Staunch Industries
7th Apr 2010 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ Will Beeslaar and Duncan Forbes are Edinburgh-based surfers. They launched Staunch, Scotland’s first surf clothing label in 2007 – an independent brand for independent thinkers.
6th Jan 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Having spent many years scouting clothing stores only to find a disappointing range of boys’ clothes, Kerry Oldfield and Paul Bishop took the matter of fashion into their own hands, launching MyKidBrother.co.uk – a boys-only clothing store...
26th Sep 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ Victoria Le Marquand is the founder of IndependentBoutique.com - a unique online store that unites the best British brands and designers that UK fashion has to offer. Her site champions the rich talent and creativity that is prevalent within the UK fashion industry...
15th Aug 2011 ⁄ North West ⁄ Exciting times beckon for Macclesfield entrepreneur Charlotte Walsh who has graduated and launched her clothing brand in the space of a month. Charlotte, who has achieved a first in her BA(Hons) Entrepreneurship for the Creative and Cultural Industries...
27th Jul 2011 ⁄ Online boutique Bell & Smokey has announced that it’s now stocking Dace clothing from Vancouver, Canada. Dace clothing was founded by Dace Moore in 2002 and has grown to be an established brand name in many retail outlets throughout North America. However its new home at Bell & Smokey will be the first time Dace has been carried in the UK allow...
7th Jul 2011 ⁄ North West ⁄ Manchester based PR agency Souter has been chosen by clothing and accessory brand, Stone Monkey, to handle its media relations and social media strategy for the next 12 months. Specialising in quality leisure wear including hoodies, t-shirts, shirts and accessories, Stone Monkey is currently stocked in lifestyle boutiques...
9th Jun 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ This year All Tropical have joined forces with the award-winning Shoreditch Festival to provide the official t-shirt for the 2011 event. A design competition will run exclusively on the AllTropical.co.uk website where its members will rate and comment on their favourite designs. The top five t-shirts, as voted by the All Tropical community...
30th Mar 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ Debbie Murphy runs her own business Missfit Creations, designing and making sustainable clothing range Recreate and Pop Fashion label Tribute2. All clothing is hand-made from reworked garments and offcut fabrics and each item is individual. We caught up with Debbie to see what she's currently up to...
11th Feb 2011 ⁄ Squiddles is a new web store which has been launched by illustrator Matt Daniels, aka Stickypop, after his girlfriend Emma Wilkinson passed away from the Epstein-Barr virus on 9th July 2010.
Squiddles was brought to life to take such a tragic, upsetting event and try to raise awareness...
6th Jan 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Reading based Vintage Upcycling business, Vintage and Upcycled is where creativity & imagination breathe new life into vintage clothes. We caught up with them to see what they're up to and how they work...
19th Jul 2010 ⁄ South East ⁄ Sloth was formed as a way of channelling creativity. Brand creator, Jonathan Mitchell, has been working as a fashion designer for a number of high profile companies for the past eight years, holding full-time positions for Puma and Bench as well as freelancing for Timberland, Next and Adidas, amongst others.
19th Jul 2010 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ Initially an online store promoting the work of independent designer makers, Hannah Zakari will soon open it's doors as a beautiful real life shop. We caught up with Rachael Lamb, prior to the exciting shop launch on Saturday 24th July.
7th Apr 2010 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ Will Beeslaar and Duncan Forbes are Edinburgh-based surfers. They launched Staunch, Scotland’s first surf clothing label in 2007 – an independent brand for independent thinkers.