Valentine’s Day retail spend to hit 980 million pounds in 2016
By Although some may argue that romance is dead and Valentine’s Day is nothing but an over-inflated, commercial-run holiday, UK retail spend for the big day is forecast to hit 980 million pounds this year – 15 million pounds more than 2015. This uplift in spent comes despite more than three-quarters of UK consumers surveyed by […]
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New York Fashion Week AW16 menswear highlights
Ever since the Council of Fashion Designers of America launched New York Fashion Week: Men’s, a standalone showcase for American men’s fashion, the world’s fashionable eyes have been tuned to the northern hemisphere. Over the past five years the men’s market has seen greater growth then womenswear, with a men’s only fashion week being the […]
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London Fashion Week by numbers
This week London Fashion Week will see its 63rd outing and make its second appearance at the Brewer Street Car Park in Soho. The packed schedule will see over 80 designers show their autumn winter 2016 collections, with highlights including the return of Alexander McQueen, Mulberry’s first show under new creative director Johnny Coca, and […]
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Fashion’s Unsung Designers; Bowie’s Freddie Burretti
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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Vetements to shun traditional catwalk calendar
Vetements has become the latest label to shake up the fashion world by shunning the traditional catwalk calendar and to show a more consumer and integrated retail model beginning in 2017. Following announcements from Burberry and Tom Ford on Friday, the Paris fashion brand said it will now show its women’s and menswear collections together […]
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Rossignol to enter fashion arena
French ski brand Rossignol is the latest company to expand its designs beyond the pistes. The company is on its way to become a credible fashion brand by appointing the former Pierre Balmain executive Alessandro Locatelli to direct the push into the high-end sportswear and fashion lifestyle segment. The company has put together an all-new […]
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Pakistan to invite PayPal, Alibaba to start e-commerce services
Pakistan is set to invite global online payment giants PayPal and Alibaba to offer their services in the country, the IT ministry has said, after easing its e-commerce rules. The move follows a decision by the global Financial Action Task Force to remove Pakistan from its list of high-risk and non-cooperative jurisdictions linked to money […]
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Jean Paul Gaultier collaborates with Beth Ditto
Beth Ditto, the former Gossip front woman, and veteran French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier have collaborated to create a ‘corset tee’, an homage to Madonna’s corset from the entertainer’s 1990 Blonde Ambition tour. The oversize dress-length t-shirt is available to buy from Ditto’s website with a portion of proceeds going to benefit Girls Rock […]
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French politician denounces Alber Elbaz dismissal from Lanvin
The situation at Lanvin is reaching critical levels since creative director Alber Elbaz was ousted from the French fashion house last week, with former French minister of culture Jack Lang issuing an statement denouncing the recent events. According to WWD, Lang – who had attended Lanvin fashion shows in the past – called the decision […]
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John Galliano to design menswear at Martin Margiela
London – Maison Margiela has produced four womenswear collections since the appointment of John Galliano last October and will soon see menswear under Galliano’s direction. In a new interview for WWD, Renzo Rosso, president of the parent company of Margiela, discusses how the house has changed since the instalment of its new artistic director. Martin […]
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