As business is booming, the purse-friendly highstreet chain have announced a brand new project! Launching in 2013, the Swedish fashion giant will be launching a new luxury stores, which will be completely independent from the normal stores.

H&M Chief Executive Officer, Karl-Johan Persson, said: “We have many different projects in progress and already next year we will be launching a completely new store chain. Like COS, which today is very successful with good profitability, the new chain of stores will be independent and complement the other offerings from the group. We have great faith in this new brand and we see considerable potential for further initiatives.”

This could be a greatly successful step for H&M, bringing their clientèle and products up to a higher standard. The project will start taking shape from 2013 and there are rumours circulating that a new H&M designer will be appointed in the form of Behnaz Aram.

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Although it was McQueen and Sarah Burton’s name behind the creation of the dress, the designer obviously had a little help from workers at the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace. The needleworkers had no idea that they were designing a dress for Royalty and they washed their hands every thirty minutes in order to keep the lace clean and in good condition.

The Duchess of Cambridge recently visited the Royal School of Needlework to thank those that helped to create her dress. The Duchess spoke to 30 members of staff and thanked them for their hard work, commenting on the pressure they must have been under to design something so intricate.

Talking to the Telegraph newspaper after the Duchess’ visit, the school’s chief executive, Susan Kay-Williams said: “It was lovely to meet The Duchess of Cambridge and to show her what the Royal School of Needlework does.”

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Talking to Vogue.co.uk, the popular designer revealed that she had been in talks with Net-a-Porter.com to launch a plus size collection.

“Net-a-Porter.com asked us if we would go bigger [to a size 16] and we would – we had a discussion with them. I buy online – I think as a bigger size, you feel more comfortable trying things at home. With the interiors, we just added more information. So, on a size 8, you get the sofa, the mantelpiece and the flower, whereas on a size 14 you get the sofa, the mantelpiece, the bush and the room next door,” she said.

“I was looking at a size 14 woman wearing our dress and I thought, ‘I can’t believe we don’t go bigger than that size!’ because she looked tiny,” she said. “Sometimes designers are blamed for not going to a size 16, but it’s not that: it’s that there isn’t demand [from buyers]. So I think if buyers were more brave to try it for a couple of seasons, they would sell more and designers would produce more.”

We think it would be a great idea for Katrantzou to launch a bigger sized range of clothes, making fashion more accessible to everybody.

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The 27 year old singer arrived in Paris at the Viktor and Rolf Autumn/Winter 2012 catwalk show wearing an all Blue outfit, complete with matching bouffant hair.

Showing her support to the designer, Perry wore an electric blue Viktor and Rolf trench coat with cut out scroll patterns on the lapels. Underneath she wore a simple black dress with blue/turquoise scroll shapes embellished all over which she then accessorised with black tights and musical note earrings.

Perry carried a ‘Pilule’ bag by Christian Louboutin, with a shoulder length gold chain and wore sultry sunglasses that covered up yet more blue in the form of her eye make-up.

What do you think of Katy Perry’s all blue outfit? Love it or think it’s a bit OTT?

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The Duchess will have to choose from six different designs created by De Montfort University students and the winner will get the honour of designing a unique pair of shoes for the Duchess to wear.

The winner will be picked on March 8th by the Duchess, who will be accompanied by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. The head of DMU’s footwear degree Kevin Guildford commented on the Duchess’ visit, saying: “It’s the most fabulous opportunity for the students who couldn’t hope for a bigger fashion icon to endorse their designs. Whoever wins is bound to be starting a brilliant career.”

De Montfort University vice-chancellor Professor Dominic Shellard added: “What a huge honour and magnificent opportunity this will be for the winning student. When asked who their first commission was for at their first job interview, they will be able to reply – The Duchess of Cambridge, the world’s leading fashion icon. Opportunities like this are exactly what our students can expect when they come to DMU, a university which is becoming known worldwide for its quality and distinctiveness.”

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The trip saw the three Royals meeting military personnel and taking a tour of the restaurant which has been renamed ‘The Diamond Jubilee Tea Station’.

All three ladies wore different shades of blue for the occasion. The Queen wore a smart pale blue outfit with matching hat, while Camilla wore a navy blue coat with white horizontal stripes. Of course, with Kate Middleton being the most stylish of all the Royals, all eyes were on her and her blue wool M Missoni coat.

The blue M Missoni coat comes from the Italian fashion house’s sister label and is a break from the traditional English labels that the Duchess usually wears. However, she did manage to work a little bit of British into her outfit with her Rupert Sanderson heels.

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The actress, famous for her roles in Harry Potter and Sweeney Todd, turned up to the palace on Wednesday 22nd in a suitably gorgeous all over tartan Vivienne Westwood suit, that wasn’t as wacky as expected. The tartan suit consister of a jacket top and ankle length skirt with ruffle detailing on the back. She wore her hair swept to one side, with a black top hat style fascinator.

The actress, who most recently played the Queen’s mother in The King’s Speech, attended the ceremony with her film director husband Tim Burton, her mother Elena and her two children, Billy Ray and Nell.

Bonham Carter spoke only to the Press Association after receiving her award, she dedicated the award to her late father and went on to say: “I am thrilled though not sure that I deserve it, I am delighted to accept such a wonderful honour in his memory.”

What do you think of Helena’s Vivienne Westwood outfit for her meeting with the Queen?

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The great news comes soon after the announcement that Creative Director Raf Simons is to step down from the label, amongst rumours that his new home will be at Christian Dior.

After an eight year break, Sander will be returning to the label on Tuesday 28th and she can be safe in the knowledge that no more personality and artistic clashes will be taking place after the label was sold to British private equity firm Change Capital Partners. A spokesperson for Sander, released a statement on the designer’s behalf, saying: “I am very happy and excited to be back. It feels like coming home after a brief journey.

The Jil Sander brand is ingrained in my very being, naturally, my vision of sophisticated, truly modern design stayed with me, as vivid as on the first day. Paradigms change and evolve from season to season, but the heart of a brand doesn’t alter. It will be a great challenge and a greater joy to design Jil Sander’s contemporary identity. I am convinced that the moment is as favourable as could be wished. The fashion world needs original voices and genuine signatures. I will do my best to, once again, join the choir.”

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Before Valentines day, the chestnut brown coat from the Autumn/Winter ’11 collection, was part of the Hobbs sale, with it’s price having been slashed to a more affordable £182. However, when Kate was spotted wearing the coat during her visit, the coat vanished from the sale rail, having been snapped up by Kate fashion lovers.

Hobbs chairman Iain MacRitchie commented on the sell-out coat, saying: “We are delighted to see our designers getting recognition for their creative talent and the Hobbs brand credentials. With the UK’s strength and depth of contemporary British designer fashion, it is fantastic to see this important industry increasingly getting a worldwide profile.”

Kate wore the belted coat with the Hobbs Lara Roll-Neck Top in black which has been reduced to £42, and is surprisingly still in stock!

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J Crew’s company’s executive creative director, Jenna Lyons confirmed that plans to launch a London based store were in the pipeline and a store, and more to follow, were expected from 2013. “We’re looking at spaces on Regent Street. And I wouldn’t mind being in Covent Garden for a smaller store. It won’t be just one store – we’re not gonna be stingy.”

J Crew have a huge British following but don’t currently have a UK based shop or website. Instead, Brits can only get their hands on J Crew’s goodies via Net-a-Porter.com or they can wait patiently for delivery from the US website JCrew.com.

In the statement, Jenna Lyons also added: “We have a huge British following already – our New York stores get a lot of customers, and what we do is not very well represented in the British market. There are very classic clothes, but they’re high end. And women’s especially, there isn’t that classic tailoring but with a twist, and also colour, which we do. So from what I’ve been told we might be hopefully filling a niche.”

We can’t wait for J Crew to come to the UK as they have the potential to heavily influence Brit’s fashion and style.

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