Category: Fashion

Ella Emhoff, the 22-year-old stepdaughter to Vice President Kamala Harris, made her Paris Fashion Week debut walking the runway for Balenciaga. After making waves at New York Fashion Week earlier this year, Emhoff took things international to Paris on Wednesday for Balenciaga couture’s Fall/Winter 2021/2022 show. She sported a black suit with an oversized matching shawl, complete with pointed black boots, a sleek bun and glasses. “truly amazing </3,” Emhoff wrote on Instagram of her experience, expressing gratitude to the fashion house for inviting her to join. Emhoff is the…

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Skinwear and hosiery specialist Wolford has teamed up with shoe designer Amina Muaddi on a capsule collection “emphasising the beauty of the female body”. The collection combines the precise fit and the skin-to-skin appeal of Wolford with Muaddi’s attention for craftsmanship, states the innerwear brand, and includes hosiery, leggings, bodysuits, jumpsuits, and socks, as well as ready-to-wear such as skin-tight dresses and bodysuits. The result is a 17-piece collection of tights and leggings, alongside bodysuits, dresses, and a sleeveless cat-suit with built-in Amina Muaddi shoes. The nine legwear garments have…

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Marks and Spencer have launched a new “neutrals” lingerie line offering more skin tone “nude” colours and sizes, giving customers the “freedom to complement or contrast their skin tone”. The high street retailer said that it worked collaboratively with the M&S Culture and Heritage colleague network, as well as utilising wider colleague feedback, to redefining its “neutrals” (nude) underwear. The terms nude and neutral has generally been used for lighter skin tones and Marks and Spencers admits that it was “inconsistent and inadequate for all ethnicities”. The new range is…

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With fast-fashion retail making headlines this week for record sales post-lock down, it is clear people are eager to buy a new post-pandemic wardrobe. But tucked away in the west end of Glasgow, there is one couple who have turned their backs on high street brands – and they are encouraging others to do so too. Elizaveta and Andrew Bennett run Arkdefo – an upcycle fashion brand that re-purposes discarded denim into original clothes. But the small business, which was shortlisted for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards this week, isn’t…

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Madrid Fashion Week 2021: In Pictures A model displays an Autumn/Winter design by Spanish designers Hannibal Laguna during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain. Credits – AP Photo/Bernat Armangue A model displays an Autumn/Winter design by Spanish designers Hannibal Laguna during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain. Credits – AP Photo/Bernat Armangue A model waits backstage featuring an Autumn/Winter creation by Spanish designer Custo Barcelona during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain. Credits – AP Photo/Bernat Armangue A model displays an Autumn/Winter design by Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz…

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Fashion month is in full swing, with the latest of the premiere designer shows kicking off this week. With adjustments made in accordance with the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, fashion’s best and brightest are doing there best work churning out the latest in cutting edge, avant-garde styles to get us all excited about what’s to come in the future. For the Italian shows, our team has our eyes pinned to the likes of Fendi by Kim Jones, Giorgio Armani, Versace, Moschino, Ferragamo, Tod’s, Etro, and Marni—the list goes on, and…

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London Fashion Week begins on Friday in a virtual format due to a coronavirus lockdown with mainstays like Victoria Beckham shunning the event, but others like Burberry embracing the online avatar. Despite the absence of global celebrities and fashionistas, designers such as Turkey’s Bora Aksu, Britain’s Molly Goddard and Ireland’s Simone Rocha will stream their collections on the London Fashion Week website. Most of the 94 designers participating in the show, which concludes on Tuesday, will broadcast video highlights of their collections showcasing menswear, womenswear or mixed fashions in an…

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Even though this year’s Met Gala was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the spirit behind the famed event is not lost. Pretend it’s the first Monday in May by visiting the exhibit intended for this year’s gala. “About Time: Fashion and Duration” will open at the Costume Institute of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art this Thursday, October 29. The exhibit, created in honor of the Met Museum’s 150th anniversary, will chart the similarities in fashion throughout the last century and a half, from 1870 to the present….

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