FCUK divorce: fashion chain boss loses shirt in split

IF anyone could be forgiven for saying "FCUK IT," it has to be Stephen Marks. The founder of French Connection fashion chain has not only lost his wife to divorce but, as a result, he has also lost control of his company.

For once, his business acumen seems to have deserted him as former fashion journalist Alisa Marks, has managed to take the T-shirt off his back.

In order to bankroll the divorce, Mr Marks, 58, has been forced to sell stg£40m of his shares in the business he built into a huge empire worth hundreds of millions of pounds.