UKFT Rise hosted its latest event at Facebook’s London head office. Joined by both retail and design speakers, Nick Hollingworth and Christopher Raeburn, the event was held to inspire young people working their way up the fashion ladder. Head of fashion, luxury and retail for Facebook Tracy Yaverbaun spoke about the opportunities for fashion across social media and there was also an insightful Q&A session with the CEO of Austin Reed Nick Hollingworth. Hollingworth spoke about the chang

The newly unveiled structure of the Museum of Costume and Textile of Québec (MCTQ), which is opening its doors for the normal visitors from April 19, 2013, is hosting an inaugural exhibition featuring some of the masterpieces from the museum’s collection of 7,000 antique costume pieces. Titled as ‘Tapis rouge: Fashion at the Museum’, the expo, which will run till October 6, 2013, will feature haute couture gowns from the famous couturiers of all times, including Schiaparelli, Jean Patou, Thie

A grey coloured suit, worn by the famous Beatles member John Lennon in the British black-and-white comedy film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, has gone under the hammer at the Saráchaga auction house, located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The slim fitting Alpaca wool made jacket, which fetched a whopping amount of $ 200,000, features the label tag of ‘Tailoring Guild DA Millings & Son’ along with the stamp of the legendary English musician’s first name, John. The auctioned suit was originally a pa

More than eighteen Vietnamese and international designers are going to present their latest Autumn/Winter 2013 collections at the bi-annual event Vietnam Fashion Week, scheduled to take place in the country’s capital city of Hanoi. Beginning April 19, 2013, the three-day-long event will feature a traditional hand-knit collection from the leading local talent Vu Viet Ha. Drawing inspiration from the images of northern mountainous region people, the designer has created ensembles with mater

The sixth edition of the famous Belarusian fashion and cultural event Belarus Fashion Week (BFW) is going to take place from April 23 to 28, 2013 in the country’s capital city of Minsk. Highlighting trends for the next Fall-Winter 2013/2014 season, the event will be divided into two runway areas—the main catwalk for the participating designers and an off-schedule ramp for the young designers and new brands. Famous Belarusian labels like Alena Levonyuk, Alena Volkava and Aiplatov Ivan alon

The just finished leading Brazilian fashion revelry Fashion Rio staged more than twenty five catwalk shows by a range of talented designers representing the forthcoming trends for the next austral summer season. Based on the theme Colorpop, the event was opened with the Rio Moda Hype show which featured a mix of graphic, retro and modern designs by five new young brands, including Bruna Santini (Unak), Lais Abbate and Beatriz Tavares (Over there), Mariana Aguiar (Marie Raz), Bridges Hele

The Wearable Art Show and the NSCAD senior students’ end-of-term fashion show are combining and getting a new identity this year—thanks to the input of NSCAD design students. NSCAD textiles/fashion students joined forces with NSCAD design students to develop a new name—“Runaway” — for the two annual shows, which for the first time will take place on the same day. "I think the combination show is a really great opportunity to show the community and industry the different types of work that

The Future of Fashion will be revealed in two viewing formats – live on the runway and live on the web– when the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) holds its highly anticipated annual graduating students runway show on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 6:30 pm at FIT. While admittance to the runway show is by invitation only, FIT has established an alternative way for the world to see the action on the catwalk. The Future of Fashion will be streamed live on the web at 6:30 pm EDT at The Future of

The veteran Indian fashion designer Ritu Kumar has been conferred Padma Shri Award 2013, the country’s fourth highest civilian honor for her exceptional and distinguished service in the field of fashion, textile and craftsmanship by the honorable President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The 69-year-old veteran designer is one of India’s foremost fashion designers known to the world for her unique style, reflecting the ancient traditions of Indian craftsmanship in a contempora

The retail segment development project is of primary importance to GAS. To give this project a further boost, a new retail concept has been created which makes its debut in India, one of the most strategic and rapidly expanding markets, with this important opening. The recent opening of the 150 sq.m. Store located in Chandigarh brand-new Elante shopping mall presents a new, high-performance concept with great display potential, designed in line with the most on-trend aesthetic canons. This