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How the pandemic has shaped fashion
Designers and industry insiders discuss how to dress during a pandemic and how brands are adapting to the accompanying tumult, as well as which labels to watch out for. Plus, designers' gardens, Hong Kong fashion history and the best style on screen.
Updated: 15 Mar, 2021
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How the fashion industry can survive Covid-19
The duo behind experimental label Monse met while working at luxury brand Oscar de la Renta, where they are now creative directors. They talk about taking over from the designer who first paired them up, the power of the product and what lies ahead for the fashion industry.
06 Mar, 2021
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What kimonos revealed about the women that wore them
An exhibition at Altfield Gallery explores how each kimono tells a story, some specific to particular occasions, seasons and festivals.
05 Mar, 2021
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Capsule collections: when luxury hotels meet fashion designers
Partnerships such as those between Off-White and Eden Rock-St Barths and One&Only with Jay Ahr showcase the stylish outcomes that occur when brands align.
04 Mar, 2021
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How a stylist tailored an outdated Singapore home for the 21st century
Singapore fashion designer Ee-ling Fock, of The Missing Piece, knew this outdated house had good bones, but it took the vision of stylist Priscilla Tan to unlock its potential.
03 Mar, 2021
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The 20 fashion designers you need to know now
Among these rising style stars are purveyors of vegan leather, genderless tailoring advocates and champions of streetwear, all of whom have one thing in common – those in the know are already dedicated followers of their fashions.
07 Mar, 2021
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How the fashion industry can survive Covid-19
The duo behind experimental label Monse met while working at luxury brand Oscar de la Renta, where they are now creative directors. They talk about taking over from the designer who first paired them up, the power of the product and what lies ahead for the fashion industry.
06 Mar, 2021
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What a view | From Westwood to Yamamoto: how fashion designers changed the world
From the biographical to the bitchy, fashion-focused entertainment never goes out of style – or far from our screens.
07 Mar, 2021
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Three takes on Coco Chanel, from the historical to the fictional
Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto and Chanel’s Riviera focus on the factual, while historical novel The Chanel Sisters introduces Antoinette, the youngest of the three Chanel girls.
08 Mar, 2021
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Chinese women were ‘all perfect models’ for one French fashion designer
French fashion designer Jacques Esterel visited the city in 1969 to inspect a collection he was having made under licence by a local company. During his time in Hong Kong he praised the elegance of Chinese women.
09 Mar, 2021
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Reflections | What women’s hairstyles said about China’s Qing dynasty
During China’s last imperial dynasty, women’s haircuts became more elaborate as the rulers gained power and prosperity.
08 Mar, 2021
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Then & Now | How tailors made ‘Matchee-Matchee’ the signature Hong Kong look
From the 1920s to the 70s, women’s fashions were focused on coordination of colour, fabric and style, with the name “Matchee-Matchee” coming from the the pidgin English term for the look.
09 Mar, 2021
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Opinion | Why what Kamala Harris wears matters – it’s about more than fashion
Comment of the sartorial choices of the US vice president and you’ll be accused of sexism, but what’s in Harris’ wardrobe is arguably about more than the clothes it contains.
06 Mar, 2021
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Why Susie Bubble never dressed for boys, only ever for herself
The fashion blogger turned journalist talks about growing up above her parents’ Chinese takeaway, her ‘anything goes’ sense of style and looking on the bright side of life in locked-down London.
08 Mar, 2021
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In the gardens of Coco Chanel, Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent
Some of the world’s great designers were not only been inspired by gardens but created their own enduringly beautiful grounds. From England to Morocco, many are open to visitors.
05 Mar, 2021
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Dress Codes: a history of why we wear what we wear
After missing out on being crowned Esquire magazine’s Best Dressed Real Man in America, law professor Richard Thompson Ford decided to examine what we wear and how that has evolved in tandem with political control and social change.
07 Mar, 2021
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How a stylist tailored an outdated Singapore home for the 21st century
Singapore fashion designer Ee-ling Fock, of The Missing Piece, knew this outdated house had good bones, but it took the vision of stylist Priscilla Tan to unlock its potential.
03 Mar, 2021
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