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Dior to show pre-fall collection in Mumbai

Dior on Tuesday said it will show its pre-fall 2023 collection in Mumbai, India, later this month. The Paris-based luxury house has scheduled to present its runway at the Gateway of India monument on March 30th. It will be Mumbai’s first major fashion show from a European luxury house, and follows the city’s biannual Lakmé fashion week, which...

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Founder of luxury embroidery studio says PPE manufacture will continue at new Brooklyn Army Terminal facility

New York Embroidery Studio has been the go-to for NYC’s embellishment needs since 2001 when Michelle Feinberg founded the company. Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Thom Browne, and Oscar de la Renta rely on her expertise while celebrities such as Cardi B, Meghan Markle and Frank Ocean have worn her craftsmanship on the red carpet. But since the...

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At the Intersection of Art, Fashion and Craft

Each month Sass Brown, an expert in ethical fashion, sustainability and craftsmanship, shares a fashion brand that approaches business differently and innovatively or operates outside of the main fashion systems and capitals. Sass is the former Dean of Art and Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the founding Dean at Dubai Institute...

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Swati Kalsi, High Art Fashion

Swati Kalsi, based in India, is known as much for her fashion designs as her museum art installations. Due to the high level of craftsmanship and artistry, Sass Brown points out that much of what Swati does doesn’t come cheap, adding “she’s known first and foremost for these exquisite, museum quality collectors items. They are indeed intended to...

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Make in India: Beauty and the Beast creations

Like few others, "Beauty and the Beast" seems to be the timeless fairy tale that has inspired the fashion industry the most, doubtlessly helped by Disney's recently released live-action remake featuring Emma Watson as Belle. Christopher Kane was inspired to launch a Beauty and the Beast' capsule collection'; Disney fashion hit the runway at...