Rana Plaza – 3 years after
By For the third time, people around the world will commemorate the anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, close to Dhaka in Bangladesh, that housed five garment factories on April 24. The incident took the lives of 1,134 workers; more than 2,500 were injured. Tragically, most – if not all – […]
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Fashion’s Unsung Designers: Walter Albini
Sometimes shocking, often game-changing, always visionary, certain designers become the name on everyone’s lips for a millisecond. Then they’re gone, no longer part of contemporary conversation, and barely even a footnote in the fashion history tomes that threaten the slender legs of the chicest coffee tables. If we stumble upon their names, we sit back […]
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Uniqlo to launch Batik collection
This month, Japanese fast-fashion brand Uniqlo plans to unveil their new Batik motif collection in Indonesia. A portion of the proceeds will go towards benefitting women in their factories in Indonesia. The campaign is part of the company’s ongoing project to uplift women in the garment industry in developing countries like Bangladesh and Indonesia, where […]
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Marks and Spencer collaborates with Michael van der Ham
Marks and Spencer has announced that London-based fashion designer Michael van der Ham is the latest collaborator in its ‘M&S &’ series. Van der Ham has worked alongside the Marks and Spencer design team to create an eight-piece accessories collection of handbags and footwear, which has been inspired by his love of eclectic fabric composition […]
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Report: Pre-Fall 16 accessories
While the Fall 16 mainline catwalk presentations are well underway, consumers can see brands deliver the first of their Pre-Fall 16 collection drops by mid spring. Here is an overview of what we can expect from the accessories market. Pre-Fall 16 sees an influx of miniaturised shapes and feminine details on bags. Waist interest cannot […]
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Demna Gvasalia in race row for only using white models
Diversity campaigers Monday condemned the darling of Paris fashion week after he failed to cast a single model of colour in his two headline-grabbing shows. Demna Gvasalia, who counts black US music superstars Rihanna and Kanye West among his biggest fans, used only white models in shows for his own hip Vetements label and for […]
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Giuseppe Zanotti launching Giuseppe Junior
New York – Luxury footwear brand Giuseppe Zanotti has announced they are entering the children’s footwear arena. The designer has launched Giuseppe Junior for babies, boys, and girls that is set to launch in May. The collection is being produced by Vicini, the company which manufactures the brand’s men’s and women’s lines. The line includes […]
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Armed robbers hit Chanel boutique in central Paris
Three robbers with pump-action shotguns raided a Chanel boutique in central Paris on Thursday, fleeing with a large haul of luxury goods, a police source said. The source said the stolen goods were valued at “several hundreds of thousands of euros”. The robbery took place in the city’s chic Avenue Montaigne, home to many luxury […]
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Hedi Slimane: Will he stay or will he go?
London – As all fashion eyes will be on the house of Saint Laurent this Paris Fashion Week, an apt soundtrack for its AW16 catwalk show could be that infamous song by the Clash, “Should I stay or should I go.” Saint Laurent’s creative director Hedi Slimane has been plagued for weeks of a potential […]
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Fashion’s new label: Advanced Contemporary
London – Fashion loves a label, and what initially sounded like a discardable Americanism, looks like a term that is here to stay. We are talking about fashion’s new accessible luxury category called advanced contemporary collections. Carefully branded to not be mistaken for diffusion lines, although they very much could be, these are contemporary collections […]
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