Fashion supremo Karen Millen described her surprise and joy at receiving an OBE from the Prince of Wales.
The designer whose stores have brought style and elegance to high streets across the country said it was “amazing” to be presented with the honour at a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony.
Millen, who has sold her stake in the [...]
Not nearly enough has been said about the massive subcultural phenomenon that has grown out of the photographic narcissism of girls.
Put it this way: the most fought-over toy in our house is my digital camera, which is put to heavy use practically every evening and weekend, taking hundreds of shots of my 15-year-old daughter and [...]
What is not immediately obvious as you stroll into the open-plan, 17th-floor offices of Tommy Hilfiger, brightly lit by windows that stare down New York’s Hudson River, is whether you are entering the home of a fashion house or a music label. Sure there are racks of pick’n’mix clothes rolled across the aisles and a [...]
As Rosemount Australian Fashion Week enters its teens the event is now a destination for international buyers.
On Monday more than 100 fashion designers from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and India will begin showing their wares at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week’s spring-summer 2008 collections. In the front rows, next to the media and celebrities, local and [...]
Major manufacturers and retailers are stepping up their eco-options. Check out the latest catalogs from Sundance, Pottery Barn, West Elm and Crate %26 Barrel. You’ll see hemp rugs, recycled glass vases, bamboo towels and furnishings made of organic fabric and sustainable-certified hardwood.
An ever-increasing number of eco-minded consumers are reshaping the marketplace. These environmentally savvy shoppers [...]
Famous in China for his fluid designs in muted colors, Shanghai-based Qiu showed his casual spring-summer collection of lambskin jackets and cotton shirts at the Singapore Fashion Festival last Sunday.
Wearing gold shoes and beige pants, his shaved head adorned with earrings, Qiu told Reuters that Chinas fixation with manufacturing in large quantities and catering to [...]
It’s one thing for fashion designers to create costumes for
films, another to uproot their lives for six months to live in a
strange land.
Tina Kalivas based herself in Tokyo between June and December to
design costumes for Goemon, to be released in 2009.
An encounter with Perth-raised, Tokyo-based stylist Vaughan
Alexander led to the collaboration.
“I loved it. It changed [...]
The Southern Trust iD Dunedin Fashion Week began on Tuesday night, and Dunedin is in full swing, with shows, fashion tours and shops all taking part.
While tickets to the main fashion show at the Railway Station on Saturday night have already sold out, there are still plenty of opportunities to take part in the programme, [...]
