Category: Fashion Update

Felix art fair: Fashion finds a fresh outlet at indie fair

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“A lot of people right now are focusing on how retail might be dying,” Curry says. “Maybe retail as we know it might be going away. But doing projects like Felix and Dover Street Market is a great way to bring our community into something that feels fresh.” By the Roosevelt pool on Friday, Morán said that, at first, seasoned patrons thought the DSM pop-up was just another part of the exhibition. They stood back and looked at the Tuazon sculpture as just that: a sculpture. It took a good 20 minutes for viewers to start touching the clothing, trying…Continue Reading

Louis Vuitton Fall 2024 Ready-to-Wear Collection

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An editor turned up at Nicolas Ghesquière’s 10th anniversary Louis Vuitton show in Paris wearing a full look from his fall 2014 debut—the only thing missing was the Petite Malle mini-trunk bag he launched that season. “It still works,” she said of her outfit, “it doesn’t look dated.” A group of women had gathered around her marveling. The A-line leather jacket, round-collar blouse and sweater vest, and black patent pants were instantly recognizable in a way not many other designers can claim. But then, several designers working at Europe’s top brands now were in their jobs 10 years ago. Amidst…Continue Reading

Club Monaco Is Staging a Comeback Under Regent, LP, With Better Clothes

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Club Monaco is entering its next era.The creative shift — helmed by new chief merchandising officer Courtney O’Connor; new head of women’s design Shawn Reddy, and a new design team — harkens back to Club Monaco’s Canadian American roots and late ’90s and 2000s heyday as a resource for high-quality wardrobing with a strong design point of view and sharp price point. Customers can expect the return of higher-quality fashions, like its signature wool outerwear and modern, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy-inspired wardrobe, with newness expanded into a strong array of knitwear, including a luxe cashmere program; feminine-tinged silk dressing; modern suiting,…Continue Reading

Educating kids on secondhand fashion key to circularity’s success

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Promoting the benefits of secondhand clothing to children as young as six is ​​said to have the potential to create lasting behavioral change. Credit: Getty Images.The co-founder of kids preloved fashion marketplace Swoperz Charlene Hurlock told an audience at Source Fashion that targeting the younger generation to promote sustainable fashion practices has the potential to create lasting behavioral change. Panel discussion at Source Fashion, Olympia, London. Credit: Just Style During the panel discussion titled ‘Closing the Loop – how fashion marketplaces are contributing to the circular economy,’ she explained that by encouraging children to swap and exchange clothes she…Continue Reading

7 things you might have missed at Paris Fashion Week

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Stay ahead of the trends in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trends in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletterThere was a lot of rain and color at Paris Fashion Week, and even some surprises, including doppelgangers. Here are some of the highlights you may have missed from the week… Sprinkles of rain at Hermès It was raining outside the Hermès show at the Garde Républicaine in Paris. But this worked perfectly for creative director Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski, who brought rainfall inside the venue too. As models walked…Continue Reading

Remembering Iris Apfel’s Full Life in Full Looks

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Iris Apfel, the OG geriatric fashion inspiration and influencer who died on Friday at age 102, was not an advocate of minimalism. She did not have much of a truck with stealth wealth or quiet luxury or the old axiom that elegance is refusal. She was not very interested in the tyranny of good taste. Where’s the fun in that? She believed, rather, in the virtues of muchness, of giving free rein to your inner extremism and letting your fashion freak flag fly. Above all, she believed in the power of personal style, which she saw as another term for…Continue Reading

Hidden hero inspires winning fashion project

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The incredible life of a woman described as Nigeria’s first feminist has been the inspiration behind an award-winning research project by a Northumbria University student. Final year Fashion Design and Marketing student Dede Arisekola was recently named winner of the 2024 British Fashion Council and British Library student research competition, held this year in collaboration with Priya Ahluwalia, founder and Creative director of Ahluwalia. Multi-award winning label Ahluwalia was launched in 2018 by Priya Ahluwalia. The label combines elements from the designer’s dual Indian-Nigerian heritage and London roots. It explores the potential of vintage and surplus clothing by giving existing…Continue Reading