From fast fashion to fair fashion: The denim revolution
Jeans are the most popular trousers in the world. Every year, over 2 billion pairs are made. But most travel one and a half times around the planet before reaching your wardrobe.…
Menswear, winter 2021: Behind the scenes as Paris Fashion Week goes digital
Covid-19 restrictions mean that Paris Fashion Week is taking place in the digital sphere. In-the-flesh fashion shows, interviews and parties aren't happening – instead, buyers and journalists get to sit back and…
Purple suits and handmade mittens: Fashion icons of the US inauguration
There's a sense of renewal in the United States as papers relay their new president's calls for unity. The Wall Street Journal may find Joe Biden "refreshingly unwoke", but the conservative paper…
Belgischer Designer eröffnet digitale Fashion Week
Belgischer Designer eröffnet digitale Fashion Week…
Coco Chanel: The fashion designer’s legacy, 50 years after her death
To mark the anniversary of Coco Chanel's death on January 10, 1971, fashion expert Jessica Michault and Eve Jackson take a look at the French designer's greatest styles, the fashion empire she…
The age of fast fashion: How to kick the planet’s shopaholic habit?
If you're looking for that tacky Christmas jumper to provide a dose of light relief from 2020, you've come to the wrong place. Besides the pandemic, we still have a planet to…
Dakar Fashion Week 2020 dazzles under baobab trees
The 18th edition of Dakar Fashion Week hosts its main catwalk in a baobab forest in Senegal to maintain some social distancing. "With Covid, we had to be creative, I had to…
Catwalk on a sand dune’s crest – Saint Laurent takes distancing in its stride
There were no spectators, no influencers, no fashionistas, at Saint Laurent's presentation of its 2021 Women's Summer collection, only drone footage of models walking on the crest of a tall sand dune…
144 trainees receive starter packs to start fashion designing in Delta
144 trainees receive starter packs to start fashion designing in Delta…
In 2020, the world had to produce, consume and communicate differently
The year 2020 will go down in history – although not necessarily for the best reasons! However, back in January, the pandemic wasn’t yet on everyone’s radar, and Paris Fashion Week went…
Porcelain sneakers could be first to sell for $1 million
Sotheby's New York unveils a pair of sneakers that could be the first to be sold for a million dollars. The creation by Adidas and Meissen includes overlays of porcelain on the…