LFW: Six Standout Presentations
While the fashion crowd may have moved onto Milan, FashionUnited is reflecting on a strong autumn/winter 2019 season of presentations from London Fashion Week, where designers brought their collections to life with playful static concepts – here are our six favourite moments from emerging designers including Nabil Nayal, Steve O Smith and Paula Knorr. Nabil…
More and more retailers are using this retail workforce management system
Retailers nowadays need to be fast and innovative in order to stay ahead. SameSystem understands that like no other. This fast-growing Danish company presents the optimal retail workforce management system at RetailEXPO in London – made by and especially for retailers. London is the place-to-be on 1st and 2nd of May for everything that has…
In Pictures: H&M Studio SS19 in Arizona
Swedish fashion retailer H&M stepped away from its traditional catwalk show during Paris Fashion Week to showcase its biannual H&M Studio collection as an “immersive theatre” event in Sedona, Arizona to a select global audience of ambassadors and media. The scripted narrative by Connie Harrison, a London-based creative consultant and director, who specialises in the…
PFW: Louise Trotter presents debut Lacoste collection
British fashion designer Louise Trotter presented her debut collection for Lacoste as its new creative director during Paris Fashion Week and offered up a strong fashion direction for the French heritage brand. Trotter, who joined Lacoste in October from Joseph, replaced Portuguese designer Felipe Batista to become the first female creative director at the French…
Rei Kawakubo will receive Isamu Noguchi Award
Founder of Comme des Garcons and co-founder of Dover Street Market Rei Kawakubo is set to receive the 2019 Isamu Noguchi Award from the Noguchi Museum. With this award, the museum recognizes Kawakubo’s innovative spirit and commitment to a cultural exchange between the east and the west. The Noguchi Museum will present Kawakubo with her…
Giorgio Armani to show cruise collection in Tokyo
Giorgio Armani will present his first cruise collection in Tokyo in May. The Italian fashion company, which is sole ownership of Mr. Armani, will unveil its latest cruise collection on May 24th, which coincides with the reopening of the brand’s Japanese flagship store in the Armani/Ginza Tower. This will be Armani’s first cruise collection presentation…
New-look Burberry tops the bill at London Fashion Week
After New York, the fashion world descends on London Friday for more than 80 catwalk shows over five days — just weeks before Britain is due to leave the European Union, creating potential headaches for the industry. Italian designer Riccardo Tisci, formerly of Givenchy, will be showing off his second Burberry collection. He took over…
Colourful start to London Fashion Week as Brexit worries pervade
London Fashion Week kicked off five days of catwalk shows on Friday with a splash of colour, as fears of Brexit — now looming large on the horizon — look set to dominate. The fashion world descends on the British capital just weeks before Britain is due to leave the European Union, with anxiety over…
Boss celebrates the art of elevated style at New York Fashion Week
Ingo Wilts has had a hard task at hand. The designer has been steering both the Hugo Boss men’s and women’s line since Jason Wu departed from the brand in early 2018. His first collection for spring/summer 2019 was a new era for Boss. The men’s and women’s collections became more streamlined, cohesively complementing each…
Homegrown heavyweights shine at London Fashion Week
The dreamlike elegance of Roksanda, earthy shades of JW Anderson and a rubber-inspired collection from Christopher Kane were among the highlights of the fourth day of London Fashion Week on Monday. Serbian designer Roksanda Ilincic, a growing force in the British fashion world since her 2005 debut, took over a large warehouse-like space in the…