Tag: world
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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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Bolivian designer exports high-end indigenous fashion
Centuries ago, Spanish colonizers forced their Bolivian servants to wear the puffy skirts that have come to symbolize the country's “cholitas,” or indigenous women. Today, one local designer is turning the tables with plans to export high-end cholita fashion — blossoming skirts, bowler hats and intricately woven shawls — to Madrid, Paris and beyond. Fresh…
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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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LVMH’s digital drive takes time despite Apple hire
By Astrid Wendlandt PARIS (Reuters) – When LVMH hired former Apple music executive Ian Rogers to craft a digital strategy, investors may have hoped for some quick results. Almost a year later, aside from drafting in more digitally-savvy people and taking part in a technology start-up fair, his impact on the world's biggest luxury goods…
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Dsquared2 to present co-ed fashion shows from 2017
The founders behind designer brand “Dsquared2” have announced they will be merging their men's and women's collection presentations together from now on, with both lines to be unveiled at a co-ed fashion show during Milan Men's Fashion Week.
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This quantum physics-inspired 3D-printed dress shook New York Fashion Week
3D printing is making its mark on the world of high fashion, as this week’s New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017 demonstrated — with fashion collective threeASFOUR debuting a beautiful new 3D-printed dress.
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Vyshyvanka: Ukraine’s national costume conquers the catwalk
Fashionistas the world over are snatching up a must-have item for the “boho chic” look — an embroidered blouse or dress that is, in fact, Ukraine's national costume and new symbol of unity. It is “this summer's most sought-after item of clothing”, proclaimed the Times of London, while the New York Times advised readers to…
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Unmissable fashion exhibitions for the fall
Paris, New York and London: three of the four fashion capitals of the world are holding exhibitions this fall which display legendary pieces by exceptional designers. The history of clothing is being told in an unusual way at the City of Paris Fashion Museum (Palais Galliera) until October 23. Around a hundred garments and accessories…
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The World’s First Supermodel and Her Lunatic Husband
The world's first supermodel was famous not only for her delicate features but also for a murder that rocked America.
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Queen Elizabeth’s dresses on show to mark 90th birthday
Queen Elizabeth's wedding dress is on display at Buckingham Palace in a collection of her clothes that will open to the public on Saturday, part of celebrations of the 90th birthday of the world's oldest monarch. Elizabeth is by far the oldest monarch in British history and last year she surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria…