Major UK fashion brands ban down feathers
By Topshop, Primark, Warehouse, Asos, and Boohoo are among fashion retailers who have pledged to ban down feathers from their collections following an exposé by animal rights campaigner Peta. The organisation states that down feathers, used to stuff jackets, duvets, pillows and sleeping bags, are being obtained by ripping out struggling geese’s feathers by the fistful, […]
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In Picture: Fashion celebrates International Cat Day
Cats have pretty much dominated the internet since its inception and served as the muse or inspirational starting point for numerous items, collections and accessories. However today, August the 8th, marks a special day in the calendar and in the lives of cats around the globe – International Cat Day. Designers and fashion brands alike […]
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The New "New Look"; What Led to Dior’s Game-changing Hire
Click:wholesale wheels Christian Dior said, “A good fit is something very difficult to obtain and you can never spend too much time on it.” He was referring to the cut of a dress but the same could be said for the search to replace Raf Simons as creative director of the seventy-year-old house. Last year, […]
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PMFW sees tough guys on the catwalk
The boot boys are back. And they have never looked so elegant. Dior, the French fashion house known for the dreamy beauty of its clothes, showed a new much tougher side in its Paris menswear show Saturday. It’s wasn’t quite skinhead chic but it wasn’t far from it with every trope in the punk wardrobe […]
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Denim Project launches Kickstarter campaign
Danish denim label, Denim Project, which produces garments made from 98 percent denim waste, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise 1,200,000 Danish Krone, around 137,000 pounds, by September 8. The aim of the denim label is to “create beautiful and elegant fashion apparel from cotton production waste” while helping to save 83,000,000 litres of […]
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Chanel gives young pretenders a lesson in haute couture
Chanel pulled the curtain back on its Paris haute couture show Tuesday to reveal the secret life of its studios, where a small army of tailors, embroiderers and plumers turn out some of the world’s most expensive clothes. Veteran designer Karl Lagerfeld transported 80 of his so-called “petites mains” (little hands), who can spend hundreds […]
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Fashion breaks codes for male models at MFW
Muscular, classically chiseled male models are a dying breed as men are ever more chosen for thinness, even androgyny, in a fashion world playing with the notion of gender. It only takes looking back a decade to male fashion shows — at Versace, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton or Gucci — to see the change on the […]
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Suspects charged over Chanel, Chopard heists in Paris
Eight men have been charged over heists of millions in luxury goods from Chanel and Chopard boutiques in Paris, a source close to the investigation said Saturday. Robbers made off with one million euros (1.1 million US dollars ) from the Chopard shop, just off the Champs-Elysees, during a December hold-up, said the source who […]
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Haute Couture, a moment of zen in the fashion calendar
The fashion industry’s calendar is complex, gridlocked and unforgiving. Designers, buyers, press and everyone in between are the first to admit the pace of fashion today is as exhaustive as it is unforgiving. That is perhaps why the calendar during haute couture is somewhat of a relief in comparison to the merry-go-round of ready-to-wear. Could […]
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First look at Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent
The previous portrait of Anthony Vaccarello posted to the Instagram account from ‘maison’ Yves Saint Laurent has made way for several teaser posts hailing the new era of the French fashion house led by the Belgian designer. The luxury label released six new images and short films which showcased a very simple and clean aesthetic, […]
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