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Pros weigh in on digital fashion week: "Runways can't reopen soon enough"

Video may have killed the radio star, but on the reaction to the first ever digital Paris fashion week, the queens of the catwalk can breathe easy. Forced online for the first time in its history
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3 Days of Parisian haute couture in pictures

Valentino closed the first Paris Fashion Week entirely online on Wednesday. 33 houses took part in this exceptional event broadcast via a platform of the Federation of Fashion and Haute Couture and
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Louis Vuitton runway not lacking any drama in Paris

Paris - Louis Vuitton ended Paris fashion week Tuesday with one of its most sublime shows, a "clash of epochs" extravaganza at the Louvre museum featuring a 200-person choir in period costumes that
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Chanel AW20 show takes a step further from the Lagerfeld influence

Chanel designer Virginie Viard Tuesday signalled she may put an end to the brand's themed Paris fashion week spectaculars, a year after the death of her legendary predecessor Karl Lagerfeld. The G
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Kanye West criticised as religious service pushes out transgender show

US rapper Kanye West was at the centre of a storm Monday after a Paris show by an acclaimed transgender performer was cancelled at the last minute to make way for one of his religious services. Th
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Stella McCartney on transforming LVMH from within

Stella McCartney pledged Monday to try to change the world's biggest luxury fashion group from within after LVMH took a stake in her label, one of the most sustainable in the world. The British de
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The Hervé L. Leroux label reborn

Since the death of the couturier Hervé Leger in 2017, the house has been mothballed. Today, however, a page turns thanks to his sister who is preparing to present the new collections during Pa
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Milan Fashion Week will showcase 188 events and livestream to China

Milan fashion week is well underway, with 54 collections expected on the catwalks this season. In addition over 90 presentations and 32 events will make for 188 fashion happening in the Italian capit
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London fashion week AW20 top takeaways

British style, sustainable collections and Chinese visitors on the slide: here are the takeaways from London Fashion Week, which ended on Tuesday: All fashion weeks under a dark cloud of looming c
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MFW AW20: Another fashion week under a shadow of coronavirus fears

Milan Fashion Week kicked off Tuesday overshadowed by the coronavirus outbreak, with thousands of Chinese designers, buyers and journalists ditching the event. China accounts for over a third of g
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Sinéad Burke on LFW, inclusive fashion, and changing the industry

Despite her tiny stature, Sinead Burke has become a force to be reckoned with in the world of fashion, pushing for designs to become accessible for all. The 29-year-old Irishwoman, just 1.05 metre
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Tommy Hilfiger gives boost to LFW with casting tour de force

Sometimes it takes a guest designer to show the home brigade ‘how it’s done.’ Tommy Hilfger on Monday raised the stakes for British catwalk designers, with a tour de force of models
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J Brand debuts capsule collection with Halpern for Fall 2020

While the runways have traditionally been a place for designers to showcase their latest sole works, it has also become the platform to debut collaborations made with other labels, such as the partne
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Victoria Beckham presents at London Fashion Week

Victoria Beckham made a clarion call for a "gentle rebellion" at London Fashion Week on Sunday with a sophisticated but wearable collection. "I wanted to explore how to honour tradition but challenge
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Extinction Rebellion protests cast a shadow on London Fashion Week

Extinction Rebellion activists on Saturday blocked traffic outside London Fashion Week to protest against the fashion industry's "exploitation" of the environment. Dozens of demonstrators blocked
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Lena Dunham stars in Vivienne Westwood AW20/21 show

British style icon Vivienne Westwood unveiled her latest offerings and American actress Lena Dunham made a catwalk debut as London Fashion Week got underway Friday under the shadow of the novel coron
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LFW AW20: Rixo collaborates with Christian Lacroix

Rixo used its London Fashion Week presentation to unveil a ‘see now, buy now’ collaboration with the House of Christian Lacroix that features reimagining archive couture prints in signatu
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Bosideng, a Chinese outerwear brand, hopes London Fashion Week will bring it prestige

Precisely two years ago Bosideng, a Chinese manufacturer of down jackets, closed its store on London’s South Molton Street and ceased UK operations. At the time the Shanghai-based company cite
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New York Fashion Week can rise again

New York Fashion Week has come and gone. While there was a lack of heavy hitters on the calendar with the absence of Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger, and CFDA chairman Tom Ford opting to show in Los
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NYFW AW20/21: highlights from the week

From recycled cashmere and protective clothing for uncertain times to singer Debbie Harry and tennis star Maria Sharapova, AFP takes a look at the latest highlights from New York Fashion Week. Dre
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Shanghai Fashion Week AW2020 postponed

Shanghai Fashion Week will not be held in the Chinese metropolis from 26th March as planned. The reason is the spread of the coronavirus, as the organisers announced on Monday. For the time being, t
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Custo Barcelona conquers New York Fashion Week

Madrid- Spanish Custo Barcelona celebrated its 40 years of design last Saturday with a parade at the synagogue of the "Angel Orensanz Foundation" in New York. Custo Barcelona presented its Autumn/Win
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Carolina Herrera brings color back to New York in FW20 show

Adding color to an increasingly dark world and porn stars strutting their stuff on the catwalk. Here are the latest highlights from New York Fashion Week: Herrera AW20/21 collection shows no lack
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Dennis Basso's show says fur is about freedom of choice

The pro-fur versus anti-fur arguments continue to rage on. As cities attempt to ban the sales of fur (even New York City tried to pass a fur ban), and designers including Michael Kors, Prada, and Ver
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Sex sells at New York Fashion Week

It's an age old trope that is basic marketing 101: sex sells. Rather it's in film, art, or an ad campaign, there is no better way to ensure sales that giving the public something sexy. The runways at
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Weekend highlights from New York Fashion Week

Celebrities, capes and car parts: AFP rounds up the best shows from Saturday and Sunday of New York Fashion Week. Tory Burch Actresses Julianne Moore and Lucy Liu, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna
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Is Korean fashion America's next mainstream frontier?

Korean street style and ready-to-wear has emerged from being a subculture to finding its way into the mainstream. Celebrities and social media influencers have been seen wearing more Korean designers
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Christian Siriano finds Harley Quinn inspiration at NYFW

Christian Siriano has become one of the biggest highlights on the New York Fashion Week calendar. The designer, whose career took off after winning season four of Project Runway (a show he is now a j
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Somber start to NY Fashion Week for Chinese label Mukzin over virus fears

New York Fashion Week started on a gloomy note Thursday, with a Chinese designer showcasing its wares to a partially empty room amid fears the coronavirus could force labels from the Asian giant to c
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How's New York doing with diversity on the runways?

Since the CFDA released their diversity guidelines, there has been some change on the runway. Once upon a time, it wouldn't have been unheard of to attend a runway show for a major fashion designer a
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