2018 fashion recap: the most important news of the year
2018 was certainly an eventful year for the fashion industry: high-profile mergers and acquisitions, big retail players struggling to keep afloat, fashion designers buying back their brands… It’s time to look back at the most important developments of the year. January Hollywood actresses protested against sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the movie industry by…
Nike celebrates the Chinese New Year with a new limited edition collection
Nike is taking part in Chinese traditions. To commemorate the Year of the Pig, the animal sign representing 2019 in Chinese tradition, Nike will launch a new limited edition collection inspired by the 12 traditional Chinese horoscope signs. The collection is set to release in January. The styles comprise of mixed patterns incorporating the 12…
Fashion’s bad boy Gaultier showcases life and work in ‘freak’ revue
“I was weaned on musicals … totally transfixed by the plumes and the paste jewels. I told myself that one day I would stage a revue,” Jean Paul Gaultier said of a childhood dream that has now taken shape at the Folies Bergeres, a landmark Parisian theatre. “The Fashion Freak Show”, which opens to the…
BFC announces creative collaboration with Adidas Originals
The British Fashion Council has teamed up with Adidas Originals and David Beckham to launch a new creative partnership called Makerlab Presents: Here to Create. The initiative sees Beckham uniting his long standing partnership with Adidas Originals, with his role as Ambassadorial President at the BFC to drive new generation engagement within the creative industries…
Greek silk road town finds itself back in fashion
Inside the machine-crammed Mouhtarides factory near the Greek-Turkish border, Ioanna Pistola deftly spins a silk thread in a loom, ignoring the deafening noise around her. “I’ve been working in this hall for 20 years,” the middle-aged weaver shouts above the din. The dormant, isolated town of Soufli has been a key centre for Greek silk…
Victoria Beckham partners with Harry’s Bar for holidays
Victoria Beckham has announced a holiday partnership with Harry’s Bar of the Birley Clubs, which will see the two brands partner on an in-store takeover, a trunk show and a cocktail party during the festive season. To launch the partnership, the pink and green décor that has traditionally adorned Harry’s Bar has been replicated for…
Strong growth at Miinto continues
The Danish fashion portal Miinto is growing strongly, especially driven by the export markets Miinto has, in a single financial year, increased the total volume of orders that goes through the platform and out to local fashion stores to 500m DKK, and the high growth continues. The entire profits are reinvested in optimizing Miinto’s online…
Paris Fashion Week by the numbers
Which brands got the most exposure during the last Paris Fashion Week? Which voices were the most influential? Data analytics firm Launchmetrics analyzed the impact of media placements across all channels (online, social, print) to find out the main trends. The results are summarized in the infographic below. Infographic by Heidi Law, edited by Marjorie…
Yoox unveils AI-powered virtual styling suite
Yoox, part of the Yoox Net-a-Porter group, has introduced a new feature targeting millennials, an AI-powered virtual styling suite that is designed to help customers explore the Yoox catalogue in a new interactive and engaging way. Conceived and designed by the Yoox research and development team, the YooxMirror immersive styling suite displays more than 250…
Bangladesh seeks revival of silk industry
Bangladesh’s silk industry is one of the oldest in the world, with farmers in the northwestern border district of Rajshahi producing some of the most sought-after silk yarns. They specialise in high-quality mulberry silk — widely known as Bengal or Rajshahi silk — produced by the larvae of moths fed on fresh mulberry leaves and…