Fashion

Julia Fox, RuPaul’s drag queens wear this Chinese fashion student designer: Eileen Sun on moving from art to fashion and making her name with major stars

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“I gradually started to feel disillusioned. I had great aspirations, yet there was very little autonomy, creative freedom or intellectual stimulation in the day-to-day operation of a commercial gallery, even though you’re dealing with art all the time,” Sun says. Sun graduated from the University of Hong Kong and worked in Hong Kong’s art industry. … Read more

Kylie Jenner is a fan: the rise of fashion label Isa Boulder, beloved by Gen Z, TikTok and influencers alike

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Isa Boulder may sound like a real-life person, but the name is entirely imaginary. “It was this kind of hypothetical person who embodies this vision of what the clothes could be and what we could offer,” explains Basari. A look from Isa Boulder’s spring/summer 2024 collection, shown in Paris. Photo: Isa Boulder Handcrafted looks are … Read more

How to wear the naked dress trend and who popularised the ‘nude’ look, from Marilyn Monroe to Sarah Jessica Parker to Zendaya

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Carrie, however, was not the first style icon to wow with this look. The history of the naked dress dates back to 1962, when American actress Marilyn Monroe – wearing a sparkling, skin-coloured evening dress – sang a birthday song to then-US President John F. Kennedy. Sarah Jessica Parker during the 1997 VH1 Vogue Fashion … Read more

Fashion trends? No thanks – sustainable Aelis Couture is all about ‘art-to-wear’ creations made from old fabrics and found objects

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The couture house, which Crociani founded in 2017, specialises in “ecological, ethical, sustainable art-to-wear” creations. Presented in Aelis Couture’s spring/summer 2023 runway shows, its tutu creations will also be displayed by the Paris Opera Ballet. Photo: Aelis As a designation, haute couture – “high dressmaking” in French – is protected by the Fédération de la … Read more

Chinese fashion designers’ next big step? Paris, experts say, as Fashion Week event highlights rising names and their potential industry moves

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Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM) executive president Pascal Morand, industry veteran Julie Gilhart, Diesel founder and OTB Group president Renzo Rosso, beauty founder Pritika Swarup, and Chinese singer Yu Yan joined some of China’s most promising designers for the event. Guests get up close and personal with Chinese designers’ work … Read more

Prada, Gucci, Uniqlo: women’s shirts, once a forgotten fashion afterthought, are now crisp, high quality and desirable

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Pip Durell always found the lack of women’s shirting brands one of fashion’s great mysteries. Most of her female friends and relatives wore shirts at least a couple of times a week and cared about the cut, fit and quality. Yet, most stores failed to cater to them. After years of stealing shirts from her … Read more

Seductive, subversive photos by Helmut Newton – celebrated 20th-century photographer – to go on show in large-scale exhibition

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“There’s a real documentary dimension to his work. He’s recording the way a certain kind of woman might live, but he makes his pictures by building them artificially. They are a fiction that in a sense represents a fact.” Helmut Newton, Daryl Hannah, Los Angeles, 1984. Photo: © Helmut Newton Foundation Born into a prosperous … Read more

5 women-led emerging Scandinavian fashion brands to know in 2024, from pared-back design to kink and provocation

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This, however, is only half of the equation. Efforts by the Swedish Fashion Council to support and showcase local talent, and the world-class education provided by the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University, in Finland, have also drawn attention to gifted Scandinavian designers. A look from Tuuli-Tytti Koivula. Photo: Federico Cabrera We … Read more

Sans Faff to Enter U.S. Market for Spring – WWD

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Three years ago, Singapore-based Canadian designer Brandy Dallas founded emerging contemporary label Sans Faff to address sustainable, well-made basics amid a sea of “fast fashion haunts,” she told WWD. The brand has since gained a cult following in Singapore (where it is stocked at a handful of multi-label boutiques) for its original bamboo foundational layers … Read more

Sans Faff to Enter U.S. Market for Spring – WWD

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Three years ago, Singapore-based Canadian designer Brandy Dallas founded emerging contemporary label Sans Faff to address sustainable, well-made basics amid a sea of “fast fashion haunts,” she told WWD. The brand has since gained a cult following in Singapore (where it is stocked at a handful of multi-label boutiques) for its original bamboo foundational layers … Read more