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 [...]
London stays vibrant with young fashion talent
Posted by Lucky on Feb 22, 2010
LONDON — London’s taste for the avant garde makes it vital for young talent and veterans alike, designers and industry watchers said, brushing aside fears the city is being squeezed out by rivals Milan, New York and Paris.
“It is eclectic. The diversity you have in London you just don’t have anywhere else,” Kinder Aggugini, an [...]
Fat chance: Don’t expect fashion industry to change pin-thin standards any time soon, say insiders
Posted by Lucky on Feb 19, 2010
The latest outrage over rail-thin runway models isn’t likely to spark any sudden changes in the $100 million fashion industry.
“Let’s be realistic,” says Steven Kolb, executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
“Fashion shows are fantasy … and to be a model you have to be thin to begin with.
“There are healthy models [...]
New York Fashion Week sombre affair
Posted by Lucky on Feb 15, 2010
New York Fashion Week has kicked off, with Gwen Stefani one of the first designers to show a collection.
The star was debuting her new LAMB clothing line, and brought her 17-month-old son Zuma along for moral support. The tot was dressed in a miniature version of Gwen’s black leather jacket, teamed with jeans and slicked [...]
A NATIONAL fashion industry centre for excellence should be established to aid designers struggling against a declining manufacturing base and the loss of specialist skills, a new report has found.
Posted by Lucky on Feb 2, 2010
“In recent decades the actual quantities of fashion apparel made in a traditional manufacturing environment in Australia has dramatically diminished,” says the report, Australian Fashion Directions: Getting it Right.
But while large clothing production factories “have all but vanished”, small fashion entrepreneurs “are emerging, and sometimes thriving”, according to the report commissioned by Melbourne’s International Specialised [...]
In this fashion show, flacks trump frocks
Posted by Lucky on Feb 1, 2010
Fashion reality programming has given us everything from budding designers making couture from potato sacks to stylists scrambling to find frocks for starlets. Having exhausted nearly every aspect of the industry – and knocking off its dearly-departed “Project Runway’’ with pallid imitations – Bravo finds a new way to bring viewers into the rapid, vapid [...]
[Read More]In this fashion show, flacks trump frocks
Posted by Lucky on Feb 1, 2010
Fashion reality programming has given us everything from budding designers making couture from potato sacks to stylists scrambling to find frocks for starlets. Having exhausted nearly every aspect of the industry – and knocking off its dearly-departed “Project Runway’’ with pallid imitations – Bravo finds a new way to bring viewers into the rapid, vapid [...]
[Read More]Why the fashion industry can’t seem to design for women with breasts
Posted by Lucky on Jan 25, 2010
Why are so many fashion trends impossible to wear if you have breasts larger than a B-cup size?
Meredith, London
Ah, Meredith, you have cannily stumbled on that interesting split-screen effect of the fashion world, the dichotomy between misogyny and empowerment. Is fashion a cruel anti-female industry whose sole goal is to make women feel bad about [...]
Scissors at dawn: The BBC’s new fashion drama Material Girl is another battle of good versus evil
Posted by Lucky on Jan 14, 2010
Fashion, fashion, fashion. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do!” cries Ali Redcliffe, a young designer and protagonist played by Leonora Crichlow in the BBC’s new drama Material Girl, which airs tonight. “Does that make me a bad person?”
Yes, Ali, it does. It irrevocably and overwhelmingly means you will never, ever [...]
S’pore fashion industry aims high with inaugural Asia Fashion Exchange
Posted by Lucky on Jan 13, 2010
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s fashion industry is going global with its inaugural Asia Fashion Exchange (AFX). The five-day event will bring together local and international designers, retailers and consumers.
Andrew Phua, director of Tourism, Shopping and Dining, Singapore Tourism Board, said: “The big four fashion weeks are all in the Western countries and we [...]
Italy fashion to exit crisis first, body says
Posted by Lucky on Jan 12, 2010
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters Life!) – Italy’s fashion sector will emerge from the financial crisis before others but the government needs to help companies be more competitive, the head of an industry body said on Tuesday.
Italy’s fashion industry called for government help last year as the global financial crisis sapped demand for its [...]
Asia Fashion Exchange in April
Posted by Lucky on Jan 12, 2010
SINGAPORE’S fashion industry is getting a boost and come April, a new annual premier fashion event will set the bright lights on the local catwalk flashing.
Aimed at developing the long-term stability of the Singapore’s fashion industry, Asia Fashion Exchange (AFX) will serve as a platform to help the industry profile and build [...]
Karachi Fashion week
Posted by Lucky on Jan 11, 2010
The fashion industry of Pakistan is comprised of individuals and organizations who are all playing vital roles in enhancing their respective fashion markets, including the designers, textile manufacturers, accessories manufacturers, stylists, beauty and health product companies (including cosmetics), models, makeup artists, hair stylists, choreographers, and the fashion media. They work [...]
[Read More]Fashion with a twist
Posted by Lucky on Jan 10, 2010
Edgy, chic and glamorous are a few words which you could use to describe this new label which entered the fashion industry not too long ago but recently saw a new addition to its first boutique in Bangsar Baru. Liyana Ghaus, 27, may not have majored in fashion to design her own [...]
[Read More]Teenage blogger shoots up fashion industry ladder
Posted by Lucky on Jan 5, 2010
The fashion industry recently got a bit of a shakeup when bloggers crashed the front row of several shows in Europe.
Perhaps it is the insular nature of the industry and its writers, but the surprised reaction by established fashion writers to the bloggers is hard to understand.
After all, the industry prides itself [...]
