2016 Fashion Trust singles out hot London designers for grants

May 25, 2016 By creative

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has singled out 12 of the hottest London-based designers on the capital's fashion scene at the moment to receive the 2016 BFC Fashion Trust grants. Korean creative Eudon Choi, sportswear-inspired label Fyodor Golan and conceptualist Gareth Pugh have all qualified for a portion of the £350,000 (equivalent to over US $500,000) grant. The new label from the ex Marc by Marc Jacobs creative duo Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley, 'Hillier Bartley', is also on the list, as is the winner of the 2015 LVMH Young Fashion Designer Prize, Marques'Almeida.

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Fast fashion to ethical couture: Vietnam’s design evolution

April 8, 2016 By publisher

Long a bastion for cheap, fast-fashion manufacturing, a new crop of designers are trying to transform the Made in Vietnam label and save the country's rich ethnic heritage in the process. In the remote hills of Cao Bang, some 300 kilometres north of the capital Hanoi, Vietnamese designer Thao Vu is gleefully dropping swaths of hand-spun cotton into a large bucket of fermented indigo leaves. The 38-year-old designer has been tapping into this growing global trend by working with some of Vietnam's 54 ethnic minority groups, each of which have their own unique textiles and traditional clothing designs.

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Paris Modes TV rounds up Paris Fashion Week: ‘The see now, buy now approach is not very French’

March 10, 2016 By creative

With Fashion Week wrapped up in the French capital, fashion journalists Sophie de Champsavin and Natalia Grgona of Paris Modes TV give us their take on this latest round of catwalk shows, showcasing upcoming trends and new faces to watch out for on the Paris runway. What main trends for autumn/winter 2016 were seen on the Paris catwalk? Paris is definitely the capital of design, with collections that are both creative and pragmatic, original and functional.

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See now, buy when? Catwalk-to-shop retail model divides brands

March 10, 2016 By admin

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Li-mei Hoang MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – With minutes until show time, a group of seamstresses are adding the final touches to designer Ermanno Scervino's latest creations to be unveiled on the catwalk. Embellished coats, mosaic print suits and lace dresses are among the outfits the Italian designer is presenting at Milan Fashion Week.

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Paris vows security will not rain on its fashion parade

January 19, 2016 By creative

Paris dusts itself off to reclaim its place as the capital of fashion Wednesday, with the start of its menswear shows amid tight security after the November terror attacks. With some of the world's richest fashionistas due in the French capital for the haute couture collections which follow the 50 or so menswear shows, the organisers are taking no risks. Reinforced security and identity checks have many in the industry fearing long queues which could play havoc with the tightly scheduled catwalk shows.

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