LONDON (Reuters) - Loss-making luxury fashion manufacturer and retailer Aquascutum, best known for its patented check pattern and trench coats, said on Thursday 4 March that two top designers had resigned.

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Graeme Fidler, head of menswear design, and Michael Herz, head of womenswear design, have stepped down.

Harold Tillman, chairman and majority owner of 125-year-old Jaeger, and Jaeger Chief Executive Belinda Earl acquired the British company last September for an undisclosed sum.

Tillman acquired Jaeger in 2003 and turned it into a profitable business by extending the brand in accessories and homewares and he plans a similar strategy for Aquascutum.

Aquascutum has dressed British royalty, politicians, and Hollywood stars over its 158-year history.

(Reporting by Julie Crust; editing by Rupert Winchester)