Month: February 2016
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A Brilliant Way to Transform Your Sneakers in Under 10 Minutes
The always crafty and always well-dressed blogger Geneva of A Pair & a Spare has taken the humble sneak straight to runway chic with the simply addition of a little scrap leather and a couple minutes of careful cutting.Â
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Public School brings style to the Fitbit Alta
New York fashion house Public School is developing a range of stylish, on-trend accessories that will help Fitbit's latest activity tracker blend in or stand out. Exactly what creative duo Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow have in mind for the Alta won't be revealed until the Public School Autumn/Winter 2016 Women's Collection runway show on…
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British Vogue fetes 100 years with photo exhibition
From Second World War photographs to shoots with famous models, British Vogue magazine marks its 100th birthday this year with an exhibition of fashion, beauty and portrait prints. Opening at London’s National Portrait Gallery on Thursday, “Vogue 100: A Century of Style” features more than 280 photographs from publisher Conde Nast’s archives that the magazine…
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Why Kanye West’s Yeezy Show Could Be Game-Changing for the Fashion Industry
It’s not West’s designs that could potentially have a lasting effect on the fashion industry, so much as the revolutionary framework he is setting into motion with Thursday’s show.
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Versace launches emoji app for Valentine’s Day
Versace is getting in the mood for Valentine's Day with the launch of a romantic new emoji app and a capsule collection of t-shirts. The Versace Emoji app sees the brand's iconic Medusa turned into a smiley face with a range of different playful expressions and styles. The fashion house has also launched a capsule…
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Hot-ticket catwalk shows at Paris Fashion Week
As newcomers rub shoulders with industry heavyweights and several major fashion houses await new designers, this edition of Paris Fashion Week — running March 1-9 — is sure to come with its own particular flavor. The current upheaval of designers affecting Paris, as well as Milan, is likely to steal some of the limelight in…
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Paris Fashion Week: provisional show schedule announced
Paris is the final stop on the current world tour of fashion weeks, hosting its round of autumn/winter 2016-2017 womenswear previews from March 1-9. With shows from Chanel and Saint Laurent plus Lanvin and Dior, some of the biggest names in the business will be showcasing their latest collections in the French capital's most prestigious…