Don-Alvin Adegeest | Friday, May 15 2020
Fashion brands are proving to be agile in times of crisis, transforming studios into facemask production sites, creating new sources of revenue while demand for clothing has plummeted to an all-time low. High street conglomerates and luxury brands like LVMH turned factories and laboratories into PPE […]
Robyn Turk | Thursday, May 14 2020
Zadig & Voltaire is supporting the community and pandemic relief efforts through new artist collaborations. The luxury streetwear brand will launch a series of custom bags, T-shirts, jackets and more with design partnerships from artists including Matthew Tierney, Amanda Wachob, Archie Coates, Jeff […]
Robyn Turk | Thursday, May 14 2020
Luxury resale platform Rebag continues to grow. The company raised 15 million dollars in its latest round of funding, led by private equity firm Novator and including backing from existing investor General Catalyst. Rebag’s total funding raised is 68 million dollars. In a company statement, Rebag noted […]
Anna Zwettler | Thursday, May 14 2020
Ralph Lauren has created its first-ever polo design competition to contribute to Covid-19 relief efforts. The “Polo Project: Design for Good” encourages people to “get inspired by the hope and optimism of the world” and create an original design for a polo shirt. 10 finalists, chosen by the company’s […]
Sharon Camara | Thursday, May 14 2020
REPORT In mid-March 2020, the magnitude of the Covid-19 pandemic became clear to the world. Authorities worldwide called for the closing of schools, restaurants and shops. This has also strongly affected the fashion industry, which has had to cancel fashion events around the world, postpone meetings […]
Danielle Wightman-Stone | Thursday, May 14 2020
Spectacle maker Cubitts has collaborated with G . F Smith, the finest paper company, on a limited sunglasses collection, inspired by ‘The World’s Favourite Colour’ – Marrs Green. The limited run of handmade ‘Eastcastle’ frames, made from bespoke acetate, pays homage to the street, home to G . F Smith’s […]
Huw Hughes | Thursday, May 14 2020
French fashion house Chanel is to increase the price of certain products to help offset rising costs of raw materials during the Covid-19 pandemic. The price increases will range between 5 and 17 percent and will affect Chanel’s iconic handbags, 11.12 and 2.55, as well as Boy, Gabrielle, Chanel 19 bags […]
Sponsor | Wednesday, May 13 2020
It is no secret that fast fashion is incredibly harmful in terms of the extensive CO2 emissions and water usage that goes into the manufacturing processes. Cheaply made pieces that flood the market are essentially meant to be thrown away. This results in bleak statistics such as 12.8 million tons of […]
Danielle Wightman-Stone | Wednesday, May 13 2020
Sunspel is celebrating its 160th anniversary with a collaboration with London-based artist John Booth, who has reimagined the brand’s archives for a spring/summer 2020 collection. Booth, known for his bold, vivid, multi-layered collages of colour and textile, has created a vibrant seasonal colour palette […]
Danielle Wightman-Stone | Wednesday, May 13 2020
The British Fashion Council has confirmed the first round of recipients of the BFC Foundation Fashion Fund, created to support creative fashion businesses and individuals to survive the Covid-19 crisis. Financial grants will be given to 37 British designer businesses from the 1,000,000 pound emergency […]
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