Tag: capital
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Fast fashion to ethical couture: Vietnam’s design evolution
Long a bastion for cheap, fast-fashion manufacturing, a new crop of designers are trying to transform the Made in Vietnam label and save the country's rich ethnic heritage in the process. In the remote hills of Cao Bang, some 300 kilometres north of the capital Hanoi, Vietnamese designer Thao Vu is gleefully dropping swaths of…
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Paris Modes TV rounds up Paris Fashion Week: ‘The see now, buy now approach is not very French’
With Fashion Week wrapped 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 Paris runway. What main trends for autumn/winter 2016 were seen on…
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See now, buy when? Catwalk-to-shop retail model divides brands
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Li-mei Hoang MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – With minutes until show time, a group of seamstresses are adding the final touches to designer Ermanno Scervino's latest creations to be unveiled on the catwalk. Embellished coats, mosaic print suits and lace dresses are among the outfits the Italian designer is presenting at Milan Fashion…
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Paris vows security will not rain on its fashion parade
Paris dusts itself off to reclaim its place as the capital of fashion Wednesday, with the start of its menswear shows amid tight security after the November terror attacks. With some of the world's richest fashionistas due in the French capital for the haute couture collections which follow the 50 or so menswear shows, the…