What a treat, to be able to report to you that the most exciting trend in fashion might just be the improvement of high street brands – a true salve in a cost-of-living crisis, right? Last year, I interviewed former Givenchy designer Clare Waight Keller (she designed Meghan Markle’s wedding dress) about a capsule collection she was creating for Japanese basics brand Uniqlo. She told me that Uniqlo was an “amazing laboratory” and that, perhaps contrary to assumptions, the pace was much slower than it had been in her previous roles at luxury houses. “Luxury revolves around shows, and shows happen every three months. You are in this very compacted time schedule – there’s a pre-collection, men’s, women’s, couture. You’re working on three seasons at a time, managing all these different teams.” Loading...