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“The handsomeness of an object should be matched by the handsomeness of how it was made.” That’s the ethos of Joshua Katcher, fashion designer and founder of Brooklyn-based vegan menswear brand, Brave Gentleman. Katcher, who has also taught at Parsons The New School and LIM college about the importance of sustainability, began his foray into…

World leader in luxury goods LVMH announced Monday it would boost measures to ensure a “responsible supply” of crocodile skins. The giant French retailer said in a statement it would follow new standards for crocodile leather based on criteria “developed and validated by a committee of technical experts”. This would include “the preservation of the…

Classic rock fans, good news for you: Led Zeppelin has announced a collaborative collection with Vans to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary. While the band and the brand owned by VF Corporation haven’t disclosed a release date just yet, two sneaker styles were revealed on Twitter: the first one features a picture of the Hindenburg…

Avid kite surfer and scuba diver, Zak Johnson, has launched a new line of British-made luxury swimwear for men made from recycled ocean plastic. Johnson states that seeing first-hand the devastation that plastic contamination is causing to the ocean’s ecosystem drove him to launch a swimwear line of fashionable beachwear that combined “stylish simplicity and…

Applications are open for the third edition of I’M Alumni Collections Revolution, a competition for alumni of Istituto Marangoni. The fashion school will cover all expenses related to the creation of a Spring/Summer 2020 collection as well as the production of a fashion show which will be included on Milan Fashion Week’s official calendar. Candidates…

Common Objective, the London-based network connecting fashion professionals to a global database of sustainable brands and suppliers, has unveiled the winners of its 2019 Leadership Awards, which aims to recognize fashion businesses that lead and disrupt the sustainable fashion space. The 10 winners were chosen by a panel of industry experts including Caroline Rush (Chief…

London – I first met Marc Jacobs in New York in 2003. We were introduced in a lift in his office building downtown. I remember it vividly because he was sporting a neck brace and awkwardly turned sideways to say hello. I was in New York to attend his Spring 2004 show as part of…

Kent State University, in collaboration with ourCusp, a community for people of color in the fashion industry, hosted an event at its New York City campus to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. A second audience joined via Skype from the school’s main campus in Ohio to hear the panel of professionals discuss candidly the unique…

Footwear brand R.M Williams has named actor Hugh Jackman as the brand’s first global ambassador for its iconic boots that have been handcrafted since 1932 in outback Australia. Jackman was announced as the brand’s first global ambassador in front of the label’s 300 staff at its Australian workshop in Adelaide. The Australian actor was introduced…

One more fashion week season is behind us, time to look back at the main trends from the New York, London, Milan and Paris runways. To determine which of the trending themes, colors, fabrics and prints are most likely to be picked up by major fashion retailers, data analytics firm Edited has taken a look…