Japan’s love for classic Americana sparks fashion boom
By A 47-year-old Iowa-raised designer might seem like an unlikely candidate for overnight success in Japan, but the country’s long-running love affair with classic American style has turned Todd Snyder into a fashion heavyweight. Japan’s fondness for American fashion has seen Snyder open three stores in the country in less than two years, and sparked a […]
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Key Products at Trade Shows for Spring/Summer 2016
The latest season of trade shows is now at an end, having showcased thousands of Spring/Summer 2016 collections to industry professionals around the world. From Bread & Butter in Berlin and Premiere Classe in Paris to Scoop, Tranoi Femme, Who’s Next and many more, each show presented visitors with a diverse array of S/S16 products […]
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Colombian eco-designer finds beauty in trash
Adriana Restrepo has a lot of experience searching for silver linings. The Colombian fashion designer and environmentalist was a pregnant 18-year-old when drug traffickers in Medellin, her violence-stained hometown, killed her partner, leaving her to raise their son on her own. Maybe that has something to do with her talent for finding beauty in other […]
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The UK’s Top 10 most popular fashion blogs
With the rise of social media and the internet came the rise of the fashion bloggers, who have grown to become an intricate part of the industry’s ever evolving landscape. Never before has a blogger’s influence been able to reach as far or as wide as now, and more and more brands and retailers are […]
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Young men’s fashion goes DIY
Hand-drawn graphics, sketchbook scrawls and graffiti is making its way into the young men’s fashion arena. Think powerful messaging 90s style, a new movement of communicating and perhaps rebellion, via clothing and fashion. It began with Raf Simons playing with boldly placed text and photos on clothing, such as on tailored coats and sportswear, but […]
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Swatch to launch eyewear with Safilo
London – Swatch is moving “beyond timepieces” after signing a five-year partnership agreement with Italian eyewear manufacturer and developer Safilo. The deal will see Safilo and Swatch co-designing the “creative, playful and lifestyle oriented” eyewear collections in line with the timepiece company’s DNA, and the debut ‘Swatch The Eyes’ collection will launch in spring 2016 […]
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ThirdLove’s Heidi Zak: ‘Anything we do is data driven’
London – “We use real women’s measurements to create products that fit women better,” explained Heidi Zak, CEO and co-founder of lingerie label ThirdLove, on how the start-up uses data during her panel discussion at the Fashion Summit earlier this month. Part of the world’s biggest technological conference, to some it may seem a tad […]
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Burberry unveils social media inspired campaign
New York – Social media and fashion have practically become two peas in a pod. If a fashion brand can’t own the social media game, especially Instagram, they don’t really stand much of a chance at maintaining relevancy. Burberry has unveiled a new social media inspired campaign that will be released in waves from January […]
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Reed Krakoff to design collection for Kohl’s
New York – H&M can’t be the only one getting their hands on the designer collaboration pie. Kohl’s has announced that they will be doing a collaboration with Reed Krakoff to be released during April 2016. The line will be called Reed for Kohl’s. The collection will be available in 1116 Kohl’s stores and on […]
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Tom Ford to show men’s and women’s collections in NYC
On Thursday Tom Ford announced that he will be presenting his men’s and women’s collections in NYC during New York Fashion Week on February 18. Ford has done presentations at his London headquarters in the past, but this is the first time he has opted to show both his men’s and women’s collections in New […]
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