Interview: Academic researchers launch manifesto for fashion change
A new association is calling fashion academics around the world to unite and push for drastic changes in the fashion industry. Inspired by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit science advocacy organization formed in 1969 in the USA, four fashion academics are introducing the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion. Its manifesto, launched on…
Tory Burch Foundation receives 100 million from Bank of America
Bank of America is honoring International Women’s Day through expanding its impact with the Tory Burch Foundation. The bank had first partnered with the foundation in 2014 and is now committing another 100 million dollars to the organization. The Tory Burch Foundation, which was founded in 2009 works to increase the amount of businesses own…
PERFORMANCE DAYS: The Beauty of Function
PERFORMANCE DAYS is the renowned trade fair for the textile industry where apparel sourcing teams come to experience the latest trends and innovations! Two times each year, designers, product managers, and material managers find a full range of functional products — from yarns to fabrics, finishes, and accessories — for the summer and winter collections.…
LFW: A Season For Activism
For autumn/winter 2019, a continuing trend across London Fashion Week was the act of fashion to protest, with many designers using their fashion week platform for activism across numerous causes including Brexit, climate change, women’s rights, and justice for Grenfell. Vivienne Westwood ‘Homo Loquax’ Most vocally was Vivienne Westwood who used her autumn/winter 2019 catwalk…
Chenpeng goes for e-commerce appeal at New York Fashion Week
E-commerce is the wave of the future, and has allowed more niche brands to appeal to a wider consumer audience. One of those brands is Shanghai-based Chenpeng, whose “HIMA LAYA” inspired collection was edgy, avant garde, very streetwear, and will arguably be on the backs of the street style stars across the globe come fall.…
The great prep revival a growth opportunity for menswear
US retail has been holding out for a hero for some time but the return of classic American prep style could prove to be it. Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, and J Crew were built on the attire that merged British boathouse with Ivy League campuses, selling polos, Letterman jackets, rugby shirts, and loafers by the…
Launch of Australasian Circular Textiles Association (ACTA) means business for sustainable fashion
21 March 2019 – In fashion and philosophy, the beauty of a circle is marked by an absence of a beginning and an end. Launching in 2018, the Australasian Circular Textile Association (ACTA) harnesses this principal, but with a very clear end goal: zero textile waste. The ACTA is the market’s first organisation offering to…
Victoria Beckham bans exotic skins from future collections
Victoria Beckham is the latest fashion brand to stop using fur and exotic skins, following the footsteps of several other labels such as Chanel, Diane von Furstenberg and Michael Kors, to name but a few. Beckham has never used fur in her collections, but commited to not ever using it as well as discontinuing accessories…
Dennis Basso on the new New York girl
Dennis Basso has been outfitting New York women since the eighties. He’s best known for his luxurious furs, and in 2002 he took a major plunge into ready-to-wear which was beloved by the Upper East Side socialites to hip-hop artists. It would be easy to think of his clientele as just some upper crust Manhattan…
Romeo Hunte brings street glam to New York Fashion Week
Click:wps官网下载 There’s streetwear and there’s traditional glamour, and rarely, if ever have the twain met. Designer Romeo Hunte decided two meet the two in holy matrimony at New York Fashion Week this season. His latest collection was an homage to the fashion trends of the early to mid-1900’s. The womenswear was done with a bit…