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New York Fashion Week fw23: four key colors for women’s wear

New York designers rendered their fw23 collections in a wide variety of colors and color palettes. Standouts included orange for outerwear, bright green for daywear, brown for tailoring and bright red for directional looks. Orange Crush New York designers chose shades of orange mixed with other colors for outerwear choices. Altuzarra - Look 5...

Mar 1, 2023

Fashion Featured

Key trends mens- and womenswear SS24

What is fashion? Who defines it? And where does a trend start? These are all questions that Rossella Catapano, professor at the Accademia Della Moda (IUAD) in Naples, started her trend forecast at Istanbul Fashion Connection (IFCO) on 10th February 2023 with. Trendforecasts are all about colours, styles and materials and for Catapano, today’s...

Feb 27, 2023

FairsFeatured

Pure London enjoys positive AW23 edition despite wider retail woes

Pure London returned to the English capital this week, taking place in its usual stomping ground at London Olympia from February 12 to 14, a three-day event that focused mainly on womenswear, but also featured menswear, footwear, accessories, and a dedicated, separate section for manufacturers. “I am overwhelmed by the buzz, the energy, and the...

Feb 15, 2023

People

Jacob Cohën appoints Matthew Adams Dolan to head up womenswear

Italian luxury denim brand Jacob Cohën has appointed American designer Matthew Adams Dolan to helm its womenswear, starting with the spring/summer 2024 collection. Adams Dolan will work on the brand’s main collection and the Jacob Cohën Couture line under the creative direction of Jennifer Tommasi Bardelle. The appointment follows a...

Feb 6, 2023

Fashion

Womenswear Buyers Guide FW23: Not-to-miss key Items

The FW23 ready-to-wear season is about to kick off. New York starts February 10, followed by London, Milan and Paris, through March 7. What will the major trends be? We already gathered some major clues from the ongoing pre-fall 23 season and last year’s FW22 collections. Once again, denim in a wide variety of styles and shades will be...

Jan 26, 2023

Fashion

Chanel to unveil next cruise collection in Los Angeles

French luxury house Chanel is returning to California to showcase its 2023/24 cruise collection in Los Angeles. In a statement, Chanel said that its cruise showcase on May 9 will “mark a new chapter” in its shared history with the US, noting that it presented its 2007/08 cruise collection designed by its late creative director Karl Lagerfeld...

Jan 24, 2023

FairsFeatured

5 Womenswear trends for AW23 spotted at Just Around the Corner Manchester

Over the course of January 19 and 20, a variety of brands descended upon the trade show Just Around the Corner to display their autumn/winter 2023 collections. Clothing ranges reflected the frosty weather of Manchester, where the event was held in the city’s Central Convention Centre, a new, larger location for this edition. In the womenswear...

Jan 19, 2023

Fashion

Oh Polly announces collaboration with Tammy Hembrow

British womenswear brand Oh Polly is collaborating with Australian fitness model and influencer Tammy Hembrow on a series of curated collections. Hembrow is one of Australia’s most successful influencers, with 16 million Instagram followers, 1.7 million TikTok followers and a further 1.3 million YouTube subscribers. The debut ‘Tammy Hembrow x Oh...

Jan 18, 2023

Fashion |Interview Featured

Liberty womenswear buyer: ‘I am expecting customers to look for slightly more muted pieces’

Since its opening in 1875, Liberty in London's West End has been one of the first and most prestigious locations for fashion and luxury goods of all kinds. The department store, in its majestic Tudor building, is known for its close connection to art and design, as well as its in-house design studio where Liberty’s bold and floral print fabrics...

Jan 6, 2023

BusinessFeatured

Hush appoints Sarah Miles as its new CEO

Women’s fashion and lifestyle brand Hush has appointed former Amazon and Diageo executive Sarah Miles as its new chief executive. With more than 25 years of experience successfully driving growth across major UK and international consumer brands, Miles will join Hush on January 16, 2023, from global prestige beauty group Sephora, having...

Dec 2, 2022

Retail

LoveShackFancy to open its first international store in London

Womenswear brand LoveShackFancy has confirmed that it is opening its first international store in London on December 3. Located in London’s Notting Hill on Westbourne Grove, the store will mark LoveShackFancy’s sixteenth retail location and will house the brand’s vintage-inspired dresses and miniskirts, as well as its ethereal home collection....

Dec 1, 2022

Fashion

SS23 Women’s print and pattern trends

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a first look at spring/summer 2023’s key emerging print and pattern trends from the international Women’s catwalk collections. Print and pattern offers a visual representation of the consumer mindsets underscoring seasonal trends. Prints are upcycled and reworked with the expressive DIY feel of the Gen Z...

Nov 21, 2022