A coalition of more than 400 Black editors, stylists, models and executives is set to address systematic racism and discrimination within the fashion and beauty industries when it launches next month.Co-founded by Teen Vogue Editor-In-Chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner and publicist Sandrine Charles, the Black in Fashion Coalition wants to concentrate industry efforts to fight racism through...

The misconception that usage of cosmetics was exclusively aimed at females started circulating in the 19th century.    As a matter of fact, in 3,000 B.C, Egyptians of both genders would wear makeup such as kohl and red ochre to enhance their features. In ancient Roman and Greek culture, cosmetics and perfumes were used by men and women to mask...

The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode announced in an official statement yesterday, that Paris Fashion Week will take place in a physical format later this year. “The Haute Couture and Fashion Federation confirms the holding of Paris Fashion Week® for Women's Fashion. It will take place from Monday 28 September to Tuesday 6 October...

In Nowfashion's newly-minted column on scents, self-defined ''perfume-nerd'' and director Maria Host-Ivessich and Italian Master Perfumer Lorenzo Villoresi explores the role of poetics and emotionality in scents.   One could say that what distinguishes your style as well as being a reason for your fame could be your poetic vision. How do you keep...

As lockdown restrictions are slowly being eased across much of the world, many of us will have to adjust to a new lifestyle, one that will include opportunities to experiment and be bold with our clothes’ choices once again. Jewellery, much like many other accessories, plays a large part in this – with pieces inspired by art and design being one of the...

Printed Matter, Inc., the leading NYC-based non-profit artists’ book organization, has announced the launch of I Was In The Middle Before I Knew That I Had Begun, a new curated series of Fundraising Editions featuring artists Moyra Davey, Coco Fusco, David Horvitz, Joseph Kosuth and Louise Lawther. The new series comes as a response to the...

After launching her jewellery brand whilst still enrolled at the Paris fashion school, Duperré, French designer Justine Clenquet is now celebrating her first decade in the industry. “It all started when I was 13 years old. I used to collect old jewellery that I would work on and sold at the flea market. I always loved fashion accessories but couldn’t...

Luxury British label Burberry has announced plans to present its Spring/Summer 2021 collection in September of this year. Titled Burberry in Nature, the brand described the event as an "immersive show experience set in the British outdoors” which will be available for all to experience digitally, according to the fashion house. “Now more than ever,...

Just in time for Pride Week, ETRO has created a limited-edition Pride inspired version of its best selling Pegaso bag.    The limited-edition PEGASO PRIDE BAG comes in two sizes: regular, featuring the signature Paisley print and the fully coloured mini variant. Both are characterized by a maxi resin buckle that reproduces the silhouette of the...

Officially launching on June 22nd, is London-based designer JW Anderson limited-edition capsule collection inspired by Tom of Finland.   This isn't the first time Anderson has launched a limited-edition collaboration featuring a prominent artist, his previous capsules include partnerships with Gilbert & George, Larry Clarke and Ian David Baker,...

The quintessentially British series of society events know as the Season is one of the other casualties of the global pandemic. The Season runs between April and August, and it includes a series of world-renowned events such as the tennis championships at Wimbledon, Henley Royal Regatta and of course Royal Ascot. In attendance, is not only the...

In a day and age where Coronavirus has forced us to cancel the vast majority of the world’s cultural events, the confirmation of the Bangkok Art Biennale’s second edition, which will run from 29 October 2020 until 31 January 2021, couldn’t be more reassuring. Under the theme ‘Escape Routes’, this year’s artists will lend their vision to challenge...

Launching today on MATCHESFASHION are the SS20 collections from the winning designers of Fashion Trust Arabia 2019. The initiative was launched in 2018, under the patronage of HH Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser as Honorary Chair and co-Chaired by HE Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani and Tania Fares, Founder of Fashion Trust. Mirroring the UK's BFC Fashion Trust, the program strives to extend the...

Art and cuisine have for some time been complementary, so much that an aesthetic presentation of a dish sometimes supersedes the actual experience of, well, eating it. However, until now, the artistic vein of the gastronomy industry had not yet manifested itself through the utensils one uses to dine with, until the Dutch creative duo formed by Martin...

Founded by Swiss designers Christa Bösch and Cosima Gadient, Berlin-based fashion label OTTOLINGER garnered a real cult-following in just under five short years. "Fashion was for both of us a mystery - more like a dream and something unreachable in Switzerland. There was no social media – and fashion magazines were only available in selected stores - not in the mountain newspaper store. But we...