Articles by Jackie Mallon
Does the fashion industry still need trend forecasters?
Mar 29, 2023 - Fashion
For years trend forecasters held an unrivaled position in the fashion industry. Brands from the luxury heritage labels to global mass market giants looked to them for direction on the road ahead. Trend consultancy agencies such as Peclers Paris or Trend Union produced lavish tomes of seasonal inspiration, each page containing beautiful...
Luxury brands choose hand-painted murals for advertising
Mar 21, 2023 - Fashion
While AI-generated artwork and digital media solutions dominate the world of contemporary advertising, an analog movement has been gathering pace among luxury brands for several years. FashionUnited speaks to Kevin Bartanian, CEO and founder of Kevani, an out-of-home (OOH) media sales organization specializing in urban-scale media assets. Kevani...
BLK DNM relaunches as entry level luxury brand under new leadership
Mar 15, 2023 - Fashion
Originally launched in 2011 under designer J. Lindberg Swedish-American brand BLD DNM has relaunched as an entry-luxury brand, with an elevated price point, a fall/winter collection reveal during NYFW and plans for an NYC flagship opening later this year. Its visual renaissance also involves a new logo and typeface. BLK DNM’s rebirth coincides...
SAP launches S.Fashion Experience Lab in NYC's Hudson Yards
Mar 8, 2023 - Fashion
SAP officially opened its S.Fashion Experience Lab last month with an exclusive event for journalists at the SAP Experience Center on the 48th floor of its Hudson Yards offices. Based in Walldorf, Germany, SAP has 20 labs in 17 countries. They are located in high-tech regions and focused on diverse industries and field to cultivate thought...
Afterpay invites Gen Z designer Colin LoCascio to conduct student workshop during NYFW
Feb 22, 2023 - News
Afterpay launched its fourth season as principal partner of NYFW with a focus on the future of our industry and a student-centered event held in the Xperience Center of Spring Studios. Afterpay with IMG invited NYC fashion students from a selection of local schools to participate in a live, interactive workshop with young designer Colin LoCascio...
Key leather trends, colors, and finishes for SS24 plus sneak preview of FW24
Feb 14, 2023 - Fashion
Reporting back from Brazil’s Inspiramais leather fair, the prognosis is that bygone eras are contemporary and seasons are irrelevant. The latter because Walter Rodrigues, Inspiramais Research and Design Coordination, prefers to replace the terms spring/summer and fall/winter with first semester and second semester, believing that seasonal...
Inside Arezzo the 50-year old Brazilian shoe factory
Feb 14, 2023 - Business
Arezzo & Co annually sells around 30 million products. A domestic shoe powerhouse, its production headquarters outside Porto Alegre in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande Do Sul employs 800 workers and there are several other operations throughout the country. Currently the Arezzo portfolio contains 16 brands spanning diverse levels of...
Manhattan Vintage Show wins as shoppers want sustainability and unique self-expression
Feb 14, 2023 - Fashion
Whether you’re in the market for colorful cowboy boots, original Jean Paul Gaultier tattooed mesh pieces, 1930s bias cut slips with lace ruffles, delicate chiffon Victoriana with hand beading, or even an 80s batwing mohair sweater adorned with feathers befitting Golden Girl Blanche Devereaux, you’re sure to find it at the Manhattan Vintage Show....
Latin American footwear industries unite in bid for US expansion
Feb 7, 2023 - Business
The footwear industries of Mexico, Argentina and Spain were united at Brazil’s Inspiramais leather expo to discuss the current state of their footwear industries and their sustainability and post-pandemic goals. Daniel Santos Risafi, First Vice President of the Chamber of Footwear Industries of Argentina (CIC), expressed happiness at the...
Inspiramais elevates Brazil’s legacy of leather with sustainability focus
Jan 30, 2023 - Fairs
Stepping into Brazil’s bi-annual Inspiramis fair you are greeted with a towering installation of upcycled material created by Sao Paolo-born interdisciplinary artist Luciano Pinheiro who patchworks, braids, and macramés fabric remnants together. “I like to think of unconventional materials as something noble, desirable,” said the son of a...