Having turned to French experts to overhaul her struggling business, Victoria Beckham is seeking the highest validation of the fashion world with her first runway show in Paris on Friday. The former Spice Girl, 48 -- who has been away from the catwalk for two years -- joins Paris Fashion Week after a long stint presenting her clothes in New York...
30 Sept 2022
A Brazilian businesswoman travelling to Paris Fashion Week has reported being robbed of jewellery worth almost $3 million after her taxi was attacked in a traffic jam outside the French capital, police sources told AFP on Thursday. The woman said two men on a scooter smashed the cab window on the road to Paris from Charles de Gaulle airport on...
Milanese designers delivered several strong print and pattern trends for SS23. Stripes of every kind were shown, and as seen in New York, the bolder the better. The second strong trend was a rather kitsch take on conversation prints. It could be said that Milan Fashion Week is synonymous with animal prints. This time around, several designers...
28 Sept 2022
Caribbean-inspired brand Botter made a splash at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday with the unlikely sight of condoms filled with water bringing "mermaid vibes" to the catwalk. The eye-opening hand accessories featured in the label's "Aquatic Wear" collection, which also included the use of ice as an accessory. Design team (and couple) Rushemy...
The accessory categories, including footwear and handbags, are an important part of any retail assortment, and the runway season is the time we get to see a brand’s new styles. Fendi chose to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their iconic ‘baguette’ bag during NYFW. Designer Kim Jones explained that as the bag was an integral part of the...
Technicolour cargo pants, leather lumberjack shirts and guest stars such as Paris Hilton, Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss -- nostalgia for the 1990s swept over the just-ended Milan Fashion Week which channelled hits by Haddaway and Alizee on the runway for the spring/summer 2023 collections. Here are a few of the trends: Cargo pants...
27 Sept 2022
Paris Fashion Week gets underway on Monday, with a protege of Jean Paul Gaultier first on the catwalk, while the luxury world awaits the French debut of Victoria Beckham. As is traditional, the first day focuses on young designers, and the opening show of womenswear spring-summer 2023 is that of 28-year-old Victor Weinsanto, a former dancer who...
26 Sept 2022
Having won over critics in New York and London, Victoria Beckham takes the step to the pinnacle of the luxury world with her debut at Paris Fashion Week, which opens Monday. "It's the arrival of a very beautiful label. We rejoice that Victoria Beckham is among us," Pascal Morand, head of the French Federation for Haute Couture and Fashion...
Chinese buyers are back and business is booming -- Milan Fashion Week opens Wednesday with a spring in its step, despite the shadows cast by the soaring cost of energy. Almost 70 catwalk shows and 110 presentations are scheduled over the next six days, featuring the giants of Italian fashion, from Gucci to Fendi, Prada, Versace, Armani, Dolce &...
21 Sept 2022
The MFA Fashion Design and Society runway show from Parsons School of Design took place on September 13 as part of the scheduled New York Fashion Week calendar. 15 students presented their thesis collections in the first show since the director and founder of the program, Shelley Fox, stepped down from her post last December. Under new director,...
19 Sept 2022
Queen Elizabeth II's death means that around 600 of her favourite brands risk losing their royal warrant and must now await the approval of her successor King Charles III. Fortnum and Mason teas, Burberry raincoats, Cadbury chocolate and even broomstick and dog food manufacturers are among those facing the loss of royal prestige. If they do not...
Six Ukrainian designers presented their collections this NYFW at an event entitled Kyiv Art & Fashion Days hosted at the Mastercard Tech Hub on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The event’s goal was to help sustain the businesses of these creative entrepreneurs following the devastation of the war in Ukraine which left many of them refugees in foreign...
16 Sept 2022
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