Tee is for trend

Hannah Betts banishes her inner Ted with a t-shirt

NOT TO MAKE THIS ABOUT me (LOLS, it’s always about me), but I realise this year’s columns are going a tad De Profundis. The question arises: is Betts having a breakdown, or is fashion? The answer, of course, is that these matters are not either/or. In the four weeks since I last vented about the economics of the industry no longer working, luxury e-tailer Matchesfashion has gone to the wall. In December, onetime e-commerce powerhouse Farfetch staved off bankruptcy, its founder falling upon his sword in February, amid lawsuits from shareholders. Quoth the New York Times: “The future of Yoox Net-a-Porter also hangs in the balance after a failed deal between Richemont, its parent group, and Farfetch last year. Richemont, which listed Net-a-Porter under ‘discontinued operations’ in its most recent…

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