Balenciaga has official cut ties with controversial rapper Kanye West

Kering-owned Balenciaga luxury fashion brand is distancing from controversial American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Kanye West. Balenciaga was one of Kanye West’s closest and oldest partners in the fashion world. The luxury fashion label no longer has “any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist,” parent company … Read more

2022 American Image Awards Honorees announced by The American Apparel & Footwear Association

The American Apparel & Footwear Association Names 2022 American Image Awards Honorees. The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) announces outstanding individuals and companies to be honored for their leadership, excellence, and extraordinary achievements in all sectors of the apparel and footwear industry, including design, manufacturing, and retail. They will be honored at AAFA’s American … Read more

Nike is once again the most valuable apparel brand. Rolex retains crown as world’s strongest

      Despite the havoc that COVID-19 is undoubtedly going to wreak on the sector in the coming year, agile brands are likely to fare much better than their inflexible counterparts. With new consumer behaviour habits likely to be borne out of the pandemic, brands will look towards greater innovation in their e-commerce businesses … Read more

Model Adwoa Aboah: ‘In 2017, there is more than one way to be beautiful ​and cool’

The in-demand face of Gap and Versace is changing the rules of how to make it big in fashion. She talks about authenticity, her depression – and why her shaved head was a two fingers to the industry

From customisation to DIY handbags – how customers became designers

From bags to T-shirts, consumers have become designers in the latest wave of fashion customisation

Fashion’s billionaires club: the richest people you’ve never heard of

We know the brands – the Gap, Victoria’s Secret, Urban Outfitters – but now meet the people getting rich out of our high-street spending habits