Bangladeshi slum kids work over 60 hours a week to make clothes: research

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One third of children living in the slums of Bangladesh’s capital spend more than 60 hours a week making clothes for the garment sector, well beyond the legal working limit, a London-based thinktank said on Wednesday. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) said 32 percent of children aged between 10 and 14 living in Dhaka’s slum settlements were out of school and engaged in full-time work in clothing factories – according to a survey of 2,700 children. “Our survey raises serious concerns over the issue of child labor in the supply of garments from factories in Bangladesh to consumers in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere,” ODI said.

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Chanel debuts futuristic helmets in Paris fashion week

Spring 2017 might mark the beginning of some ultra-modern trends.  On Tuesday, Chanel debuted its Spring/Summer 2017 collection, in which the label's classic tweed suits got a robotic update thanks to some truly futuristic accessories. SEE ALSO: Horrifying bejeweled crocs hit the runway at London Fashion Week #cocobot @chanelofficial @pascalbraultt #hairbysammcknight #karllagerfeld #chanel @djcori A photo posted by Sam McKnight© (@sammcknight1) on Oct 4, 2016 at 3:41am PDT For Paris Fashion Week, Karl Lagerfeld transformed Paris' Grand Palais into a futuristic data center, with stacked servers, multicolored wires and ethernet cables. The show opened with two models dressed in black and white suits and topped with futuristic helmets, collars, mittens and shin guards.  Dubbed the Cocobot on Instagram, this robotic look transitioned quickly into throwback trends such as side ponytails, baseball caps and lots of peach blush.  Intimacy & technology, humour & beauty @chanelofficial @karllagerfeld #cocobot @voguegermany #pfw #grandpalais A photo posted by Christiane Arp (@christianearpvogue) on Oct 4, 2016 at 2:59am PDT #DataCenterChanel #SpringSummer2017 #PFW A photo posted by CHANEL (@chanelofficial) on Oct 4, 2016 at 3:32am PDT Karl Lagerfeld more futuristic than ever! @Chanel #SS17 #défilé #pfw #finale # #chaneldatabase #futuristic #digital #robots #cocobots A photo posted by Nadine Dabboussi Kabbara (@daretoweardubai) on Oct 4, 2016 at 8:22am PDT

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French fashion flags its economic importance

By Astrid Wendlandt PARIS (Reuters) – France’s fashion and fashion-related businesses such as jewels, eyewear, watches and high-end cosmetics generate more sales than its aerospace and automobile industries, according to a study commissioned by the French Fashion Institute, IFM. It said annual sales generated by fashion-related businesses based in France totaled 150 billion euros ($170 billion), compared with 102 billion for aerospace and 39 billion euros for cars. The study, by independent economists and statisticians from France’s national statistics institute Insee, also used official customs data.

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Aussie metal guru quits 007 tailor after six months

The Italian fashion house Brioni has parted company with its controversial creative director Justin O'Shea only six months after the Australian was brought in to shake-up “James Bond's tailor”. The tattooed, shaven-headed heavy metal fan, who had never designed clothes, was seen by many as an uneasy fit with a brand famous for its bespoke suits. The Milan-based house had dressed every James Bond from Pierce Brosnan in “Goldeneye” in 1995 to Daniel Craig in “Casino Royale”.

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Chanel brings back the side ponytail at Paris Fashion Week

The theme might have been the digital age, but the beauty look at Chanel's Spring/Summer 2017 ready-to-wear show in Paris Tuesday was a nostalgic throwback. This was mainly achieved thanks to the hair — Karl Lagerfeld's models strutted down the catwalk wearing their hair tied in low-slung side ponytails held in place with colorful hair elastics bearing charm forms of the brand's iconic 'C' logo. As well as calling to mind some of the best TV shows from the 1990s, the style also made space for a crucial accessory — baseball caps worn chirpily sideways.

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Was ‘Iceman Otzi’ a Copper Age fashionista?

The 5,300-year-old Alpine mummy known as the Tyrolean Iceman died wearing leather clothes and accessories harvested from no less than five wild or domesticated species, a DNA analysis published Thursday revealed. Frozen solid after being fatally wounded by an arrow in the back, the brown-eyed, Copper Age nomad, nicknamed “Otzi”, was discovered in 1991 in the Otztal Alps between Italy and Austria. A team led by Niall O'Sullivan, a researcher at the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman in Italy (and University College Dublin), put nine samples from Otzi's leather accoutrements under the microscope to determine their origin.

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