5 d. ago Prolific shoplifter in gang dubbed the 'Spice Girls' is cleared of stealing £19,000 of designer bags, hats and clothes from Selfridges because she has 'mental health issues'

Melissa Grant, 55, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court today charged with four counts of theft from Selfridges between December 26 and 30 2024.

Economics

7 d. ago The sudden, surprising rise of beard transplants: ‘This industry is a wild west’

Demand for facial hair surgery is soaring – despite the dangers that lurk in an unregulated industry. Are the risks worth it for the chance of a thicker, fuller beard?Of all the teenage anxieties that can take root, beard growth – or the lack of it – was the one that really got to Vikram Arora. His facial hair was patchier than a drought-hit lawn and by the time he went to college he was very self-conscious. “You’d have older guys coming in with a bit of stubble and it was almost this guilty secret where I’d be thinking: ‘I wish I could have that,’” he says.It was the 90s and George Michael’s sculpted goatee was everywhere. Arora, who is 47 and lives in Essex, remembers being racked with envy as he admired Tom Ford’s designer stubble in a photo in a clothes shop. At one point, he took to stealing his sister’s mascara wand in an attempt to fill in the gaps. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Criminal with stash of designer clothes and jewellery busted as he walked out of Greggs

William Lau, 39, was also found in possession of cash as well as cocaine worth more than £11,000

Events

2 w. ago TALK OF THE TOWN: Reality star Eliza chases thieves after they hit her vintage store

TALK OF THE TOWN: Eliza Batten is taking the a direct approach with shoplifters who target her second-hand designer clothes store.

Events

3 w. ago British fashion creators accuse Chinese retail giant Shein of using AI 'to copy and steal' clothing designs as they fear industry could be destroyed under Keir Starmer's copyright exceptions

EXCLUSIVE: British fashion is under threat from artificial intelligence that can identify popular products and flood the market with cheap copies, designers have warned.

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3 w. ago Zhenhao Zou: ‘charming’ PhD student who filmed dozens of attacks on women

Police say it could be ‘extraordinary amount of time’ before scale of crimes is known, as UCL student convicted of raping 10 womenLondon student who drugged and raped 10 women may have 50 more victims, police fearZhenhao Zou thought, acted and offended as if he was untouchable. When detectives searched the south London flat he rented for thousands of pounds a month, they found the trappings of a comfortable, if not lavish, lifestyle.DCI Richard Mackenzie said of the search in January 2024: “There were designer bags, jewellery, a Rolex, designer clothes, some in the wardrobe with the tags still on.” Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Failed asylum seeker who punched man unconscious turns up for sentencing wearing designer clothes, £180 Nike trainers and carrying two iPhones

Hamza Amri, 29, arrived in Britain two years ago and was sent to live on the Bibby Stockholm in Dorset on an £9.10 a week allowance.

Events

4 w. ago Best online clothing stores and brands, from high street to designer

From luxury to budget fashion labels, these are the online clothes stores to have on your radar

Politics

4 w. ago Glasgow Footasylum worker's £30,000 designer clothes scam forced shop closure

Tyreece McDonald was the inside man for the scheme at the Footasylum store in Glasgow's Silverburn Shopping Centre.

Economics