Party organisers, financial wizards, nurses to emerging designers…
Caroline Rush and Simon Ward have many feathers in their caps 
 
Caroline Rush and Simon Ward are just six months into a new job, one that sees them responsible for delivering London Fashion Week and developing a strategy for its future – and that is just part of their new [...]

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From crafted cobwebs to bandage dresses, Canadian knitwear designer Mark Fast is quickly making his name with his hi-tech yet witty knits
Photography by Clare Shilland

Mark Fast would like those who think that television rots the brain to reconsider. It was regular viewing of Canada’s long-running fashion-industry news show, Fashion File, hosted by Tim Blanks, that [...]

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Report by Carrie Gorman
Sarah Brown threw a party at Downing Street last night to celebrate London’s emerging talent and the career of veteran catwalk photographer Chris Moore. 
Designers dashed away from their sewing machines and joined artists and editors to toast the reputation and creativity of an industry that Sarah Brown hailed as “a fundamental part [...]

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by Carolyn Hart 
Photography: Emma Hardy
Freelance journalists working from home seldom get out of their pyjamas before 6pm, and only then if they’re having a drink in the kind of bar that calls for heels rather than slippers. So it’s unnerving to be sent off to visit a fashion designer before noon, especially one as distinguished [...]

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