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SS27 womenswear trends: the key looks from New York, London, Milan and Paris fashion weeks
Paris - The new season's fashion whirlwind, which passed through New York, Milan, Paris and, to a lesser extent, London, has concluded. It established several distinct trends in womenswear for the upcoming warmer seasons. Modular fashion Instead of complete, and inherently more expensive, 'total looks', designers this season have overwhelmingly...
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Louis Vuitton SS27: Nicolas Ghesquière closes Paris Fashion Week with futuristic lightness
Paris - Louis Vuitton closed the women's ready-to-wear spring/summer 2027 show season in Paris on Tuesday. The collection featured a note of lightness in its fabrics and a resolutely futuristic outlook. This marked the end of a month-long marathon that began in New York and passed through London and Milan. Weaving between a row of...
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Gabriela Hearst draws inspiration from Afghan women for Paris show
Paris - Uruguayan designer Gabriela Hearst celebrated the art of Afghan women in her spring/summer 2027 collection, presented this Monday in Paris. The collection featured traditional prints and embedded craftsmanship. The Afghan inspiration was evident throughout the collection, appearing in white ensembles with small incorporated mirrors;...
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Chanel: Unpicking one year of 'Blazymania'
Paris - Exactly a year since he unveiled his first collection at Chanel, Franco-Belgian designer Matthieu Blazy has proved himself to be a shrewd and hugely profitable recruit by the family-owned French fashion label. Some of Blazy's designs have proved so popular they have sparked a neologism -- "Blazymania" -- which has come to mean the...
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Boisterous fashion week barnstorms 'sleepy' Nigerian capital
Abuja - Nigerian models donned outfits of seemingly impossible amounts of fabric folded and moulded into massive silhouettes, or overlapping in shingled, feather-like patterns. The colourful, detailed textiles evoked Carnival — both Nigeria's own, in the southeastern city of Calabar, or that of Rio de Janeiro fame — but were in fact splashing...
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Fashion industry in 'precarious moment', says Vivienne Westwood supremo
Paris - Vivienne Westwood creative director Andreas Kronthaler said the fashion industry was in a "precarious moment" as he unveiled his latest Spring-Summer collection for the British house at Paris Fashion Week. Kronthaler, the Austrian widower of Vivienne Westwood who took over after her death, found inspiration from African fabrics and his...
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Swan songs at Balenciaga and Chloé, Schiaparelli ready-to-wear
Paris - On the fourth day of Paris Fashion Week, Chloé and Balenciaga gave no indication of the departure rumours surrounding their creative directors. Schiaparelli dazzled in the Cour Carrée du Louvre, while Rick Owens traded black for stone. Chloé in archetypes Featuring embroidery and shiny vinyl, ethereal dresses and vibrant waxed jackets,...
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Naomi Campbell overturns charity trustee ban after deception found
London - Former supermodel Naomi Campbell won a legal challenge on Thursday to overturn a five-year ban on being a charity trustee after a panel accepted she had been the victim of deception. A UK tribunal ruling said there had been mismanagement at her Fashion for Relief organisation but she "was not involved" and "did not know" about it. The...
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Paris Fashion Week: Rihanna, A$AP Rocky and J-Lo, divas overshadow the catwalks
Paris - The third day of Paris Fashion Week saw a line-up of internationally renowned stars on Wednesday. Rihanna attended her partner's show in Bercy, and J-Lo was at Stella McCartney. The designer took a swipe at competing brands who are known for paying celebrities to attend their shows. Stella, the activist "She was really lovely. She's not...
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Adidas and the FFR extend their contract until 2036
Paris - The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has extended its contract with sportswear supplier Adidas until 2036, the two organisations announced to the newspaper L'Équipe on Wednesday. The current contract linked the two entities until 2028 and will therefore be extended, and upgraded, for an additional eight years. The FFR has been partnered...
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