In Picture: Olympic Games 2016 sportswear
By The fashion and sporting goods companies which are sponsoring a uniform for an Olympic Team this summer certainly have the Midas touch: the media attention around the event is huge. In the run up to the Summer Olympics kicking off on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro, the competing teams Olympic uniforms have been revealed. […]
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London Fashion Week SS17 presentation round up
Catwalk shows may still be the driving force for London Fashion Week, but presentation showcases give designers, especially those emerging on the scene to show the full vision behind their collection in a creative and more cost-effective way. This season, 31 on-schedule designers opted for a presentation, and numerous off-schedule designers and FashionUnited has rounded […]
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London Collections Men – Final
London Collections Men on the last day saw a series of shows and presentations as diverse as John Smedley’s store opening to New York-based brand Coach’s second show in London. The four day fashion affair culminated with the annual Samuel L. Jackson and Dylan Jones charity karaoke party, which first debuted last year at the […]
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Discounting costs luxury its cachet
London – Discounted luxury fashion and designer deals found in second tier stores may do great things for a company’s profit margins, but ultimately they damage the cachet of the brand. Customers who are willing to spend four digits on a designer handbag at full price may be alienated when the same bag can be […]
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Pucci launches sneaker line
Italian fashion house Emilio Pucci has launched a brand new capsule collection of sneakers, following in the footsteps of brands such as Dolce & Gabbana and Valentino before it. The collection consists of four models, all designed by the brand’s creative director Massimo Giorgetti. While designing the collection, Giorgetti dove into the brand’s vast print […]
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SS17 London Menswear Top Collections
Trendstop’s catwalk team brings you the key collections that will be impacting the menswear market and our trend experts are ready to reveal the design directions emerging on the runways that will grow and develop into SS17 and beyond. This week, FashionUnited Readers get an exclusive preview of three of the most influential London designers […]
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Paris Men’s Fashion Week – Day 2
In Paris, the shows must go on, despite the topic of Brexit on every editor’s lips. On day two of men’s fashion week the buzz of the Balenciaga show from the previous day had worn off and it was a day of heavyweights on the Parisian catwalks, including Dries van Noten and Rick Owens, who […]
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Raw talent celebrated at On|Off on the fringes of LFW
In an industrial space accessed through a Soho record shop, three young designers style their models in a cramped cubicle before sending them out to a cheering crowd sipping bottled beers. Away from the polish of London Fashion Week’s main schedule, up-and-coming designers star in a host of rough and ready shows — and for […]
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Monsoon collaborates with Daniella Helayel
Founder and former creative director of Issa, Daniella Helayel has collaborated with high street retailer Monsoon on a capsule collection. Helayel, best known for her figure-flattering dresses, made famous by the Duchess of Cambridge, who wore a blue Issa wrap dress for her engagement announcement, has produced a capsule collection featuring knee-length and maxi dresses, […]
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Swarovski Collective 2017 designers announced
London-based designers Sadie Williams, Emilia Wickstead and Faustine Steinmetz are among the 11 designers named to be part of the Swarovski Collective 2017, a 12-month scheme that supports designers with financial aid and crystals for their spring/summer 2017 and autumn/winter 2017 collections. They are joined by Tome, Creatures of the Wind, Aalto, Anne Sofie Madsen, […]
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