Brand of the Week: Allbirds Jan 19

Brand of the Week: Allbirds

Each week, we take the time to highlight our favorite Fashion brands. Last week, we profiled British brand Misha Nonoo and this week we’ve decided to feature Sustainable footwear brand Allbirds. Described as ‘the world’s most comfortable shoes’ the label was founded...

Balmain launches its own app Jan 18

Balmain launches its own app

Following on the unveiling its new logo for its Pre-Fall/Winter 2019-2020 collection for the first time in seventy years, Creative director Olivier Rousteing announced the next phase of his expansion plan for Balmain. The French fashion house now has its own app with the aim of making its...

Virgil Abloh launches his own Jewelery Line Jan 16

Virgil Abloh launches his own Jewelery Line

Virgil Abloh is launching a jewelry line under his own name. The artistic director of Louis Vuitton Menswear and Off-White took to Instagram on January 14 to share the news in two posts. The first one was a photo of an office supplies box labeled ‘Recycled Jumbo Paper Clips’ by...

Brand of the Week: Misha Nonoo Jan 12

Brand of the Week: Misha Nonoo

Each week, we take the time to highlight our favorite Fashion brands. Last week, we profiled French ethical footwear and accessories brand Veja and this week we’ve decided to feature Misha Nonoo. The eponymous British brand started off as a jacket and coat only line when Misha saw...

H & M launches collection with Dutch designer duo made from sale items Jan 11

H & M launches collection with Dutch designer duo ma...

H & M has collaborated with sustainable Dutch design duo Alexander van Slobbe and Francisco van Benthum of the brand Hacked By_ for a collection from clothes that are not sold during a sale. The sustainable collection consists entirely of garments made from old items that one normally...

Lady Gaga is launching her own make-up line Jan 07

Lady Gaga is launching her own make-up line

Lady Gaga’s rumored forthcoming cosmetics and skincare line, Haus Beauty quietly launched a website over the festive season. For now, it is just a blank site where users are encouraged to sign up to receive further info with no further information on the beauty line. Rumors of...

Brand of the Week: Veja Jan 05

Brand of the Week: Veja

Each week, we take the time to highlight our favorite Fashion brands. Before the holidays, we profiled Danish clothing brand Skall Studio, and this week we’ve decided to feature Veja. The French ethical footwear and accessories was founded in 2004 by childhood friends Sebastien Kopp...

Michael Kors changes name to Capri Holdings, Completes Acquisition of Versace Jan 04

Michael Kors changes name to Capri Holdings, Completes Ac...

Luxury fashion group Michael Kors Holdings Limited has been renamed to Capri Holdings Limited and will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under a new stock market ticker symbol CPRI. The news follows on the completion of its acquisition of Italian fashion house Versace which it had...

Net-a-Porter introduces a New Mentorship Program for Emerging Fashion Designers Jan 01

Net-a-Porter introduces a New Mentorship Program for Emer...

Net-A-Porter is focusing on sustainable development of young talent with its new mentorship program titled ‘The Vanguard’. The program formalizes the company’s long-term expertise as an incubator and accelerator of the fashion industry’s brightest new fashion talent....

Raf Simons leaves Calvin Klein after two years Dec 24

Raf Simons leaves Calvin Klein after two years

Raf Simons has stepped down as creative director of Calvin Klein. The Belgian designer leaves the American fashion house after only two years, four collections and winning several awards. His departure was announced prematurely eight months before his contract expires. In August 2016 Simons...

Chanel opens exclusive pop-up in Courchevel Dec 20

Chanel opens exclusive pop-up in Courchevel

For its ninth consecutive year, Chanel has opened its exclusive pop-up in France’s Courchevel for the ski season. Fashion lovers and fans can indulge in the 1,722 ft2 (160 m2) size boutique spread over two floors, where the French fashion house’s Fall/Winter 2018-2019 and Cruise...

Brand Of The Week: Skall Studio Dec 15

Brand Of The Week: Skall Studio

Skall Studio is our ‘Brand of the Week’. The Danish clothing label was founded in 2013 by two sisters Julie and Marie Skall. The name Skall means seashell in Danish and goes back to their Great-Grandparents, who lived by the North Sea in the Northern part of Denmark. Julie and...

Fashion houses sign UN-backed pledge on climate change Dec 14

Fashion houses sign UN-backed pledge on climate change

The Fashion Industry is taking steps to address climate change by launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. The charter was officially launched during the United Nation’s COP24 climate summit in Poland, with several fashion houses signing on with the aim to reduce...

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