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  • Yoshiyuki Miyamae for Issey Miyake: ‘The theme this season is microcosm’

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    Ahead of Paris Fashion Week (September 27 to October 5), Relaxnews caught up with designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae, creative director of Issey Miyake, whose spring/summer 2017 collection previewed September 30 at 10:30am. The cut of the pattern itself is straight-lined and simple, but using techniques such as 3D Steam Stretch and Baked Stretch gives the clothes…

  • Exclusive: India cracks down on illegal mica mines after expose reveals child deaths

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    By Nita Bhalla and Jatindra Dash NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Authorities in India have raided mica mines, arrested traders and begun steps to regulate the underground industry, local officials said, after a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose revealed a cover-up of child deaths in illegal mica mining. A three-month investigation in the mica-producing state…

  • Five key ready-to-wear trends for fall 2016

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    Drawing on the fall/winter 2016 catwalk collections, the upcoming season's major womenswear trends encompass sensuality and ramped-up femininity, with pleats, sheer fabrics and bared shoulders. This translates to long-length pieces with slits or sheer finishes, cinched waists, bared shoulders and fluid, floaty fabrics. Summer 2016's must-have pleated skirt has given designers ideas, carrying the trend…

  • The fashion scouts taking Japan’s underground labels global

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    Far from the flashbulbs of Tokyo fashion week, Yoshio Yokobori is juggling multiple roles — talent scout, cultural interpreter, dealmaker — in a quest to help foreign buyers navigate a labyrinthine design landscape and access Japan's most exciting underground labels. Although Tokyo's streets offer up a wealth of inspiration for global trend spotters, Japanese designers…

  • Alba, Pike bring star power to Christian Dior’s Paris show

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    PARIS (AP) — Colorful, big hitting shows ensured Paris Fashion Week got into its groove Friday, as celebrity guests including Rosamund Pike and Jessica Alba hit Dior's mirrored fall-winter Louvre spectacle. Here are Friday's ready-to-wear highlights including reports from Dior, Issey Miyake and Isabel Marant.