm of writing and holds a job as a copywriter and editor. But Alex is no stranger to sewing, as she learnt the skill at a young age and...