Category Archives: Fashion

21Apr/23

Introducing Coachtopia: A new world of circular craft from Coach. Powered by community, building towards a better future for our planet.

April 21, 2023FashionCircularity, Product lifecycleadmin

With a mission to help advance a circular fashion system, Coachtopia is built from the outset for circularity, grounded in its Made Circular™ design philosophy—a set of three principles that inform how the sub-brand designs, crafts, and reuses products. Harnessing more than 80 years of Coach leather expertise, Coachtopia reimagines the product lifecycle from end to beginning— reducing the creation of new materials by crafting with waste and designing products that can be reimagined, remade and recycled to live multiple lives. In so doing, it is working to create beautiful things that have a significantly reduced impact on the planet compared to conventional luxury products. Continue reading

14Apr/23

CANTU BEAUTY CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, ANNOUNCING FOURTH YEAR OF PARTNERSHIP WITH WOMEN EMPOWERING NATIONS TO CULTIVATE FEMALE LEADERSHIP

April 14, 2023FashionCantu, France, Germany, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

Cantu Beauty, an award-winning textured hair care brand, once again joins Women Empowering Nations (WEN) to host the 2023 Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Global Cohort: an immersive, high impact leadership coaching experience beginning this month through July 2023 for women of color across the globe. This year’s cohort builds on the 2022 program and received applications from more than 2,500 young women from seven countries — the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, France, Germany, Ghana and Nigeria. This year’s investment will eclipse $1 million in total by Cantu toward community efforts across programs and partners including Women Empowering Nations. Continue reading

04Apr/23

The Pope Francis puffer coat was fake – here’s a history of real papal fashion

April 4, 2023FashionBenedict, Blue, Camauro, Cardinal, Carlo Saraceni, Carol Richardson, Cassock, Catholic Church, Ceremonial of Benedict XVI, Christian clothing, Clothing, Creative Commons, Guido Greganti, John Paul, John Paul II, Papal regalia and insignia, Papal shoes, Papal vestments, Pope, Pope Francis, Pope Gregory, Pope Nicholas, Renata, Rome, SHUTTERSTOCKadmin

Carol Richardson, The University of Edinburgh

Before news of his hospitalisation for a respiratory infection this week, a fake image of Pope Francis wearing a Balenciaga-style white puffer jacket was posted to Reddit and Twitter. The image – created through AI programme Midjourney – had many viewers fooled into believing that the head of the Catholic church had dramatically updated his style.

As an art historian and an ecclesiastical historian, the image has fascinated me, not least in thinking about the rich history of papal fashion.

First of all, it caught my eye because it looks like shot silk (fabric made of silk woven from two or more colours producing an iridescent appearance). Intentionally or not, it’s a nice nod to the fascia, a sash worn by clerics over their cassocks.

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18Feb/23

New Neiman Marcus Awards for Creative Impact and Innovation Celebrate the Industry’s Future

February 18, 2023FashionBhutan Centre for Media and Democracy, Manitoba Provincial Road 272, Neiman, Neiman Marcus, Neiman Marcus Group, Retailers, Retailing, Trade, Video Neiman Marcus Groupadmin

Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) announces an extension of its newly launched Neiman Marcus Awards platform that exemplifies the power visionary leaders have on the fashion industry. The addition of these two accolades signify the program’s intent to look to the future of the industry while nodding to the luxury retailer’s 85-year legacy of celebrating global fashion luminaries. Continue reading

09Feb/23

London Fashion Week – Digital Fashion Innovation

February 9, 2023FashionArticles, Augmented reality, Culture, Digital fashion, Digital media, Fashion, Fashion show, Marketing, New media, Reality, User interface techniques, Virtual realityadmin

By EFFEKT x FASHHACK

Digital fashion is having a significant impact on the traditional fashion industry. By creating clothing and accessories using pixels instead of fabric, digital fashion is blurring the lines between the physical and virtual worlds. Continue reading →

07Feb/23

RAKUTEN DEBUTS BIG GAME CAMPAIGN “NOT SO CLUELESS” STARRING ALICIA SILVERSTONE AS SHOPPING ICON CHER HOROWITZ

February 7, 2023FashionAlicia Silverstone, Cher Horowitz, Manitoba Provincial Road 272, Meir Joe, Rakuten, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railwayadmin

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Rakuten, the leading shopping platform that offers Cash Back and rewards, unveiled its 2023 Big Game campaign, “Not So Clueless,” featuring actress Alicia Silverstone reprising the iconic Cher Horowitz role. Bringing one of the most beloved ’90s characters back to life, the 30-second spot from Rakuten’s campaign will air during the first quarter of the Big Game on Sunday, February 12. Continue reading

30Jan/23

“DAYS OF PUNK,” Photographer MICHAEL GRECCO’s Exhibition chronicling Punk Music & Culture opens Feb. 4 at MOAH:CEDAR

January 30, 2023FashionCulture, Decades, Fads, Michael Grecco, Michael Greco, MPEG-4 Part 14, Punk, Punk rock, Punk subculture, United States, Vimeoadmin

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Michael Grecco’s touring multimedia exhibition “DAYS OF PUNK” makes its west coast debut on February 4, presenting photographs from the late 1970s through the early 1990s when he was covering the explosive punk music scene in the U.S., as well as related videos, soundscapes and vintage ephemera. An Associated Press photographer during that time, Grecco was also a self-described “club kid” who embedded himself into this revolutionary scene as both a chronicler and participant, capturing for posterity a riotously outspoken time in pop culture history. Continue reading

30Jan/23

Epson and Designer Yuima Nakazato Show a Glimpse of a More Sustainable Future for Fashion

January 30, 2023FashionCulture, Fashion, Humans, Nakazato, Seiko Epson, Yuima Nakazatoadmin

Epson has partnered with renowned Japanese fashion designer Yuima Nakazato and his eponymous YUIMA NAKAZATO brand at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Spring – Summer 2023 to unveil creations that are both stunning and sustainable. In addition to utilising Epson’s digital textile printing to reproduce his unique and creative worldview, YUIMA NAKAZATO realised some of its creations with the help of a new, more sustainable and potentially industry-transforming textile production process. Continue reading

16Dec/22

HIGH FASHION MEETS VIRTUAL FANTASY IN H&M’S LATEST INNOVATION STORY

December 16, 2022FashionCulture, Economy of Sweden, H&M, Metaverse, New York City, Virtual reality in fiction, Williamsburg, Brooklynadmin

H&M is proud to present the latest drop in its Innovation Stories initiative, an eye-catching collection that explores the craftsmanship of high fashion and the fantasy of virtual wardrobes. The H&M Innovation Metaverse Design Story collection will be available in H&M Williamsburg on December 16th and H&M Times Square and HM.com beginning December 22nd. Continue reading

14Dec/22

QATAR FASHION UNITED BY CR RUNWAY PRESENTS POST MALONE IN CONCERT ON 16 DECEMBER

December 14, 2022FashionAbboud, Countries, Doha, FIFA World Cup, Geography of Asia, Qatar, Ras Abu Aboud, Runway, Western Asiaadmin

Qatar Creates and CR Runway announce further details surrounding the world’s biggest fashion show, Qatar Fashion United by CR Runway, including Post Malone as the highly anticipated headline performer. The global superstar, singer, songwriter, and record producer’s first-ever Qatar concert will take centerstage as the final act of the ground-breaking fashion show taking place on December 16, between the semifinal and final matches at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The historic event will showcase more than 150 designers from 6 continents and 50 countries presented in front of 25,000 spectators at the center of the Ras Abu Aboud 974 Stadium – the first football stadium in the world to be constructed with shipping containers that can be disassembled and reused following the tournament. Continue reading

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