Pieces from the Anamika Khanna H&M collection | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For Anamika Khanna, when it comes to style, boundaries are blurred. Clothes and accessories should not be restricted to certain occasions and places, she believes. “A kurta can be worn at a beach with shorts or s a dress with a belt and a pair … Read more
From stables to the power corridors of fashion, Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M’s head of Womenswear Design, has had quite a journey. Growing up in Sweden, she says she was always in the stables, taking care of horses and going on rides. “I wanted to become a vet but I didn’t have the grades for that,” she … Read more
A snapshot of the making process After sustainability-led initiatives such as garment recycling and their most recent biodegradable line of baby clothes, global retailer H&M has now announced a programme that gives us the recycled button. Going forward, all H&M Group products such as shirts, blouses, skirts, among others, that are produced in India, will … Read more
Garment makers in Tirupur and Noida are seeing up to a 25% reduction in fresh orders from global brands like Mango, Zara, H&M after they suspended operations in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Spanish fashion retailer Inditex – which owns Zara – has halted trading in Russia, closing its 502 shops and stopping online … Read more
Around 1,050 of H&M’s around 5,000 stores remain temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and government measures to stop it, a spokesman at the Swedish group said on Thursday. H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, is due to report sales for the December-February period, its fiscal first quarter, on March 15. Analysts on average … Read more
For brands like H&M and Zara, speed and quantity have always been a priority. By Shriya Roy Fashion and technology have long known each other, but today, their equation has gone a step ahead, with some game-changing innovations. The fashion-tech industry has been innovating and re-innovating at a lightening pace and bringing out new products … Read more