Wholesale Fashion Blog

The eleventh-hour agreement will allow for tariff and quota-free trade in goods after December 31, but won’t apply to the services industry or the financial services sector... Read more...

Do retailers put them on sale or save them until next year? Silky, shin-length tunics in pale green, velvet mini-dresses as soft as a baby’s bottom, wonderfully impractical heels festooned with bows, and heavily embellished skirts. Party dressing is all about extravagance, sexiness and wearing something mood-lifting - but it is also a self-contained sector, with the clothes we buy for Christmas drinks or New Year’s Eve dinner ... Read more...

While mindful of trivialising the pandemic, big names from Tilda Swinton to Lady Gaga have been rocking facial coverings. At the Venice Film Festival the actor Tilda Swinton pulled out an ornate gold design face mask and wore it on the red carpet, just like she would have with a statement clutch bag or a must-have piece of jewellery. The mask was not entirely pandemic-approved – on Instagram the designer James Merry said the custom-... Read more...

Follow On Updates To Our Services   Hope everyone is keeping well and safe. We wanted to make a follow up update to give information about new and changing services at Top Down Trading.  ... Read more...

Covid 19 Updates On Our Services   Firstly I would like to wish all our clients and everyone the best of all to keep safe, well and healthy. Also I would like to give my best wishes to all NHS staff, healthcare workers, charity workers and the daily workers of transport, mail and food stores risking themselves on the frontline for the greater good of our country. Yes this historic pandemic and its uncertainty is very severe but hopefully ... Read more...

H&M Group has said it is to become the first retailer to use Circulose, a newly patented material made from discarded textiles, in a dress in its upcoming Conscious Exclusive collection - marking the first time chemically recycled fibres are used in garments sold at scale... Read more...

As January comes to an end, it’s only been little over half a month since the Chinese government warned its citizens — and the world — about the coronavirus. On January 31st, as the outbreak continues to spread, with more than 8,000 reported infections worldwide, citizens up to the news that WHO officially listed the coronavirus as a global emergency, elevating the situation from a China-only crisis to a global one... Read more...

Asos has launched a trial of a new tool on its site that allows shoppers to see what their clothing selections would look like on different body types. The “See My Fit” feature is an augmented reality tool that has been created in collaboration with Israeli AR company Zeekit. It provides online shoppers with a simulated view of what an item of clothing would look like on models of various sizes, in order to better reflect the body ... Read more...

The Swedish multinational group H&M has just created a new platform under the name of H&M Lab. A digital portal, for now exclusively operative in Germany, through which it will market the latest services, its newest products and all the innovations created by its research "hub", The Laboratory. It will also be looking for new collaborations and projects with all kinds of emerging companies... Read more...

A new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been formed to analyse sustainability in the clothing and textiles industry.  With the new APPG, which is supported by sustainability charity Hubbub, MPs from all political backgrounds will come together to review supply chains, materials used, and consumer behaviours.  The APPG held its inaugural meeting this week, where it was joined by dozens of major retailers, ... Read more...