Launched between 2011 and 2013, New York brands Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Eckhaus Latta and Vaquera have showcased last month their spring-summer 2022 collections at New York Fashion Week. The three of them have been referred to as “emerging designers” over the last few years and now embrace a body positivity that speaks to Gen Z: emancipation and...
Oct 19, 2021
Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into the latest overarching themes emerging from the Spring Summer 2022 Women’s catwalk collections. The SS22 runway collections tapped into the prevailing mindsets of the post-pandemic consumer. The core message underpinning the season was sustainability with designers exploring how to make...
Oct 15, 2021
Taiwan, one of Asia’s booming textile and tech markets, is betting big on its global fashion standing. The country has increasingly invested in its own creative industries, promoting local fashion designers via its up and coming Taipei Fashion Week. The aim is to bring an international prominence not just to its factories but also to its talent....
Oct 8, 2021
Paris Fashion Week wraps up Tuesday after nine days of innovative experiments that showed how the industry is embracing technology and new approaches for a post-pandemic future. While many fashion houses stuck to online presentations, the biggest names such as Dior, Balenciaga and Stella McCartney -- even Yves Saint Laurent, which had been first...
Oct 5, 2021
Balenciaga continues to shake up the fashion week format, taking Paris by storm with a witty red carpet cum catwalk reversal for SS22 and special screening of a Simpsons episode written exclusively by Matt Groening for the Maison. Creative director Demna Gvasalia has taken giants leaps forward since the starry haute couture debut in July, with...
Oct 4, 2021
Every so often a designer leaps ahead of the zeitgeist to show a collection that enthrals and hypnotizes the audience with an unexpected hand of genius. Similar moments of triumph have been seen at Alexander McQueen, Rei Kawakubo, Martin Margiela and Phoebe Philo, who each in their time single handedly defined a new moment in fashion. Such was...
Oct 1, 2021
Milan put upbeat positivity back on the fashion map as designers had fun with their returns to the runways. Performance art and digital endeavours transformed presentations into must-see events, but collections remained very much rooted in real life. Wearability and practicality were key but never lost the sense of joy that fashion can bring...
With Paris fashion week firmly underway as the last leg of global fashion month, a confidence in the collections and business conducted off runway signal a turning tide and new direction. Saint Laurent was especially confident, delivering upbeat newness with Anthony Vaccarello having allegedly spent months refining the glorious new shoulder...
Sep 29, 2021
Masks may still be the crucial accessory, but Paris Fashion Week roars back to life from Monday with live runways shows after a long pandemic pause. Dior, Chanel, Hermes and Louis Vuitton are among the biggest names hosting shows in the flesh at one of fashion's biggest diary events of the year, which runs to October 5. "We are overjoyed at...
Sep 27, 2021
The surprise catwalk show and previously unofficial event announced last minute at MFW turned out to be a swapping of roles between Versace and Fendi’s creatives and long-time friends, Donatella Versace and Kim Jones. The intimate experience Versace alluded to on its Instagram was a starry discoball lit runway come to light and life the moment...
Sep 26, 2021
At Milan fashion week the hemlines are short and the body on full display via a myriad of garment constructions and revelations. There is the alluded sexiness, as seen at Prada, where a thigh-skimming silk dress was juxtaposed with a leather biker jacket. Shoes were pointy but the kitten heel kept the look from teetering into the overt. At...
The global fashion month is nearly halfway over, with several recurring themes and trends recurring across borders and fashion weeks. Here are the top 10 fashion trends as seen during New York and London Fashion Week: 1. Adaptive Fashion Hits the Runway Since 2019 Adaptive Fashion has seen a rise in brands designing for the differently abled,...
Sep 23, 2021
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