Burkina Faso bans big buttocks beauty contest

The government of Burkina Faso has banned an annual beauty contest for women with the biggest buttocks, saying such events are sexist. Adverts for this weekend’s third edition of ‘Miss Bim-Bim’, carrying an image of two fully clothed women with exaggeratedly large behinds, provoked an outcry on social media. “Our role is to do everything to avoid damaging the image of women,” said Minister Laure Zongo in a statement, adding that social media criticism had persuaded her to act.

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Google: bomber jackets are in, see-through clothes are out

If you don't already own a bomber jacket then it might be time to invest, since, according to Google, it is emerging as one of the key fashion pieces of the year. The search engine has just released its Fashion Trends 2016 report highlighting the current style fads in the US and the UK, and the bomber has come out on top, with searches surging across cities in both countries since late 2015. Originally part of the wider 'military chic' trend, the bomber is becoming more versatile as a fashion item, thanks in part to celebrities such as Kanye West and Kim Kardashian regularly incorporating them into their streetwear looks.

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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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Rihanna shuns fashion week for second Fenty x Puma instalment

Rihanna's debut Fenty x Puma show was one of the hottest tickets at last season's New York Fashion Week, but the star is shunning the catwalk for the Spring/Summer 2017 season. The singer and designer will instead opt to unveil her new collection via a series of pop-up stores in New York a few days before fashion week hits the city, WWD reports. Upmarket department store Bergdorf Goodman's pop-up will be selling clothes from the new collection, but shoppers looking to get their hands on RiRi's famous shoe designs will have to head to Six:02.

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Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirke chill out for new lingerie campaign

Lena Dunham has teamed up with her “Girls' co-star Jemima Kirke to star in lingerie brand Lonely's new campaign. Photographer Zara Mirkin shot the actresses in Brooklyn, New York, for the candid campaign, with portraits posted on Lonely's Instagram account showing the pair hanging out in ordinary-looking bathroom setting, while modelling some of the label's laciest pieces. Dunham, perched on the bathtub, rocks the olive green Penny Mist and Winona Oxblood combination, while Jemima wears Bonnie Powder Blue and Gigi Underwire.

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UK Vogue documentary to air on September 8

Vogue has announced the dates of its upcoming documentary, “Vogue, Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue,” reports British Vogue. The first of the two-episode series will air on BBC Two on September 8 at 9pm.

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Johanna Ho collaborates on Puma capsule collection

Hong Kong-based designer Johanna Ho is the latest designer to add her personal touch to Puma, reports Women's Wear Daily, as she creates a 26-piece capsule collection for the brand. The designer used a selection of vintage Puma tracksuits to create the collection, which includes t-shirts, tracksuits and footwear. Items will retail for 2,300 Macau Pataca ($282) to 12,000 Macau Pataca ($1,472), and will be available exclusively at T Galleria by DFS's City of Dreams store in Macau.

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French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel dies aged 86

By Astrid Wendlandt PARIS (Reuters) – French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel, known for her brightly colored striped sweater dresses, has died at the age of 86, the owner of the fashion label she founded said on Thursday. “It is a sad day but Sonia Rykiel leaves behind her an extraordinary legacy,” Jean-Marc Loubier, chairman and chief executive of First Heritage Brands, the parent company of the Sonia Rykiel label, told Reuters. “She was a pioneer who helped women and society evolve.” Rykiel founded her fashion house in 1968, when France was rocked by violent student riots, with the aim of creating a counter-culture to stiff, bourgeois dress codes with inside-out stitches and extra-short skirts.

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Sonia Rykiel’s best catwalk moments

Sonia Rykiel, the Parisian fashion designer who shook up the French style scene, has passed away at the age of 86. Rykiel burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, and remained the darling of the Parisian fashion world even after Parkinson's disease forced her to take a backseat in 2007, leading to her daughter Nathalie Rykiel taking over executive functions at the brand.

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‘Queen of Knitwear’ Sonia Rykiel dead at 86: family

French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel, the so-called Queen of Knitwear, died on Thursday at the age of 86 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease, her daughter told AFP. “My mother died at 5:00 this morning at her home in Paris from the effects of Parkinson's,” Nathalie Rykiel said. 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.

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