Shifting style across five decades The V&A museum in London houses “David Bowie is” – the first international retrospective of David Bowie’s career and a show full of clothes that have shaped fashion history. The exhibition illustrates Bowie’s immense creative influence and ubiquitous presence in music, fashion and contemporary visual and virtual culture. The V&A … Read more
Artist Walter Chin is the photographer of Neiman Marcus’ The Art of Fashion campaign for Spring 2013. Other notable photographers of the Art of Fashion campaign have included Richard Avedon , Arthur Elgort , Helmut Newton , Annie Leibovitz , Lillian Bassman and Paolo Roversi. Debuting nearly 20 years ago, The Art of Fashion was … Read more
59 Percent of Top Brands Now Use Instagram, Reaching 90 Million Active Users The world’s top brands continue to grow their presence on photo-sharing site Instagram, adding 1.6 million followers in the past three months and increasing engagement by 35 percent, according to Simply Measured’s Instagram study that evaluates brands and verticals in the Interbrand … Read more
The 4th annual Fashion 2.0 Awards, the awards celebrating online innovation by fashion brands, announced its 2013 nominees and the opening of the online voting. Fans can nominate and vote for their favorite brands. This year award categories include: Best Twitter | Best Facebook | Best Pinterest | Best Blog by a Fashion Brand | … Read more
Dior opens first boutique in Australia Following in the footsteps of Louis Vuitton, Prada, Chanel, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Canali, Miu Miu, and Bottega Veneta, French luxury fashion house Christian Dior opened its first boutique in Australia. Designed in the style of a grand Parisian apartment, Dior’s first Australasian flagship boutique set up in Sydney replicates … Read more
The new Maecenas of our days are big fashion houses. After Salvatore Ferragamo, Tod’s, Diesel, and Gucci, now comes the news that Rome’s nearly 300-year-old Trevi Fountain gets $2.9 Million facelift with the help of Italian fashion house Fendi, which was founded in Rome in the 1920s and is now part of LVMH French … Read more