LuLaRoe announces apparel licensing deal with Evel Knievel brand
LuLaRoe has signed a two-year apparel licensing partnership with the Evel Knievel family brand to launch men’s, women’s and children’s clothing ranges inspired by the American stunt performer. The collaboration launches this summer with select pieces from the LuLaRoe American Dreams Collection, a modern vintage collection that pays tribute to the All-American vibe of the…
Expert insights: 9 tips for emerging designers
Emerging designers are faced with countless hurdles as they climb to the top: connecting with clients, gaining publicity, and of course, increased pressure for sustainable practices. FashionUnited asked several experts to provide their tips on these three challenges for designers during a fashion event, M-ODE, in Amsterdam. While nothing can replace good old fashioned trial…
Liberate men with satin and corsets: fashion icon Galliano
Click:Pawnshop gold loan John Galliano set out Friday to redefine 21st-century masculinity with corsets, sensual satins and vinyl trousers to “liberate” men from their sartorial shackles. The British designer’s new collection for Maison Margiela at Paris men’s fashion week not only blurred the lines between genders, but blew them away with shiny pink ribbon belts…
In Pictures: Inside Adidas Originals and Kylie Jenner Falcon launch
Kylie Jenner celebrated becoming the latest brand ambassador for Adidas Originals with a pop-up for the global launch of the Falcon trainer. The launch, which took over a gas station on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, which was repurposed to reflect elements of the 90s that influenced the all-new women’s exclusive Falcon sneaker and saw…
Feng Chen Wang explores human connectivity at NYFW: Men’s
Let’s get connected. For her spring/summer 2019 runway show and collection, designer Feng Chen Wang explored themes of human connectivity and the idea of our other halves. Our other half could be a person, our careers, or something else. At the end of the day, we all have something that makes us whole. At the…
Stella McCartney teams with Sofia Vergara for lingerie campaign highlighting breast cancer awareness
Actress Sofia Vergara is lending her famous figure to Stella McCartney’s specially designed lingerie pieces for the designer’s annual breast cancer awareness month campaign. “I am proud to support @StellaMcCartney’s annual #BreastCancerAwareness campaign wearing the ‘Rose Romancing’ lingerie set to remind and encourage everyone to get checked and as a woman, to love and celebrate…
In Pictures: Aéropostale debuts all new jean fits
Aéropostale, the specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories, targeting 16 to 22-year-old women and men, has debut its new range of jeans fits as part of its largest jean offering to date. The new collection of jeans introduces three new fits: the Norma jean, a super high rise fit inspired by Marilyn Monroe; the…
Heidi Klum and Amazon team up for new shoppable fashion program
German super model Heidi Klum and Amazon will team up to create a new, shoppable fashion program for Amazon Prime Video. The plan is to cast young, promising designers from all over the world to give them a chance to enter the fashion world. And there is a shopping aspect too: Viewers can buy the…
Catwalk momentum: how brands create hype long before showtime
It used to be that a catwalk presentation was the definitive source of the new fashion season to come. Images from presentations would be circulated to media and industry and large, which saw fashion editors and journalists decipher the codes and trends and inform consumers what to expect once the collections became available in stores.…
Claudia Li gets nostalgic for NYFW
Claudia Li has finally stopped selling herself short. The designer, who for the past several season’s debuted her spring/summer collection at New York Fashion Week via presentation format, decided this season she was finally going to do a runway show. What was stopping her? She had the fan base, the design talent, and the production…