Asda, Tesco, Aldi, Sainsbury's and Lidl alternatives to designer clothes recommended by fashion editor

Missguided has appointed administrators after suppliers filed to shut it down over unpaid debts of millions of pounds.The fashion brand called in Teneo Financial Advisory on Monday 30 May to sell its business and assets after clothing supplier JSK Fashions issued a winding-up petition on 10 May. According to The Guardian, 140 jobs are thought to be at risk, while a source told the publication that over 80 people have already been made redundant.

Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman has given her candid thoughts about this year’s Met Gala and why she was “disappointed” with some of the red carpet outfits. Shulman, who was the editor-in-chief of British Vogue for 25 years, claimed that attendees didn’t follow the dress code of the 2022 Met Gala, “Gilded Glamour,” during a recent interview with Page Six Style. According to the journalist, she felt like the formal attire was a great idea, given the fact that the Gilded Age was “all about the heady days of New York”.

As the cost of living crisis continues to grip the nation, many of us will be looking for ways to keep our hard earned cash in our pockets.

Sainsbury's has announced massive changes to the way it packages food products. Among them, the supermarket chain has decided to ditch the plastic packaging on its five-pack Fairtrade bananas from next week.

Two people were taken to hospital and five others were treated by paramedics for breathing problems after a “hazardous substances incident” at a Sainsbury’s store.

Cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James has revealed she has helped design a clothing collection with a message of hope.The 40-year-old mum-of-two, who has terminal bowel cancer, has tirelessly campaigned to raise awareness and vast amounts of cash for research into the cruel disease. Her latest venture, announced on her Instagram account, is a clothing range in collaboration with In The Style and the main collection will be released online for shoppers later this year.

Lakmé is best known these days for its fluttery “Flower Duet” (“Sous le dôme épais”), sung by a soprano and mezzo-soprano, which has become a staple in film and advertising, and for the famous coloratura soprano aria “Bell Song” (“Où va la jeune Hindoue?”).Set in India in the late-19th century during the rule of the British Raj, Lakmé focuses on the forbidden love that sparks between the titular daughter of Hindu high priest Nilakantha and the trespassing British officer Gérald.Erin Morley is Lakmé in the WCO production, overseen by the company’s Artistic Director Antony Walker, opposite Frédéric Antoun as Gérald.Also making their debuts with the Washington Concert Opera are soloists Alfred Walker as Nilakantha, Theo Hoffman as Gérald’s fellow British officer Frédéric, and Taylor Raven as Lakmé’s servant Mallika.Peter Russell, general director of Vocal Arts DC and co-founder of Washington Concert Opera, shares insights about Lakmé in a recording posted to the company’s website that will be adapted into an in-person pre-performance talk.There will also be a post-performance Lakmé Cast Party hosted by the Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW.Additionally on the company’s website is a 73-minute-long video recording of highlights from the production that kicked off the 35th season as well as the post-pandemic return to in-person performances last fall, Gioachino Rossini’s Maometto II, streaming until mid-September.Sunday, May 22, at 6 p.m.

With warmer weather on the horizon and with a mini-heatwave set to cover parts of the UK, it’s well and clear that summer is on its way. And while the hotter weather may have us flocking to our gardens or thinking about celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style, we’re not the only ones who are fans of the hotter temperatures. In fact the warmer springtime weather is enough to wake bees from their hibernation, causing them to head to parks and woods in search of pollen and nectar.

Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has left shoppers speechless with a £22 summer dress. In fact, the dress is now so popular, people are fighting to get their hands on one.

A summer of love - and drama - is just a matter of weeks away with a bunch of fresh singletons getting ready to take part in this year's Love Island. The ITV2 series, hosted by Laura Whitmore, will return to screens at the start of June - and we can hear the sounds of 'I've got a text' already.

Love Island's 2022 official fashion partners have been announced, which will see the contestants champion sustainability with eBay in a huge change for the series.The ITV show's new brand partner has been a hit with shoppers for many years now and are set to take over from fast fashion brand ISAWITFIRST to push a more ethical message to viewers after Oxfam reported 13 million items of clothing goes into UK landfill every week. Love Island was previously sponsored by ISAWITFIRST since 2019 and had taken to supplying endless amounts of clothes to the Islander's as they partake on the journeys in the iconic villa.

Supermarket giants across the UK could soon ask shoppers to ditch cash and card payments, and instead use their face or fingerprints at the checkout. A trial is in place to increase shopper security at the tills, though some may see it as a step closer to a cashless society.

People who shop at ASDA, Tesco and Sainsbury's have been warned to avoid eating certain types of chocolate. A warning has been issued and people are being urged to check their cupboards.

Leading budget supermarket Aldi Scotland is helping feed families for less by putting together a shopping list for three lunches that cost less than a tenner.

EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed Scottish writer Jenni Fagan has struck a two-project development deal with UK drama indie Buccaneer Scotland, which is also producing Fagan’s adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s The Blade Artist starring Robert Carlyle.

Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to scour the biggest clothing specialist retailers to find the ideal on-trend sandals. The quality of the offerings posed by supermarket alternatives can prove surprising, and one particular product has had fashion editors fawning over them.

Shoppers are finding their food budgets increasingly squeezed as the UK's cost of living crunch deepens.

£34. 5bn offer from Musk to buy the platform was put temporarily on hold yesterday as the “free-speech absolutist” queried the number of spam Twitter accounts. But the deal had already infuriated some of the most vocal of the site’s 217 million active users, with hundreds of thousands beginning an exodus after it was announced.