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With slow and 'seasonless' clothing in focus, how some pandemic-born labels are changing the face of Indian fashion

Certain pandemic-born brands display a nuanced knowledge of the shift in market demands during the pandemic and an irreverence towards seasonal fashion and conventional modes of production and marketing.

More than ornate baubles, brooches make a comeback with statement pieces, men's red carpet fashion

A number of brooches today are marketed specifically to men, and they’re different from the dainty, ladylike pins of the past.

Prabal Gurung on anti-Asian violence in the US, discrimination, and the duties of success

In the wake of the Atlanta shootings and an upswing in anti-Asian violence, Prabal Gurung talked to The New York Times about his experiences and what his work has to do with it.

Remembering Carla Zampatti: How the Australian designer pioneered wearable yet cosmopolitan clothes for women

Carla Zampatti was primarily a proud, feminist fashion designer, promoting economic independence and agency for women. What she had achieved from the 1960s was remarkable. Australia is poorer without her and her pioneering fashion ethos.

H&M says it is 'dedicated to regaining trust' in China after boycott over controversial decision on cotton sourcing

China had become H&M's third biggest market before the boycott.

Fast fashion's mental health impact: How sustainability, upcycling can help reduce environmental, psychological stress

While the fashion industry aims to target and exploit one end of society by encouraging high-spending behaviour, it demands the exploitation of another end of society with inhumane labour practices.

How the cold-shoulder top became the on point coronavirus vaccine fashion trend

The emerging vaccine-ready top seems to be the cold-shoulder top, thanks to Dolly Parton.

Fashion brands under attack in China after distancing themselves over alleged forced labour in Xinjiang region

Celebrities have cut their ties with H&M and Nike, and state media has called for a boycott of the Swedish clothing chain.

'Our individual traumas are our collective traumas as well': Supermodel Nidhi Sunil on her activism and journey

Nidhi Sunil slipped from the cracks of a social structure that would have stifled her to become a global beauty ambassador and a voice against femicide.

Model, actress Leyna Bloom on being first trans woman of colour to appear in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

For Bloom, featuring in the SI Swimsuit issue is a platform for activism and, with it, representation for her less visible, often embattled trans sisterhood.

India gets a joint fashion week after 15 years, as FDCI and LFW team up to meet challenges of COVID-19 era

When the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) — the organisers of past fashion weeks in Delhi and Mumbai respectively — announced on 1 March that they would be coming together for a joint fashion week in 2021, the collective reaction was “high time!”

As the wedding industry recovers, designers reimagine Indian bridal wear as sustainable with online-offline presence

The tidal wave of Zoom weddings has abated, and some predict that the Indian wedding industry, estimated to be worth $50 billion by a KPMG report in 2017, will reach 35 percent of pre-COVID 19 levels in 2021.

Work is Home: How Anita Lal's soft-skills-as-top-skills approach shaped leading homegrown luxury label Good Earth

In its 25th year now, Good Earth has achieved cult status. It’s one of the country’s finest examples in homegrown luxury, making décor, dining and fashion products, soaked in India’s endless historical heritage and bountiful handmade styles.

Haruki Murakami collaborates with clothing brand Uniqlo to design t-shirts inspired by his life, work

In a comprehensive interview with Uniqlo, Murakami opened up about style, fashion, and why he always wore a tie while in Italy.

Indian artists design comic strips to raise awareness about water consumption in the fashion industry

With their works, these seven artists have tried to showcase the absurdity of the fast fashion industry, with the hope that viewers will take note, lend a thought to the cause and thus make responsible decisions.

Dolce&Gabbana files $600 million defamation suit against Diet Prada founders over racism accusations

Dolce&Gabbana is seeking damages from Diet Prada founders who reposted anti-Asian comments attributed to one of the designers that led to a boycott by Asian consumers.

Gigi Hadid returns to the runway with Versace's Milan Fashion Week autumn/winter 2021

Gigi wore a sheer chiffon dress with a floor-length skirt. This black number had a thigh-high slit and long train that she flipped like a queen during her walk.

In an era of little sensory contact, Italian designers at Milan Fashion Week double down on tactile pleasure

Can fashion be a form of self-care?

With COVID-19 transforming fashion, Milan designers swap extravagance for slow, sustainable clothing

While the bustle of live shows with the parade of itinerant fashionistas decamping from New York to London, Milan and finally Paris was missed, designers also were stimulated by the slower pace of the pandemic-era fashion cycle.

For Tamara Ralph and Michael Russo, the show must go on: Amid redesigned relationship, the brand stays strong

While Ralph, 39, and Russo, 40, may have broken up personally, in a joint interview last month they were fully coordinated on a commitment to staying together professionally.

Milan Fashion Week: Borsalino presents collection inspired from the British Arts and Crafts movement

The company, which relaunched three years ago, was in the process of scaling up production from 150,000 hats a year to a goal of half a million when the pandemic hit.

How Moschino's movie Jungle Red redefines the imagining of runway shows that are not limited by location

No longer limited by location or the narrowness of a catwalk, the fashion season has become all digital, which has been both frustrating and, for some, liberating.

Milan Fashion Week: Five designers of African origin open event with their runway debuts

The designers, dubbed “the Fab Five", are the first crop of creators nurtured through a collaboration between the National Chamber of Italian Fashion and the Black Lives Matter in Italian Fashion movement.

Tom Ford on live Instagram shows, playing god as a filmmaker, and creating a racially inclusive industry

'I like to think of myself as colourblind, but I recognise, of course, that I’m not. I live in this world. I know I will never understand what it feels like to be a Black man or woman in our culture today, but we have to keep having the conversation,' Tom Ford says on nurturing a racially diverse fashion industry.

London Fashion Week goes online owing to COVID-19 lockdown; Burberry, Molly Goddard to broadcast collections

On Monday, the British brand Burberry — known for its tailored trenchcoats — will present its menswear Autumn/Winter collection for 2021, designed by Italian creative director Riccardo Tisci.

As Rihanna's Savage x Fenty line reaches $1 billion milestone, a look at how it made inclusivity more than a buzzword

Rihanna's stated philosophy when launching the Fenty Beauty line was seemingly simple, and yet groundbreaking. She wanted all women to be able to walk up to a makeup counter and find the products they needed.

How fashion 'inaccuracies' in Netflix's Bridgerton are in keeping with artistic liberties of 19th century novels

The anachronistic costuming of such productions has historical precedent. Some 19th-century writers adapted fictional fashions to suit their own and their readers’ tastes.

Online thrift stores proliferated in 2020, but questions remain about how such businesses can be sustained

From sourcing stock to emphasising sustainability, online businesses dealing in secondhand clothes — or thrifting — have many wrinkles to iron out, moving forward.

Satya Paul passes away: A fashion pioneer and visionary who was 'influenced by all the elements of life'

By recasting the sari — which, since the days of the Indian freedom struggle, had come to become a symbol of Indian nationalism — through his itinerant imaginations, Satya Paul imbued the national garment with a transnational spirit, capturing the mood of that period.

Pierre Cardin, fashion designer and pioneer of licensing, passes away at 98

Pierre Cardin set up his own fashion label in 1950. He quickly established a name as an innovator, creating the now legendary bubble dress in 1954.