Matches Fashion co-founder Ruth Chapman has announced a partnership with Livia Firth's brand consultancy Eco-Age, creating a sustainability programme with an aim to place 'sustainable and ethical practices' at the heart of the Matches Fashion business.

Chapman commented 'With our reputation for pioneering and nurturing fashion talent we are proud to continue to innovate by focusing our energies on addressing some of these issues within our own business and our broader supply chain. We hope to bring awareness to our brands, employees and customers and therefore spearhead change, however incremental, over the coming years'.