Articles by Nora Veerman
A suit of banana fibres: 'Grow' exhibition at Fashion for Good shows a future with biomaterials
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Substances from mushrooms and orange peels, dyes from bacteria and fungi, materials that you can reuse indefinitely and then biodegrade. It may still sound like future music, but the development of biomaterials has been moving at lightning speed in recent years. And that's a good thing, because many of the regular materials in fashion are...
Pierre-Louis Lacoste, co-founder of Ankorstore: “We want to reinvent the way wholesale is done”
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At a mere two years old, Ankorstore is taking Europe by storm. Established by four French industry veterans, Ankorstore is an online B2B-platform that connects brands to retailers across the continent. The premises? A wide offer of brands, greater flexibility for retailers, and carefree processes for brands and retailers alike. Recently,...
London welcomes Wearers Festival, a celebration of the power and joy of everyday dressing
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“Here’s to the pony tails and locs, to the tattoos, to the fringes, zippers and buttons, to the corduroy, the denim and the silk. Here’s to our preferred lingerie and our office suits, here’s to the party dress, turbans, niqabs, and the hijab. Here’s to clothes as witnesses of our stories and documents of our memories. Here’s to clothes that...
In pictures: gender-neutral bridalwear in a campaign by Eva Janssens
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Although the fashion world has been working on breaking down gender stereotypes for some time, the bridal wear scene remains remarkably quiet in this area. Time for a change, according to Belgian bridal designer Eva Janssens. Together with content creator Gerrit Elen, she developed a campaign that breaks open the standards surrounding bridal...
Virtual Fashion Platform Rtfkt Raises 8 Million dollars: 'People Spend More Time in the Virtual World'
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Platform for virtual fashion Rtfkt has raised a total amount of 8 million dollars (converted 6.7 million euros) in an investment round, according to a press release in the hands of Business of Fashion. The investment is intended to expand the team and further expand the online platform, Business of Fashion writes. Rtfkt specializes in virtual...
Workwear expert Aileen Out: "Good and comfortable work clothing are of vital importance"
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From criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris' casual looks on the cover of Vogue, to shaming congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for wearing the wrong kind of shoes, it is an all too familiar rhetoric on the workwear of people in power, particularly women. The discussion represents a constant tension in the world of workwear: that between...
A garment’s trip down memory lane: Dutch ReShare initiative for second-hand fashion
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“I bought this dress in Curaçao. I wore it on one of the most beautiful birthdays that I have ever celebrated. Nice weather, good food and dancing for hours.” This is written in a small, curved handwriting on a clothing tag attached to a summer dress. The dress can be found on a rack of one of the ten second-hand stores of the Leger des Heils,...
Forever a futurist: The work of Pierre Cardin (1922-2020)
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On July 20, 2019, Pierre Cardin witnessed the opening of his large retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum. At 97 he was not present at the opening party - that was perhaps a bit much to ask - but he was closely involved in the development of the exhibition. This one had nineteen rooms, filled with clothes, accessories, furniture and other design...
Annual review: 2020 fashion in five major themes
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Fashion is ever changing in color and style - but at the end of the year there are always a few patterns that can be found. What were they in 2020? FashionUnited summarizes the fashion of an eventful year in five central themes. Digitization: from online shopping to virtual fashion weeks The most remarkable trend in fashion was undoubtedly the...
Who is Gabriela Hearst, Chloé's new chief designer?
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The past five years have been on an upward trend for designer Gabriela Hearst. In 2015 she founded her eponymous fashion label, which quickly gained a solid following. Luxury conglomerate LVMH saw an opportunity and invested several millions in the brand in 2019 . Last fall, Hearst won the American Womenswear Designer of the Year Award and made...