Nike withdraws Run Club app from mainland China
Nike says it will cease to operate its Nike Run Club app in the mainland Chinese market from July 8. The app, which tracked exercise activity and allowed users to compare their figures to their friends’, had over 8 million users in the People’s Republic of China. Nike says it will replace the app with […]
Institute of Positive Fashion Forum aims to make real change for sustainable development
The Institute of Positive Fashion Forum will take place digitally on June 10, and runs from 9 a.m. to a final event with Stella McCartney commencing at 6.10 p.m. The thought leadership event is designed to galvanize the fashion industry—one of the planet’s major contributors to environmental harm—into action, ahead of COP26. Tickets […]
British Fashion Council announces the Fashion Awards 2020, with Beijing, Shanghai screenings
With the UK continuing to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Fashion Council’s Fashion Awards (formerly the British Fashion Awards) announced its 20 winners with a digital film première. The 30-minute film went live at www.fashionawards.com today and on YouTube on the BFC’s account, and was screened in selected cities, including Beijing and […]
Julianne Moore, Kim Kardashian, Gigi Hadid, Riccardo Tisci head to WSJ Magazine’s Innovator Awards
Lars Niki It’s not your usual awards’ season ceremony, but it certainly pulled plenty of stars: News Corporation’s WSJ Magazine held its ninth annual Innovator Awards at MoMA on November 6, sponsored by Harry Winston and Rémy Martin, honouring Julianne Moore (acting and activism), Cindy Sherman (art), Studio KO (Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty, for […]
British Fashion Council Designer of the Year gongs were awarded to Raf Simons, Jonathan Anderson and Craig Green tonight at the Fashion Awards 2017 presented by the British Fashion Council in partnership with Swarovski. The star-studded night held at the Royal Albert Hall saw Simons awarded for his work at Calvin Klein, Anderson for […]
Christopher Bailey to leave Burberry after 17 years
Burberry plc Above: Christopher Bailey is to leave Burberry from March 31. After 17 years, Christopher Bailey, MBE has decided to call it quits at Burberry. The company announced that Bailey will remain president and chief creative officer till March 31, and will support the transition till December 31, 2018. He will still design […]
Pretty Little Liars’ Lucy Hale has been named as a spokeswoman and creative director for Casetify, a company retailing cellphone cases, Apple Watch bands, Macbook sleeves and clutches. The capsule collection of 34 pieces has been launched in time for the new Apple Iphone 7, based around the idea of ‘delicate but daring,’ a […]
Dan Medhurst Dave Benett Burberry has launched a new promotion for Christmas that pays tribute to Billy Elliot, featuring Sir Elton John, Naomi Campbell, James Corden, Julie Walters (who starred in the original film), Romeo Beckham, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Michelle Dockery, James Bay, George Ezra and Toby Huntington-Whiteley. ‘Billy Elliot is an incredible film full […]
The Instagrams of the top fashion labels: showing seven ways they reach us
With social media being such a big part of the world we now live in, fashion houses no longer have just magazines to sell their products. These Instagram accounts give fans an insiders’ look to the brand and what’s going on. We have chosen seven of the top fashion labels to give the different ways […]
Tim P. Whitby/AmFAR Dominique Charriau Pascal Le Segretain/AmFAR We had posted our video from the arrivals at the Cinema Against Aids gala from the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc at Antibes earlier, but this morning, hosts AmFAR, the Foundation for Aids Research has announced the total raised last night: a whopping, record-breaking US$35 million. The money, […]
