Accessories company L.K. Bennett is collaborating with model Laura Bailey on a capsule collection of five shoe designs and a clutch bag. The teaming up of the British company and model for the spring 2015 season will see the limited edition products hit stores end of March. The Italian Amalfi coast served as inspiration for…
Zara will no longer be carrying any products made with angora fibers. The Spanish high street giant’s parent company Inditex stated it would stop selling clothing made from angora in more than 6,400 of its group stores around the world. The announcement comes after more than a year of talks with People for the Ethical…
Just when it seemed that the garment industry was on its way to becoming more responsible – with efforts by individual brands and retailers and the Bangladesh Accord and Alliance making progress – another jack-in-the-box jumps out of it, this time in the form of the very fabric clothes are made of. A new report…
Designers including Karl Lagerfeld, Henry Holland, and Diane von Furstenberg have signed up to the Red Nose Day T-shirt campaign in partnership with TK Maxx. The designers, which also include Anya Hindmarch and Matthew Williamson, have designed seven charity T-shirts and a onesie to raise money for Comic Relief to help vulnerable people across Africa…
The keynote speaker at this year’s Decoded Fashion London Summit, fashion designer, innovator and industry veteran Hussein Chalayan, MBE, was no disappointment. Interviewed on stage by W Magazine contributing editor Gianluca Longo, the designer discussed the changing landscape of the fashion industry, from the freedom given by digital and social media, to the effect it’s…
The French embassy was a chateau for the fashion elite last night, as famed fashion designer Catherine Malandrino received the iconic insignia of Chevalier the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her lifetime achievements as a designer. The award was presented to her by Francois Delattre, the French ambassador to the United Nations, who…
Bravissimo, the UK lingerie retailer for bigger bras, has launched a new marketing campaign to target a younger generation of customers, underpinned by a new online social portal and Facebook app. The #AmazingYou campaign aims to improve the brand perception with younger audiences and inspire all women to recognise how amazing they really are, by…
Fashion designer Annelie Schubert has been crowned the winner of the Première Vision Grand Prize at the 30th edition of the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography in France. The jury, chaired this year by Virginie Viard director of Chanel design studio and Karl Lagerfeld who acted as artistic director of this year’s festival,…
London Fashion Week was really put back on the map this season with the influx of emerging talent hitting the scene and that in part was due to the successful return of On|Off, the non-profit showcase founded by Lee Lapthorne, to the LFW schedule. The emerging design talent organisation has been responsible for nurturing many…
Manolo Blahnik will be honored the day before NYFW by the Museum at FIT. Blahnik will be presented with the 2015 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion. The Couture Council of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology will present Blahnik his award on September 9 at a luncheon in Lincoln Center’s David…