Despite already seeing significant effects, the fashion industry has yet to feel the brunt of the repercussions — financial and otherwise — caused by the global outbreak of COVID-19. The arrival of coronavirus in Italy on February 21 coincided directly with Milan Fashion Week, which ran from the 18th to the 24th, causing some attendees […]
WWD broke the news last Friday that French house Givenchy confirmed that Renaud de Lesquen, currently president and chief executive officer of Dior Americas, will be joining on April 1st as president and CEO. Renaud de Lesquen has a unique profile in the luxury industry, starting with graduating in 1991 from the prestigious École supérieure de […]
The 2020 CFDA Fashion Awards are headed back to Manhattan. After two years at the Brooklyn Museum, the awards will return to the Celeste Bartos Forum at The New York Public Library on June 8. The last time the annual awards, the CFDA’s biggest fundraiser, were held at the New York Public Library was in […]
Sarah Burton, creative director at Alexander McQueen, is the winner of the Trailblazer Award at this year’s British Fashion Awards. Burton’s win honors her personal and visionary work through her narrative approach to McQueen’s spring/summer 2020 show. Her extraordinary work hasn’t gone unnoticed, and she has been praised for championing craftsmanship in the UK, highlighting […]
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry (who now apparently prefers to be called just “Harry”) stepped out in London on Thursday, March 5, for the Endeavour Fund Awards looking like straight-up movie stars. It marks Meghan’s first official appearance since announcing her and Harry’s decision to step back as senior members of the royal family in January. […]
Like your favorite pair of jeans in the dryer, the window of opportunity for climate action, or the average person over the age of 70—tiny bags are shrinking. The trend, which started with the Jacquemus Chiquito in spring 2018 and reached its zenith when Lizzo pinched the strap of a Valentino bag the size of […]
Fashion Week hasn’t been the same without Karl Lagerfeld, who passed away at age 85 last February. But as the fall 2020 season repeatedly proved, change can be good. Milan Fashion Week saw Fendi—where Lagerfeld was the creative director for decades—cast “plus-size” runway models for the first time in the house’s history. And on Tuesday, […]
For the last few years the death of the fashion show — and fashion weeks in general — has been proclaimed with the same bated-breath relish as the end of the foie gras goose, but, as recently reported in The New York Times, don’t be so sure about that, because some top profile peeps in […]
As if running for office wasn’t challenging enough, female candidates have an added burden: figuring out how to present themselves sartorially. Women’s appearances are scrutinized much more closely than men’s, and their fashion choices are endless (unlike for men, who are usually choosing between the red tie and the blue tie.) It all takes a […]
A New York City-based fashion college has apologized after a catwalk show was labelled racist. Models were asked to wear prosthetic ears, lips and bushy eyebrows for a collection run by fashion design students at the event in Manhattan. The accessories were criticized online after an African-American model said she would not wear the “clearly […]