Consumers care about fast fashion and ethical clothing. Do you?
Hugo & Me’s Victoria Shuttleworth on the pitfalls of fast fashion and the future of sustainable, ethical clothing in context of the purchasing power of today’s generation.
Who wants to be a milliner? British hat makers Laird Hatters turn over £1.8m from Hollywood hat craze
Meet husband-and-wife hat making entrepreneurs behind Laird Hatters, Alex and Zofia Torun-Shaw. Here’s how they grew their business to include Hollywood A-listers and pop superstars may be among their customers.
Dappad: The clothing curation service helping men dress well
Erika Nilsson-Humphreys founded Dappad to help men dress well while making zero effort. Here, she tells us the story of her clothing curation brand.
The Candypants story: How do you make a name for yourself in two industries at once?
Ray Chan, founder and owner of Candypants, launched his brand 10 years ago. Here, he explains how he is building his brand across two industries.
Founders Diaries: Triathlete-turned-entrepreneur James Lock shares the secret to Zone3’s sportswear success
Former triathlete James Lock shares his biggest life lessons running his performance sportswear brand Zone3, from spending quality time with family to using sports as an outlet for wellbeing.
How this A-list fashion designer drew inspiration from battling with depression and kidney failure
Richard Gair founded GoGairy after a tumultuous year battling depression, kidney failure, family commitments, and a failed business. Here’s his story.
Burberry partners with luxury fashion platform for Dream Assembly startup accelerator
To help startup founders in the fashion and technology industries access mentoring, networking opportunities and funding access, ecommerce platform Farfetch has announced its Dream Assembly accelerator programme – with a heavyweight partner already on board.
Leaving crowdfunding analytics behind for ethical fashion business Mamoq
Having developed her business knowledge in the crowdfunding sector as an analyst, Madeline Petrow felt an entrepreneurial urge within growing and set up a fashion startup.
SixtyNinety: The Brazilian entrepreneurs reshaping the activewear market
Daniela Trece and Aline Lima are the founders of SixtyNinety, an activewear and swimwear business that they hope will reshape their industry for the better.
Dog clothes and Chinese tea among 2018 business ideas to blow up
With the New Year upon us, leaders will be looking ahead to determine how 2018 will pan out, so here are the business concepts expected to boom.
Find out about the two-hour train test Thea Green uses when hiring
She’s built a nail brand which now sells over five million units a year, but Thea Green still doesn’t think she’s made it. Real Business caught up with the entrepreneur to break down her story.
Girl Meets Dress: Our sector didn’t exist, so we had to be adaptive
Girl Meets Dress has achieved ecommerce success with its designer dress rental service, but it effectively created its sector, which meant founder Anna Bance had to be adaptive to the challenges she faced.