Ted Baker Fashion brand Ted Baker appoints administrators in Europe

British fashion brand Ted Baker is preparing to appoint administrators to its European and online arm, according to reports.

The move puts almost 1000 jobs at risk.

It’s not known if the brand’s six Australian shops or Australian website are affected.

Ted Baker
It’s not known if the brand’s six Australian shops or Australian website are affected. (Ted Baker)

Nine.com.au has attempted contacting Ted Baker for comment.

None of the Australian phone numbers for the brand are connected.

The fashion brand, which has 46 stores in the UK and Europe, has been struggling for years as it faced increasing competition and fallout

Dries Van Noten is stepping down from his namesake label

Dries Van Noten has announced that he is stepping down from his namesake label, which he has headed up for almost four decades. The Belgian designer revealed that he wants to focus on other things, and feels ready for a new name to put a spin on his brand.

“In the early Eighties, as a young guy from Antwerp, my dream was to have a voice in fashion,” Van Noten said in a statement today. “Through a journey that brought me to London, Paris and beyond, and with the help of countless supportive people, that dream came true. Now, I

A pioneering bill to slow fast fashion gets approval from France’s lower house. Next stop the Senate

PARIS (AP) — A pioneering bill to curb the rampant pace of fast fashion won unanimous approval in the lower house of the French Parliament, making France one of the first countries worldwide to target the influx of low-cost, mass-produced garments predominantly from China.

The fashion industry is among the world’s biggest producers of greenhouse gas emissions. France is seeking to reduce the allure of fast fashion items, setting a precedent in the fight against the environmental degradation they cause.

Lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved the bill, greenlighting it for the Senate to consider — either to approve it,