Interview: Totally Good Time founder Kyle Menard on creating pop culture fashion
Designer and entrepreneur Kyle Menard isn’t as concerned with keeping on trend as he is assuring his work reflects pop culture. His brand, Totally Good Time offers handmade inclusive apparel and accessories meant to inspire through nostalgia, referential phrases and good will. The goal of each creation is to offer a piece buyers can’t find…
Aerie uses new bra campaign to celebrate women with disabilities
Aerie has launched yet another campaign with a strong body positivity message. The lingerie brand has unveiled Aerie Bras Make You Feel Real Good to showcase their new line of items using women with disabilities. The unretouched images feature a wide range of body types, wheelchair users and those with colostomy bags, hearing aids and…
Portuguese designers shining in New York
When the European fashion countries come to mind, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy are the first on everyone’s lips. However, a little country called Portugal has a burgeoning design community of its own that’s finally getting its just due here in New York City. Earlier this month, and apparel trade association, Anivec, debuted fashion…
Drones and ugly sneakers: The future of buying at luxury chain The KaDeWe Group
As streetwear blends with luxury and functional become fashionable, the lines between office and leisure wear are blurring. As a fashion buyer, capturing this evolution is the job of Colin Göbel-Thoma. In April, he started as buyer for Urban Sports at German luxury chain KaDeWe Group, which operates three of the most iconic German department…
Glamour likely to cease print production
Glamour magazine may join the line of Condé Nast publications that have moved on from print production with the plan to become an online-only publication. Women’s Wear Daily first broke the story, with various outlets picking up the news and noting an official announcement on the fate of the eighty-year-old Glamour is expected in the…
Canada minister wears ‘Keep calm and negotiate NAFTA’ to Washington talks
Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, showing off her waggish side, wore a t-shirt with the words “Keep calm and negotiate NAFTA” on it to Washington for high level continental trade talks Wednesday. The minister was spotted at the Ottawa airport late Tuesday sporting the white shirt as she walked to the gate to catch her…
Lylie’s: An e-waste jewellery brand
London – Electronic waste or e-waste, that this technological rubbish is now commonly referred to, is a growing issue and is simultaneously catching the media’s attention at the same rate. The New York Times declared last month that “e-waste offers an economic opportunity as well as toxicity,” due to the rising number of recycling companies…
Vogue and Nike unveil Air Jordans inspired by Anna Wintour
Vogue has teamed with Nike to release a new pair of Nike Air Jordans inspired by the publication’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The industry veteran, who also serves as artistic director of Condé Nast, influenced two new shoe designs from the brand – including the Air Jordan I, renamed AJI High Zip AWOK (Anna Wintour OK).…
Alessandro Trincone goes genderless for NYFW: Men’s
The revolution will be genderless, that is if it’s up to Alessandro Trincone. The designer, who rose to prominence after Young Thug wore one of his pieces for his “Jeffrey” album cover, made his debut at NYFW: Men’s this season to the acclaim of New York’s menswear crowd. This was by no means typical menswear,…
Working at KOY Clothing luxury menswear brand
KOY Clothing is a culturally inclusive menswear brand and social enterprise, which pays homage to the Kenyan culture that inspires it. The clothing range includes a variety of high-end men’s smart apparel made of a traditional African fabric called Kikoy, a 100% cotton dyed in Kenya with locally produced colorings. The brand offers an assortment…