Fashion industry leaders want the UK to be able to continue to recruit and trade freely with Europe.
Henry Holland, Matty Bovan and Richard Malone reveal how leaving the EU will affect their brands. Shortly before the EU referendum in 2016, the British Fashion Council (BFC) conducted a poll involving 500 designers. It revealed that 90 per cent of them planned to vote Remain.
British Fashion Council says no-deal Brexit could cost fashion industry up to £900m in one year
02/09/2019
'We urge the government to seek a deal with the EU that would guarantee the healthy and steady growth of the fashion industry'
Samantha Cameron says her fashion brand is finding post-Brexit trading with the EU "challenging and difficult".
Samantha Cameron tells Emma Barnett about the impact Brexit is having on her business [2 mins]
28/01/2021
Samantha Cameron tells Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour about the impact Brexit is having on her fashion business.
Those expecting the deal meant trade could carry on in the same friction-free, tariff-free manner as before were in for something of a shock on 1 January 2021 when shipments were stuck at borders due to incorrect paperwork.
Barry Hemmings is not a moaner, a pessimist or a quitter but he is, like so many hundreds of thousands of others, ‘hacked off’ by Brexit and the damage it is doing to his business.
London-based think tank Fashion Roundtable have written an open letter to call on the UK Government to offer further support in dealing with issues which have arisen due to Brexit.
Leading figures from the sector are calling for frictionless work travel for British creatives in the bloc.
The UK fashion industry is calling on the government to take action as it faces “decimation” as a result of the hurdles of red tape and travel restrictions brought in by the post-Brexit trade agreement with the EU.
In a letter to the UK Prime Minister signed by 400 leaders of the fashion industry, fears of “decimation of the fashion industry by the Brexit trade deal” are expressed.
Fashion Roundtable Open Letter
02/02/2021
The UK fashion industry is facing a number of critical issues, which without urgent attention will jeopardise the immediate and long term future of the sector.
Fashion counts costs of Brexit arrangements
03/02/2021
Uncommonly exposed to red tape and restrictions across the English Channel, the UK’s £35 billion fashion and textile industry is feeling the effects of its situation.
Brands in Europe and the UK are working out how to sell on both sides of the Channel despite lots of new red tape and costs.
Fashion is fast and fleeting. That’s the point. Designers are lucky if they get a 10-year catwalk run. Now some are wondering if the industry itself will get another 10 years. The business is “living through hell,” says Vetements chief executive Guram Gvasalia.
Brexit uncertainty affected a large proportion of UK textile and apparel firms, both upstream and downstream—over 60 per cent of firms in both manufacturers and lead firms’ groups, according to researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE).
Fashion firm Ted Baker has posted a 47% revenue fall for the final quarter, and warned that it assumes UK stores will remain closed until the end of May.
The fashion chain said the expected Brexit bill comes as it faces extra duty and shipping costs following the end of year agreement.
Shoppers have reportedly faced delays and extra fees of up to £5 on fashion items shipped from the EU, as Brexit continues to cause delivery issues.
Fashion company boss says only way for many firms to survive as costs soar is to open bases in France, costing vital UK jobs.
Cult sustainable labels like Fruity Booty are up against insane levels of paperwork and shipping delays.
London's five-day digital fashion week begins today against a backdrop of anxiety about cost of doing business with the European Union after Brexit.
British Fashion Council CEO Caroline Rush on the ‘huge challenges’ Brexit has posed to the industry
19/02/2021
Caroline Rush today told of the “challenges” Brexit and the pandemic had posed for her industry as London Fashion Week got under way.
"The post-Brexit trade agreement is a catastrophe for the British fashion industry and it could kill 'Made in Britain.'"
Ahead of the first post-Brexit London Fashion Week, designers and retailers including Richard Quinn, Bethany Williams, and Harry Fisher lay bare its effects on their labels