Fashion retail hailed in New Year’s Honours list

The list, which was unveiled last week, also sees Alexandra Shulman, who won the Drapers Award for Outstanding Contribution to Fashion last November, awarded a CBE for services to fashion journalism.

Richard James, founder of the premium menswear brand of the same name, was also granted an order for services to men’s fashion.

Lynne Franks, CEO and founder of PR firm Lynne Franks PR was featured in the list for services to business, fashion and women’s empowerment alongside Hilary Grainger, dean of academic development and quality assurance of London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London for services to higher education.

With "millennial pink" becoming the colour-related catch phrase of the year, Instagrammers flocked to the streets to document the trend with the popular hashtag #millenialpink.

The term does not refer to a specific shade of pink, but rather a range of tones ranging from blush to bubble gum. After Pantone named Rose Quartz the co-colour of the year in 2016, along with a gentle shade of lavender, pink took on a life of its own and was seen this year in fashion, school supplies, interiors, flowers, and even tech products.

Reflecting changing ideas about gender fluidity, the shade once reserved for women earned widespread cred among men, who went way beyond the pink statement shirt by rocking rose-tinted shoes, pants, jackets, and workout wear.