Month: February 2016
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Ahead of Oscars, fashion brands flock to Hollywood spotlight
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Celebrities might be flocking to the front rows of this week's London Fashion Week shows, but some designers are swapping the runway for Hollywood's awards season red carpets as the fashion world seeks new ways to draw attention. Ahead of Sunday's Oscars ceremony, the most-watched entertainment event around…
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Burberry sparks ‘see now, buy now’ debate at London Fashion Week
By Li-mei Hoang LONDON (Reuters) – British designer Burberry sparked a debate at this year's London Fashion Week by skipping the usual six-month gap between putting its designs on the catwalk and into shops, prompting concern among smaller designers that they would be unable to compete. This season's fashion week, which runs from Feb. 19…
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Inside Jimmy Choo’s Oscar Week Suite
Invite only: A chic peek at the designer’s Beverly Hills setup where the town’s top red-carpet stylists go to find the perfect bag and shoes for Hollywood’s biggest night.
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Tommy Hilfiger’s Latest Collaboration Designed to Help Kids With Disabilities
His partnership with Runway of Dreams will bring adaptive mainstream clothing directly to consumers.
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California lawmaker aims to reduce eating disorders among fashion models
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Fashion models who want to work in California would need a doctor to attest that they are of healthy weight and not suffering from an eating disorder under a proposal announced by a state lawmaker on Monday. The bill proposed by California state Assembly member Marc Levine follows…
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Burberry dazzles, Kane surprises at London Fashion Week
British fashion giant Burberry Prorsum put the sparkle into London Fashion Week Monday, before Scottish designer Christopher Kane took his star-studded audience on a journey into the bizarre. Burberry chief executive Christopher Bailey said the collection, which will be drip fed into stores from June, was inspired by a “patchwork” of influences. “The collection is…
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Paris Fashion Week: show schedule finalized
After New York, London and Milan, the cream of the fashion world will be heading to the French capital for another round of autumn/winter 2016 catwalk previews. The Paris event runs March 1-9, hosting runway shows in some of the city's most emblematic locations. With the official schedule now finalized, Lucien Pellat Finet is lined…
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Luxury fashion world upending tradition to join digital age
Buying luxury clothes online right off the runway. Trying them on virtually. Not having to wait months for the new collection to ship. As the fashion world comes to London for its semi-annual round of …
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LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers has been revealed.