Fashion careers: How to become an independent designer with Bella Singleton
Independent designer Bella Singleton is known for her silk scarves with colours that pop and prismatic patterns. Made in England, each digitally printed scarf features hand-drawn illustrations. A one-woman run brand, Bella Singleton’s design career took off in 2015 when Tate Modern placed an order for their Switch House gallery store. Bella Singleton’s collections are…
Barbour Celebrates 125 Years at LFW Men’s
Heritage lifestyle and fashion brand Barbour marked the start of its 125th anniversary and five generations of the Barbour family at its London Fashion Week Men’s autumn/winter 2019 presentation. To celebrate the milestone, the British label, which launched in 1894 when John Barbour set up his first store in South Shields in the North East…
Lakmé Fashion Week features sustainability, menswear and celebrities
On Sunday, 3rd February 2019, Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2019, held at Jio Gardens in sunny yet unseasonably pleasant Mumbai, drew to a close, after five days of runway shows, cooperations, awards and celebrities becoming models for a day. Unlike fashion week formats in New York, London, Milan and Paris, Lakmé Fashion Week has always…
Balmain launches new app
Balmain’s creative director Olivier Rousteing is on a mission to democratize fashion. Although that’s not an easy feat when you’re the man behind an exclusive luxury brand, he’s riding the digital wave to make it happen. Balmain will be launching an app that will allow consumers to go behind the scenes of the storied fashion…
Takeaway trends from Paris Fashion Week Menswear
Menswear designers including Off-White, Acne Studios, Louis Vuitton and Dior Homme unveiled their collections for the Fall/Winter 2019 season. While we saw many current trends such as streetwear, white sneakers and plaid patterns will stick around for at least another season, new elements like reptilian textures, fluorescent tones and fleece fabrics are making their way…
BFC introduces new format for LFW festival
The British Fashion Council is introducing a new event format for its London Fashion Week Festival that aims to provide “unrivalled consumer access” to London Fashion Week. The London Fashion Week: Insiders will run for two days during London Fashion Week on February 16 and 17 at Store X, 180 Strand and will offer see-now,…
Police clash with garment factory workers in Bangladesh
Bangladesh police used rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas against thousands of garment factory workers this Wednesday, after they tried to block a road leading to Dhaka’s international airport on the fourth consecutive day of protests demanding an increase in the minimum wage. Yesterday, one worker was fatally shot and dozens of others were…
Viktor&Rolf launches new men’s fragrance
Viktor&Rolf has announced the launch of their new men’s fragrance, Spicebomb Night Vision, available worldwide now. Since the brand ceased doing ready-to-wear in 2015 and shifted their focus to haute couture, fragrances have become a major part of their business. With any fashion house focused on haute couture, the majority of revenue ends up stemming…
Draper James announces size inclusive expansion
Celebrity fashion line Draper James is turning towards the size-inclusive trend. Founded in 2015 by actress Reece Witherspoon, the Southern-inspired fashion and home goods brand is committed to a motto, “make pretty easy.” The size expansion launches with the Draper James Spring 2019 collection. Sizes will now range from 0 to 24 across dresses, tees,…
Paris fashion week ends, with some surprises
Paris fashion week ended on Sunday, simultaneously closing the autumn winter 2019 men’s catwalk season of the Big Four, being New York, London, Milan and Paris. It was a week of anticipation and debuts, with Hedi Slimane for Celine and Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy showing men’s only collections for the first time. There were…