Fashion Week may flee back to the warm and comforting arms of its Chelsea motherland next season, but even when the last Champagne cork has popped and the final model has kicked off her heels, there are plenty of design icons living this side of the river to keep south-west London at the forefront of fashion. Here are three of the finest…
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The UK Fashion Export Awards have once again demonstrated the strength of the UK fashion market, with the 10 winners driving healthy sales growth of British clothing and accessories overseas.
Among the ten winners receiving awards from HRH The Princess Royal in London were Orla Kiely, one of London's leading designers, and high-street retailer French Connection.
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Supermarket chain Sainsbury's today announced it had teamed up with three designers to add to its non-food range.
Sir Terence Conran has been recruited to design a kitchen and cookware collection, florist-to-the-stars Orlando Hamilton has produced a range of cut flowers and arrangements, and fashion designer Orla Kiely has added home accessories, greeting cards and stationery.
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Despite her status as one of the most successful, exciting and forward-looking designers of the past ten years, there is more than a scent of nostalgia about the work of Orla Kiely.
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