Occasionwear on Le Magasin

Karen Millen Is Back on the High Street After Seven Years

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

Karen Millen has returned to physical retail for the first time since 2019, opening three UK concessions this month.

The first opened at Fosse Park in Leicester on Friday 14 August, followed by two more on Monday 17 August at Union Square in Aberdeen and Liverpool ONE. All three sit inside stores operated by TFG — The Foschini Group — whose UK fashion portfolio also includes Hobbs and Whistles.

What’s in the concessions

The spaces stock a curated selection rather than the full range: occasionwear alongside the brand’s bestselling lines. That focus makes sense. Occasionwear is the category where trying something on still genuinely matters, and where online return rates are highest across the whole of UK fashion retail.

Strapless Goes Autumnal: How to Wear the Bandeau Neckline Past Summer

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

Strapless has always been a difficult sell in Britain. We have roughly eleven days a year warm enough to leave your shoulders uncovered with confidence, and a national instinct for keeping a cardigan nearby. So the arrival of the bandeau neckline as one of autumn 2026’s most persistent silhouettes looks, at first glance, like an act of collective optimism.

It isn’t, quite. The strapless dresses and tops arriving now are built differently from the summer versions — heavier fabrics, more structure, and a clear expectation that you’ll layer something over the top. Designers have essentially reframed the neckline as a base layer rather than a finished outfit, and that changes the maths entirely.