Category: Fashion
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By Jason Kwame If Bianca Saunders’ Paris Fashion Week debut was anything to go by, there’s no doubt that she’s here to leave a lasting impression. Fresh from an ANDAM prize win and LVMH prize nomination – amongst many other fashion wins – the British menswear designer’s AW22 show titled “A Stretch” wastes no time…
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Former creative director of US Vogue, André Leon Talley, died earlier today aged 73 due to a heart attack, according to BOF. In his 73 years, Talley became a forceful and influential figure in the fashion industry and paved the way for people like Edward Enninful. He was born in Washington DC but grew up…
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Congratulations, you made it to 2022! How many of the clothes you purchased in 2021 made it into the new year with you? We all want our clothes to last forever but, undoubtedly, after a couple washes your favourite piece loses its super soft texture, or the colour begins to fade, or a thread is…
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4 Black designers at the beginning of their careers speak on the reasons they started their brand and how they go about saying something with their clothing. The designers include SHASHAMANI – 3rd year student on the BA Fashion Knit course at CSM, Takudzwa Chigaduro – LCF Bespoke Tailoring Graduate, Someoneson – LCF Womenswear Graduate,…
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Starting the new year with a bang, Italian luxury house Bottega Veneta takes over the Great Wall of China. Kering-owned Bottega Veneta has devised a genius marketing campaign to target its consumers in the east, who make up about a third of consumers in the luxury goods market. In celebration of the Chinese New Year,…
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Meet NNB, the Munich-based brand that aims to build a bridge with Artisan designers from Benin, West Africa. NNB is the daughter brand to Noh Nee Benin, a brand founded by Rahmee Wetternich and Marie Darouiche, who wanted to help African artisans improve their technical design skills and give them the tools to be able…
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2015 was the year Demna Gvasalia became the creative director of Balenciaga, one year after he launched streetwear brand Vetements with his brother. 2015 was also the year he met Kanye West, when the artist, now known as Ye, asked Demna to be part of the creative team for Yeezy season one. 2022 marks the…
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Season two of Emily in Paris was anticipated by many, either because of a love for the show or a love for hating on the dreadful fashion choices of its main character. No matter what Emily Cooper, played by Lily Collins, is doing, she’s sure to be seen doing it. The midwestern American sticks out…
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It is 2022 and we are still living with Covid which is slowly moving into endemic status. If you live in a city, the effects of the pandemic may have been heightened due to limited outdoor space and co-existing with a dense population of people in close proximity, that don’t seem to understand the concept…
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Whether your aesthetic skews classic, minimalist, sporty, feminine, or ebbs and flows depending on your mood, there’s a platform shoe that can totally work for you. More modern interpretations of the platform include new takes on preppy styles; the loafer, brouges, and tennis shoe to name a few.