Unhealthy models campaign targets fashion industry
Posted by Lucky on Mar 6, 2010
Magazines and ads that use emaciated models have long been cited as an exacerbating factor linked to the rise in eating disorders in recent years.
And while the fashion industry may often pay lip service to using models who are “naturally thin,” the debate isn’t helped when real cover models get a significant downsizing, courtesy of [...]
The Olympic red carpet: Quick, call the fashion police — some of these outfits are out of control
Posted by Lucky on Feb 23, 2010
Not Shaun White’s loud madras snowboard jacket, the one he wore on his joyride to a gold medal for the U.S. in the men’s halfpipe, attire almost as blinding as that famous mane of red curls that popped out when he took off his helmet after nailing the Double McTwist 1260.
Not the Russian team’s bold [...]
Sarah Brown, who wore Erdem to open London Fashion Week, is just one of his many high-profile fans. The rising star of British design talks to Roya Nikkhah
Posted by Lucky on Feb 22, 2010
Erdem is so busy putting the finishing touches to a hand-embroidered cashmere-and-silk poncho for tomorrow’s catwalk show that he is oblivious to having missed one of London Fashion Week’s most hotly anticipated moments: what the Prime Minister’s wife would wear to open the biggest event in Britain’s fashion calendar.
When I tell him that, in fact, [...]
Preparing for N.Y.’s fashion week
Posted by Lucky on Feb 10, 2010
NEW YORK — Starting Thursday, New York City will become even more stylish than usual as the Big Apple prepares to open the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
The event is huge in New York. Throughout the events’ eight days, nearly 100,000 people will pass through the famous white tents in Bryant Park. The week alone will bring [...]
Off the wall and on your back: The Wearable Sculpture Fashion Show returns
Posted by Lucky on Jan 15, 2010
When the Wearable Sculpture Fashion Show debuted in 1999, it was an underground event held in a Riverwest storefront that creators George Sheppard, James Allen, and Brent Budsberg called Canada World. And, yes, it really was a fashion/art hybrid featuring fish and cigarette butt dresses and clothing made from bark, wire, [...]
[Read More]CBC, fashion mogul Nygard clash in court
Posted by Lucky on Jan 12, 2010
WINNIPEG — A CBC investigation of fashion mogul Peter Nygard undermines him and his business because it distracts his employees at work and home, court documents filed by the clothier charge.
Nygard launched the case against the news agency and three of his former employees in March in an attempt to block story [...]
Canadian fashion ready for prime time
Posted by Lucky on Jan 8, 2010
Once the noisy sales vehicle for Slap Chops, ShamWows, ThighMasters and Ab Rollers, the phenomenon of shopping television is quickly becoming the preferred sales medium for top Canadian fashion talent – even those designers who pride themselves on their quiet good taste.
In Canada, designers such as David Dixon, Lucian Matis, Brian Bailey, Kendra Francis and [...]
Canadian fashion retailer Holt Renfrew appoints Mark Derbyshire as new president
Posted by Lucky on Jan 8, 2010
TORONTO – Canadian high-end retailer Holt Renfrew & Co. Ltd. says it has appointed Mark Derbyshire, former vice-president of human resources at the company, as its new president.
Derbyshire will replace outgoing president and CEO Caryn Lerner, who will continue working with Holt Renfrew’s parent organization, Wittington Fashion Retail Group, as an [...]
Poor weaver turns ‘prof’ for NIFT girls
Posted by Lucky on Jan 5, 2010
CHENNAI: A group of young fashion technology students are camping in the obscure village of Angagputhur near Chennai to learn the art behind the warp and weft of aloe vera fabrics from an impoverished weaver, Sekar. The girls in their final year of their course on fashion apparel and merchandising, offered [...]
[Read More]Canada, get ready to Look Good Naked
Posted by Lucky on Jan 4, 2010
Q: Your goal on the show is take women who can’t face themselves in the mirror and get them to the point where they’re confident enough to walk a runway wearing nothing but lingerie. As a man, how do you tap into their feelings?
A: Growing up, I struggled with body confidence. I was [...]
The sometimes madness of big-city fashion offers excitement, beauty, style, changes and frustration
Posted by Lucky on Jan 4, 2010
If you don’t think you know anybody important in New York, leave your hotel about 8 a.m., make your way to the heart of the Big Town and carefully watch everybody who dodges into the revolving doors at the corner of 7th Avenue and 39th Street.
Hold your eyes there and soon you’ll [...]
A decade in review :bad fashion gone by
Posted by Lucky on Dec 31, 2009
A decade has come to a close, and thankfully, a slew of bad fashions have been laid to rest with it. As a result, I’m dedicating this column to the top 10 heinous fashions spawned by the last ten years.
1) Durty denim. What misled person thought up this idea? Who wants to go [...]
Dan and Dean Caten are the Canadian-born twin-brothers behind the fashion label Dsquared2
Posted by Lucky on Dec 31, 2009
Dan and Dean Caten, the twin-brother team behind the fashion label Dsquared2, have shows on TV and radio; they created concert costumes for Madonna and Britney Spears; and they’ll be outfitting the headliners at the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
They have a collection of branded MAC cosmetics as [...]
Year in Fashion: Real life overtook the runway
Posted by Lucky on Dec 31, 2009
Fashion took a few punches in 2009. There was bloodletting (layoffs) and some designers called it quits. But a revolution took place when social media became the latest trend, and the lowly blogger rose to prominence in the front row.
This was the year two fashion icons were discovered – one for the second [...]
Fashion statement:
Posted by Lucky on Dec 30, 2009
Decked out in flags to celebrate Canada Day, Aila and Jute Norrin watch the entertainment on the mainstage at the Shuswap Canada Day Children’s Festival held at the Salmon Arm fairgrounds.
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