insert_link Fashion Kering Is Officially Going Fur Free Over the past few years, more and more luxury brands have moved away from real animal fur. Gucci, Bottega Veneta and, more recently, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga have laid out plans to phase it out of their collections. Now, their owner is making it official across the board. On September 24th, the French luxury corporation Kering announced that, as a company, it would no longer allow for the use of animal fur […] todaySeptember 28, 2021
insert_link Fashion Sydney, Australia’s Powerhouse Museum to become Fashion and Design Hub Less than a year after it reversed a decision to move the Powerhouse Museum from Sydney’s Central Business District, New South Wales’s southeastern Australian state government has pledged to spend around AU$500 million (US$380 million) to transform the site into a design and fashion hub. On June 15th, New South Wales Arts Minister Don Harwin announced the Ultimo museum would undergo renovations, with a design contest to be held to find an architectural […] todayJuly 6, 2021
insert_link Fashion Alexander McQueen partners with Vestiaire Collective to bring Fashion Full Circle As luxury resale e-commerce sites look to pair off with brands like debutantes at a ball, instances of partnerships are still few and far between, giving each new union an opportunity to promote fashion’s sustainable future and iterate on previous business models. But there’s clearly more than one way to support the circular economy, and Alexander McQueen is looking into clients’ closets for styles from earlier collections its customers may […] todayFebruary 25, 2021
insert_link Fashion 90’s Supermodel Stella Tennant dies suddenly at 50 British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family has announced. The unique Scottish beauty made her name in the early 1990s on catwalks for designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Versace, and on the covers Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Her family said: "Stella was a wonderful woman and an inspiration to us all. She will be greatly missed." The family statement said: "It is with great […] todayDecember 24, 2020
insert_link Fashion Just as they try to reopen, L.A. Protests force beleaguered luxury retail stores to shut down As thousands of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer moved westward in Los Angeles, luxury retail started to board up in fear of riots and looting. The entirety of famed luxury shopping strip Rodeo Drive was blocked to traffic by early afternoon on Saturday, as protestors were still miles to the east. The Beverly Center, a mall in West Hollywood that houses a number […] todayJune 1, 2020
insert_link Fashion Donatella Versace Joins the Fight Against Coronavirus Donatella Versace is the latest fashion personality to make a significant donation to help fight coronavirus infections. The Versace chief creative officer, along with her daughter Allegra Versace Beck, donated 200,000 euros to the intensive care department of Milan’s San Raffaele hospital. “In times like this, it is important to be united and support however we can to help all those who are in the front lines, fighting every day to save […] todayMarch 18, 2020
insert_link Fashion Sarah Burton is BFC’s 2020 Trailblazer Sarah Burton, creative director at Alexander McQueen, is the winner of the Trailblazer Award at this year’s British Fashion Awards. Burton’s win honors her personal and visionary work through her narrative approach to McQueen's spring/summer 2020 show. Her extraordinary work hasn’t gone unnoticed, and she has been praised for championing craftsmanship in the UK, highlighting skills that are important to the brand and the wider industry. Over the past year, […] todayMarch 10, 2020
insert_link Fashion Tiny Bags are so Small they’re Jewelry Like your favorite pair of jeans in the dryer, the window of opportunity for climate action, or the average person over the age of 70—tiny bags are shrinking. The trend, which started with the Jacquemus Chiquito in spring 2018 and reached its zenith when Lizzo pinched the strap of a Valentino bag the size of a box of Tic Tacs between her bedazzled fingernails at the American Music Awards in […] todayMarch 5, 2020
insert_link Fashion In post Lagerfeld era, Chanel and Fendi Hire Plus-Size Models to Walk their Runways Fashion Week hasn’t been the same without Karl Lagerfeld, who passed away at age 85 last February. But as the fall 2020 season repeatedly proved, change can be good. Milan Fashion Week saw Fendi—where Lagerfeld was the creative director for decades—cast “plus-size” runway models for the first time in the house’s history. And on Tuesday, March 3, the last day of the fall 2020 shows, there was another surprise: A […] todayMarch 4, 2020
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