A sustainable partnership isn’t something that happens very often, but when it does happen you know it’s bound to be something special.Named after the Hindu god and patron of the arts ‘Shiva,’ the new lipstick was launched by Budapest-based brand Nanushka in collaboration with French Luxury brand La Bouche Rouge.Known for their efforts in making sure the conversation about sustainable...

Once more, Brunello Cucinelli has proven he truly cares about Italy’s cultural heritage.In a press conference on Thursday, hosted in collaboration with Norcia’s mayor Nicola Alemanno, Cucinelli announced he would be continuing to pledge support for the restoration of Norcia’s Torre Civica and the Museo della Castellina and theatre, which were damaged during the tragic earthquake that hit...

In a day and age where the number of independent retailers, both online and brick-mortar, are increasingly emerging, how can one stand out today?Italians, have of late, been struggling to outmatch their foreign counterparts, whom over the years, have picked up a few tricks up their sleeve turning into true masters of the independent trade. Take, for example, Maryam Nassir Zadeh’s boutique in...

A pair of jeans - perhaps the most democratic garment of all time - is surprisingly one of the most difficult clothing pieces to render sustainable.  As demand for sustainable denim surges, brands and textile makers alike are facing uphill climb in rendering blue jeans, green.In fact, since the day Levi Strauss and his partner Jacob Davis invented the first pair during the Gold Rush, denim...

There’s no doubt that social media has changed the way we communicate and conduct business. In fact, in today's world, it can skyrocket one's career, and/or make or break a business. Julia Haart, who was appointed World Group chief executive of Elite World in March, is very much aware of this and is planning to expand Elite’s reach by venturing into media and content production.According to...

Virgil Abloh, a modern renaissance man in his own right, took a leap this week, staging his fashions alongside those of a man for whom the term "Renaissance Man" was actually coined.In honor of the 500th anniversary of Leondardo Da Vinci’s death, the Musée du Louvre and Virgil Abloh’s Off-White label announced a special collaboration in tandem with the “Leonardo da Vinci” exhibition, on display...

For centuries, fashion has been used to symbolically convey or challenge power. Whether signifying social class, economic status, and moral standards, or simply communicating meanings from pop culture trite to seriously political, fashion has played a key role in forming, questioning, and reinforcing the power of social dynamics. From baroquely decorated garments worn by 17th Century European...

Over the past years, the cosmetics and personal care sectors have been disrupted by the arrival of new-gen skincare players. B-to-C organic brands — such as Seasonly and Laboté — that purvey made-to-measure products defined by a client's needs and choices have taken the industry by storm.And the fragrance sector is about to experience the same fate: brands like Unique Fragrance, a Berlin-based...

With the Prada Group as one of its main sponsors, Startupbootcamp, the leading European network of corporate-backed accelerators, pinpointed 10 startups  as the next “disruptors” of the industry as we know it, the organization said Friday.Startupbootcamp has selected the ten international teams aspiring to disrupt the fashion industry: Aoiship, Bigthinx, Gfaive, Namek, Obsess, Renoon, SKMMP,...

Since Robyn Rihanna Fenty , the international pop-star-turned-fashion-designer, unveiled the first release of her namesake brand co-founded with LVMH in Paris earlier this year, the fashion industry and her solid fan base have been in awe with the Barbadian’s singer monthly drops of ready-to-wear collections and accessories, which are available exclusively via fenty.com and during occasional,...

Politically, Britain may have one leg out of the European Union, but when it comes to fashion, they are forging major ties on the Continent. First off, Italy's Fashion Chamber said Thursday that the late Alexander McQueen's label will return to show in Milan Men's Fashion Week for the first time since 2013.A presentation has been slated for January 12th, between 10am and 4pm, though the...

London-based designer Edeline Lee hosted a panel discussion on Tuesday titled Dressed for the Art World.Co-hosted by the Association of Women in the Arts, the event was held at Fenwick, a London department store.The talks were moderated by Harper’s Bazaar UK features director Helena Lee. No stranger to the art world, Lee also edits the annual magazine Bazaar Art which celebrates women in the...

When we look back on 2019, we’ll remember it as a year where brands big and small embraced the idea of sustainability, in a landslide of activity that ranged from tackling environmental concerns to the ethics of consumption.While behemoths like Kering and LVMH have made globally recognized environmental pacts and major labels are doing away with fur and chemical dyes, for emerging brands,...

Monday night was all “New Yawk” at Moschino’s first show in the Big Apple. If the giant branded Metro Pass cards mailed to guests as invitations and the choice of venue hadn’t made that clear enough, the collection certainly did. Hosted on subway cars at the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn, which took over a year of negotiation to lock in, creative director Jeremy Scott presented the...

Whether or not brands have done away with virgin plastics and/or are using recycled yarns made from old PET plastic bottles, the earth is still cluttered with such an abundance of non-biodegradable plastics, it’s thought to be enough to wrap the globe in saran wrap… not once, a few times.“Plastics are here to stay,” said Svetlana Boriskina MIT Research Scientist and manager of the school’s...