Prepare for Zlatan Ibrahimovic sportswear launch A-Z
By London – Swedish football player Zlatan Ibrahimovic has launched his debut sportswear brand A-Z. The label was officially unveiled and launched on Tuesday to much fanfare in Paris, France during a event which saw over 300 guests attend. Created through a joint venture with Norwegian retail firm Varner Group, the sportswear brand’s debut collection is […]
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Armani applies a velvet touch to suit revival at Milan Fashion Week
Giorgio Armani showed his velvet touch on Monday as he brought down the curtain on a Milan fashion week heralded as marking a revival of the suit-based womenswear he pioneered in the 1980s. Velvet has always been one of the Milanese maestro’s favourite materials and it is ubiquitous in his autumn-winter collection: black as the […]
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House of Fraser launching new house brand
House of Fraser is launching a new womenswear in-house brand this September called Maison De Nimes, inspired by the “casual living of coast-to-coast living”. Designed and curated in-house, the Maison de Nimes focuses around offering women a product that is easy to outfit build for an ‘off duty’ look, with denim and casual separates inspired […]
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L.G.R and Mario Testino launch sunglasses
Italian luxury eyewear brand L.G.R has launched a collaboration with iconic fashion photographer Mario Testino to create a collection of sunglasses called The Photographer’s Edition. The 500-piece limited edition collection, which is individually numbered, will be sold exclusively at LGRWORLD.com from June 10 to September 8. The collaboration stems from Testino’s and L.G.R’s appreciation of […]
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The It Bag part IV: future of the It bag
New York – There has been a small buzz in the industry of whether or not the “It” bag era is over. The fact that is even a question is virtually ludicrous. Accessories continue to be one of the most imperative categories for fashion brands the likes of Gucci, Celine, Chanel, and Hermes. Those iconic […]
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How many CEOs does it take to change a lightbulb?
This is what went through my head when I first heard the Council of Fashion Designers of America had enlisted the help of Boston Consulting Group to deliver a “roadmap for the future” of their industry in crisis. The consultants compiled a 12-page study after having interviewed designers, retailers, executives, and editors to reach their […]
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Shortlist for LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers revealed
London – The third edition of the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers has named 23 designers from countries including the UK, US, China and Iran in the running for its 2016 prize. This year the award received nearly 1,000 entries from more than 50 countries, and the semi-finalists have been chosen by an in-house […]
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill accused of mislabelling cashmere products
The Edinburgh Woollen Mill has found itself in hot water as the high street retailer stands accused of using a blend of cheaper alternatives, such as sheep wool, in scarves labelled as 100 percent cashmere. The Langholm-based fashion retailer is set to appear in court this Friday at Dumfries, following numerous allegations they mislabel items […]
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Michele adds street and grunge spicing to Gucci mix at Milan Fashion Week
Gucci’s reinvention of womenswear’s hottest megabrand continued Wednesday as designer Alessandro Michele tweaked his hugely successful androgynous, anti-fashion recipe with dashes of street art and grunge. For his third womenswear collection for the venerable Florentine house, Michele worked with the Brooklyn artist called GucciGhost, best known for his graffiti involving versions of the brand’s famous […]
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Diamond-encrusted Hermes handbag sold for record 300,000 US dollars
A diamond-encrusted crocodile-skin Hermes handbag with white gold details has broken the record for the world’s most expensive ever sold at auction, fetching nearly 300,000 US dollars at a Hong Kong sale. The rare Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Birkin 30 went to an unknown phone bidder late Monday for 2.32 million HK dollars (298,655 US […]
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