wiggy slams designers for using ‘intolerably cruel’ fur in London Fashion Week collections
Posted by Lucky on Feb 25, 2010
Twiggy has criticised designers for continuing to use real fur at London Fashion Week.
The model, who fronts Marks and Spencer’s advertising campaigns, said she was disappointed in designers that persisted in using fur from animals kept in ‘terrible and inhumane conditions’.
She called using 20 foxes or 80 mink to make a single coat ‘intolerably cruel’.
I [...]
New York Fashion Week: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Posted by Lucky on Feb 19, 2010
It was all a bit too khaki but there were redeeming ruffles
Khaki: in Britain it’s pronounced “car key”, while the Americans opt for the more unfortunate (to our ears, at least) “cacky”. And as the extravagantly attired fashion cultists observed on the way out into the snow after the show, there was a whole lotta [...]
New York Fashion Week: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Posted by Lucky on Feb 17, 2010
Khaki: in Britain it’s pronounced “car key”, while the Americans opt for the more unfortunate (to our ears, at least) “cacky”. And as the extravagantly attired fashion cultists observed on the way out into the snow after the show, there was a whole lotta cacky going on at the Marc Jacobs mid-range but high-selling Marc [...]
[Read More]Naomi Campbell to stage charity show at New York Fashion Week
Posted by Lucky on Feb 5, 2010
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has revealed what a kind-hearted soul she is by planning to host a showcase of designer clothing at a charity fashion show at New York Fashion Week.
The event is set to raise money for victims of the January 12th earthquake in Haiti.
Celebrities will model various designer clothing creations at the event – [...]
UK all the fashion for Spanish retailers
Posted by Lucky on Jan 25, 2010
Falling high street rentals and the low value of the pound are making Britain increasingly attractive to Spanish retailers, who are suffering a tough time in their home market, with consumer spending in freefall. Zara, Massimo Dutti, Desigual and Mango all have plans to expand this year in the UK.
Paola Cuneo, of Think London, a [...]
Women2Day – Fashion: Vintage fashion with a modern twist
Posted by Lucky on Jan 14, 2010
One of Georgia Fowler’s creations will be taking centre stage at the White House in Washington this month.
The Chester dressmaker runs Viola Vintage making clothes using patterns from years gone by. She set up the internet business 12 months ago and now has customers worldwide.
One customer, from Seattle, asked her to produce [...]
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 [...]
Fashion on the web: Le click, c’est chic
Posted by Lucky on Jan 12, 2010
Ten years ago, you had to head to the city to buy designer threads. Then a clutch of new websites changed the way we shop for ever. Harriet Walker on a fashion revolution,
One of my favourite fashion scenarios is in the film Clueless, when its clothes-horse protagonist, Cher, decides what to [...]
Call the fashion police: Jude breaks the Law with a garish pair of trainers
Posted by Lucky on Jan 12, 2010
It looks like a certain actor has taken fashion Law into his own hands.
Jude Law was spotted on a shopping trip in London wearing a pair of unseasonally garish Eighties-style trainers.
The 37-year-old actor must be attempting to give himself a younger look, what with his recent reconciliation with younger woman Sienna Miller, 28.
Bright [...]
[Read More]The next BIG thing
Posted by Lucky on Jan 12, 2010
SOMETHING strange seems to be happening in the world of fashion.
Where once lanky, size-zero sticks stalked the catwalk, a plus-size revolution has been quietly taking place.
Don’t believe me? Then check out this month’s edition of American style magazine V.
Instead of hiding womanly curves, the mag has embraced them, dedicating the entire [...]
Lizzie makes it to modelling final
Posted by Lucky on Jan 11, 2010
A teenager could be strutting her stuff at London Fashion Week after beating thousands of contestants to reach the final of a modelling competition.
Lizzie Elliott, 15 of Crocus Way, Rushden, is in the top 26 of Top Model UK’s competition.
The Ferrers Specialist Arts College Student entered the competition at the end [...]
When it comes to fashion, seeing is believing
Posted by Lucky on Jan 11, 2010
There was a time when wearing glasses was merely a sign that your eyesight wasn’t quite A1, that you needed a little help with reading or peering into the distance — but that was long, long ago, in a dark time before the dedicated followers of fashion realised that what you wear [...]
[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]Lowe’s clothes help put Peacocks on fashion high
Posted by Lucky on Jan 10, 2010
A successful start to its collaboration with Pearl Lowe, the musician-turned-fashion designer, helped Peacocks, the fashion value retailer, to solid Christmas trading.
Peacocks, which has 546 stores in the UK, said that like-for-like sales in the eight weeks to January 2 were up 17 per cent on the same period last year. [...]
New Look asserts rising status in fashion
Posted by Lucky on Jan 8, 2010
New Look said it had become the second-largest women’s wear retailer in the UK by value, signalling the growing power of fast fashion on the high street.
However, the retailer on Thursday said it was undecided on a potential stock market listing.
The company appointed JPMorgan Cazenove, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse in [...]
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