What’s Trending In British Luxury News? March 2025
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From exciting collaborations to royal ambassadors, here's your British luxury news roundup for March 2025.
Best of British: stay up-to-date with everything happening in homegrown luxury this month. Here’s all the British luxury news for March 2025.
British Luxury News: March 2025
Globe-Trotter Adds New Design Catalogue
Globe-Trotter knows that travelling light is in fashion these days, which is why it’s just added a new design to its catalogue. The aptly named Metropolis range retains all the signature details that make Globe-Trotters the most handsome cases to circuit the carousel, including a vulcanised fibreboard shell, English leather handles and aerospace-grade rivets, but with a new durable aluminium frame that makes it almost 20 percent lighter than its traditional woodframed cases.
From £1,895. globe-trotter.com
Swaine Debuts Snakewood Umbrella
Through its elevated workmanship, Swaine – Britain’s oldest luxury brand – has made the humble brolly more than just a tool to tackle downpours. In fact, it’s given it star status, having made the umbrellas you’ll have seen in a slew of iconic flicks, from Gene Kelly’s in Singing in the Rain, to Mary Poppins’ sassy parrot-head brolly and Colin Firth’s portable bullet shield in the Kingsman franchise. Swaine still makes its umbrellas by hand in Cambridgeshire, where handles, shafts, spokes and silk canopies are all fashioned and fitted. Its latest masterpiece is its Snakewood edition, made from the rarefied South American wood with a textured pattern resembling reptilian scales. A true gent wouldn’t be caught toting anything less. Just don’t leave this one on the bus.
£3,200. swaine.london
Oliver Brown Unveils Roman Holiday Collection
Savile Row style maven Sir Hardy Amies waxed lyrical in his 1964 seminal tome The ABC of Men’s Fashion about the virtues of Italian style. For SS25, another standard-bearer of British sartorialism, Oliver Brown, has taken a leaf from this libro with a collection that taps Gregory Peck’s sprezzatura in 1953 flick, Roman Holiday. Swapping the starchier shapes of English tailoring for the sort of soft, deconstructed jackets you’d more often find in an atelier near the Piazza di Spagna than Sloane Square, you’ll find lightweight and breathable fresco wools and linens in earthy and pastel hues. You’ll feel like you’re a leading man in a Fellini flick. Molto bene.
Roman Holiday collection, from £49. oliverbrownlondon.com
Joanie Clothing Collaborates With Celia Birtwell On Latest Drop
Vintage-inspired label Joanie Clothing unveiled its latest restock this month, created in collaboration with print designer Celia Birtwell. A muse to artist David Hockney and partner of fashion designer Ossie Clark, Birtwell is known for her feminine, ditsy florals and print clashing tendencies. And the new collection with Joanie Clothing, comprised of 14 70s-inspired dresses and tops, brings to life some of Birtwell’s most famous prints (including fan favourites ‘Marie Antoinette’ and ‘Delaware’).
‘To me, unquestionably, Celia is the queen of ditsy florals,’ said Lucy, founder and brand manager of Joanie Clothing. ‘A trailblazing titan of the twin print, expertly smushing together complementary colours and playful prints in varying scales, grounds, and clashing styles, always tastefully. Not understated, but also not ‘too loud’ either, creating a look that is consistently synonymous with vintage style. It’s a ‘pinch me’ moment to bring this collection to life after years of fangirling over her prints.
‘Celia’s prints are distinctive and bold, with an incredible attention to detail,’ she continues. ‘Her designs are striking and instantly recognisable, evoking the spirit of the late 60s and early 70s with their playful scales, complimentary colours, and idiosyncratic names. This timeless collection is designed to be worn season after season, year after year.’
‘When I was approached by Joanie, I was delighted to find that an enthusiastic company, run by sharp and savvy women who knew their market, was interested in using my prints,’ added Celia. ‘We were able to sit down and discuss what sort of designs in which colours they thought would work best, and we discussed which clothes best suited which designs. It has been a very harmonious relationship, and I have thoroughly enjoyed working on the collection.’
Available now, priced between £69 and £129. joanieclothing.com
Cheltenham Festival: Style In Focus
Cheltenham Festival is an indisputable staple in England’s sporting calendar. And with the 2025 edition kicking off this month, it’s time to start thinking about your outfit. There isn’t an official dress code for the races – organisers only recommend dressing for the weather – so you’re going to have to get a little creative. If you’re stuck, don’t worry. We’ve rounded up some of our favourite style picks for what to wear to Cheltenham Festival 2025. See our full guide here.
(c) Holland Cooper
Zara Tindall Is Fairfax & Favor’s New Ambassador
Whether it’s in the paddock, out in the countryside or wading through the fun at Cheltenham, Zara Tindall is more often than not spotted in a sleek ensemble from Fairfax & Favor. And now the brand, which has spent the last 10 years making a name for itself as a pioneer of rural vogue, has gone one step further by making the royal its official ambassador. Read the full story here.
Featured image: Joanie Clothing
