Twenty-seven years ago, a woman named Fern Mallis was the director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She realized that the industry needed a unified way for fashion buyers to get an understanding of where fashion was going next and a way to
Congolese fashion designer Anifa Mvuemba held a virtual show for her latest collection, inspired by the clothes that women wore in her native country The 3D-animated event was watched by tens of thousands of people, and Mvuemba says she ‘didn’t know that it was going
Another day, another designer announcing an official departure from the fashion calendar. This time, it’s Michael Kors, a longtime pillar and an influential player in the New York fashion industry. On Monday, the designer revealed he won’t be presenting a Spring 2021 collection as part of New
London has become the first of the four fashion capitals to take its runway shows online due to Covid-19 physical distancing. For the first time, womenswear and menswear shows were merged as the industry moves to reset its values to speed up economic recovery. Instead of
By Amber Milne LONDON, June 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Black models, stylists and fashion photographers have taken to social media to post their own versions of Vogue covers, demanding change in the industry to ensure greater diversity and opportunities. The “Vogue Challenge,” which went
On June 10, Jing Daily’s editor-in-chief Enrique Menendez and former dean of the School of Fashion at Parsons School of Design, Burak Cakmak, hosted a webinar on how the implementation of technology has disrupted the fashion industry since the COVID-19 outbreak. Featuring speakers including MeiMei
With the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, many Indian businesses were forced to sink or swim. But the virus that created the problem also unwittingly offered a lifevest to some business owners. Cotton masks and face covers have become a necessary tool for surviving this pandemic,
Within the same 24 hours that Debenhams announces a further three U.K. stores currently closed due to the pandemic will not reopen, Zara owner Inditex announces results that whilst subdued, show resilience. Their interim results (February 1st 2020 – April 30 2020) highlight: Net sales reached
Fashion people love to exaggerate, but I have been to a lot of fashion shows – about 3,000, by according to my back-of-envelope maths. Mostly in London, Paris, Milan and New York, but also Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro, Berlin and Edinburgh, Marrakech and Reykjavik.
Victoria Beckham is promising to make her fashion line more inclusive after taking time to reflect on her brand. On Friday, the designer, 46, shared a lengthy post on Instagram about her eponymous fashion line, explaining that she has “taken a step back this week”
