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10 May

Bodies in a black hole: Greta Ilieva for Dazed

Bodies in a black hole: Greta Ilieva for Dazed
Credits: Photography: Greta Ilieva at D+V ManagementMake-up: Anne Sophie Costa at D+V ManagementHair: Alfie Sackett at LGANails: Lauren Michelle Pires at D+V ManagementSet Design: Kim Harding at The Magnet AgencyTalent: Amira c/o Gemma Green at Models 1, Lisa T c/o Brogan Loftus at Linden Staub, Wenjing c/o Max Tuson at Storm, Blue Sumrie c/o Maxime Kornienko at Titanium, Hirschy c/o Jamie Horridge at The Squad and Aidan c/o Sasha Handley at Named Models.Movement Director: Ryan ChappellPhoto Assistant: Joseph ReedyMake-up Assistants: Luz Giraldo, Lindsay Low, Lauren Webster and Yoko NakataHair Assistants: Carlyn Griscti and Liam RussellRetouching: Hempstead MayProduction: Elise Lebrun at D+V ManagementCasting: Mathilde Curel at AM Casting ...
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7 May

Polyester’s first beauty issue celebrates the body in all

Polyester’s first beauty issue celebrates the body in all
To open the pages of Polyester is to enter a kitsch and vibrant world that's gloriously feminine and DIY-spirited, where those that feel excluded from mainstream media are championed and where bad taste is delighted in with joyful glee.  Over the past five years, the London-based feminist and queer-centred zine founded by Ione Gamble has tackled problems with mental health, body image, and politics with empathy and consideration all in its signature confectionary colored aesthetic.  Now, to rejoice half a decade, Polyester is focusing its attention on beauty and what it means to us in 2019. “Beauty has all the time been an enormous a part of Polyester because right from the get-go we all the time desired to shoot all body...
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30 Jun

U.K. Court to Issue Wind Up Order for London

U.K. Court to Issue Wind Up Order for London
LONDON – The Vampire’s Wife, a fashion brand known for its flowing sharp-shouldered dresses and gothic charm, is ready to be placed into receivership by the British courts next month. An organization statement confirmed that U.K. Revenue and Customs officials have issued a winding-up order for the corporate, with a court date set for July 12. A winding up order is issued when a British court decides that an organization cannot pay its debts. An officer of the court, or receiver, is then put accountable for winding up the corporate. The officer freezes an organization’s bank accounts and sells its assets. The statement said the wind-up order was on account of “debt built up as a consequence of lockdown strategies to tackle the...
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31 Jan

Fashion Industry Trade Groups Issue ‘Threads’ for Regulators

Fashion Industry Trade Groups Issue ‘Threads’ for Regulators
Industry trade organizations need to send a signal to Washington. On Monday, the American Apparel and Footwear Association, the Accessories Council, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the Responsible Business Coalition revealed the Threads Sustainability and Social Responsibility Protocol. Together, 1000's of fashion brands and organizations are represented by the groups. Threads is designed to help policymakers developing “practical, workable and effective regulatory proposals,” per its mission statement. The principles include “T” for transparently developed and enforced, “H” for harmonization across jurisdictions and industries, “R” for realistic timelines, “E” for enforceable, “A” for adjustable, “D” for designed for achievement and “S” for science-based. News of Threads follows a growing variety of regulatory attempts from “fashion czar” to “Fashion Act” to...
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