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.…
This season’s hottest statement sunglasses
Chic shades from Chanel, Miu Miu, and other designer labels are among this season's must-have accessories. Street style stars and fashion influencers model the latest shapes, from sleek cat-eyes to mod geometric…
LVMH abandons $16.2bn Tiffany takeover
LVMH - the parent company of luxury brands including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Moët & Chandon - has walked away from a deal to buy storied New York jeweller Tiffany &…
Dior becomes first fashion house to hold runway show after lockdown
models strutDior showcases its cruise collection on a catwalk at the Piazza del duomo in Lecce, southern Italy, in the first runway show by a major fashion house since coronavirus lockdowns began…
Paris Fashion Week: Pandemic forces haute couture to go digital
In an online message to mark the start of Paris Fashion Week, British supermodel Naomi Campbell ushered in a new age of digital fashion, while also embracing the goals of the Black…
Dior showcases ‘miniature’ couture collection in a short film as Paris Fashion Week goes online
The first-ever online Paris fashion week clicks off with the world of runway shows thrown into an existential crisis by the coronavirus. Dior has replaced its usual runway show with a short…
Deadly initiation rituals South Africa
Across Africa, initiation rituals are meant to mark the important transition from boyhood to manhood. In South Africa, the initiation season results in the death of dozens of boys every year, and…
Pragmatism and resilience: Fashion amid Covid-19
Pragmatism and resilience aren't usually words associated with high-end fashion, but that was before the Covid-19 pandemic. FRANCE 24 takes you around the world to see how designers are innovating. In Beirut,…
The role of artists in the race and white privilege conversation
Amid a global protest movement following the killing of George Floyd, the poet, slam artist and organizer Aja Monet, author and journalist Dimitry Elias Léger and filmmaker Damian Kudelka join Eve Jackson…
Berlin Fashion Week poised for a move to Frankfurt
Germany's major biannual fashion event is leaving the capital and moving to Frankfurt. Officials hope the move will transform Germany's financial hub into a new "international fashion metropolis."…
Qatar boycott three years on: ‘Everyone loses’
When Qatar's neighbors suddenly cut ties and closed borders with the Gulf state, Doha was caught out. Opportunities to cooperate since have been lost when sorely needed. But a window to mend…