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A Hundred Years of M&S: How a Leeds Market Stall Dressed Britain

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

There is a reasonable argument that no institution has shaped how British people actually dress more than Marks & Spencer. Not the designers, not the magazines, not the boutiques — a chain of shops selling sensible knickers, school jumpers and machine-washable jumpers to more or less everyone.

M&S marks a hundred years of fashion in 2026, dated from the opening of its drapery department in 1926. It’s a fitting moment to look at how a Leeds market stall ended up as the default wardrobe of a nation.

M&S Is Bringing Back St Michael — With an Unlikely Collaborator

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Marks & Spencer is reviving St Michael, the label that appeared inside virtually every garment it sold for half a century — and it has handed the job to Aries, a London luxury streetwear brand with an audience roughly two generations younger than M&S’s core customer.

The result is a 26-piece collection, released as part of the retailer’s centenary year.

Why St Michael still means something

For anyone who grew up in Britain before 2000, St Michael is not a fashion reference. It’s a label you saw in the back of your school jumper, your father’s socks and your grandmother’s cardigan.

M&S Will Make Its London Fashion Week Runway Debut This September

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Marks & Spencer will show on the official London Fashion Week schedule for the first time in its history this September, presenting an exclusive runway collection to mark its centenary year.

The show is currently listed for Friday 18 September, within the wider London Fashion Week run of 17 to 21 September, though M&S has yet to confirm final venue and timings. It will cover both womenswear and menswear, and it will operate on a “see now, buy now” basis — meaning the collection becomes available to buy immediately after it appears on the runway, rather than in six months’ time.