Independent designers are getting ripped off by fast-fashion brands and the influencers promoting them — and the planet is paying the price. What’s happening? The New York Post reported how fashion designer Marcelo Gaia has had dozens of his original creations reproduced by several brands without his consent. According to The Post, Gaia, the founder…
When British pop star and music scion Mabel married record label A&R executive Preye Crooks last month, fans might have expected her to wear a major label like Vivienne Westwood, or a rising bridal star like Danielle Frankel for the nuptials. Instead, Mabel opted for emerging London-based designer Feben to outfit the rehearsal dinner, followed…
Entrepreneurial success in the traditional startup playbook — be it for beauty, consumer goods or tech — usually looks like scaling a business, gaining external investment and eventually exiting after it’s acquired. This pathway is less common (and harder) in creative industries. But experts and investors agree that small to medium-sized fashion brands have a…
Set against a backdrop of antique art, ceramics and furniture, the collection featured flowy crinkled silk tops, buttoned cardigans and leather skirts with raw hems. Models came out in pairs, buttoning, zipping and adjusting each other’s outfits (Fuxe says the idea was to thematise the intimacy of dressing and highlight the functionality and versatility of…
At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Chanel dressed the stars of Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague on the carpet. Zoey Deutch wore a striped and polka-dot bustier dress for the photo call; a white peplum gown on the carpet. It wasn’t just a red carpet play: the house also financially backed the production of the film,…
When Charlotte Simone Beecham launched her coat brand 10 years ago, she went by the book. Seventy per cent wholesale, the rest direct-to-consumer (DTC); four collections a year; big retail partnerships including Saks, Harvey Nichols and Matches. Her big, ’70s-style fluffy Penny Lane coats were a hit, and the brand was growing steadily. Then, Covid…