Category: Fashion

Shrimps, the contemporary fashion label from London-based designer, Hannah Weiland launch in 2013 and instantly became a hit with fashion editors, influencers and buyers for its fun, colourful faux-fur designs and the now cult beaded Antonia bag. For autumn/winter 2019, Shrimps stepped away from their usual presentation format to showcase its growing ready-to-wear line on…

The International Fashion Showcase taking place at Somerset House alongside London Fashion Week has named Thebe Magugu from South Africa as this year’s winner. The biennial fashion presentation, a partnership between the British Council, British Fashion Council, London College of Fashion, UAL and Somerset House, nurtures and presents work from the best up-and-coming fashion talent…

Describing a designer’s first runway collection as ‘a formidable debut’ could by some readers be perceived as unenthusiastic on the part of the editor, but sometimes it is exactly that. Daniel Lee’s runway debut at Bottega Veneta ticked many of the right boxes, at what was a much-anticipated MFW event since his appointment as creative…

Hollywood’s biggest stars strutted their stuff on the Oscars red carpet Sunday, and a few trends emerged: old school glamour, metallic gowns, lots of pink, trousers on the women… and one stunning gown on a man. Here is a look at some of the top looks from Tinseltown’s biggest night: Ready for their close-up The…

Fitness wear brand Gymshark has announced the launch of its new Pay Later service in the UK, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. Gymshark partnered with online payment provider, Klarna, for the new service which is already being used by the likes of Asos, Topshop, H&M and JD Sports. The pay later feature allows customers to…

See-now-buy-now has gone to the next level. Size-inclusive luxury retailer 11 Honoré made its New York Fashion Week debut with a Shopify-powered catalog that allowed attendees to shop off the runway using QR codes. Taking place at Spring Studios, the retailer showed a selection of spring and pre-fall items from a range of luxury designers…

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a first look at the latest trend directions from the leading Spring Summer 2020 materials events in Paris. The Trendstop materials team give FashionUnited readers an exclusive insight into the key trends from the Paris editions of Premiere Vision, Texworld and Interfiliere. Eco-responsibility was high on the agenda at all three…

She comes petite, curvy, tall, blond, black, latina or even in its “original” version. A variety of guises, with the exception that they are all fashionable. We are talking, of course about Barbie, who turns 60 this year. While she hasn’t aged a day, she has morphed through several iterations, survived scandals and criticism, and…

Lucas Hugh is a London-based activewear brand that incorporates futuristic design with technical performance. Established in 2010 by co-CEO and Creative Director Anjhe Marcus, Lucas Hugh was the first to incorporate the fully-bonded seam –used in Olympic-quality swimwear –into activewear. The brand caught fire with the release of The Hunger Games in 2013 where Marcus…

The “Pronounced and powerful” color trends for fall/winter 2019/20 highlighted by the Pantone Color Institute were easy to spot on the runways at New York Fashion Week that concluded last week. Collections of designers presenting during the 7-day event reflected “an emergence of confidence” through a bold visceral palette of colors. “This color palette reflects…