Edinburgh Woollen Mill accused of mislabelling cashmere products
By The Edinburgh Woollen Mill has found itself in hot water as the high street retailer stands accused of using a blend of cheaper alternatives, such as sheep wool, in scarves labelled as 100 percent cashmere. The Langholm-based fashion retailer is set to appear in court this Friday at Dumfries, following numerous allegations they mislabel items […]
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Michele adds street and grunge spicing to Gucci mix at Milan Fashion Week
Gucci’s reinvention of womenswear’s hottest megabrand continued Wednesday as designer Alessandro Michele tweaked his hugely successful androgynous, anti-fashion recipe with dashes of street art and grunge. For his third womenswear collection for the venerable Florentine house, Michele worked with the Brooklyn artist called GucciGhost, best known for his graffiti involving versions of the brand’s famous […]
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Diamond-encrusted Hermes handbag sold for record 300,000 US dollars
A diamond-encrusted crocodile-skin Hermes handbag with white gold details has broken the record for the world’s most expensive ever sold at auction, fetching nearly 300,000 US dollars at a Hong Kong sale. The rare Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Birkin 30 went to an unknown phone bidder late Monday for 2.32 million HK dollars (298,655 US […]
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Five memorable looks from Milan Fashion Week
With Milan Fashion Week have come to an end, we take a moment to reflect on five memorable looks from the Fall-Winter 2016 womenswear collections shown on the catwalk during the event. Karl’s kinky boots The most eye-catching element of Karl Lagerfeld’s acclaimed wave-themed collection for Fendi was a series of thigh-high boots in materials […]
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Eres joins London Craft Week
Lingerie brand Eres is joining London Craft Week in May to showcase insight into making lace lingerie, and how it produces styles that conceal technical details such as chain stitching and a flat assembly of pieces. London Craft Week, which takes place across the city from May 3 to 7, features workshops and unknown makers […]
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Brands skip out on Milan Men’s Fashion Week
London – A number of labels have decided to skip out on showing their collection at the upcoming Milan Men’s Fashion Week this month, including the likes of Calvin Klein, Ermenegildo Zegna and Bottega Veneta. Other names who are absent from the usually filled calender schedule include Cavalli, Brioni and Ermanno Scervino, as fashion houses […]
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New fashion A-level to be launched
Students who have dreamed of working in the fashion industry can now get an early start as a new A-level entitled Design and Technology: Fashion and Textiles is set to launch for schools to teach from September 2017, onwards. The new course will include the work and designs from influential designers, including the likes of […]
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Agnes b, the French designer who hates fashion
“I don’t like fashion,” said the French designer Agnes b. For someone who has spent four decades at the top of the fashion tree, it is a curious confession to make. “I like clothes,” she added quickly as she put the final touches to her autumn winter collection before her Paris fashion week show Tuesday. […]
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London Collections:Men kicks off with a nod to British seaside
Suits worn over fishnet tops, tiny tailored shorts, loafers and sunburnt noses — Topman Design went to the British seaside for its latest collection Friday, kicking off four days of men’s fashion in London. J.W. Anderson, Christopher Kane, Coach, Barbour and some of Saville Row’s top tailors are among those showing at this season’s London […]
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‘Slave to Fashion’ to eradicate modern slavery in the fashion industry
Safia Minney MBE, founder of fair trade and sustainable label People Tree is to both the environmental and the social issues plaguing the global fashion industry. In order to tackle the modern slavery within the fashion industry, she has launched a new campaign on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, entitled ‘Slave to Fashion.’ The campaign acts a […]
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