A Look Into Prada Caffè at Harrods
The Caffe serves a modern take of classic Italian cuisine, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, small bites, and signature cocktails.
Anne Hathaway and Singer Chris Lee are the Stars of the New Versace Icons Collection
Versace just launched their new Versace Icons collection on April 3 in stores and on the Versace website. This new line is all about empowering women and embracing feminine energy. Versace Icons features actress Anne Hathaway and Chinese singer Chris Lee to bring this idea to life.
The Art of Indian Embroidery and Textiles
The Dior Show in Mumbai put India and its textile industry on the map. However, many people do not know that India’s textile industry has been around for centuries and has been the backbone of the global fashion industry.
Aidesign.png: AI, Fashion Design, and… Biomorphism?
We all remember the weird AI generated images that people made on Dall-E Mini, but Elmo Mistiaen is taking it to the next level with his otherworldly fashion design. Mistiaen is the founder of his Brussels based brand, aidesign.png.
How Fashion Retailers are getting Consumers in their Physical Stores
Brands have been re-evaluating their physical shopping experiences and trying to make shopping easier with the digital landscape. This is the new technology brands are using to bring customers into physical stores.
What is Seasonless fashion and how does it affect the industry?
Traditionally, the fashion industry has always released their clothing within seasons but seasonless fashion does things differently.
Beyoncè and Balmain Launch Renaissance Couture
Renaissance Couture, originally ideated by Olivier Rousteing and created in close collaboration with Beyonce, debuted in French Vogue’s April issue. The capsule collection consists of sixteen pieces to match the sixteen songs on Renaissance.
Fashion’s Love of Witches
Witches are not what they used to be. Evolved from the trope of the evil, ugly hag, witches are now something cool, chic, even cute.
An Ode to Women and the Pain They Endure
Since the dawn of time, or should I say since the dawn of fashion, women have undergone painful procedures to alter their appearance to fit with the latest trends. Though the methods of torture have changed over time and permanent harm has most definitely been reduced, the pain that women are willing to endure persists.
What is DHGate, & Should You Trust It?
Founded in 2004 by Diane Wang, DHGate has become the leading B2B and business to consumer e-commerce platform in China.
Why Do Women’s Clothes Cost So Much? The Pink Tax and the Fashion Industry
Products ranging in use from personal hygiene, beauty, clothing, and even children’s toys cost more for women than they do for men. These products, which are often virtually identical in use and sometimes lower in quality are marked up for women for no reason other than marketing. Because these products are often pink when marketed to women, this difference has been dubbed the ‘pink tax’.
The Authority Gap & Clothing: Expressions of Femininity and Personal Style in the Workplace
The authority gap is the term coined for how men are taken more seriously in the workplace than women. First coined by Mary Ann Sieghart in her 2021 book The Authority Gap, this phrase can be applied to a variety of ways in which women have to work much harder to be respected.
Rihanna’s Groundbreaking Maternity Style
Recently, Rihanna has sparked widespread controversy and admiration for her shameless embrace of her own pregnant body, shifting the perception of what it should mean to be pregnant.
Is the Quality of Clothing Getting Worse?
Recently, it seems as if the overall quality of our clothing has gone down. This is not just a fast fashion problem, this seems to be a problem with the industry as a whole. So what is happening to our clothing?
Rebellion, “Ugly” Fashion, and the Fashion Machine
“ugly” clothing seems to be the trend for all clothing right now. The focus has shifted away from the male gaze, and more to a celebration of womanhood.
Carhartt, Streetwear, and the Never Ending Search for Authenticity
Workwear as streetwear is back in a big way, and has been for a few years. Carhartt went from a brand supplying uniforms to railway workers to a streetwear staple with designer collaborations. To what extent is this trend appropriative, and to what extent is it a symbol of the ubiquitous nature of durable, affordable clothing?
“Conversations With Angels”
Salehe Bembury for Canada Goose & NBA; An Exploration of Play, Nostalgia, and Magic
Canada Goose has brought in Salehe Bembury to collaborate on their multi-year partnership with the NBA. This capsule collection, made up of only a few pieces, intends to explore style without rules. It is inspired by the style of the NBA in the 90s, and is brought to life in a playful way that only Bembury could deliver.
Adidas Announces Collaboration with Moncler Genius
Adidas announced that they will be collaborating with the luxury label Moncler in a new collection to be unveiled at London Fashion week on February 20th. The collection comes from Moncler Genius, a boundary pushing branch of the brand focused on collaboration.
The Inflation of Fashion (Literally!)
Padded, puffed up items are cropping up everywhere, in the form of inflated shoes, coats, handbags, even sunglasses. So, how did this trend come to be, and why ‘puffification’?