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Kid's fashion platform Mini Mode to launch virtual runway show during LFW

Mini Mode - Global Kids Fashion Week has announced it will launch its first virtual runway show during London Fashion Week in February. Founded by UK childrenswear designer Amanda Rabor, Mini Mode focuses on kid’s fashion, from toddlers through to teens. The upcoming virtual show will mark the 6th edition of the event since it debuted in...

Jan 22, 2021

Fairs

Joor Passport to power 13 new virtual fashion events this year

With ongoing coronavirus pandemic restrictions, fashion weeks and trade shows are continuing to go digital, and Joor is advancing the trend this year by powering 13 new virtual fashion events on its Joor Passport platform. Joor, the world’s leading digital wholesale platform, has said that its Joor Passport platform will power 13 global fashion...

Jan 14, 2021

Fashion

London Fashion Week to go ahead with no live audiences

The British Fashion Council has confirmed that London Fashion Week in February will go ahead as a digital-only event. All shows, presentations and installations will take place without a live audience. Taking place from February 19 to 23, London Fashion Week organisers said that the decision to go digital-only follows the return of coronavirus...

Jan 13, 2021

Fashion

London Fashion Week announces line-up for February edition

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the provisional line-up of the upcoming February 2021 edition of London Fashion Week (LFW). Taking place from Friday 19 to Tuesday 23 February 2021, the event will feature both womenswear and menswearwear collections in a genderless showcase, digitally on the LFW platform and in and around London....

Dec 11, 2020

Fashion

BFC cancels London Fashion Week Men's, combines genders for LFW in February

The British Fashion Council (BFC) on Thursday said its men’s fashion week in January would be canceled, instead merging genders for a February, digital first, fashion week. The combined gender fashion week will be held from 19 to 23 February following the New York shows. Menswear designers are being actively encouraged to take part in the...

Oct 29, 2020

Fashion

Global fashion weeks generated more than 89 million euros of earned media, with Paris and Milan leading.

In a show of solidarity to the industry and its businesses, the major fashion capitals of New York, London, Milan and Paris forged ahead with the show season in September and October. While the pandemic kept the majority of buyers and press at home, social media and digital channels took on a new significance for brands to showcase their visions...

Oct 14, 2020

Fashion

LFW: Paul Costelloe feeling optimistic for SS21

Paul Costelloe brought his studio to London Fashion Week for an intimate spring/summer 2021 presentation, featuring staff from his atelier, his family, as well as his playful designs, to the impressive setting of the Palm Court in the Waldorf Hilton. While a global pandemic may have stopped Costelloe putting on his usual catwalk showcase,...

Oct 2, 2020

Fashion

London Fashion Week's top Instagram brands

London Fashion Week was a major digital draw, as statistics from Dash Hudson, a visual marketing software company, show. Analysing data from 10 LFW shows and how they translated via Instagram, some designers adapted better than others to embrace the season’s new digital formats. They created online content that resonated with Instagram users...

Sep 25, 2020

Fashion

Two ISKO I-SKOOL™ 7 looks make their debut at the Graduate Fashion Foundation (LFW)

Two ISKO I-SKOOL™ 7 looks make their debut at the Graduate Fashion Foundation, part of London Fashion Week, a springboard for new talent striving to bridge the gap between education and industry. Following an unprecedented academic year, GFF celebrates how the Class of 2020 have adapted and overcome adversity to complete their degrees across 26...

Sep 25, 2020

Fashion INTERVIEW

LFW: What it is like to be a photographer at fashion week

Fashion week has changed significantly during the global pandemic, no more so for the catwalk photographers capturing the collections. Shutterstock fashion and entertainment photographer Anthony Harvey tells FashionUnited about what being a London Fashion Week fashion photographer entails and the current impact of Covid-19 on his work. Harvey...

Sep 24, 2020

Fashion

LFW: Mark Fast - “The show must go on”

For a London Fashion Week to have just three traditional catwalk showcases taking place with an audience is unheard of, but for some designers, like Mark Fast it was essential. “The show must go on,” expressed Mark Fast to FashionUnited. “When it comes to fashion and creating fashion/being part of a movement, contributing to culture, we aren’t...

Sep 23, 2020

News

Graduate Fashion Foundation Awards names 2020 winners

The Graduate Fashion Foundation closed out London Fashion Week with a socially distance ceremony to celebrate the ‘Talent of Tomorrow’ with its 2020 awards. The graduate awards, which were revised to a full digital criterion to reflect the Covid-19 situation, featured 19 awards, covering each fashion discipline, from design, communications,...

Sep 23, 2020