Tag: fashion
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Marras to follow Gucci in combining sexes on catwalk
Italian designer Antonio Marras is joining fashion giant Gucci in combining its womenswear and menswear collections into unified catwalk shows from next year — in a second blow to Milan's Men's Fashion Week. The first unified show by the Sardinian will take place at Women's Fashion Week in the Italian industrial capital in September 2017.…
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AI participated in designing this supermodel-worn dress at the Met Gala
Technology has officially infiltrated fashion, and last night’s star-studded Met Gala served as proof. The glamorous event, always known to set the fashion police’s tongues wagging, took on a very 21st-century theme on Monday, with guests offering their takes on this year’s theme — Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. Thoroughly embracing this…
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Fashion’s finest bring glamour, audacity and futuristic vibes to the Met Gala red carpet
Held the first Monday in May in New York, USA, the Met Gala is a high-glam event that draws a multitude of celebrities to its red carpet. The 2016 edition — held May 2 and chaired by fashion's queen bee, Anna Wintour — was themed “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,” which…
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Couture jewelry from Chanel, Dior and Balenciaga to go under the hammer in Paris
As part of its Haute Couture auction, Artcurial's new Hermès Vintage & Fashion Arts department will be selling two private collections in Paris on July 4. The sale will include a collection of haute couture jewelry — pieces created at the request of designers to accessorize their collections — and items from the catwalk collections…
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Supermodel Gisele Bündchen to release mass-market edition of her $700 coffee table book
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen is set to release a more affordable, mass-market edition of her Taschen photography book on May 10, reports Women's Wear Daily. The new edition of the fashion-focused coffee table book, which includes more than 300 photographs from Bündchen's modeling days will retail for $69.99, compared to the original's $700 price tag. It…
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Cool Asian fashion brands challenge Western labels
By Astrid Wendlandt and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – Fashion brands from South Korea, China and Japan are becoming serious rivals of their Western peers as Asian consumers become increasingly confident in their own style and take pride in buying home-grown labels. Asian consumers are the world's biggest spenders on high-end fashion, representing around half…
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Pia Mia named Fashion Director for Madonna’s Material Girl line
The 19-year-old American singer, songwriter and model Pia Mia (Perez) has been chosen by Madonna to act as Fashion Director for her Macy's junior line Material Girl, it was announced by WWD. Inspired by her daughter Lourdes, who is also 19, Madonna first created the Material Girl junior line in 2010.
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Something new: designer wedding collections go budget
The new H&M Conscious Exclusive collection debuting this month includes an array of whimsical wedding dresses made from sustainable materials. With a launch that coincided with the opening of the Parisian exhibition “Fashion Forward – 300 Years of Fashion,” the H&M Conscious Exclusive aims to create haute couture aesthetics with sustainable fabrics such as organic…
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Gucci to unify men’s and women’s collections from 2017
Italian luxury brand Gucci announced on Tuesday it will unify its women's and men's collections starting from next year in an effort to simplify the designer's business. The first show combining womenswear and menswear will be at Gucci's new Milan headquarters, President and Chief Executive Marco Bizzarri said in a company statement. It did not…