As economic deflation, sluggish demand, aging populations and declining birth rates impact China’s luxury and fashion market, domestic companies are stepping up their efforts to go global. The strategy represents a transformation from solely relying on foreign trade for growth to strengthening brand building and leveraging technology and services exports to capture larger markets. In … Read more
It was Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth US President James Madison, who first became aware of public interest in what a First Lady wears. She showed an intuitive ability to elevate (or lower) her appearance depending on the occasion and the mood of the country in the 1810s. Fast forward about two hundred years, … Read more
There are only a handful of shows each season, if many, that create the kind of seismic shifts in fashion that last for months or even years. Matthieu Blazy does this consistently, but most notably with his spring/summer 2025 collection, at Bottega Veneta. Photo credit: LAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT Photo credit: LAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT Photo credit: LAUNCHMETRICS SPOTLIGHT … Read more
The question at London Fashion Week is: do you want the good news or the bad news first? The outlook for British fashion depends on where you look. At SS Daley’s show in a light-flooded Royal Academy gallery, the picture was rosy. Harry Styles, who became Steven Stokey-Daley’s financial backer when he took a minority … Read more
It was, as male model Tyson Beckford says in the opening episode of In Vogue: The 90s, “a great time to be alive.” Especially if you happened to be young, famous, and beautiful. Beckford spent that decade glaring down on mere mortals from the giant Ralph Lauren billboards on which he starred in glossy ad … Read more
This September, the British Fashion Council celebrates its 40th anniversary, so we took the opportunity to revisit the past four decades of London Fashion Week through the lens of original catwalk photographer, Chris Moore. As Fashion Week begins, Mr Moore, who turns 90 this year, won’t be crammed into the photographer’s cage at the end … Read more
First Lady Jill Biden was the surprise keynote speaker Friday morning at the “Fashion for Our Future” march encouraging voter registration this election year. According to organizers, more than 1,000 industry professionals showed up for the 9 a.m. march, including Prabal Gurung, Michael Kors, Cynthia Rowley, Rebecca Moses, Thom Browne, Zac Posen, Tory Burch, Wes … Read more
SANTA FE, New Mexico — “I want to be the creative director of Alexander McQueen,” rising Plains Cree designer Jontay Kahm said backstage after showing his collection Sunday night at the Southwestern Association for American Indian Arts Fashion Show here, which featured an abundance of antique, avant-garde rooster feathers, trippy pens and pony beads on … Read more
American model Peggy Moffitt, who has died aged 84, teamed up with designer Rudi Gernreich to shock the 1960s fashion world with baby doll dresses, adult school uniforms and – most infamously – a topless swimsuit for women that was frowned upon by police in beach areas from Santa Monica to St Tropez. The image … Read more
The day after winning the gold medal in the men’s 100 meters at the Paris Games, Noah Lyles set his sights not on more titles and records but on a more fashion-oriented goal: a pair of sneakers named after him. “I want my own shoe. I want my own trainer. Dead serious,” he told reporters. … Read more