Gucci in demure, muted, mood for autumn/winter 2014 Milan show
Low-heeled boots, shift dresses and low-key designs steer Frida Giannini house towards ‘pure simple glamour’ post-summer
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2013 CFDA Fashion Awards honored the best talent working in fashion industry
2013 CFDA Fashion Awards presented in New York. Proenza Schouler named Womenswear Designer of the Year The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) paid tribute to the winners and honorees of the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards and commemorated the organization’s 50th anniversary at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. The evening’s Womenswear Designer of the … Read more
La Jolla Fashion Film Festival 2013 – The Cannes Film Festival of fashion films
The fashion film art movement – it’s fresh, it’s new, it’s what happening now! Fashion film creation, a worldwide emerging fashion art form, engages the entire fashion industry. To see the worldwide fashion community in one place, there is La Jolla Fashion Film Festival (LJFF 2013) – the world’s largest gathering of fashion film professionals. … Read more
A round up of the second Vogue Festival
The United Kingdom is renowned for producing some of the most inspiring, original designers over the past decade, whilst London Fashion Week is now regarded as the most cutting edge platform for the coming season’s collections. Events such as The Vogue Festival (27-28 April, 2013) are crucial in channeling this talent, skill and aspiration into … Read more
New luxury founder condemns Bangladesh factory practices & calls for change in the fashion industry
As the death toll resulting from yesterday’s collapse of a clothing factory in Bangladesh approaches 250, and at least 1000 people receive treatment in area hospitals, New Luxury founder Creezy Courtoy has repeated her calls for the fashion industry to take a hard look at its ethical positions. “The fashion industry’s manufacturing practices are one … Read more
European Union to focus on fashion and high-end industry
In the new EU Industrial Policy strategy, published on 10 October, the European Union announces its intention to focus on creative industries, such as the European fashion, high-end, and luxury industry. “Given their economic significance, it is important to ensure that adequate policies are in place at EU level that take into account these business … Read more