H&M stays positive with unisex denim line, following love-themed Paris catwalk show
Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has announced a new denim line, Denim United. The difference this time is that it is a truly unisex collection, with identical women’s and men’s designs, with jackets, overalls, shorts, T-shirts and an oversized hoody. The materials and silhouettes are shared between the sexes. More sustainable materials have been used, […]
H&M Studio teases spring–summer 2017 women’s and men’s ahead of Paris Fashion Week début
As in previous years (click here for 2014, and here for 2016), H&M Studio will show a collection during the autumn–winter prêt-à-porter shows at Paris Fashion Week, but this time, it’ll be for spring–summer 2017—and it’ll go on sale the next day. Hennes & Mauritz has teased the men’s and women’s collections ahead of […]
Fashion in brief: Emporio Armani launches smartwatches; Topshop opens in Wellington on November 3
Emporio Armani has entered the smartwatch sector with its Connected Hybrid range, mixing the design flair of the traditional watches with the latest technology. The watches sync with smartphones via Bluetooth, and have features such as automatic time zone updating, notifications, activity tracking, extended use without charging, easy access to music playlists, sleep-pattern monitoring, […]
Hennes & Mauritz opens first store in Auckland, New Zealand, with celebrity launch
Chris Park Hennes & Mauritz held a press launch for its first New Zealand retail store at Sylvia Park, Auckland, on Thursday—and as the New Zealand-headquartered publication with the longest history of covering the Swedish retailer, we were on the scene. H&M didn’t take this launch lightly. In anticipation of the official October 1 […]
H&M opens first store in New Zealand in October 2016
International Swedish retailer, Hennes & Mauritz, will open in New Zealand on October 1. The new store will be located at Sylvia Park, Auckland, and span two storeys and 2,300 m². The new store will have men, women, youth and children’s apparel and accessories. The H&M Studio collection for autumn–winter 2016–17 (above) will appear […]
Mike Marsland/British Fashion Council Jonathan Anderson, the man behind the label J. W. Anderson, has scooped both the men’s and women’s Designer of the Year awards at the British Fashion Awards last night, held at the Coliseum in London. Anderson has previously won the men’s prize, in 2014, the New Establishment Designer award in […]
Icebreaker releases spring–summer 2015–16 campaign, starring Vinnie Woolston
Model and actor Vinnie Woolston stars in Icebreaker’s spring–summer 2015–16 campaign, photographed at Pakiri Beach on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Icebreaker says Woolston ‘exudes a rebellious and confronting sense of energy,’ fitting in with the campaign’s theme of an urban adventurer who seeks to explore, challenged by the unknown. The […]
Alan Clarke US retailer Cole Haan has teamed up with high-performance apparel brand Mountain Hardwear in a multi-season partnership, creating the ZeroGrand Outerwear collection. Launched this week, Cole Haan has released a campaign featuring mountaineers Cheyne Lempe and Angie Payne scaling New York skyscrapers, photographed by Alan Clarke. The campaign blends the idea […]
Joseph Altuzarra, Rihanna, Lupita Nyong’o, Raf Simons, Tom Ford on stage at the CFDA awards
Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com Matteo Prandoni/BFAnyc.com Joseph Altuzarra has been named the womenswear designer of the year, and Rihanna the fashion icon of the year, at the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s (CFDA) Fashion Awards, in association with Swarovski, at Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who presented Rihanna’s award, […]
Mister shows off its autumn–winter 2012 campaign visuals and video
Mister, the menswear label which Lucire fashion editor Sopheak Seng dubbed his favourite at New Zealand Fashion Week, is readying the very collection he saw for retail sale. As the label goes from strength to strength, so does the professionalism and depth of its marketing. Its latest campaign visuals for its autumn–winter 2012 collection […]
