Top 10 Fashion and Retail Trends for 2016
By Transparent skirts, digital fitting rooms and Whatsapp becoming the newest social medium for sharing fashion advice: FashionUnited lists the top ten fashion and retail trends for 2016. #1 Slow Fashion Raf Simons departure from Dior in October sparked a ferocious debate within the industry surrounding the increasing fast pace the fashion world has taken on. […]
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Kenzo named in French New Year’s honours
London – Founder of French-based fashion label Kenzo has been made an honorary French Knight in the country’s New Year’s honours roll. On New Year’s Day, Japanese designer Kenzo Takada was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest civilian decoration in the annual honour’s list. Takada has lived in Paris since 1964 […]
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Looking to break the fashion system: revolutionary or continual consistency?
Fashion commentators are almost unanimous: the current system is obsolete, everything must change, etc. The following thoughts all stem from the same basket of eggs: pressure on artistic directors, too great number of collections to digest, and in particular the fact that fashion weeks as they are currently conceived are outdated. This means that the […]
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Paul Smith receives highest French accolade
British designer Paul Smith has been awarded the French accolade Legion d´Honneur for his work. A photo posted by Suzy Menkes (@suzymenkesvogue) on Jan 28, 2016 at 2:58pm PST According to BT, the honour was presented to Smith during a ceremony which took place on January 28 in London. French ambassador to the United Kingdom, […]
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Navabi: "We believe that women feel most confident when their clothes fit flawlessly"
As the demand for stylish plus-size womenswear continues to grow, online premium retailer Navabi set out to help fulfill the appeal with the launch of its debut premium in-house collection. To further help all women find the perfect outfit, the e-tailer also launched a unique made-to-order (MTO) service, with new collections from Manon Baptiste and […]
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Prodigy Brands to launch English Laundry footwear
London – English Laundry, a Bluestar Alliance brand, is teaming up with luxury men’s footwear company Prodigy Brands to launch its own footwear collection highlighting its British heritage. The English Laundry footwear collection will be split into two categories, one that will focus on the brand’s tailoring history, and another, more casual reflecting the brand’s […]
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EasyJet to trial wearable tech uniforms
Budget airline EasyJet, known for its garish orange colour scheme, is set to trial wearable tech uniform created by London fashion tech label CuteCircuit in 2016 as part of the airline’s 20th birthday celebrations. The new wearable tech design for cabin crew will feature LEDs embedded through the outfit, on the shoulders, lapels and hems, […]
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Topshop taps Karlie Kloss for global SS16 campaign
London – British high street retailer Topshop has tapped none other than US supermodel Karlie Kloss to be the face of its Spring Summer 2016 campaign. She returns to model for Topshop after eight years, during which she cemented her modelling career by starring in major campaigns for Dior, Marc Jacobs and Victoria’s Secret. “One […]
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Net-A-Porter and the start of luxury fashion e-commerce
Buying clothes online has become such common practice today that it is hard to imagine that this was not always the case. The internet, which started to gain popularity in the late nineties, hit rock-bottom in 2000 when the dotcom-bubble burst. The endless optimism for the future of the new medium suddenly changed into distrust, […]
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Are fashion exhibitions a branding technique?
It has been ten years since artist duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset launched Prada Marfa, a faux Prada store in the middle of the Texan desert, creating a work of art that questions how luxury brands would look out of context from their urban store confines. It has evoked countless discussions, articles and media […]
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