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Pomp as fashion week opens

AFRICA'S biggest fashion showcase, Africa Fashion Week, officially started yesterday. The three-day fashion treat features designers based both in South Africa, mainland Africa and the diaspora - with more than 30 designers. The event [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Neon, sportswear likely trends at NY fashion week

The future of spring/summer fashion is looking bright -- fluorescent, neon bright. Designers showing collections at New York Fashion Week, which starts on Thursday, will likely feature bright colors including neon pinks, greens and yellow [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Mary Portas: 'My shop is not for girls; it's for women'

"It's beyond bonkers," says retail guru Mary Portas, sounding – as seems to be usual – like the last sane person on a mad planet. After several years of giving beleaguered British shopkeepers a stern dressing dow [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Mary Portas: the Queen of Shops opens her own fashion store

Mary Portas has a dream. It is a shop where she can buy clothes in a way that empowers her and makes her feel comfortable. There will be an interesting mix of designs, cut in a way that makes her look elegant and well-heeled; there will b [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Tabbah Jewellers design bespoke necklace for Princess Charle...

In close collaboration with HSH Princess Charlene, acclaimed jewellery house Tabbah designed and crafted the bespoke pieces worn at her marriage to HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, which took place in Monaco this weekend. The necklace w [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Paris' menswear week evaporates in record heat

Paris' spring-summer 2012 menswear shows melted into the past on Sunday, wrapping up in a pool of perspiration on the year's hottest day yet. The five-day-long menswear extravaganza kicked off Wednesday under cloudy skies and [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Your Morning Fashion and Beauty Report: Fur flies at Fendi. ...

A dispute over fur may jeopardize Fendi's plans to stage a fashion show for 1,200 invited guests in Seoul, South Korea. The government, in response to concerns from civic groups, won't allow Fendi to show any garments with fur. &l [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

At fashion week, fresh young things inspire old pros with po...

A brooding male mannequin with a Gregg Allman riot of hair stalks the Sid Neigum runway Thursday afternoon. He is wearing a carefully tacked grey blanket over pants so skinny they require a zip at the ankle to clear the foot. He is follo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar Red-Carpet Fashion: Natalie Portman, Hailee Steinfeld ...

The only dress code for the Oscars is glamour, and this year's red carpet certainly brought the dazzle. With lace and va va voom ruling the night, two celebrities in particular are guaranteed to have fashionistas buzzing around the w [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Milan fashion week kicks off in people power mode

Aiming to bring catwalk collections closer to the high-street customer, fashion names such as Roberto Cavalli and Frankie Morello will strut their creations in public venues, including a transparent hall built in the central Duomo cathed [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Oslo Fashion Week Bans Fur (POLL)

Oslo Fashion Week has banned all fur from the runway, Ecouterre reports, becoming the first fashion week that we know of to take such action. The move was spearheaded by Mote Mot Pels (Fashion Against Fur), "an anti-fur initiative t [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Fashion talent awarded NewGen sponsorship for autumn/winter ...

Eighteen of Britain's most exciting young talents have been selected for NewGen sponsorship at next London Fashion Week in February. Three of London's most directional young female designers, Holly Fulton, Louise Gray, Mary Katra [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Fashion cross-over becoming popular

IN RECENT years, fashion cross-over or collaborative projects have become common practice. It is a great way for fashion retailers to inject a breath of fresh air to their brand. For example, Swedish fashion retailer H&M has collabor [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Popom aplomb wins teen fashion award

Tess Tavener Hanks, a year 9 student at Cheltenham Girls’ High School, has won the Wearable Art section of the national finals of the Apex Teenage Fashion Awards. The finals were held at Sydney Town Hall, where the designs of the 4 [...]