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What are your career goals for 2019? Regardless of where you are in your career, FashionUnited has published lots of valuable advice throughout 2018. Let’s look back at some of the best tips and insights we’ve given to fashion professionals this year. War for talent: fashion professionals lack skills, reveals worldwide study The fashion industry…

An exceptionally rare pink diamond of nearly 19 carats fetched 50.3 million Swiss francs (50 million USD, 44 million euros) at auction in Geneva Tuesday, Christie’s said, setting a new per-carat record for a stone of its kind. The Pink Legacy, which once belonged to the Oppenheimer family who for decades ran the De Beers…

On September 7th the Nolcha Shows, a leading platform for independent designers, held the Accessories Preview at the Bryant Park Hotel as part of a series of New York Fashion Week events. The Accessories Preview welcomed four luxury independent accessory brands to showcase their Spring/Summer 2019 collections to an audience of industry professionals, influencers and…

Happy birthday to Altuzarra. The New York-based luxury brand is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season, and to commemorate the milestone, it’s taking a walk down memory lane. The brand will release a limited edition collection comprised of ten pieces from its design archive next month. Brand founder Joseph Altuzarra allowed ten friends of the…

In a capitalist economy, mergers and acquisitions are the key to success and this is more relevant than ever for the global fashion industry. When it comes to multinational luxury companies, Kering, LVMH and Richemont dominate the sector. In recent years, Capri Holdings (previously known as Michael Kors) and Coach are setting their sights on…

Fashion’s love affair with Disney’s Mickey Mouse is stronger than ever, with fast-fashion, streetwear, luxury designers and high-end jewellers, all flocking to be part of the Disney experience as the playful mouse marks 90 years since his first appearance in ‘Steamboat Willie’ on November 18, 1928. As part of the celebration, Disney has asked all…

In her workshop in a Moscow attic, Maria Andrianova is using a sewing technique she learnt from elderly women in the forested Karelia region of northwestern Russia. “For me, sewing is a way to learn about my origins,” said the 31-year-old designer. She describes her “Masha Andrianova” fashion line as “for the modern world” but…

Five more startups have been selected to join Fashion for Good’s scaling program, which provides companies looking to make fashion more sustainable with a boost to scale up their businesses. These are the newcomers: Ecovative, a New York-based startup developing sustainable materials from Mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms. They have created Mycoflex, a high-performance…

After what feels like an eternity of speculation, Theresa May has finally published the full text of her Brexit deal. The 585-page document agreed to by the prime minister and her Cabinet on Wednesday sets out the provisional guidelines for Britain’s much-awaited withdrawal from the European Union. May did not receive unanimous support from her…

Brits are hoarding tens of thousands pounds worth of clothing that they’ve never worn, according to new data from True Fit, which reveals that over a lifetime Brits will amass 32,951 pounds worth of unworn clothing in their wardrobes. Based on the habits of 2,000 consumers, the research by data-driven personalisation platform True Fit, reveals…