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BFC announces nominees for The Fashion Awards 2025
Award categories announced include Designer of the Year, British Womenswear Designer, British Menswear Designer and the Vanguard Award. This year, the BFC invited a jury of 19 distinguished critics, editors and buyers to finalise the shortlist of nominees, ensuring that all nominees meet the highest standards of quality, creativity and diversity. These will now be presented to a voting committee of leading industry members to review the shortlist and cast votes confidentially to balance perspectives and guarantee impartiality, the BFC said in a press release.
The BFC has announced the nominees for The Fashion Awards 2025, taking place on December 1 at the Royal Albert Hall.
Key categories include Designer of the Year, British Womenswear and Menswear Designer, and the Vanguard Award.
The shortlist, selected by a jury of industry experts, highlights innovation, creativity, and diversity, and will now be voted on by leading fashion professionals.
Designer of the Year recognises a British or international designer whose innovative collections have made a notable impact on the industry, defining the shape of global fashion. The 2025 nominees include Glenn Martens for his work at Diesel and Maison Margiela, Jonathan Anderson for Dior and JW Anderson, and Martine Rose for her eponymous label. Also nominated are Miuccia Prada for Miu Miu, Rick Owens for his continued influence through his namesake brand, and Willy Chavarria for his powerful and boundary-pushing work at Willy Chavarria.
British Womenswear Designer of the Year celebrates a leading British womenswear designer who has made a global impact through innovation and creativity, shaping the international womenswear landscape. This year’s nominees are Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault for KNWLS, Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena-Irons for Chopova Lowena, and Erdem Moralioglu for ERDEM. Also recognised are Sarah Burton for her creative direction at Givenchy and Simone Rocha for her continued excellence with her eponymous brand.
British Menswear Designer of the Year honours a British menswear designer whose vision and creativity have shaped the international menswear scene. Nominees for 2025 include Craig Green for Craig Green, Foday Dumbuya for Labrum London, and Grace Wales Bonner for Wales Bonner. Also shortlisted are Kiko Kostadinov for his innovative namesake label, Nicholas Daley for his culturally rich menswear collections, and Stefan Cooke and Jake Burt for their collaborative work at Stefan Cooke.
The Vanguard Award recognises a designer at the forefront of a new wave in British fashion — a visionary creative demonstrating cultural leadership and global influence, helping to shape the future of the industry. This year’s nominees are Aaron Esh for Aaron Esh, Dilara Findikoglu for her bold and subversive label, and Feben for her namesake brand that blends identity and craftsmanship. Also nominated are Steve O Smith for his contemporary and emotionally resonant work, Tolu Coker for her powerful storytelling through design, and Torishéju Dumi for Torisheju, a brand gaining attention for its conceptual and culturally charged collections.
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October 28, 2025
Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, as the company works to pare expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The figure represents a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.55 million total employees, but nearly 10% of the company’s roughly 350,000 corporate employees. This would represent the largest job cut at Amazon since around 27,000 jobs were eliminated starting in late 2022.
An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment.
Amazon has been trimming smaller numbers of jobs over the past two years across multiple divisions, including devices, communications, podcasting and others.
The cuts beginning this week may impact a variety of divisions within Amazon, including human resources, known as People Experience and Technology, devices and services and operations, among others, the people said.
Managers of impacted teams were asked to undergo training on Monday for how to communicate with staff following notifications that will start going out via email tomorrow morning, the people said.
Amazon shares were up 1.5% to $227.53. The company plans to report third quarter earnings on Thursday.
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October 27, 2025
Resale marketplace Poshmark has appointed Heather Friedland as its first chief product officer.
In this newly created role, Friedland will oversee Poshmark’s product strategy, roadmap, and execution, with a mandate to drive the platform’s next phase of innovation and growth.
“In selecting Heather as our chief product officer, we sought a leader who combines deep product expertise with a customer-first mindset and a sharp understanding of marketplace dynamics,” said Namsun Kim, chief executive officer of Poshmark.
“We’re entering an exciting new chapter as AI redefines how people shop, sell, and connect. With Heather’s leadership, we’ll accelerate innovation across our platform, expand the value we deliver to our shoppers and sellers, and position Poshmark at the forefront of fashion resale and the next generation of AI-powered commerce.”
Friedland most recently served as chief product officer at Ancestry, and previously held the same title at Glassdoor, where she led product innovation and organizational transformation through key growth periods.
Earlier in her career, at eBay, she advanced from leading product management for search and buying experiences to serving as vice president of product, driving initiatives that expanded eBay’s global reach. Friedland began her career at Jump.com, later acquired by Microsoft, where she contributed to the development of MSN, Windows Live Q&A, and Bing Search.
“I’m thrilled to join Poshmark at such a pivotal moment and as a longtime Posher,” added Friedland.
“I’m excited to partner with the team to bring bold, innovative solutions to the Poshmark community and scale the impact we deliver. As AI reshapes the future of shopping—making experiences more intuitive, personalized, and human—I see enormous opportunity for Poshmark to lead the way in redefining how people discover, connect, and find joy in shopping together.”
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Both the leaders are scheduled to meet on October 30 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, to sign off on the deal terms.
China and the US have agreed on a gamut of contentious issues as part of a trade deal ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping later this week.
Talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur had eliminated the threat of Trump’s 100-per cent tariffs on Chinese imports beginning November 1, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
Trump too was optimistic about a deal.
Trump arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), his first stop in a five-day Asia tour that is scheduled to end on Thursday with a meeting with Xi.
Talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit had eliminated the threat of Trump’s 100-per cent tariffs on Chinese imports beginning November 1, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
“I would expect that the threat of the 100-per cent has gone away, as has the threat of the immediate imposition of the Chinese initiating a worldwide export control regime,” Bessent told a US TV channel.
“I think we’re going to have a deal with China,” Trump said after the weekend talks.
Bessent also said he expects China to delay implementation of its rare earth minerals and magnets licensing regime by a year while the policy is reconsidered.
“I think we have a very successful framework for the leaders to discuss on Thursday,” Bessent was quoted as saying by global newswires after he and US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer met Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and top trade negotiator Li Chenggang for their fifth round of in-person discussions since May.
Both sides reached a ‘preliminary consensus’ and will next go through their respective internal approval processes, Li said.
“The US position has been tough, whereas China has been firm in defending its own interests and rights,” Li said. “We have experienced very intense consultations and engaged in constructive exchanges in exploring solutions and arrangements to address these concerns,” he added.
Both sides agreed to pause some punitive actions and found “a path forward where we can have more access to rare earths from China, we can try to balance out our trade deficit with sales from the United States,” Greer told a US TV network.
Bessent said he anticipates a tariff truce with China will be extended beyond its November 10 expiry, and China will revive substantial purchases of US soybeans after buying none in September.
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