PMFW sees tough guys on the catwalk
By The boot boys are back. And they have never looked so elegant. Dior, the French fashion house known for the dreamy beauty of its clothes, showed a new much tougher side in its Paris menswear show Saturday. It’s wasn’t quite skinhead chic but it wasn’t far from it with every trope in the punk wardrobe […]
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Denim Project launches Kickstarter campaign
Danish denim label, Denim Project, which produces garments made from 98 percent denim waste, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise 1,200,000 Danish Krone, around 137,000 pounds, by September 8. The aim of the denim label is to “create beautiful and elegant fashion apparel from cotton production waste” while helping to save 83,000,000 litres of […]
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Chanel gives young pretenders a lesson in haute couture
Chanel pulled the curtain back on its Paris haute couture show Tuesday to reveal the secret life of its studios, where a small army of tailors, embroiderers and plumers turn out some of the world’s most expensive clothes. Veteran designer Karl Lagerfeld transported 80 of his so-called “petites mains” (little hands), who can spend hundreds […]
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Fashion breaks codes for male models at MFW
Muscular, classically chiseled male models are a dying breed as men are ever more chosen for thinness, even androgyny, in a fashion world playing with the notion of gender. It only takes looking back a decade to male fashion shows — at Versace, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton or Gucci — to see the change on the […]
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Suspects charged over Chanel, Chopard heists in Paris
Eight men have been charged over heists of millions in luxury goods from Chanel and Chopard boutiques in Paris, a source close to the investigation said Saturday. Robbers made off with one million euros (1.1 million US dollars ) from the Chopard shop, just off the Champs-Elysees, during a December hold-up, said the source who […]
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Haute Couture, a moment of zen in the fashion calendar
The fashion industry’s calendar is complex, gridlocked and unforgiving. Designers, buyers, press and everyone in between are the first to admit the pace of fashion today is as exhaustive as it is unforgiving. That is perhaps why the calendar during haute couture is somewhat of a relief in comparison to the merry-go-round of ready-to-wear. Could […]
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First look at Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent
The previous portrait of Anthony Vaccarello posted to the Instagram account from ‘maison’ Yves Saint Laurent has made way for several teaser posts hailing the new era of the French fashion house led by the Belgian designer. The luxury label released six new images and short films which showcased a very simple and clean aesthetic, […]
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Consumers prefer see-now-buy-now collections
Consumers shopping habits are changing, according to retail research agency Verdict’s latest clothing survey, which reveals that British shoppers are demanding items they can see now, buy now and wear now. According to Verdict’s survey, 85.6 percent of UK clothing shoppers said that they like to buy clothing that they can wear straight away for […]
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Overview: Five reads on work in fashion
During the month of August FashionUnited focused on Work in Fashion. Discover our editor’s selection of must-read articles. 1. Ten Tips for Designers to Excel in the Fashion Industry Maybe you’re a few years into your career in the fashion industry and the relief at being one of the few from your graduating year who […]
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The global fashion weeks the industry forgot
Vektor from Berlin, House of Cannon from Australia, Raissa & Vanessa from Istanbul and Two Legged Creatures from Amsterdam. Their names are not likely to be familiar, but they are all on-schedule, bonafide catwalk designers who show their seasonal collections in their country’s local fashion weeks, far away from London, Paris, New York, and Milan. […]
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