Office blasted for suggesting women need to shave their legs
By High street footwear retailer Office recently found itself in the middle of a heated debate when it sent out its latest promotional emails. Entitled “Show a little leg” the email was meant to promote the retailer summer collection of sandals, slip-ons and wedges, featuring its latest styles and a pair of ladies legs wearing sandals. […]
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Just a few days until Fashion SVP!
Next week is Europe’s unique sourcing event One of Europe’s fastest growing fashion industry events opens its doors at Olympia, London, on the 28th-29th June. High quality apparel producers from over 15 countries will be exhibiting fashion wear, outerwear, formal wear/tailoring, sports and active wear, swimwear, lingerie, socks/hosiery and accessories. Visitors can meet these companies […]
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Iran police stop Levi’s catwalk show in Tehran
Iranian police cancelled a catwalk show set to mark the opening of an unofficial Levi’s store in a Tehran shopping centre, the Tasnim news agency reported Thursday. The event was cancelled by “a last-minute police intervention” just before male models were set to walk on stage before a crowd of about 150 on Wednesday night, […]
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‘Little England’ takes over catwalks in Paris ahead of the EU referendum
It may already be too late…But as Britain prepares to vote on whether to leave the EU, the Little England look has suddenly become fashionable. Cricket jumpers, brogues, boating blazers and even neo-Morris men popped up on the Paris catwalk Wednesday. Nor is fashion’s new-found anglophilia confined to the upper classes. Sweatpants, parkas, tartan and […]
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OVS collaborating with Jean Paul Gaultier for capsule collection
Couturier Jean Paul Gaultier will be designing a capsule collection for Italian retail chain OVS that will hit retail in mid-November. The title of the collection will simply be “Jean Paul Gaultier for OVS.” The collection will comprise a total of 60 pieces, and it will be available at a selection of stores as well […]
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Highlights from LFW Day 2 & 3
London – London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017 is currently in full swing, with presentations and shows from top local and international fashion talent taking place across the city. FashionUnited shares a few of the highlights from Day 2 and Day of LFW. A photo posted by DANNI (@danni_mua) on Sep 18, 2016 at 1:13pm PDT […]
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Aspinal of London teams up with Michelle Dockery
British actress Michelle Dockery, best known for playing Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey, has created a line of ladylike handbags and scarves with Aspinal of London, which were unveiled at the brand’s London Fashion Week presentation. The Dockery Collection features a vintage-looking handbag, which comes in two silhouettes, both of which comes in small […]
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Bottletop designs costumes for Olympics opening ceremony
Sustainable accessories label Bottletop, which is known for its upcycled metal tabs, designed costumes seen during the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony. The London-based label designed a series of skintight jumpsuits using the brand’s signature metal tabs, which had been collected from across the state of Bahia in the North-East of Brazil, alongside thousands of […]
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Is there skills gap in fashion manufacturing?
Kate Berry and Sally Blaxall of QHQ Ltd give their opinions and talk about the trends they have noticed through their work in technical recruitment. Is there a skills gap across the industry as a whole? Kate: “I believe there is an identifiable skills gap generally across many sectors of fashion manufacturing. There is a […]
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Rihanna’s Fenty Puma line might be coming to Paris Fashion Week
New York – Rihanna is a star who likes to do things big, and she certainly made waves with her Fenty Puma collection which debuted at New York Fashion Week last February. Now, it has been reported she has her sights set on the mother of all fashion weeks for her next collection: Paris Fashion […]
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