LONDON — Christopher Kane has called within the administrators for his brand and is hammering out a rescue plan for the corporate in what continues to be a brutal environment for independent designers in Britain.
Forging a fashion profession without the backup of a significant investor is just for the steel-hearted, and with rates of interest on the rise, trading friction from Brexit, and a full-blown cost-of-living crisis, the indie designer’s job has change into ever tougher.
The COVID-19 pandemic also took a toll on British design talent, with star creators including Kane and Nicholas Kirkwood, once neighbors on Mount Street, shutting their stores and finding other routes to market.
Through the pandemic, Kane rediscovered his passion for advantageous art, spending hours...
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