News about Betty Jackson

Months of planning had resulted in this moment. Months of cajoling designers, models, resp., and style watchers, have all lent their help - and money - to a hitherto unintentional venture: a show that exhibits the best of British fashion under one roof. Or, rather, one square of canvas. I felt a surge of pride and pure excitement as I watched the last touches being applied to the huge tent that would host the first ever London Fashion Week. I knew some of these people had been skeptical, but as I stood at the back of this amazing new space, I hoped that this would be the start of something amazing.

The once-packed fashion floors and buzzy restaurants of Knightsbridge department store Harvey Nichols are now unused. Lynne Franks, the company's former PR, has devised a ten-point blueprint to get it back to where it belongs.

Asos, a retailer, has reported that its sales have increased by more than a third in the last four months. M&S claims to have seen a 43 percent increase in mini skirt sales this year over the past year. Despite being in direct contrast to a belief we've long adhered to: the Hemline Index. The theory, which was born in the 1920s, holds that skirt lengths are closely linked to the current economic times. Our hemlines become as long as our faces when times are tough. Nonetheless, in times of economic revival, they rise at a rate that our bank balances are growing at the same rate.

It's been 30 years since Ab Fab, the beloved television series that ran from 1992 to 2004. Lynne Franks (left) of the 1990s, the country's top fashion PR, reveals that she inspired Edina Monsoon's larger-than-life figure. 30 years on, Lynne says that she regrets being so 'sniffy' about the show and wishes that she had been able to join in with the jokes and fun

Jenna Coleman appeared as a stranger in scenes for her forthcoming Amazon Prime series Wilderness in New York on Thursday. The Doctor Who actress, 36, appeared deep in concentration when she was joined by co-star Oliver Jackson-Cohen, 35, who is the son of fashion designer Betty Jackson. Jenna, Liv in the 'twisted love tale,' who after finding out about her husband Will's (played by Oliver), she decides to seek revenge in one of America's secluded national parks.