AR to AI: How fashion’s indie designers are adopting emerging tech

Off the back of Web3’s hot streak last week, which saw Coach enter the gaming realm, Balenciaga embrace the Vision Pro, and Brunello Cucinelli tap artificial intelligence, things are looking up for digital fashion. This week, however, it’s the indie players that are back in the spotlight, with LA-based lifestyle label and influencer favorite Cult […]

Talk of Olympic fashion — and the Paris rain — at starry Ralph Lauren fashion event

PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Fashion. Sports. And of course, the rain. Those were the topics — separately, and together — on everyone’s lips as a gaggle of luminaries from sports, entertainment and media packed into Ralph Lauren’s Paris eatery Saturday evening in yet another high-wattage celebrity Olympic gathering in the French capital. The starry […]

Designer Vivienne Tam Slams 'Too Much Waste' in Fashion

Fashion designer Vivienne Tam says designers have a responsibility to be more sustainable in a world dominated by fast fashion. She suggests many brands are touting sustainability credentials only as a “marketing concept.” For her own eponymous brand, Tam shows how she minimizes waste in her supply chain and embraced upcycling in her creative process. […]

FFXIV’s Modern Fashion Aesthetic Finally Makes Sense With Dawntrail’s Endgame Hub

Fashion is the name of the game in, well, any video game, and that goes for Final Fantasy XIV as well. When you’ve maxed out every single combat, crafting, and gathering job in the game, what else is left? Your fashion, of course. FFXIV started as a fantasy MMORPG with a primarily medieval look. There […]

Easy breezy: pretty broderie anglaise for summer cool | Fashion

There are two ways to play it. The first is to embrace the romanticism of the look: think crisp white poplin dresses, tie-front tops, petticoats and visions of idyllic picnics and lounging in summer meadows. Susan Fang’s frilled broderie anglaise concoctions (left) unashamedly lean into the romance of the trend – as did the finale […]

Olympics Opening Ceremony ‘Last Supper’ scene, fashion segment star drag queens – NBC Chicago

Inclusivity took center stage at the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony as the lights beamed, flags of Olympic teams were carried over the Seine River and drag queens captivated the world. The ceremony combining historic and modern French culture included a dynamic fashion runway segment with Nicky Doll, known for competing on the 12th season of […]

How The Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Spotlighted Independent Fashion Designers

PARIS – As premium partner of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton was omnipresent at the opening ceremony, but the globally televised event provided equal exposure to independent French fashion brands operating on shoestring budgets. Daphné Bürki, the styling and costumes director of the opening ceremony, is close to […]