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Trendstop Fall/Winter2024 Paris Fashion Week Overview

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a look at the collection highlights from the Fall/Winter 2024 edition of Paris Fashion Week. Designers explored classic feminine codes and the place of women’s fashion in a modern era ruled by digital platforms and global uncertainty. Traditional ready-to-wear pieces and heritage thematics were reworked,...

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Trendstop Fall/Winter2024 Milan Fashion Week Overview

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a look at Milan Fashion Week’s Fall/Winter 2024 collection highlights. Joy and strength were Milan Fashion Week’s watch words as designers explored how fashion can play its part in bringing a sense of positivity to difficult times. Marking a time of renewal and starting afresh, collections were injected...

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Item of the week: the pastel dress

What it is: Pastels are a somewhat predictable colour shade for the spring/summer season, yet their prominence on the 2024 runways over this period could not be doubted. The look was not limited to one colour either. Turquoise, baby pink, sky blue, citrus yellow and lavender were just some of the ways in which pastel was adopted, with each of...

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SS24 Key runway colors: neutrals, grey and pale blue

The ready-to-wear spring and summer seasons drop in-store in at least three deliveries between mid-February and mid-May. The most effective way of organizing a floor is by using color to coordinate merchandise. It’s no coincidence that designers tend to use similar colors, as they work with professional color forecasters, who themselves trace...

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Trendstop Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2024

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a look at some of the highlights from Milan Spring/Summer 2024 Fashion Week. Over the course of Milan Fashion Week, an array of heritage brands and new creative directors cultivated a parade of collections translatable to the many and varied demands of the contemporary wearer. The week provided an antidote...

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5 Trends from Milan men's fashion week

Men's fashion week wraps up in Milan Tuesday after five days of catwalk shows presenting the luxury market's Spring-Summer 2024 collections. Here are the top five trends. Short suits Gone are traditional jacket and trouser suits. Instead, shorts are paired with wide, double-breasted blazers or slim-fitting jackets, worn with or without a tie....

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Item of the week: the leather coat

What it is: The trench coat is a popular staple coat silhouette that has transcended seasons and time periods to still be relevant in the modern day. However, it has seen an update for the coming autumn/winter 2023 season in the form of a material adaptation – particularly with the use of leather or leather alternatives. Many a designer took on...

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John Lewis launches first ‘tweens’ fashion collection

Department store retailer John Lewis is expanding its childrenswear offering with its first ‘tweens’ collection as it looks to “significantly grow its share” of the children’s fashion business in the UK. In a statement, John Lewis said that the new children’s collection will feature more than 2,100 more lines, including its own-label ‘tween’...

Item of the week: the plaid skirt

What it is: While the plaid skirt is most regularly linked to pop culture of the late 90s, its history is more complex than that. The pattern, also often known as ‘tartan’, descends from 18th century Scotland, where it was used by the Jacobite army, an anti-British group. Over time, however, the symbolism that comes with plaid has evolved over...

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Trendstop Paris Fashion Week Men’s Fall/Winter 2023-24

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a look at the Fall/Winter 2023-24 men’s collection highlights from Paris Fashion Week. Paris menswear blended the reality of today with a forward look into the future. The climate crisis and the fashion industry’s need to evolve accordingly put sustainability was high on the agenda as collections featured...

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What do 2023 trends have in store for us according to Vincent Grégoire

Consumer Trends & Insights director for the business strategy consulting agency Nelly Rodi, Vincent Grégoire gave us the top five societal insights that will influence fashion in 2023. Antis vs. Haves In 2023, we can expect the rise of counter-powers, the highlighting of excesses. We are witnessing the emergence of a new morality that empowers...

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3 Trends to expect in 2023 directly influenced by the evolving world around us

In the aftermath of the pandemic, and among a slew of other natural disasters, the world is rapidly waking up to the need to adapt and adjust in order to continue persevering. Not only that, but a shift can also be seen in consumer sentiments, in behavioural adaptations that will slowly be mirrored throughout the fashion industry as a whole....