With a three-part fashion show featuring supermodels Alex Consani and Paloma Elsesser; a panel talk series curated by Katie Grand; a mini-concert from star of the moment Lola Young; and a late-night party DJ’ed by Honey Dijon, on Thursday at 180 Strand, H&M kicked off London fashion week with a bang. Entitled H&M&180:The London Issue,…
New York Fashion Week isn’t in a rut, per se. It’s reflective of the realities of the current industry, which is dealing with the impossibilities of running an independent fashion label today. It also mirrors the state of the country: instability reduces appetite for risk. Runway collections aren’t so much used as the full extent…
China dominated global politics in the first week of September 2025. First, we had the SCO meeting in Tianjin, and then the Victory Day parade was held in Beijing to celebrate the 80th anniversary of China’s victory against imperial Japan in World War-II. What stood out as the most significant takeaway from this Chinese dominance…
Queen Elizabeth II beams down in a striking 2014 photograph by David Bailey from one side of Edwin Lutyens’s perfectly proportioned ballroom in the newly refurbished British embassy in Washington DC. Directly opposite, a 1590 portrait of Elizabeth I stares back enigmatically. The most arresting feature, however, is also the most daring. Near the entrance…
When the Trump administration’s global tariffs went into effect on 7 August, after months of deliberation and delay, New York Fashion Week was exactly five weeks out. For designers preparing to host runway shows, these new duties presented another hurdle to the already precarious balancing act of running an indie fashion upstart. Jacques Agbobly, founder…
LONDON — More than 400 people were arrested in London on Saturday during a tense protest in support of the Palestine Action group, which has been banned under terror laws, police said. Several hundred people demonstrated in front of the UK parliament, with some holding placards that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”…
Vogue: How much creative freedom will you have? If you look through Qantas uniforms of the past, each designer made their mark. Each uniform reflected its era, from the 1920s onwards. I’ll keep it true to Qantas, but do it in my own way. Martin Grant did a fantastic job; his uniform lasted 10-15 years….
Despite funding challenges, this year, the company has scaled from 350 to 750 artisans — primarily from vulnerable communities such as disabled individuals, sex workers, gender-based violence survivors and single mothers — who all earn fair wages and have access to healthcare, education, mental health support and childcare. At a time when luxury fashion is…
Understanding the connection to consumers is an important aspect of these partnerships, says creative director Pickup. “People not only want to watch athletes compete, but they also want to be wearing their favourite brands while doing so. It has been done before — think David Beckham in the early 2000s,” she says. Cherry Beagles, founder…
It’s been a huge year for technological advancements in the fashion industry and beyond. ChatGPT maker OpenAI released its long-awaited GPT-5 model, Google and OpenAI both launched generative AI shopping tools, and a new wave of AI-powered fashion tech startups from Alta to Doji to Daydream emerged, promising to overhaul fashion discovery and personalisation. So…