Navabi takes on Victoria’s Secret
In what has now become a viral campaign, premium plus size retailer Navabi has tackled lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. Outraged by its CMO publicly stating that no one is interesting in seeing plus size women wearing lingerie, Navabi put together its tongue-in-cheek answer in a spontaneously produced video clip that reveals Victoria’s secret: When it…
Tommy Hilfiger and Safilo renew license agreement until 2025
Tommy Hilfiger renewed its license agreement with Safilo, a world leader in the distribution, design and manufacture of glasses. This extends the partnership between the American, PVH-owned brand and the Italian company through December 31, 2025. Due to this global agreement, Safilo will continue to make exclusive designs, manufacturing and worldwide distribution of eyewear collections,…
Jeremy Scott teases H&M and Moschino collection
H&M’s latest designer collaboration with Moschino hits stores and online on November 8 and the luxury Italian label’s creative director, Jeremy Scott has taken to Instagram to tease the first looks of the collection with imagery from the ad campaign lensed by Steven Meisel. Scott shared two images from the “1950 haute couture show” inspired…
Graduate Fashion Foundation launches masterclasses
The Graduate Fashion Foundation charity, which presents Graduate Fashion Week annually, has announced that it is partnering with Ralph Lauren on a series of national masterclasses this month. Running from November 12-16, the Graduate Fashion Foundation masterclass tour will visit five host universities across the UK, with a total of 20 Graduate Fashion Week member…
Interview: Sophie Akben, Area Manager at ASICS UK
Working in the fashion industry is an important topic covered by FashionUnited. Through a series of interviews, we would like to show how versatile the industry can be and introduce professionals currently working in fashion. Recently, we have spoken with Sophie Akben from ASICS UK, who informed FashionUnited more about her role as Area Manager.…
LA gets its first Vegan Fashion Week next month
The busy fashion month itinerary keeps getting busier–and now more humane. A four-day Vegan Fashion Week is set to debut in Los Angeles on February 1 this year, just before the start of New York Fashion Week on February 4. LA’s Vegan Fashion week is the brainchild of Emmanuelle Rienda, the French animal rights advocate…
Wrangler leading the way for sustainable denim with ‘Dry Indigo’
Click:cnc turning machine American denim brand Wrangler, part of the VF Corporation, is pushing forward with its sustainable denim strategy after confirming it will be the first brand to embrace the new innovative ‘Dry Indigo’ denim fabric for a range of jeans later this year. ‘Dry Indigo’ is a new foam-dyeing process that eliminates 99…
Roberto Cavalli seeks minority investor
Roberto Cavalli’s parent company Clessidra, a private equity fund, has hired Rothschild to find a new minority investor. The news confirm the rumours circulated last September after the last 5 million capital increase subscribed by Clessidra. Reuters, citing sources close to the company, states Clessidra, which controls 90 percent of the company, does not intend…
What twenty-something shoppers bought in 2018, according to Asos
Small sunglasses, animal print, floral shorts and dad shoes. These are some of items twenty-something consumers were most interested in last year, according to a report by fashion e-tailer Asos, unveiling the best selling items of 2018 among customers aged 20-29. In 2018, Asos sold over 16,000 sunglasses around the world, 10,000 of which belonging…
Marc Jacobs to relaunch 90s grunge collection
London – Marc Jacobs is to re-issue his infamous 90s grunge collection he designed for Perry Ellis. Available for resort 2019, the story of Jacobs designing a collection based on Seattle’s burgeoning grunge scene is a pinnacle in the history of fashion. In the early nineties Jacobs was creative director of Perry Ellis and for…