THE owners of a popular nightclub have completed a £12,000 rebrand after being told to face closure by a fashion magazine.

Rebecca and Jason McQuoid, spent weeks rebranding Vogue into 'Mode' after they were sent a letter by world renowned magazine Vogue, telling them they had infringed their naming copyright.

Mrs McQuoid, 28, who has co-ran the club for five years, said the letter ordered them to completely rebrand the business by the New Year, close, or face being sued.

The new name was chosen as it stands for 'fashion' or 'Vogue' in French.

The club owners were forced to take down the club's old social media pages and were worried the rebranding would have an impact on their business.

Mrs McQuoid said: "It's been very stressful to get everything sorted in time for the first week of January.

"We've had to change so much but we have got the big major things sorted, we just need to finish off the staff uniform and some little bits.

"The sad thing was we are not allowed to use our old Facebook page, which contained lots of memories and pictures we would like to keep.

"The club has a new page, but it will take a long time to recruit the following we used to have.

"We got legal help and said we had nothing to do with the magazine as we were a nightclub.

"However we were told the magazine run nightclub events in America and have the naming rights for them we would have to change."

The magazine, which was founded in 1916, publishes fashion, art, lifestyle and entertainment in monthly magazines and online through its British and American editions.

The publication took on its first male editor-in-chief in April, Edward Enninful, replacing Alexandra Shulman, who held the role for 25 years.

Mrs McQuoid said: "Now we have come out of the other side I feel like we are in a good position and ready for a good year.

"We reopened last weekend and it went well so we are hoping for another busy few nights come Friday."

Advance and Conde Nast, which own the fashion magazine, were approached for a comment.

When previously contacted by the Lancashire Telegraph, a spokesman said: "As policy, Advance and Condé Nast Britain do not comment on pending disputes."