The global fashion industry is a leading industry, well known for its key players such as Inditex, LVMH, H&M and Nike. The international apparel market is currently valued at 3 trillion dollars, or 3,000 US dollars, so it comes as no surprise that Inditex and Nike are each valued at over a 100 billion dollars. […]
London – Topshop has selected a smart fabric start-up The Crated as winner of its wearable tech programme, Top Pitch in association with corporative innovation specialist L Marks, which was launched to discover and develop start-up businesses that could deliver technology-enabled products to customers globally. US-based firm The Crated, founded by Madison Maxey, was chosen […]
Designer Alexander McQueen was no stranger to controversy during his short life, so perhaps it comes as no surprise that his legacy to challenge convention continues post mortem. In a rather strange turn of events, Central Saint Martins fashion student Tina Gorjanc has announced she is to create a small range of accessories using ‘human […]
More than 100 global design professionals on Thursday offered support to Apple in its long-running patent design battle with Samsung, now before the US Supreme Court. The group, which includes US fashion designer Calvin Klein, UK designer Paul Smith, Belgium designer Dries van Noten and Nicolas Ghesquiere of the French group Louis Vuitton have joined […]
British designer brand Fyodor Golan aren’t strangers to innovation for their fashion shows, they once produced an interactive skirt made up of Nokia Lumia smartphones, and this season they decided to produce an immersive, 3D presentation over the traditional catwalk format. Using fashion and film CGI technology, Fyodor Golan showcased their spring/summer 2017 collection on […]
Social media giant Instagram recently unveiled its latest addition, Instagram Stories, a new feature which has been quickly adopted by industry influencers such as Anna Wintour. On its blog, Instagram describes the new function as a way of letting its users “share all the moments” of their day via a visual storytelling mode (a la […]
New York – Up and coming Chinese fashion brand Comme Moi has just unveiled their fall/winter collection, which includes five pieces developed along with The Woolmark Company. The brand is celebrating their second year in business, as they staged their first runway show in 2014. Designer Lu Yan staged this season’s runway show Monday at […]
Perry Ellis rose to fame because of his patterns and use of proportions that went against traditional men’s wear. The brand also became famous for things like their suiting, but as time went on, they became viewed as an older men’s brand. Now, after the spring/summer 2017 presentation that took place on opening day of […]
Artistically, there’s always been an appreciation for the male form. However, when it came to designing clothes, the male form was traditionally restricted to suiting for most of modern times. Now, designers have decided that the male form shouldn’t be treating so simply, and are playing with the proportions of clothes to show that clothes […]
Fashion Scout, the emerging designer platform that takes place during London Fashion Week, has named the four designers taking part in its spring/summer 2017 Ones to Watch showcase. Chosen by a panel of industry experts, this season’s Ones to Watch will feature Serbian designer Ana Ljubinkovic, Parsons School of Design and Central Saint Martins graduate […]
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