Asos launches lingerie line to support refugees
Katharine Hamnett, the British designer best known for her political T-shirts, has teamed up with Help Refugees, one of the biggest non-profit organizations supporting refugees and asylum seekers across Europe and the Middle East. The designer is launching a new lingerie line, titled “Choose Love”, exclusively at Asos. All profits will be donated to the…
LFW SS19: Alice Archer’s Prairie blooms
Alice Archer presented her spring/summer 2019 collection at The Shop at Bluebird during London Fashion Week and continued to build upon her reputation as an exquisite embroiderer with a whimsical, romantic collection inspired by the American prairie. Floral installations lined the catwalk for Archer’s salon show and provided a beautiful backdrop for her summery collection…
34th IAF World Fashion Convention’s program all set!
Twenty-one speakers have already committed to the 2018 edition to be held on October 8 th -10 th in Maastricht, the Netherlands and co-organized with MODINT, the Dutch fashion and textiles industry association. The speakers include representatives from major brands such as Puma, Hugo Boss, Vivienne Westwood and VF Corporation, from major experts such as…
Pinterest: most searched fashion terms around the world
With more than 600 million boards and 21 billion pictures of fashion, Pinterest is one of the most popular tools to find fashion inspiration and trends. “Pinterest is a truly international platform. When searching for something, one gets results from several different countries. It is a passport to looks from the other side of the…
Fashion Tech: outdoor apparel
App-enabled outerwear, cutting-edge functional fabrics, bio-mimicry and more are part of the growing range of options in outdoor clothing. Here’s a look at some of the latest outdoor products exemplifying new tech trends. 1. Vollebak Solar Charged Jacket Named by WIRED as Sports Gear of the Year in 2017, the Solar Charged Jacket is made…
Paris names its first street after a fashion designer
In a city yet to name a back alley after Coco Chanel, Parisians stepped out Sunday to do their organic shopping at a street market named after fashion designer Sonia Rykiel. Hours earlier the city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo — something of a fashionista herself — had declared Allee Sonya Rykiel open, with her label staging…
Challenge The Fabric names debut winner
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp graduate Brandon Wen has been crowned the inaugural winner of the Challenge The Fabric Award organised by the Swedish Fashion Council. The launch event, which took place on the eve of London Fashion Week, saw six finalists from around the globe competing for the 30,000 euro prize, including two…
How to work your way into New York Fashion Week
After another exciting season, New York Fashion Week SS19 just wrapped with new trends and buzzing headlines front and center. Taking place twice a year, NYFW used to be reserved for the crème de la crème of high fashion and celebrities. These days, with the democratization of the fashion industry, it’s possible to gain access…
4 Trends retailers will stock after London Fashion Week
Data analysts from EDITED put together a summary of all the major trends seen at London Fashion Week shows this past week, studying the most relevant from themes, colors, shapes, and details that will be the most pertinent to retailers. Reports such as this are what retailers use to determine which trends to stock for…
Deborah Lyons hosts debut catwalk show on the Eurostar
London-based womenswear label Deborah Lyons staged its debut catwalk collection aboard the Eurostar from London to Paris, featuring models wearing her spring/summer 2019 walking down the aisle of the moving train. The British designer transformed ‘carriage 13’ into the Orient Express, complete with afternoon tea and uniformed bellboys, and presented her catwalk collection on a…