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Paris fashion week: 5 trends for AW21

Just as the days are getting longer and brighter, designers are showing their collections for the next fall/winter 2021/22 season. Because of the ongoing pandemic, Paris Fashion Week took place virtually, with fashion houses presenting their creations mostly in videos. In terms of setting, designers were looking for the extraordinary in the...

Mar 15, 2021

Fashion

Louis Vuitton closes digital Paris Fashion Week

An audience-free Paris Fashion Week closed with Nicolas Ghesquière presenting the Louis Vuitton Women’s Fall 2021 collection at the Louvre on Wednesday. Unveiled in the museum’s spectacular setting of the Michelangelo Gallery, the French luxury house showed a selection of bags from the new collaborative capsule collection with Italian artistic...

Mar 11, 2021

Fashion

Dries van Noten brings raw emotion to Paris Fashion Week

In one of the most beautiful fashion films of the digital season, Dries van Noten’s contemporary mix of design and choreography brought pure emotion to the start of Paris Fashion Week. Setting the stage for a three-day shoot in Antwerp to film and photograph over forty dancers and models (all the time adhering to social distancing protocols)...

Mar 4, 2021

Fashion

Five highlights from digital London Fashion Week

In another season, during another time, London Fashion Week would have been brimming with international press, buyers, influencers and notable industry folk. Front row catwalks would be celebrity-heavy and London abuzz with parties and events for its biannual fashion outing. Unlike in September, the February catwalks were shown entirely digital...

Mar 2, 2021

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Designers opt for pre-recorded shows at Milan Fashion Week, but not Valentino

The prospect of a phygital fashion week, that odd-sounding hybrid of physical and digital fashion shows, was nearly unanimously shunned by most designers, as Milan Fashion Week will only showcase two live catwalk presentations, that of Daniela Gregis and Valentino. Gregis, best known for her timeless and modern rustic collections, will show on...

Feb 24, 2021

Fashion

The key trend at New York Fashion Week? Navigating an industry in flux

As the women’s ready to wear shows start off yet another digital season, what will happen to the fashion industry in 2021? Companies must pay attention to five trends that Covid-19 accelerated as our new normal, according to insights by McKinsey. These are a drop in demand, a substantial shift to digital shopping, renewed consumer attention to...

Feb 17, 2021

Fashion

Flying Solo brings multiculturalism to New York Fashion Week

Flying Solo had the distinction of being one of the few physical fashion shows for New York Fashion Week (NYFW) this season. The collective, which is a hub and platform for emerging designers, many of whom are international, has become a prominent space for up-and-comers who buck conventional notions of dress to find an audience here in America...

Feb 15, 2021

Fashion

Première Vision unveils digital programme for its Paris February show

Paris trade show Première Vision will remain all-digital for its February edition, as physical events remain impossible. The organisers are hopeful it will return to hosting live events in the second half of 2021, starting with its Blossom fair in June. The online only show includes new services for professionals, which reflect the digital...

Feb 12, 2021

Fashion

As global fashion month is underway, the headlines focus on an industry's survival

As global fashion month is officially underway, the flurry of men’s and couture presentations in January have shown the headlines aren’t much about catwalks, trends and new season fashion, but rather about survival, an industry getting to grips with Brexit and fast-tracking digital. When shops and factories first closed one year ago the move to...

Feb 9, 2021

Fashion

London Fashion Week confirms digital-only schedule for FW21

The British Fashion Council on Friday announced the provisional London Fashion Week (LFW) schedule, which is to take place from 19 to 23 February. The shortened week will be a digital-only event in response to the UK’s current lockdown situation. Incoming visitors are required to quarantine for 10 days in a government proposed hotel on arrival....

Jan 29, 2021

Fashion

Prada unveils first campaign with co-creative director Raf Simons

Prada has released its first campaign with co-creative directors Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada. Launched as a dialogue and conversation, the campaign poses a series of questions, such as “Is new still relevant? Answer at Prada.com. “Should we slow down or speed up?” and “Is creativity a gift or a skill?” The campaign is a continuation of the Q&A...

Jan 8, 2021

Fashion

Bottega Veneta shows SS21 collection salon-style in London

Bottega Veneta this week showed its Spring Summer 2021 collection in London’s Sadler’s Wells, an intimate performance art venue best known for its spectacular contemporary dance calendar. Like so many other theatres, it had to close its doors during lockdown. Creative Director Daniel Lee isn’t a fan of the digital stage, instead preferring live,...

Dec 17, 2020