“We don’t want an elephant dancing around the room.” Jessica recalls her ballet teacher making this derogatory remark to a fellow dance student when she was only six years old. That experience – plus the fact she comes from a family where appearing fit, in control and successful are held in high regard – contributed [...]
Child models up to the age of 16 are now protected by new laws that have come into effect today to coincide with the start of Australian Fashion Week, Minister for Community Services, Linda Burney said. “The NSW Government took decisive action and introduced new regulations after serious concerns were raised about young models working [...]
Australia’s fashion week was thinner this year as the global economic crisis crimped designers and buyers’ participation, but the catwalk remained an explosion of colors amid optimism that spending will pick up. Organizers of the 14th Australian Fashion Week that began Monday said the event was 15 percent smaller than last year, with 41 shows [...]
Although wedding dresses, photo albums and a first dance will be featured, no one is actually getting married at this Clarendon Hills event. The women’s ministry at the Christian Church of Clarendon Hills is celebrating women with a wedding themed brunch that includes a wedding dress fashion show. “Everybody’s a daughter of someone; you don’t [...]
The Temple Terrace Friendship Club will have its spring fashion show and luncheon on May 12 at the Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club. Accessories and More from Sarasota will provide the fashions for the event at 200 Inverness Ave. Shopping will be available beginning at 10 a.m., and the lunch and style show is [...]
YOU could have been forgiven for thinking you were in Paris rather than Sydney today when Camilla & Marc opened Australian Fashion Week with a collection heavily influenced by French fashion label Balmain. Balmain is the hottest label in global fashion right now, so perhaps it was not surprising Camilla & Marc channelled the signature [...]
The institute that nurtures creativity and originality to make a niche for future fashion professionals is the vision of the premiere fashion education institute in the country – Lanka Institute of Fashion Technology (LIFT) . Since its inception in August 2000 LIFT committed its focus towards fashion education that brought various carrier options for budding [...]
Children’s Fashion Marketing, an online marketing resource guide for the children’s fashion industry, launches Childrensfashionmarketing.com to give children’s fashion businesses the tools, tips and resources to build their brand and grow their business. The Children’s Fashion Marketing online resource guide provides children’s fashion businesses helpful tips, tools and other important information to excel in buying, [...]
Look out, Tyra Banks. There are 45 kids in Sharon ready to give the “America’s Next Top Model” mogul a run for her money. Sharon’s top models strutted their stuff Thursday at Case Avenue Elementary during practice for upcoming fashion shows to display looks allowed under the new school dress code, which goes into effect [...]
New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) hosted its first-ever pet fashion show, Bark is the New Black, on April 22. The event showcased designs from 14 students enrolled in the new Pet Product Design and Marketing professional development certificate program, offered through FIT’s Center for Professional Studies. “We very much wanted a vehicle [...]