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12 Jun

EXCLUSIVE: AZ Factory to Showcase Young Designer Lora Sonney

PARIS — AZ Factory will showcase the work of emerging designer Lora Sonney at an event during Paris Couture Week as a part of its ongoing commitment to support recent talents, the home revealed exclusively to WWD. Following Tennessy Thoreson’s cabaret show last season, Sonney — a fellow graduate of the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) — will present 10 looks inspired by the nice outdoors at a show to be held on July 3 within the garden of the Fondation Cartier, which is home to AZ Factory’s atelier. Historic Swiss manufacturer Jakob Schlaepfer, where Sonney is a textile designer, will support the material research for the project, it added. AZ Factory is a three way partnership between Compagnie Financière Richemont...

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11 Jun

Grace Wales Bonner Wins BFC/GQ Designer Fashion Fund Award

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Grace Wales Bonner Wins BFC/GQ Designer Fashion Fund Award

LONDON — Grace Wales Bonner has scooped the most recent BFC/GQ Designer Fashion Fund for menswear, which comes with a 12-month business mentoring program; pro-bono legal services, and a money prize of 100,000 kilos. Previous winners include Nicholas Daley, Ahluwalia, A-Cold-Wall and Craig Green. Adam Baidawi, head of editorial content at British GQ and deputy global editorial director, described Wales Bonner as an “electrifying talent with a razor-sharp vision, and the whole embodiment of recent creativity: ambitious, collaborative and global.” Caroline Rush, chief executive officer of the BFC, said the designer has “created an area for a cultural conversation that inspires future generations. Her mental approach to design has resulted in multiple collaborations across the creative space, demonstrating the brand’s clear ability to...

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10 Jun

U.S. State Department Addresses Imprisonment of Designer Khadijah

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U.S. State Department Addresses Imprisonment of Designer Khadijah

The U.S. State Department has acknowledged its efforts on behalf of designer Khadijah Shah, who's being imprisoned in Pakistan. The bridal, eveningwear and ready-to-wear designer has dual citizenship in Pakistan and the U.S. Her firms Zaha and Élan are based in Pakistan. In keeping with published reports, she faced arrest by Pakistani police on account of her alleged involvement within the May 9 demonstrations on the Corps Commander House in Lahore. At the moment, supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vandalized the property, which is generally known as “Jinnah House,” following the arrest of party chairman Imran Khan on account of charges of corruption. Hundreds of PTI supporters have been arrested and are expected to be tried in criminal court. In a lengthy...

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1 Jun

Designer Charli Cohen to Debut Diablo IV Fashion/Gaming Collab

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Designer Charli Cohen to Debut Diablo IV Fashion/Gaming Collab

London-based dressmaker Charli Cohen’s pursuit of fashion’s future has brought her to Blizzard Entertainment, with an upcoming collaboration with the latter’s much anticipated game Diablo IV. Hewing to the fantasy role-playing game, Cohen puts fashion’s lens on the dark world of Sanctuary, a dramatic stylized environment where players congregate in towns, trade, fight formidable bosses and compete against other players. Apparently the post-apocalyptic future is stuffed with patchwork denims and plaids. The Cohen designs could be at home in Diablo’s Sanctuary. Courtesy photo In keeping with the brand, that’s only one a part of the experience. The collab will feature augmented reality activations and NFC chip-enabled certification, together with the integrations with physical garments. As a part of the community, people can...

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