Archive for the 'Fashion Industry' Category

Models needed for town’s first fashion week

Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Then head to DanceEast this Saturday to be in with a chance of taking part in the town’s first ever Ipswich Fashion Week later this year. The week, which runs from October 8-12, will celebrate the season’s must-have trends and where people can go to recreate the looks. Model casting sessions will be held from [...]

From the Paris Catwalk to a Los Angeles Stage

Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Azzedine Alaïa was having a moment of stage fright as he waited for the dress rehearsal of “The Marriage of Figaro” to start at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Seated around him were the architects Frank Gehry, who created the gleaming metal building, and Jean Nouvel, who designed the opera’s abstract and colorful sets. “I’ve [...]

An Inside Look at Kenya’s Fashion Industry

Monday, May 6th, 2013

In 1992, Ann McCreath tired of the fashion industry in Barcelona. That year, she was asked to cancel an order of 20,000 dresses on any technical grounds, and not pay for them or the 10,000 which were in the stores and not selling. She found it unethical, resigned and left for Africa. This would be [...]

The Rise of the Muslim Fashion Industry

Monday, April 15th, 2013

The most expensive dress in the world was released on March 19 and attracted worldwide media coverage. Debbie Wingham’s diamond studded abbaya is the talk of Hollywood at $17m. Designers such as Hermes, Aramis, Estée Lauder are the latest in-line of those to be inspired by Arabian inspiration and targeting Muslim markets. See Aramis – [...]

Changing mindset of young designers

Monday, April 15th, 2013

“This is an important issue and one that The Telegraph is right to highlight,” Mr Garrett said. “We want the fashion industry to support the use of healthy, positive role models.” Currently there are only voluntary guidelines for the fashion industry relating to the use of unhealthily-thin models, but these are not regulated. Compliance with [...]

The Rise of the Muslim Fashion Industry

Monday, April 15th, 2013

The most expensive dress in the world was released on March 19 and attracted worldwide media coverage. Debbie Wingham’s diamond studded abbaya is the talk of Hollywood at $17m. Designers such as Hermes, Aramis, Estée Lauder are the latest in-line of those to be inspired by Arabian inspiration and targeting Muslim markets. See Aramis – [...]

Fashion Industry Supports Lupus Science and Service with Style

Monday, April 15th, 2013

More than 300 leaders in New York’s fashion, philanthropic and lupus communities raised nearly $300,000 for the fight against lupus at S.L.E. Lupus Foundation’s fifth annual New York Bag Ladies Luncheon. The support of the fashion industry with donations of over 150 handbags from 50 top designers seems particularly “fitting” since the devastating autoimmune disease [...]

Last Day to Enter Fashion Design Competition

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Aspiring designers take note: Wednesday, April 10 is the last day to enter the Mercedes Benz Start-Up Competition, a national fashion design contest that gives finalists the chance to show their work at Toronto Fashion Week in October and be mentored by industry professionals. The winner gets an editorial spread in FASHION Magazine and a [...]

Designers bring sexy to swimsuits

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Sex sells, and for swimwear designers Indhra Chagoury and Jeremy Somers, it makes their label We Are Handsome a global brand. Returning to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia on Wednesday, they showed a collection full of sass and humour. Healthy, curvy models strode the runway in tiny bikinis, skin-tight leggings and low-cut one-piece suits. ”We’ve developed [...]

Nigeria: ‘Nigeria’s Fashion Industry Has a Global Voice’

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Is ZonicMe solely dedicated to fashion or do you own other e-platforms? Yes we do. The fashion portal is just one of the many other e-platforms we own. For instance, we have an online business directory called greenpagesng.com, a platform where quality businesses are listed. Another is healthmattersng.com which aims to increase awareness about common [...]