Hong Kong’s SCMP newspaper website blocked in China
By The website of the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper being bought by Internet giant Alibaba, has become inaccessible in China during a series of high-level government meetings in Beijing. Attempts by AFP in China on Friday to open the newspaper’s English and Chinese-language websites returned only error messages saying that the pages […]
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Sneak Peek: H&M Conscious Exclusive x Musée des Arts Décoratifs
High street retailer H&M is set to unveil its fifth Conscious Exclusive collection tomorrow and FashionUnited was invited to an exclusive behind-the-scenes preview of the collection at the Swedish retailer’s office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the preview, H&M also highlighted its ongoing focus on sustainability through its initiatives such as its global recycling campaign […]
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Paris Fashion Week looks to ‘fat ladies’ for inspiration
Fat ladies tend to be thin on the ground on the Paris catwalk. But rising Dutch designer Liselore Frowijn made her ready-to-wear debut Tuesday with a colourful collection to light up autumn-winter inspired by the feminist artist Niki de Saint Phalle’s proudly voluptuous “Nanas”. Her show with its eye-catching zebra-striped trouser suits was full of […]
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Stella McCartney to launch menswear
London – Stella McCartney is reportedly launching a menswear line later this year, with the first collection available for the spring summer 2017 season, to be shown during men’s fashion week in June. According to WWD, the expansion of the label is a natural progression after McCartney launched childrenswear in 2010. McCartney is well known […]
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British Fashion Council names 10 NewGen Men recipients
The British Fashion Council has announced that 10 emerging designers will receive NewGen Men support for spring/summer 2017 at London Collections: Men in June. Three new designers have been added to the line-up for spring/summer 2017: Grace Wales Bonner, who will receive support for a salon show; recent Central Saint Martins graduate Kiko Kostadinov will […]
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Spoof or not? American Eagle celebrates male body positivity with #AerieMan
US fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters has won over thousands of fans through its campaign #Aeriereal, which features real, untouched and non-photoshopped models of all sizes in their swimwear and lingerie, promoting self-love and body positivity amongst women. Now it seems as if the retailer has decided to extend this message to men as well […]
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British brand Thom Sweeney to arrive at Bergdorf Goodman
British men’s wear label Thom Sweeney is scheduled to roll out at Bergdorf Goodman in August for an exclusive for the luxury department store. “Every time we travel to New York for our bespoke trunk shows we always make time for a visit to Bergdorf Goodman. It’s an iconic retail store, one of the best […]
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Activewear Sweat NSK collaborates with Sukishufu
Los Angeles – London brand Sukishufu and Los Angeles brand Sweat NSK have teamed together for an athleisure collaboration. Combining Sukishufu’s innovative sportswear with Sweat NSK’s high-end active apparel, the two have paired for technologically advanced, unique clothing. Sweat NSK decided to pair up with the London-based retailer due to their use of technical fabric […]
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The BFC to take a global view of fashion week
London – The organisation behind London Fashion Week and London Collections: Men, the British Fashion Council (BFC), gathered with its global counterparts from the USA, Italy and France this week to discuss changes within the industry such as sustainability, digital, the future of the fashion calendar and education. The meeting, which coincided with the 31st […]
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Rana Plaza – 3 years after
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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