Fashion player Federico Marchetti wins Ernst & Young Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Yoox Net-a-Porter group's CEO Federico Marchetti has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2016 in Italy.

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Fashion player Federico Marchetti wins Ernst & Young Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Karl Lagerfeld turns his critical eye to Vogue Paris

Karl Lagerfeld is branching out into magazines, having guest-edited the December/January issue of Vogue Paris.

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India’s prize-winning designer steadies for world stage

“I never thought of myself as a top designer, more of a glorified tailor,” Dhir told AFP at his small, busy design studio in the backblocks of New Delhi. Dhir is now in a race against time to deliver his award-winning collection to prominent department stores in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney from next month — as well as around $75,000 in prizemoney to build up his business, he also gets to provide a capsule collection for key retailers worldwide.

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From simple to sparkly, frocks vie for style stakes at BAFTAs

This year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards brought out lots of black, white and bold red from top designers. Kate Winslet, who won the supporting actress category for “Steve Jobs” wore a black one-shouldered, asymmetric Antonio Berardi gown while “Fifty Shades of Grey” star Dakota Johnson and “Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke both opted for red. Last year's winner Julianne Moore dressed in a white and black Giorgio Armani gown and “The Great Gatsby” actress Isla Fisher sought simple elegance in a white fitted Stella McCartney frock.

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H&M announces Global Change Award voting results

H&M has announced the prize allocation from its Global Change Award. It is the first year for the awards, which aim to recognize innovative ideas that will improve sustainability in fashion. 

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H&M Global Change Award winners include algae fiber, marketplace for extra textiles

H&M has announced the five winners of its first ever Global Change Award. The ideas include the “polyester digester,” a device that uses microbes to recycle waste polyester textile, “growing textile fiber under water,” which uses algae to make renewable textiles, and “making waste cotton new,” which uses an environmentally friendly solvent to dissolve cotton in textile waste in order to spin new cotton-like textile fibers from it. An online marketplace for textile leftovers and “100 percent citrus,” which creates new fabric out of citrus juice production by-products, complete the list.

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British director Andrew Haigh to produce Alexander McQueen biopic

Production for a picture about legendary fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been scheduled to begin by the end of the yea. Entertainment news site Deadline revealed that the film will depict both the rise and fall of the talented fashion icon, from his beginnings in London's Savile Row to leading his own fashion label and his tragic death by suicide in 2010. Director Andrew Haigh has added some extra anticipation to the film's future release with his most recent film “45 Years” starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Coutenay recieving both Academy Award and BAFTA film nominations, reports Deadline.

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Victoria Beckham takes home top British luxury award

Victoria Beckham has another award to squeeze onto her mantelpiece — having won Luxury Brand of the Year at the annual Walpole British Luxury Awards.

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