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Polish high-end fashion pop-up for ‘pre-loved’ clothes becomes first-of-its-kind to open on London’s fancy Oxford Street

Originally set up in an abandoned fast-fashion store, this is the first time a second-hand fashion outlet had been given permission to trade on Oxford Street, which is home to the world’s biggest high-street fashion brands. Loop

Originally set up in an abandoned fast-fashion store, this is the first time a second-hand fashion outlet had been given permission to trade on Oxford Street, which is home to the world’s biggest high-street fashion brands.

Pioneering PRL-era fashion house that ‘lightened the common grey and mediocrity’ awarded ‘historical’ status

The studio belonging to model-turned designer Grażyna Hase was a key part of Warsaw’s bohemian scene during the Polish People's Republic (PRL), and a critical innovator of Polish fashion design.

Fashion designer honoured by Forbes uses sewing school to help tackle issue of menstrual poverty in Africa

With sanitary pads being out of reach for most women in Kenya, Maja Kotala from Chorzów has enlisted the help of fashion brands and students from her ‘Sewing Together’ school to make the free, renewable pads.

Łódź fashion firm making a splash with new tights made from old fishing nets and marine waste

Named among this year’s “must-have” items at the 2021 Łódź Design Festival, according to the judges, the tights stood-out not just because of their eco aspects, but also on account of their aesthetics.

Highlands designer wows Dubai with her gorgeous folk fashions

A designer from the Polish highlands has been awarded the Best Folk Fabric 2021 Award at the International Fashion Week in Dubai.

Model quits the catwalk to teach sewing and fashion design to underprivileged women in Kenya

Starting last year, Maja Kotala’s Sewing Together school has now partnered with the Salvation Army Kenya and has 20 graduates with their own products being available to buy online.

Beautifully illustrated new book showcases 100 years of Polish fashion

Each chapter in ‘Reason and flair. A century of fashion in Poland’ explores a different decade in Poland’s fashion evolution up to the present day, with all its innovations and inspirations along the way.

Sisters on ‘a mission’ to revive beautiful 17th century craft of gilt leather making – and the results are breathtaking

​​Used to decorate wall panels as an alternative to wallpaper, as upholstery for furniture and as a decorative covering for bags, boxes, chests and jewellery, gilt leather was once used to adorn the most luxurious noble interiors, including castles and palaces.​​

‘Mountain girl’ hits new heights with her stunning highland fashions

After wowing judges at international fashion shows, Joanna Galica-Dorula’s intricate handmade designs have now been snapped up by high-end Warsaw boutique Petite Maison and have become a hit with celebrities including former Miss Poland Paulina Krupinska.

Art Picnic Ukrainian culture festival starts Monday in Krakow

Ukrainian art, literature, music and fashion will be on show during the Art Picnic event starting on Monday at the cultural institute in Krakow, southern Poland.

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Janusz Chabior and his actress wife  Agata Wątróbska took in the adorable pooch called Henio after finding him in a Polish shelter where he had been sent from Ukraine.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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