A BRITISH clothing company has won its High Court action alleging Dunnes Stores breached European regulations by copying a woman’s shirt and top. Dunnes will have to account to the Karen Millen (KM) chain for profits made on sales of the copied garments, which were sold through its Savida range.

A spokeswoman for Dunnes Stores said the company was not making any comment on the judgment that ruled the company had copied a design belonging to British fashion design label Karen Millen.

One of Britain’s most exclusive clothing chains won a landmark case today after it claimed Dunnes Stores copied its design.

A FASHION expert told a court yesterday she found 580,000 references on the internet to the type of woman’s top at the centre of a landmark legal dispute between British fashion stores and Dunnes Stores.

AN IRISH fashion designer told a court yesterday that a Dunnes Stores top was “a direct copy” of a Karen Millen sweater, in a landmark legal case over the protection of design rights.

Some of the UK’s best-known fashion brands could be returned to private ownership after details of a £400m (€568m) takeover move emerged today.

Leading fashion chain Oasis' summer sale was on ice today while its owner held out for some of the business lost to poor weather earlier in the year.

The owner of the Oasis and Karen Millen brands rued the lack of a “must-have” fashion look today as it reported sluggish sales in the year so far.

The London market continued its good run today as mining and leisure stocks lifted the FTSE 100 Index to a fresh four-and-a-half year high.

The owner of fashion chains including Oasis and Karen Millen looked set to meet profits hopes today after an upturn in sales over Christmas.