New York Fashion Week’s Got the Blues
The Business of Fashion–Feb. 14, 2018
NEW YORK, United States — New York Fashion Week ostensibly began and ended on the floor of the American Stock Exchange Building. It felt like a sign, and perhaps one of impending doom. Just days before Bottega Veneta staged its boom-era dinner party within the historic building’s walls, the Dow …
Stiletto Alert: London Takes Center Stage of Fashion World
U.S. News & World Report–4 hours ago
Stiletto Alert: London Takes Center Stage of Fashion World. London Fashion Week is set to begin Friday with a number of catwalk shows including exhibits by Bora Aksu and Mulberry. Feb. 16, 2018, at 8:02 a.m.. Stiletto Alert: London Takes Center Stage of Fashion World. Share. ×. Share on Facebook · Post on Twitter.
Black Panther Makes an Appearance at New York Fashion Week
IGN–20 hours ago
By Shabana Arif New York Fashion Week is nearing an end, and amidst the big names synonymous with the event was Marvel Studios, with its ‘Welcome to Wakanda’ show. The show features a number of designs inspired by the costumes in Marvel’s latest movie. Marvel commissioned seven designers …
H&M Investors Are Worried Management Is Overlooking the Obvious
The Business of Fashion–19 hours ago
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Investors in Hennes & Mauritz AB left its first ever capital markets day wondering whether the retailer is aware its clothes seem to be going out of fashion. With the value of their H&M shares down about 45 percent since the end of 2016, owners said management gave a lot of …
Bringing a Personal Touch to Plus-Size Fashion
New York Times–Feb. 8, 2018
And they saw their opening: offering women sizes 14 and up five articles of clothing chosen by a stylist who takes into account individual preferences. In 2015, they started an online retail site, Dia & Co. “I hadn’t intended for retailing to be a career choice,” Ms. Boujarwah said. “But when I was in business …
Fashion’s potential to influence politics and culture
The Conversation CA–Jan. 22, 2018
Fashion is an emerging scholarly discipline, which makes it very fashionable right now. Slap the word fashion to the title of an academic article or book and readership is likely to follow. Is political dressing is fashion trend? The #tiedtogether movement used white bandanas to indicate the ‘common bonds of …
Girls Who Code at Fashion Week
New York Times–Feb. 9, 2018
“This is my New York Fashion Week debut,” said Adriana Chavez, a home-schooled high school junior who wore a gray sweater with a sleeve that landed past her knees. “It’s kind of crazy,” said Danielle Mullan, a senior at Hunter College High School, as she tried to take in the scene backstage before the …
Politics Comes to the New York Runways
New York Times–Feb. 12, 2018
Fashion has been largely avoiding the issue, but on Sunday night, Prabal Gurung addressed it head-on. … A year ago during fashion week he ended his show with a parade of models in a variety of message tees that seemed addressed specifically to the policies of the new president (“I am an immigrant”; …
African Fashion on Display at Early ‘Black Panther’ Shows
U.S. News & World Report–5 hours ago
The Lawton family poses for a portrait before seeing Black Panther in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz) The Associated Press. By JOHN CARUCCI and KRISTIN M. HALL, Associated Press. “Black Panther” is inspiring moviegoers to dress up for the superhero film, …
New York Today: Fashion Rejects
New York Times–Feb. 8, 2018
Good morning on this chilly Thursday. When New York Fashion Week kicks off today, the catwalks of Manhattan will be filled with fabulously unaffordable outfits. But you can own some of this fabulosity for a pittance — maybe not the outfits, but the fabric they’re made of. All it takes is a subway ride to the last …
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