Spring Summer 2020 Women’s Colour Directions
Trendstop gives FashionUnited readers a first look at the key womenswear colours informing the Spring/Summer 2020 season. Trendstop’s colour experts bring you the latest colour directions that will be impacting the womenswear market into SS20 and beyond. Our team reveal the essential fashion and accent shades direct from the international runway collections, that will be…
Interview: Save My Bag export manager Valentina Calabrese
The Italian brand of bags and accessories Save My Bag is considering the possibility of opening the first monobrand store in Moscow. This Valentine Calabrese, the manager of export sales of the company, told this FashionUnited. Most likely, the launch of the store will take place in 2019. In addition to Moscow, the company, together…
Saint Laurent walks on water at Paris fashion week
Anthony Vaccarello made a splash by having his models walk on water for his Saint Laurent Paris fashion week show Tuesday. The Belgian designer may have divided opinion since he took over from the “Sultan of Skinny” Hedi Slimane at the French label two years ago, but there was no doubting the chutzpah of his…
Badgley Mischka experiences growth following 30th anniversary
Just after the simultaneous celebration of its thirtieth anniversary and debut of Spring/Summer 2019 collection at New York Fashion Week, Badgley Mischka is doing quite well. Mark Badgley and James Mischka showed their pretty, feminine, and floral collection complete with both gowns and suiting to a star-lined front row last week, and also took the…
Demi Lovato to launch shoe collection with Deichmann
American singer Demi Lovato has announced that she will launch her first shoe collection in collaboration with German footwear retailer Deichmann. Lovato, who has previously launched a fitness collection with , will co-design a range of trainers, boots and shoes for autumn/winter 2018. The singer’s first capsule collection carries her “signature style” said Deichmann in…
Adidas designed Real Madrid jerseys from recycled ocean plastic
Adidas has recycled ocean plastic into soccer jerseys for the Real Madrid CF kit. It is the first time Parley Ocean Plastic, a company which aims to end marine plastic pollution, has been able to supply a mass-produced shirt. Adidas in a press release stated the new kit will be worn during the 2018/19 season…
Dior bans Instagram bling at Paris haute couture week
Fashion powerhouse Dior brushed aside the whims of the Instagram generation with its deliberately low-key new haute couture collection Monday, arguing that the world’s most expensive clothes don’t need to shout about it. Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri said she wanted the French label’s latest prestige range to glorify classic craftsmanship rather than the flashy designs…
In Pictures: Converse teams up with Bershka for exclusive collection
Bershka, one of the brands owned by Inditex, is launching an exclusive collection of Converse sneakers today. With prices ranging between 75 euro (approximately 86 US dollars) and 85 euro (98 Us dollars), the four sneaker styles are being released alongside Bershka’s Fall 2018 collection. Each shoe has an outfit to match. The first style…
Noon by Noor continues to find inspiration in Bahrain
For their spring/summer 2019 trip, designers Noor Rashid Al Khalifa & Haya Mohamed Al Khalifa took us to Bahrain again. This time they were inspired by the landscape of dunes, sea and sky resulting in a color palette of sand, pink sand and blue haze, with neutral tones of black and white mixed in. Colors…
Kanye West cries as his muse makes debut at Louis Vuitton
Rapper Kanye West and his friend and muse Virgil Abloh cried in each other’s arms Thursday after the US designer made his Paris debut for Louis Vuitton. The pair embraced after Abloh — who worked hand in glove with West for more than 15 years as his creative partner — showed his first menswear collection…