Month: March 2019

Christian Louboutin is launching a new product category: belts for men. Eight styles, all made of leather and manufactured in Italy, will join the label’s catalogue from December. The belts will come in different colors and feature Louboutin’s signature shade of red on the backside. The collection will be available for purchase at christian Louboutin…

This week we saw Apple become the first trillion dollar company, Burberry unveil a new monogram under artistic director Riccardo Tisci, Dior debut its AW18 ready-to-wear campaign and Condé Nast expected to sell off three print magazines. This is what we learned: Apple this week became the world’s only publicly traded trillion dollar company, testament…

Kenzo co creative director Humberto Leon directed a fashion film called The Everything. The short film will premier in September during New York Fashion Week, and is described by Kenzo as “a light-hearted drama about a family of teenagers with unusual powers that bring them together.” According to the Hollywood Reporter, Milla Jovovich stars as…

For spring/summer 2019, Edeline Lee staged an immersive presentation at the BFC Show Space investigating the feminine state through design and performance with a contemporary dance spectacular juxtaposing the “woman’s vulnerable, internal persona versus her worldly, exterior facade”. “As a designer, I view myself to be in service to women, helping them to be well…

The Trendstop materials team give FashionUnited readers an exclusive insight into the key themes emerging at Spinexpo in Paris. Located at Cité de la mode et du Design beside the Seine river, Spinexpo is a leading international industry sourcing exhibition focussing on innovation and creativity in the yarn, fibre and knitwear sector. For the Fall/Winter…

The London Fashion Week Festival, the consumer part of London Fashion Week, has released its schedule of designer catwalks and industry-led events. One the festival’s highlights will see iconic British designer Katherine Hamnett present a sustainable catwalk show followed by a discussion and Q&A on Friday. On Saturday Bobby Abley will present his collection ‘Bobbyland’,…

Footwear and accessories designer Nicholas Kirkwood has announced that he is collaborating with British artist Hannah Lees on his new autumn/winter 2018 collection, as part of his ‘Nicholas Kirkwood presents’ series of creative partnerships. The creative pop-up collaborations were launched in the brand’s flagship London boutique on Mount Street in October 2017, and have seen…

Serena Williams is celebrating her return to the Wimbledon tournament in London with a brand new Nike sneaker. The star returned to the event this week, marking her first appearance at the competition since having her daughter, Alexis, last year (2017) and marked the occasion with her Nike Air Force 1 Strong and Sure shoe…

Social media is an easy tactic to engaging with consumers, and during fashion month, the right social media usage can bring in substantial revenue. To better understand the impact of social media engagement on marketing value and engagement, Launchmetrics has come up with the audience-driven Media Impact Value™ (MIV™) algorithm to measures the impact of…

British fashion designer Stella McCartney has teamed up with LA-based creative studio Tête-à-Tête to create a short film about Transcendental Meditation. Featuring the iconic director and artist David Lynch, a father of the Transcendental Meditation movement, the film was created in support of the charitable works of the David Lynch Foundation, whose mission is to…