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Exploring a memory: Designer recreates a dress for Diana

Editorial Bureau November 27, 2022

This is a dress with a story, and Elizabeth Emanuel wants to tell it. Shocking pink with a plunging, ruffled neckline and body-hugging shape, the gown was designed by Emanuel for Lady Diana Spencer to wear at a Buckingham Palace party a few days before her marriage to Prince Charles in 1981. It

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Alessandro Michele steps down as Gucci creative director

Editorial Bureau November 24, 2022

 Alessandro Michele is leaving his role as creative director of Gucci, the fashion house announced Wednesday, bringing an end to an eight-year tenure that sharply redefined Gucci’s codes with romanticism and gender fluidity, all the while powering revenues for the Kering parent. Womenswear Daily reported Michele’s expected departure on Tuesday, citing sources that said

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S.Africa’s Precious Moloi-Motsepe, champion of African fashion

Editorial Bureau November 22, 2022

South African Precious Moloi-Motsepe, one of the richest women in Africa, is a staunch promoter of fashion designers from the young, vibrant and culturally diverse continent. Style has coursed through her veins since she was a young girl growing up in Soweto township, and for her, the time is ripe for “African designers to shine” […]

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Nigerian teens create fashion from trash to fight pollution

Editorial Bureau November 21, 2022

Teenage climate activists in Nigeria’s largest city recycle trash into runway outfits for a “Trashion Show.” Chinedu Mogbo, the founder of Greenfingers Wildlife Initiative, a conservation group working with the activists, said the show was designed to raise awareness about environmental pollution. Lagos, one of Africa’s most populous cities with more than 15 million

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Joules is about to enter administration, 1600 jobs at risk

Editorial Bureau November 14, 2022

Around 1,600 jobs are at risk after fashion retailer Joules announced it would go into administration due to a failure to secure a necessary cash injection. The brand stated that talks with investors, including its founder Tom Joule, about an emergency cash call was unsuccessful and have ended. It said it would file a notice […]

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Kim Kardashian honoured at CFDA awards, calls for inclusivity

Editorial Bureau November 8, 2022

 Kim Kardashian was honoured at Monday’s Council of Fashion Designers of America Fashion Awards for her shapewear line and used the honour to call for designers to be inclusive of all body shapes. Kardashian was awarded the first-ever Innovation Award presented by Amazon Fashion for her shapewear brand SKIMS. Co-Founder and CEO Jens Grede and Founding Partner […]

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Nicole Benisti Collaborates With Nicola Peltz Beckham as Brand Ambassador for Fall/Winter 22

Editorial Bureau November 4, 2022

Nicole Benisti, the Montreal based luxury outerwear designer, unveils her Fall/Winter 2022 campaign starring Nicola Peltz Beckham. Shot by world-renowned fashion photography duo Luigi & Iango in signature black and white and sobered coloured captures, the first looks to be released from the campaign feature Nicola Peltz Beckham in a shimmering black tweed down jacket,

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Europe’s e-commerce set to soar, with fashion a top category

Editorial Bureau October 31, 2022

The European B2C market is expected to grow by 14.96 per year, and forecast to reach 1,010 billion dollars by the end of this year. New data from Research and Markets says online commerce in Europe is an attractive growth story, expected to be worth 1,565 billion dollars by 2026. The pandemic accelerated online shopping […]

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Ralph Lauren draws A-list Hollywood crowd for sumptuous show

Editorial Bureau October 14, 2022

Bronx-born Ralph Lauren, a quintessential New Yorker, had never staged a runway show on the West Coast before. So clearly, with his first show in sunny California, he was going to go big — or, well, stay home. Big he went, staging a sumptuous display of his well-honed ethos of casual luxury, with strong Western […]

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Bella Hadid’s spray on dress: Paris fashion week highlights

Editorial Bureau October 4, 2022

 From a spray-painted dress on Bella Hadid to a very muddy Kanye West and a surprise cameo by Cher, there were some viral moments at Paris Fashion Week, which concludes on Tuesday. Here are some of the highlights from the spring-summer 2023 womenswear shows. – Spray-canned Bella The most talked-about dress of the week came […]