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12 Oct

In defence of the style runway gimmick

Fashion is an industry based on conjecture. A lot of the clothing paraded at shows won't ever leave the runway – one version is made, to be worn once, by one model. In actual fact, hundreds of clothes are never commercially produced, because on the catwalk, creativity is solely a ruse for all of the boring stuff that really sells. So to observe these pieces trundle out season after season, let alone write about them, is an act founded in fantasy. The scam is the central proposition: persuade people to purchase stuff they don’t really want on the vague promise that it's going to by some means bring them closer in step with themselves. So it’s easy to offer oxygen...
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26 Sep

Shein to Host ‘Rock the Runway’ Digital Fashion Show

Fashion Month continues with Shein’s second annual hybrid fashion show.  This time, the Chinese fast-fashion company is hosting its show — dubbed “Rock the Runway: Shein for All” — with special musical guests Avril Lavigne, Shenseea, Brooke Eden and a sneak peek at designer Christian Siriano’s latest collaboration with the e-tailer.  “The Shein Rock The Runway fashion show is such a novel event, merging music and fashion,” Lavigne said. “I had an important time shooting and wearing their clothes. We filmed ‘Bite Me’ in a music video style throughout the fashion show.”  Viewers can tune into the show, which was filmed in front of a live studio audience, by the use of the Shein app, or Shein’s YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter channels...
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24 Sep

Stella Jean Returns to the Runway with Her ‘WAMI’ Friends

In 2020, Stella Jean pledged to only return to the runway when she would not be the only Black designer on the Milan schedule. She and Edward Buchanan, in addition to Michelle Ngonmo, are to be credited for igniting a change inside the country’s fashion system once they first established the We Are Made in Italy, or WAMI collective, and shortly thereafter got the support of the Camera Della Moda. On Friday night, their dream got here true because the collective mounted a show combining displays of Buchanan’s Sansovino 6 latest collection – hinged on denim that was distressed, bleached, acid-washed and worn back front – Jean’s spring effort, and a number of other looks by the Fab Five, the moniker utilized...
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