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The Amsterdam- and Paris-based label offers surreal and seductive fashion that merges three-dimensional sculpting techniques with traditional handiwork, all made from a mix of recycled textiles, deadstock and new sustainable materials.

The Times reached out to Schwan’s, which last year merged with the food affiliates and produces products under Red Baron, Bibigo and other brand names.

She wants council pension pots to be merged so they can make bigger investments to generate higher returns, a move criticised as risky by some.

But the movement seemed to be experimenting: What would happen if you took Tanton’s warnings about population and the climate and merged them with people’s fears of outsiders and paranoia about the limits of resources?

She wants to create pension "megafunds" by merging the UK's 86 council schemes, using the set-up in Canada and Australia as a model.