Canada must do more for responsible fashion and apparel

Responsible fashion and apparel as a concept is quite simple: It takes a “do no harm” approach to clothing. Across every aspect of a product’s life, it asks that neither people nor planet be compromised. But responsible fashion is about more than production. It’s also about how an article of clothing is …

So on Wednesday in the fashion world stumbled, only to discover what looked like the landing pad for a giant intergalactic spaceship at the end of the ramps that once led the animals into the stables. Now, they were a runway, down which came a parade of Starship Troopers in vestiges of the outfits of the …

Products were “made even harder to come by as non-communist media was censored and Russians were fed a diet of anti-capitalist propaganda,” says Alec Leach, Highsnobiety’s fashion editor, in the publication’s new documentary titled “Counterfeit Culture Moscow” — the second in an ongoing series on …

An archive treasure acquired by publishing house Penguin Press at auction, the secret memoirs of celebrated photographer Bill Cunningham, who passed away in June 2016, will be published in September under the name Fashion Climbing. On June 25 2016, fashion lost one of its most prominent figures, …

Last year, the Italian fashion house launched a new strategy to reinforce their presence in Latin America, through two pop-up shops as well as their first outlet store on Mexican soil. On 21 March, the label’s creative directors Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana announced that they would present the Alta Moda couture …

The timing couldn’t be better: Australia is in the midst of a sustainable fashionmoment, with fashion brands, retailers and media platforms waking up to opportunities within the sector. The $28 billion industry is keen to establish itself as a powerful voice in the global sustainability conversation. Camille Reed …

The brand’s spring 2018 fashion show, held last June in the verdant Bois de Boulogne park in Paris, featured a parade of models in oversize color-striped windbreakers, pale jeans similar to those that made Barack Obama dad-in-chief and bloated running shoes in the style of podiatrist-approved Asics.

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Tom Ford, Burberry, Gucci and Chanel were the most buzzed about fashion shows on Instagram during New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks respectively, according to new data released by the photo and video sharing app — based on the total global …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, launched its core brand on Alibaba’s giant online marketplace Tmall on Wednesday to try to keep up with competition in China. It is the first time that H&M, which also has seven newer add-on labels, has sold its main budget apparel …

… ShowStudio Fashion Film Awards later this year, listen to Knight talk about the power of technology and the future of the fashion show, discuss the fate of glossy fashion magazines and address fashion’s culture of abuse and bullying. Subscribe to BoF Professional for unlimited access to BoF articles, plus …