Five key trends from Milan Fashion Week

September 27, 2016 By publisher

After New York and London, Milan revealed its trends for the spring/summer 2017 season with a week of shows splashed with color, and where artisanal skills and craftsmanship took center stage. While fashion houses like Giorgio Armani and Francesco Scognamiglio went for light, fluid looks, others chose opulence and exuberance for SS17, including Dolce & Gabbana's vibrant homage to Italian culture. Seen all over the runways in New York and London, frills were also a trend at Milan Fashion Week, bringing a light, buoyant feel to collections and highlighting the sensuality of the female form.

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Tuomas Merikoski for Aalto: ‘Aalto is for strong, sophisticated women’

September 27, 2016 By creative

October 5), we caught up with Tuomas Merikoski, who will reveal the spring-summer 2017 collection of Aalto on Tuesday, September 27 at 2:00 PM local time. What or who inspired this collection? The new “Uusi Fantasia” collection is an expedition to embrace diversity, have a free mind space inspired by grunge.

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Chinese model Liu Wen: ‘The best holiday accessories? A camera and a smile’

July 13, 2016 By creative

As well as starring in ad campaigns for the biggest fashion houses, or showing off their creations at runway shows, the Chinese model has been signed up as the face of the autumn/winter 2016-2017 Giorgio Armani New Normal and La Perla campaigns. Relaxnews caught up with Liu Wen to find out what fashion and beauty essentials will be slipping into her suitcase this summer, and what vacay makeup looks the season has in store. It really depends on where I'm going… a mix of beachwear, casual, and glamorous is probably best — whatever feels most comfortable.

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Chinese model Liu Wen: ‘The best holiday accessories? A camera and a smile’

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French Haute Couture association names Fashion Week’s guest labels

May 18, 2016 By creative

The Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris has named the five fashion houses invited to display their work as guests at the Autumn / Winter fashion week in July 2016.

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Steven Meisel shoots pre-fall 2016 campaign for Coach

May 18, 2016 By creative

The luxury leather goods and accessories brand — which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year — has called on legendary American photographer Steven Meisel to capture its latest collection, Coach 1941, first unveiled in September at New York Fashion Week. Renowned the world over for its leatherwork and traditional expertise, Coach has unveiled its new pre-fall 2016 campaign for Coach 1941, the label's signature ready-to-wear collection. The leather goods brand has marked the occasion by calling in a big-name photographer to shoot the ads.

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Couture jewelry from Chanel, Dior and Balenciaga to go under the hammer in Paris

May 2, 2016 By publisher

As part of its Haute Couture auction, Artcurial's new Hermès Vintage & Fashion Arts department will be selling two private collections in Paris on July 4. The sale will include a collection of haute couture jewelry — pieces created at the request of designers to accessorize their collections — and items from the catwalk collections of Elisabeth de Senneville, an influential fashion designer of the 1980s. The upcoming auction, which will be held in Paris, France, will see collectors and couture fashion fans bid for around a hundred pieces of jewelry from some of the biggest fashion houses, such as Chanel and Dior, as well as 130 items from the professional archives of Elisabeth de Senneville.

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Couture jewelry from Chanel, Dior and Balenciaga to go under the hammer in Paris

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Instagram’s must-follow designers for Paris Fashion Week

February 25, 2016 By publisher

Following ready-to-wear designers and fashion houses on social media is a fabulous way to take in Paris Fashion Week. The creative director of women's collections at Louis Vuitton often post shots of campaigns and catwalk shows (among other things) to his Instagram account. As well as being treated to pictures of Vuitton's new collection, his 325,000 followers could get a look behind the scenes at the upcoming Paris show, and maybe even the after-show party.

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Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren drive Fashion Week social chatter

February 19, 2016 By publisher

By Melissa Fares and Gina Cherelus NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Kors Holdings Ltd and Ralph Lauren Corp were among the top-mentioned brands by social media users during New York Fashion Week, the result of a push by fashion houses to build buzz among fans who otherwise would not be exposed to their shows. Both companies were among the top five brands that received the most mentions on Twitter Inc during the week, which occurs twice a year and is considered one of the industry's highest exposure events, according to marketing technology company Amobee Brand Intelligence. Michael Kors received 70,902 related tweets and Ralph Lauren garnered 46,971 tweets from the start of Fashion Week on Feb 11 through its finish on Thursday.

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The changing pace of fashion: is this the end for the traditional style calendar?

February 15, 2016 By admin

Fashion designer Michael Kors is offering customers a series of fresh-off-the-runway pieces immediately following his Fall 2016 runway show on February 17. The New York brand is the latest in a long list of fashion houses tapping into the allure of instant gratification. This weekend also saw US label Tommy Hilfiger announce a corporate overhaul that will see the group realign its business calendar so that its runway shows and retail cycles match up.

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Lady Gaga Is Wearing Marc Jacobs at the 2016 Grammy Awards

February 15, 2016 By publisher

Slay, Gaga.

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Lady Gaga Is Wearing Marc Jacobs at the 2016 Grammy Awards

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