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  • Bangladeshi slum kids work over 60 hours a week to make clothes: research

    By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One third of children living in the slums of Bangladesh’s capital spend more than 60 hours a week making clothes for the garment sector, well beyond the legal working limit, a London-based thinktank said on Wednesday. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) said 32 percent of children…

  • Chanel puts on the Ritz at Paris fashion show

    The legendary French fashion label Chanel paid hommage to its founder Coco Chanel Tuesday with a show at the Ritz in Paris. Pillbox hats with netted veils, long woolly jumpers and scarves, tweed suits glittering with gorgeous inlay and pearls aplenty, you half expected Mademoiselle Chanel to appear for afternoon tea with one of her…

  • Lily-Rose Depp, Cara Delevingne shimmy down the catwalk for Chanel

    Cara Delevingne made a catwalk comeback on Tuesday when she starred in the 2016 Chanel Métiers d'Art show in Paris. The supermodel, actress and Karl Lagerfeld protégée, who has been focusing on her movie career recently, appeared early on in the show at the city's newly re-opened Ritz Hotel. While it was return to business…

  • Gigi Hadid’s top model moments of 2016

    The results are in, and Gigi Hadid has been officially crowned 'International Model' of the year at the 2016 Fashion Awards, retaining her place at the very top of the fashion food chain. Having been somewhat typecast as a 'curvy' blonde (by supermodel standards at least), Gigi sent shockwaves rippling through the fashion world when…

  • Givenchy childrenswear to launch next year

    Riccardo Tisci is to launch Givenchy childrenswear, reports WWD. According to Givenchy, Tisci will produce two collections a year, each with around 60 pieces for girls, 40 for boys and 30 for babies, with a label reading “Givenchy Paris” framed by black stars. Tisci is no stranger to childrenswear, having already designed bespoke pieces for Kim…

  • Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow to Exit DKNY

    DKNY creative directors Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow are to leave the, brand reports WWD. The pair will exit the label at the end of the year in order to concentrate on their own brand Public School. The news comes not long after the sale of DKNY and its parent company Donna Karan International (DKI)…

  • In pictures: 2016 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, as seen on social media

    The lingerie event of the year took place at the Grand Palais in Paris, Wednesday, November 30. Fifty of the world's most beautiful women jetted into the French capital to present the latest creations from the Victoria's Secret brand amid a spectacular pink and purple-toned decor. From model castings to the after-show party, fittings and…

  • To Audrey with love: a fashion designer’s tribute

    One of the fashion world's greatest platonic love stories almost never came to pass, when in the 1950s French couturier Hubert de Givenchy at first refused a request to design for Audrey Hepburn. “When Audrey came to me and asked me to make her dresses for the film 'Sabrina', I didn't know who she was.…

  • All change for menswear this January

    City-hopping is also hot right now, and the Fall 2017 menswear circuit will feature multiple calendar changes, such as Moschino taking to Milan to unveil its menswear collection for the first time during Jeremy Scott's tenure as creative director for the luxury Italian house, on January 14. The brand will use the opportunity to reveal…

  • UK former first lady Samantha Cameron launches fashion line

    Nearly five months after leaving Downing Street, Britain's former first lady Samantha Cameron has launched a fashion label — revealed, naturally, in British Vogue magazine. The 45-year-old wife of former Conservative prime minister David Cameron won many fans for her smart but modern style during his six years in office, drawing comparisons with US first…