House of Holland to unveil ‘world’s first’ on catwalk during LFW SS16
Henry Holland, the British designer behind the label House of Holland has teamed up with innovation hub Visa Europe Collab to bridge the gap between fashion and technology. Together the two plan on unveiling cutting-edge creations to incorporate payments into designs during the upcoming London Fashion Week. As mobile payments continue to grow, with the…
Richemont launching smart straps
Richemont certainly knows that their luxury watches will have some tough competition now thanks to the Apple smartwatch. Of course, they couldn’t just stand by and let themselves fall from grace. The luxury goods maker is launching their own line of high-tech watch straps to compete with Apple’s smartwatch. IWC Schauffhausen has plans to embed…
A fish named Fred invites you
The bright and quirky men’s and ladies collection of A fish named Fred will be shown at Panorama Berlin this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Click Here: Spain Football Shop
American Apparel workers unite to protest factory conditions
The punches just keep coming for once beloved hipster fashion label American Apparel. First, they had their controversy with Dov Charney last year over allegations of sexual harassment, then they fired Creative Director Iris Alonzo, only to re-hire her, and recently fire her again, and now apparently their workers are in uprising. With the backing…
CFE names Fashion Pioneer Programme winners
Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE), a fashion business incubator, has chosen six-London based designers to join its New Fashion Pioneer programme, starting this month for six months. The London-based designers selected are: LVMH Grand Prix scholarship winner Richard Malone; womenswear designer Min Wu; Lei Sihan of jewellery brand LionStudio; sustainable design duo Gyo Kim and…
Webinar | The New Fashion Market: Global Trends in Menswear and Men’s Grooming
Menswear is expected to contribute US$40 billion to the global apparel and footwear market by 2019, compelling consumer insight experts and strategists alike to take notice. Despite the smaller market, menswear is growing at a faster rate than their female counterparts. Have men started to care more about their appearance in recent years resulting in…
London Fashion Week opens in new Soho setting
Hot on the heels of New York, London Fashion Week opens Friday with a cohort of young designers hoping to make their mark — and a new venue to boot. Leaving behind the institutional luxury of its former Somerset House setting, this year’s show will be staged in the urban jungle of London’s famous Soho…
LIVE: Boston prepare, Primark is coming to America!
Today marks the debut opening of Primark’s first US store in Boston, Massachusetts. Please stay tuned as we keep track of the store’s official opening at 11 am, local time. Live coverage now ended 13:30 pm With Primark’s debut store in Boston officially opened, FashionUnited ends its live coverage of the event. Only time can…
Looks familiar: Why copying in fashion remains a grey area
Fashion brands copying other brands is so commonplace in the design landscape that barely anyone bats an eyelid these days. If you peruse the rails at Zara you will be able to spot the designer references seen on the catwalks that inspired its collections, it is that blatantly obvious. One season, not long ago, it…
Why Newell's' dreams of lining up with Messi will never come true
The Barcelona star has seemingly ended any lingering hopes that one day he will return to grace Rosario with his presence Without a doubt, the strangest sight in the world of football this week was to be glimpsed in the Argentine city of Rosario, in an otherwise seemingly inconsequential Superliga clash involving Newell’s Old Boys. There,…