Australian Fashion Foundation names hot new talent in annual awards ceremony

The Australian Fashion Foundation (AUSFF) has revealed the winners of its 2016/2017 annual internship program. Womenswear designer Deanna Fanning and menswear designer Hannah Tan took home the top prize, receiving a financial grant and internship opportunities worth more than AU$20,000 (approximately US$14,500). The up-and-coming duo will be able to complete their internships in the US or Europe, stopping in Hong Kong on the way to meet with industry experts at textile brand The Woolmark Company's new Wool Resource Centre to learn about the industry and the key manufacturers, spinners and weavers in China.

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Hugo Boss, Vera Wang to skip NY Fashion Week

Hugo Boss and Vera Wang are skipping Fashion Week in New York next February in a sign of the upheaval rippling through the industry. In a presentation to investors, the Hugo Boss group explained it wants to concentrate more on its men's ready-to-wear clothes. The fashion house will take part in late January in the menswear fashion show that precedes Fashion Week for women's wear.

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Pakistani gang rape victim walks the fashion runway

Gang-raped and paraded naked in public 14 years ago, Mukhtar Mai walked the fashion runway during Pakistan's fashion week on Tuesday. A red-carpet reception in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, attended …

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Holidays 2016: three coffee-table books for fashion fans

Archive documents, rare photos, anecdotes, exclusive stories and sketches from some of the industry's icons can be found in a selection of fashion-focused coffee-table books out this holiday season. “Grace: The American Vogue Years,” published by Phaidon, is a coffee-table book that looks back over the work of American Vogue creative director at large Grace Coddington. As well as paying homage to the career of this international fashion icon, the book recaps her most emblematic fashion shoots, as well as exploring her sources of inspiration and artistic collaborations.

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No Surprise? Fashion Industry Mostly Supports Hillary Clinton

Perhaps the industry’s Trump supporters are stuck in the closet?

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London wraps up fashion week amid Brexit uncertainty

London wrapped up its seasonal fashion week on Tuesday after five days of luxury and highstreet labels unveiling colorful and eclectic collections amid Brexit uncertainty. Holding its leg of the spring/summer 2017 shows after New York, London staged its first fashion week since Britain shocked the world by voting in June to leave the European Union. As well as runway trends, the uncertainty of how Britain's exit from the EU (Brexit) will affect the industry was also a hot topic among fashionistas.

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CFDA urges New York Fashion Week to show true colors

With New York Fashion Week just days away, the industry has big issues on the brain. The letter, signed by Diane von Furstenberg and Steven Kolb, went on to make a point of asking agencies to take an active approach to recruiting and including models of color in castings. It was granted an official title during the Spring 2016 season in New York, when artist and designer Ashley B. Chew sparked the 'Black Models Matter' movement by painting the slogan on her handbag.

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Paris Fashion Week: provisional spring/summer 2017 show schedule

After New York, London and Milan, the fashion world will be heading to Paris, September 27 to October 5, to see designers present their spring/summer 2017 collections. This new round of fashion weeks will also bring changes to the industry, with mixed menswear and womenswear collections and certain clothing lines heading straight from shows to stores.

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Sonia Rykiel, queen of post-60s Paris chic, dies at 86

Sonia Rykiel, the influential French designer who helped shape the contemporary woman's wardrobe, died on Thursday at the age of 86 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. The pioneering Rykiel was a fixture in the industry for half a century, launching her own fashion house in 1968 buoyed by the Swinging Sixties craze in London and the emerging feminist movement across the globe. “She invented not just a style but an attitude, a way of living and being, and offered a freedom of movement,” French President Francois Hollande said in a tribute.

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New York Fashion Week: spring/summer 2017 show schedule

After menswear in June and haute couture in July, the fashion world is gearing up for the next round of women's ready-to-wear shows in September. The upcoming Fashion Month kicks off in New York on September 8, previewing spring/summer 2017 collections and showing the first signs of major changes currently shaking up the industry, with mixed collections on the agenda and designs heading straight from the runway to stores.

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