Craig Green and Björn Borg launch capsule collection
By London Fashion Week designer, Craig Green, has teamed up with Björn Borg to launch a limited edition capsule collection for men, women and unisex. The range, which features sports fashion for autumn/winter 2016, marks Green first foray into the athletic wear arena as well as women’s wear design. “The Craig Green x Björn Borg Collection […]
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Benetton unveils collection supporting women empowerment
London – Italian fashion brand United Colors of Benetton is launching a new collection, ‘A Collection Of Us,’ as part of its Benetton Women Empowerment Programme. The ‘A Collection Of Us’ will feature four capsule collections released in October, December, February and April, and will each be designed to underline the brand’s core principles – […]
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Paris Fashion Week: Raf Simons shows first collection since leaving Dior
London – Raf Simons on Wednesday showed his first menswear collection in Paris since departing the House of Dior. Journalists and buyers stood in a maze of wooden walls that formed the backdrop of a Twin Peaks-inspired collection. There were no seats. Booming on the loudspeakers was the voice of composer Angelo Badalamenti, famous for […]
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Amazon considers launching own clothing line
London – It seems that dominating the realm of e-commerce is no long sufficient for Internet giant Amazon, as the US based company is said to have its sights set on taking a slice of the fashion pie with the launch of its own clothing line. Although Amazon has been hard at work building up […]
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Bondage hits the runway at Paris Fashion Week
The odd-couple mix of bondage and big sizes collided on the Paris catwalk Friday, in clothing that was at once roomy and adorned with nude women who were tied up tight. Japanese label Christian Dada — in its first official appearance on a Paris Fashion Week runway — showed off models in ballooning stovepipe trousers […]
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Social and Labor Convergence Project launches
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) along with leading apparel brands including H&M, Nike, Levi Strauss & Co, Gap, Target and Timberland, have launched the Social and Labor Convergence Project to help improve working conditions in global apparel and footwear manufacturing. The project seeks to achieve “real, sustainable change through the collective development of an industry-wide, […]
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Saint Laurent to show AW16 ‘part 1’ in Los Angeles
French fashion house Saint Laurent has confirmed that it will showcase “part 1” of its women’s autumn/winter 2016 collection in Los Angeles, to coincide with the annual Grammy Awards weekend. The showcase, which will also feature the Saint Laurent men’s autumn/winter 2016 collection, is set to take place at the Hollywood Palladium on February 10, […]
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New online store sells feminist, non-photoshopped, ethical fashion
In fashion, words like ‘sustainability’ and ‘ethical’ are overly used descriptives in press releases, but if you dug a little deeper there would be little of either to be found. Enter new e-commerce site Birdsong, a new online store founded by three feminists with the aim of selling sweatshop-free products that give back to women. […]
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Fashion Scout name AW16 Merit Award winner
Fashion Scout, the international platform for emerging designers, has named University of Westminster graduate David Ferreira as the autumn/winter 2016 Merit Award winner. Brazilian-born, London-based designer Ferreira will receive a prize fund worth 25,000 pounds over three seasons that has been designed to support and develop new designer businesses on a global level. This will […]
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Britons the biggest internet buyers of clothing
More than four out of five British adults have bought items from the internet, compared to just over half of adults across the European Union as a whole. Shoppers in Denmark, Luxembourg and Germany were the next most likely to buy online, while those in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Italy were the least likely. Figures from […]
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