Marks & Spencer and Bella Freud launch second accessible luxury collection

Marks & Spencer and London designer Bella Freud launched a second collaborative collection on 16 October, bringing the designer's signature slogan knits and tailoring to a wider, lower-priced audience in stores and online. The drop expands on last year's debut, which sold out within hours, and includes womenswear, menswear, children's pieces, lingerie, homeware and a beauty advent calendar, with prices ranging from around 10 for accessories to roughly 300 for a coat.

The collection centers on luxury fabrics translated to a high-street bracket, with wool, cashmere, silk and velvet used across jumpers, shirts, pyjamas and tailored separates. Highlights include the reworked slogan jumpers, a velvet suit positioned as a seasonal anchor, cashmere pieces priced around 130 and pyjama sets around 50. Homeware offerings span cushions, ceramics, throws, candles and scent diffusers, and a branded beauty advent calendar features 25 items from multiple beauty brands.

Freud said the collection was conceived around entertaining at home, adding, "You want to be a bit dressed up and feel glamorous, but you also want to feel at ease." The mood is described as polished yet comfortable, pairing...