Fashion rich list.

So this week the Sunday Times have published the UK's fashion richlist. It is as follows.

1. Galen and George Weston and family - Selfridges, Primark, £6.65bn.

2. Sir Philip and Lady Green Topshop - Dorothy Perkins, Bhs, £3.88bn.

3. Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay - Littlewoods, £2.35bn.

4. Mike Ashley - Sports Direct, Sportsworld, £2.3bn

5. Bernard Lewis and family - River Island, £1.25bn

6. Stephen Rubin and family - JD Sports Fashion, Speedo, Berghaus, £1.12bn

7. John Hargreaves and family - Matalan, £1bn

=8 Richard Caring - International Clothing Design, £700m

=8 Christina Ong and family - Mulberry, £700m

10 David Bromilow - Adidas, £650m

I Find it very intersting that three quarters of the people listed on the top 10 own and run high street brands. I would think that if luxury brands sell garments at a higher price point that maybe they would have bigger revenue but this doesn't look like the case. Primark came in at number one and Sports Direct at number three. Walking into your local primark, the one that has jumpers on the floor and sign's for clothing that don't hit double digits you would think cooler brand's like mulberry which everyone aspire's to buy into makes more money. Does think make Primark more relevant that Mulberry? I don't think so. I find it really interesting how many designer brands don't make more money than high street one's but it's the high street that copy and rip off designer's. With a list of many high street brands ruling the top of the list you would think these brands would invest in there own original desinger. 

Show Studio - Milking Mayfair

Does size matter?

It's the age old question does size matter?  Should you go for a stiletto heel or cute kitten heel. Well my motto used to be "go high or go home" but after being in many uncomfortable situations involving women and these wretched shoes my state of mind has been altered. For example MANY of my friends that go clubbing in 6-inch stiletto's that constantly moan about the awful pain in there feet, then when worst comes to worst actually their heels off and walking home. I know right, how glamorous. I used to think the kitten heel was a granny shoe but I'm starting to think it looks more chic than someone trying to clamber around on cobbles. I think sometimes you have to leave the stiletto at home unless your it's in your job description.

Brighton Style

Biba & Beyond exhibition.

Biba by Barbara Hulanicki

Biba, a brand that changed the way young women of the 60’s and 70’s dressed. Barbara Huluanicki is noted as the first designer to create affordable and well designed clothes for women. The iconic brand transformed the high street shopping experience allowing customers to adopt a look popularized by the ‘it girls’ of the time such as Audrey Hepburn and Twiggy.

The Biba and Beyond exhibition looks at the rise of the fashion concept that is Biba and at Hulanicki’s life, challenges and longevity in careers besides the fashion industry in interior design and architecture. 

The exhibition held in the Brighton Museum  the town that Hulanicki grew up in. After the assassination of her father. The family moved from Palestine and settled in the seaside town of Brighton in the UK. The exhibition chronologically tells the story of her life including  her relationship her then husband and now deceased Stephen Fritz-Simon who was at the helm of Biba driving the business of the brand. 

In the space of a decade Biba grew from a modest boutique in Kensington to a seven story department store with several shops with one also in Brighton the town that she grew up in. As the Brand grew the dolly girl aesthetic stayed the same with skinny fit designs and bias cut dresses. The Biba customer wasn’t just a girl it was a generation.

Brighton on the street

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