Naomi Campbell to receive Fashion Icon award at the Fashion Awards this December
Darren Gerrish/BFC Above: British Fashion Council CEO Caroline Rush and Naomi Campbell. Supermodel Naomi Campbell will receive the Fashion Icon award at this year’s Fashion Awards from the British Fashion Council, to be held December 2 at the Royal Albert Hall. The Council says Campbell is being honoured for her career as a supermodel […]
Why Gucci’s stance on fur is crucial for internal branding
Gucci Above: Gucci had a fur-free spring 2018 show in Milano. Recently, Marco Bizzari, chief executive and president of Gucci, announced that Gucci was banning the use of fur in its products, which he said was outdated, before adding, ‘I need to do it because [otherwise] the best talent will not come to work for […]
Pierre Bergé, former partner of Yves Saint Laurent, dies at 86
Luc Castel Pierre Bergé, photographed at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris, 2017. Pierre Bergé, best known as the power behind the Yves Saint Laurent label, died in his sleep at his home in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France on Friday at 5.39 a.m., aged 86. Bergé had died from myopathy, a muscular disorder, according to the […]
Five ideas reshaping the fashion industry: H&M Foundation invites public to vote on the best
H&M Foundation invites the public to vote on the best ideas that can help revolutionize the fashion industry toward a sustainable, waste-free future. Initiated in 2015, the competition is now on to its second round, with €1 million up for grabs between five winners. The vote, at globalchangeaward.com, closes on April 2. The public […]
Fashion Cities Africa gives a snapshot of four cities on a varied, rich continent
The second largest continent on the planet is, logically, home to a massive number of fashion designers and movements, although out of Africa, there hasn’t been as much recognition of them till recently. Fashion Cities Africa, the book, inspired by the exhibition of the same name at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery that opens […]
Behind the fashion agency: a Q&A with Phoebes Garland
Photo courtesy Chic Traveller Phoebes Garland co-owns Garland & Garland Fashion, a leading fashion agency in Sydney, Australia. She is also the Features Writer for Fashion Exposed Online, and was called a ‘Power Agent’ by Ragtrader, while being described by Sacha Strebe, editor of Fashion Exposed Online as ‘immutable’ and a ‘figurehead’. Garland has had […]
Earlier this week, the British Fashion Council, in association with Harper’s Bazaar UK and Selfridges, hosted Britain Creates 2012: Fashion & Art Collusion, celebrating the year in which London hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Britain Creates brings together fashion and contemporary visual art, showcasing collaborations between luminaries such as Matthew Williamson and Mat […]
World’s largest fashion trade event, MAGIC, begins again Monday
This August in Las Vegas, MAGIC will return as the world’s largest fashion trade event, delivering buyers the most extensive buying platforms in the world of fashion today. MAGIC exhibitors represent every major apparel industry: the designers, contemporary, street, casual, sports, kids, shoes, accessories, etc. appealing to every interest group. During this August show, […]
Gisèle Bündchen increases lead in Forbes’s 2011 top-earning models’ list
Steven Meisel Above Lara Stone was the surprise in Forbes’s 2011 list of top-earning models, buoyed by her Calvin Klein campaign, among others. Forbes has released its 2011 list of the world’s top-earning models, with a substantial (30 per cent) rise for the top three: Gisèle Bündchen, Heidi Klum and Kate Moss. Bündchen leapt […]
Fashion industry group urges consumers to support Christchurch labels
Last week, Fashion Industry New Zealand (FINZ) published its Fashion Impact Report on the Christchurch earthquake, examining how designers, retailers and wholesalers were faring after the February 22 disaster. There’s an extra connection to us: it was penned by Lucire’s own Vicki Matias on the direction of FINZ executive officer Mapihi Opai. In a […]
