Fashion
Daniel Lee Appointed Creative Director of Bottega Veneta
19 Jun 2018
Bottega Veneta announces the appointment of Daniel Lee as its Creative Director starting July 1, 2018.
An experienced designer, Daniel Lee was most recently Director of Ready-to-Wear Design at Céline. Aged 32 and of British nationality, Daniel Lee is a graduate of the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Before joining Céline in 2012, he worked at Maison Margiela, Balenciaga and Donna Karan.
François-Henri Pinault stated: "I am very pleased to welcome Daniel Lee to... Read More
Hermès Birkin handbag sells for £162,500 at Christie's auction
18 Jun 2018
Handbag investors are the new art collectors, a leading auction house has said, after a diamond-encrusted Hermès Birkin bag broke records as it sold for £162,000 on Tuesday.
The decade-old crocodile skin Himalaya Birkin bag, which features an 18-carat, white gold, diamond-encrusted lock, achieved the European record for a handbag sold at auction.
Rachel Koffsky, handbag and accessories specialist at Christie’s, told The Telegraph that growing demand for “wearable works of art... Read More
Gucci Launches Street Style Capsule Collection In Collaboration With Isabella Cotier
14 Jun 2018
Alessandro Michele was announced as Gucci’s new creative director in January 2015. With the strong support of Marco Bizzarri, the label’s CEO and president, Michele was given free reign to bring his idiosyncratic sense of vintage style to the Italian fashion house, leading to a period of impressive growth at the house. In March 2017 the house reported an “exceptional (financial) performance across the board,” with a record first quarter revenue increase of 51 percent — its strongest in 20... Read More
Gucci to present spring/summer 2019 collection in Paris
29 May 2018
Gucci will present its spring/summer 2019 collection in Paris. The move, under creative director Alessandro Michele, is the final act of a three-part homage to France.
The new collection will be shown in Paris on September 24, 2018. Gucci began its creative tribute to France starting with the pre-fall 2018 campaign, which recreated the May 1968 student protests in Paris. The second part of Gucci's French appreciation will be the cruise 2019 fashion show, which will take place on the... Read More
Ultimate Guide: Women’s Summer Dresses
28 May 2018
Here's our ultimate guide to the Summer Fashion 2018 Catwalk. A mix of uplifting and colorful collection with OTT texture and fringing galore.
The man this house is built upon was a pioneer who left his country and built a legend through artistry, ingenuity, and grit. To cite some of his most defining clients—Garbo, Bardot, Perón, and Monroe—in the press release served only to emphasize the difference between then and now. Ferragamo is a great house, but greatness should not be taken... Read More
Gosha Rubchinskiy to Stop Label, Launch New Venture
05 Apr 2018
Business of fashion--The Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy is stopping his Comme des Garçons-backed namesake label “as you’ve known it” and launching a new project, he announced via Instagram today.
According to a spokesperson for Comme des Garçons, the Gosha Rubchinskiy brand as currently conceived will cease to exist following the Autumn-Winter 2018 season. As a consequence, the label will not present a collection in Paris in June. Comme des Garçons is presently working with... Read More
British Vogue makes history featuring hijab-wearing model on cover
01 Apr 2018
When stylist Edward Enninful assumed the helm of British Vogue as its first-ever Black and male editor-in-chief, a lot of promises were made; the biggest being an improvement — nay, a total revamp — of how the magazine features diversity. From its staff to its covers, most of what stood stale and pale under former editor Alexandra Shulman's reign would be reversed. Enninful's first cover, a celebration of Britain, was a hit, featuring Ghanaian-British model Adwoa Aboah and a provocative hashtag... Read More
Honda launches its10th generation Accord
25 Mar 2018
The 2018 Accord is the 10th generation of Honda’s perennially best-selling midsize sedan. All new from the ground up, the new Accord is built on a new platform with a lower, wider stance, a lighter and more rigid unibody structure; a lighter and more sophisticated chassis; two advanced new power units, including Accord’s first-ever turbocharged engines, a new 10-speed automatic transmission.
In recreating Accord for its 10th generation, Honda designers and engineers sought to... Read More
Lacoste swaps its crocodile for logos of endangered species (Video)
04 Mar 2018
The National -- French fashion brand Lacoste on Wednesday swapped the crocodile logo on its shirts for the first time in its history for 10 of the most endangered species on the planet.
The green Lacoste crocodile – one of the world's best-known logos – was replaced by the Sumatran tiger, the Javan rhino and the Cao Vit gibbon on the chest of its classic white polo shirts in a limited-edition charity tie-in with the Save Our Species conservation group.
All but a handful were... Read More
The five craziest things we saw at Milan Fashion Week
02 Mar 2018
Fashion week always throws up something crazy... that is, after all, the whole point.
In a packed schedule that has countless designers all competing to grab the most attention, the setting is ripe to present things that are controversial, Insta-worthy or even downright ridiculous. In a bid to score precious column inches, anything goes, and sometimes it seems as though, the wackier, the better, and the latest autumn/winter 2018 shows in Milan were no exception.
Here are some... Read More
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