Month: February 2016
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The Most—and Least—Diverse Catwalks at New York Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week helps set the stage for the year’s upcoming trends, with the 2016 extravaganza featuring sneaker stilettos, neckties molded into hats, and trash bag–inspired skirts. Pricy denim brand R13 featured only one person of color out of 21 models strutting down the catwalk.
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From casual to eclectic, Fay and Gucci open Milan fashion week
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian MILAN (Reuters) – Milan began six days of catwalk shows on Wednesday with Italian luxury brands Gucci and Fay among the first to show the creations their designers hope will fill women's wardrobes next winter. Gucci, under new designer Alessandro Michele, presented a vibrant and colorful autumn/winter 2016/2017 collection called “Rhizomatic Scores”.…
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Michele adds street and grunge spicing to Gucci mix
Gucci's reinvention of womenswear's hottest megabrand continued Wednesday as designer Alessandro Michele tweaked his hugely successful androgynous, anti-fashion recipe with dashes of street art and grunge. For his third womenswear collection for the venerable Florentine house, Michele worked with the Brooklyn artist called GucciGhost, best known for his graffiti involving versions of the brand's famous…
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Gucci, Roberto Cavalli headline Day 1 of Milan Fashion Week
MILAN (AP) — Premier Matteo Renzi on Wednesday opened Milan Fashion Week for the first time, signaling a fresh government focus on the strategic center of Italian fashion.
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Milan kicks off fashion week in confident mood
Milan fashion week kicked off on a colourful note on Wednesday as Blugirl designer Anna Molinari extended the hedonistic feel of her spring collection into her outfits for next fall and winter. Three-quarter length raincoats came in floral and other vibrant prints while the collection for the younger sister to Molinari's Blumarine brand was also…
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Genderless fashion blurs lines on London catwalks
Genderless fashion is the buzzword for many of today's top designers, highlighted at London Fashion Week by a string of androgynous touches on the catwalks. From Christopher Kane's heavy, dark, asymmetric tailoring to Burberry's parade of male and female models in military overcoats and aviator jackets, masculine styling repeatedly stood out in the women's autumn/winter…
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Tommy Hilfiger launches clothing line for disabled children
American designer Tommy Hilfiger has launched a line of clothing for children with disabilities, a collaboration that started after a mother couldn't find jeans for her son who wears leg braces. The 22 pieces, which include jeans, khakis, dresses and button-up shirts, look exactly the same as those on the pre-existing TH Kids line and…
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Here’s Why You Might Not Recognize the Next Top Supermodel
Nowhere was that more apparent than at the annual Fashion Week in New York City. Although Fashion Week doesn’t come with an official diversity report, it is estimated that each show had 4 to as many as 25 African-American models. This year one of the three cover models for the popular Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue…
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London Fashion Week’s standout look? A big, masculine coat over a great dress, says Natalia Grgona, Paris Modes TV
As London Fashion Week wraps up today, Tuesday, February 23, fashion journalist Natalia Grgona of Paris Modes TV gives her take on the Autumn/Winter 2016 catwalk shows, which see upcoming trends and hot new faces showcased on the British capital's runway. What were the main trends on the London catwalks for Autumn/Winter 2016? In London, each…