Vogue China’s editor-in-chief has taken the magazine from its launch issue to a readership of two million. She nearly turned down the job for a career in law.
From China to the Philippines, Singapore, Japan and beyond,, where these bloggers, vloggers, Instagrammers and live-streamers go, fashion brands and social media users follow.
Younger consumers have rejected stilettos as a symbol of feminine power, and older women have followed in their footsteps, preferring the comfort of trainers and boots, instead.
Vera Wang has dressed countless celebrities, from Michelle Obama to Chelsea Clinton, and describes the industry as ‘like a sport – it is demanding, unrelenting and the schedules are horrifying’.
The Covid-19 pandemic has altered not only what we wear but how we interact with fashion, including how we talk about it.
The creative director looked to St Fagans, an open-air museum near Cardiff, for the brand’s autumn/winter 2020 collection, drawing inspiration from a traditional quilt, love-spoons and the court of a medieval prince.
Corina Larpin’s jewellery brand Stéfère, which is worn by A-listers such as Lady Gaga, shares many of the same aesthetic influences as her interior design choices.
In 1968, the French designer showed his men’s and women’s collections at a charity event at the Hongkong Hilton, presenting hems ‘shorter than the rest of Paris’.
Instantly recognisable around town in her trademark turbans, Australian Jeanette ‘Jan’ Fisher imported the latest fashions from Paris and New York for her Central shop, Vogue.
Around the age of 20, young men would cast off their boyhood with a ‘capping ceremony’, during which a series of three hats would be placed on their head.
Cate Blanchett took to the red carpet at the 2020 Venice Film Festival in outfits she’s previously worn to highlight how sustainability can be stylish.
Shanghai-born, LA-based multimedia artist, influencer and filmmaker Yi Zhou and Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, grandson of Italy’s last king, launch the Royal House of Savoy, a fashion line for Global Intuition.
While some national costumes are donned for the benefit of tourists, others are still worn on a daily basis.
In his book Ametora, writer W. David Marx explores the cultural flow of fashions between the United States and Japan.
There is no shortage of style on the small screen, from runway wannabes to designer profiles and investigations into the darker side of the darker side of the fashion industry.
Believe it or not, the Bible is chock full of sartorial advice and there is more to fashion fiction than the frivolity of Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic series.
