Tag: runway
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Coach marks 75 years in fashion with New York show
Fashion house Coach celebrated its 75th anniversary in style on Thursday night, with a Pre-Fall runway show at New York's Pier 94. The show was a love letter from British Executive Creative Director Stuart Vevers to New York and the US in general, blending the city's individualism with the laidback attitude of the West Coast.…
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Chanel launches CdMdiary lifestyle portal with Caroline de Maigret
The French fashion house has launched a lifestyle portal called CdMdiary by Caroline de Maigret, narrated by the producer and model. Caroline de Maigret and Chanel go way back. The model, who flies the flag for chic French style all over the world, first took to the runway for Karl Lagerfeld in 1998, presenting the spring/summer ready-to-wear…
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Double trouble: Gigi and Bella Hadid confirmed for the Victoria’s Secret catwalk
Gigi Hadid is set to join her little sister Bella on the Victoria's Secret catwalk in Paris this November. The lingerie giant has confirmed the supermodel for its 2016 line-up, with Gigi taking to Instagram to announce the news. The US star posted a throwback video of her Victoria's Secret 2015 debut, alongside the caption:…
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Curves rule the Lagos catwalk
Karl Lagerfeld once sniffed that “no one wants to see curvy women” on the runway, but a wave of Nigerian designers are proving him wrong. “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but if he was in Africa, he probably wouldn't make that statement,” designer Aisha Abubakar Achonu told AFP backstage. Unlike the hesitant, calf-like…
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Victoria’s Secret takes ‘Angels’ show to home of lingerie
US lingerie giant Victoria's Secret said Monday it will hold its next “Angels” show in Paris, the city that invented the concept. It will be the first time the much-hyped annual lingerie show, which often features big name singers such as Rihanna, Taylor Swift or Justin Timberlake as well as the brand's stable of underwear…
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Okinawa fashion: new style for Japan’s tropical islands
Okinawa, the Japanese archipelago home to thousands of US troops and popular with scuba divers, is looking beyond its beach resorts and World War II battle sites to bag a spot in high fashion. A two and a half hour flight from Tokyo and closer to Taiwan, Okinawa couldn't be more different from the Japanese…
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Sophie de Champsavin and Natalia Grgona of Paris Modes TV: ‘Shoulders, stripes and a 1980s vibe on the Paris runway’
As Paris Fashion Week wraps up in the French capital, fashion journalists Sophie de Champsavin and Natalia Grgona, of Paris Modes TV, give us their take on this latest round of catwalk shows, showcasing upcoming trends and new faces to watch out for on the runway. What were the key trends for spring/summer 2017 in…
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Country boy Oscar Wilde sends up fashion world’s follies
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Paris Fashion Week shimmers through final weekend
Paris Fashion Week danced through its final weekend in a flurry of sequins, lace and watering bucket hats — but there were some more subdued moments, too. Mugler kicked things off with a series of sporty, iridescent dresses in gunmetal greys and silvers that flashed down the runway. Elie Saab followed, having caught a case…