Fashion & Trends

Paris couture returns after COVID-19-imposed hiatus with Belgian designer Pieter Mulier taking on Alaïa's legacy

Mulier subsumed his own ego to the history of the house. He literally held the show outside the front door, as if to acknowledge he was just entering.

French order probe on allegations against Uniqlo, Zara over forced labour of China's minority community

Inditex, the Spanish owner of Zara and other top brands, Uniqlo, the French fashion group SMCP, and the footwear manufacturer Skechers are accused of using cotton produced in the Xinjiang region.

American apparel giant Gap to close all UK, Ireland stores and shift business online

American clothing retailer Gap announced that it will close all of its 81 stores in the U.K. and Ireland by the end of 2021. It will shift its business to exclusively online.

Burberry's Marco Gobbetti resigns as CEO to move on to Italian luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo

Following the news, Burberry's share price slumped 9.0 percent in early deals on London's benchmark FTSE 100 index.

On Marc Jacobs’ post-pandemic runway, parading puffer jackets and coats in undulating patterns

On Monday, the fashion world gathered to join another New York fixture, designer Marc Jacobs, and celebrate a return to live runway shows.

Made by 100 Hands: How an Amritsar-Amsterdam-based shirt label is the world’s most expensive

100 Hands, a boutique shirt company run by husband-wife duo Akshat Jain and Varvara Maslova, made Robb Report’s Best of the Best list, considered the ultimate accolade in luxury.

The rise of fashion journalism: A discursive industry shift has ushered in a new wave of fashion writing

The last few years in India have shown a welcome boom in good fashion journalism, even as fashion magazines have closed down. What has brought about this shift?

The appeal of Angels: Understanding why Victoria's Secret's fashion show worked, the cultural moment it arrived at

The success of Victoria's Secret was also the product of a host of cultural phenomena, as fashion, entertainment, branding, sex and kitsch all began to merge at the turn of the millennium.

'Preparing my future with people around me': Armani talks succession at first live show since pandemic

This was Armani’s first live show since Italy became the first country in the West to detect local transmission of the virus in February 2020.

Dolce & Gabbana hold first live show since pandemic, inspired by southern Italy's lighting installations

Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana called their collection 'light therapy' for a world that has been mostly denied large gatherings for the last 15 months.

Victoria's Secret attempts brand turnaround by swapping angels for achievers like Megan Rapinoe, Priyanka Chopra

For decades, Victoria’s Secret’s scantily clad supermodels with Jessica Rabbit curves epitomised a certain widely accepted stereotype of femininity. Now, with that kind of imagery out of step with the broader culture and Victoria’s Secret facing increased competition and internal turmoil, the company wants to become a leading global “advocate” for female empowerment.

Jyotika Jhalani’s label is a testament to women entrepreneurs finding success by marrying the personal and professional

Jhalani’s luxury cashmere label, Janavi, retails out of 100 department stores worldwide, like Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nieman Marcus in the US, Harvey Nichols and Liberty in London, and Lane Crawford in Hong Kong and China.

British designer Matty Bovan on winning International Woolmark Prize 2021: Want to bring local materials, practices to new audiences

Bovan won the 2021 International Woolmark Prize and the Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation, becoming only the second designer to win both awards in the same year.

Ferrari launches itself as a lifestyle brand with new luxury fashion line, targeting youth unaware of its automobile legacy

Models walked along the halted production line in a symbolic gesture that underlined the creative interplay between Ferrari’s long lineage of sleek, curved automotive bodies and the fashion line by creative director Rocco Iannone, strong on structured outwear contrasting with fluid, bright printed silks in Ferrari red, Scuderia yellow and electric blue.