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36 stories for“fashion design”
Spring 2025 collections revealed a luxury industry in flux, with unprecedented creative director changes at major houses signaling a complete reshuffling of the game.
May 1, 2025
One widely cited figure puts the category at 86 billion dollars. Another puts it at 254 billion. The gap is not a rounding error, it is a disagreement about what modest fashion actually is.
Aug 16, 2026
The minimalist luxury era is fading. Spring 2025 runways reveal a bold swing toward maximalism, sculptural design, and unapologetic opulence.
Mar 15, 2024
Jonathan Saunders starts at Kate Spade today, near the end of the largest reshuffle of creative leadership the industry has run. Fifteen debuts landed in a single season. Almost nobody is asking whether it worked.
Aug 26, 2026
Cardi B and Donatella Versace sat on cushioned sofas as models walked through neutral-toned retail rooms built inside the runway, a year after Demna arrived at Gucci, in a show he called his complete personal vision.
Sep 26, 2026
Once niche, modest fashion is now a USD 295 billion market, and the GCC's influence is reshaping global style. Major luxury brands are paying attention.
Jul 30, 2024
Brazilcore is spreading through sport, music and streetwear, but its most compelling expression comes from local creativity rather than copied symbols.
Jul 27, 2026
Forget minimalism. 2026 fashion is bohemian, playful, and weirdly nostalgic, with a confidence that yesterday's good taste is today's boring.
Feb 1, 2026
Seventy shows across six days, spring collections shown in autumn, and a designer taking over a house whose founder's name is still on the door. The September calendar is set.
Aug 16, 2026
Jeanerica's international growth shows why Scandinavian denim is resonating: familiar fits, controlled branding and clothes designed to repeat.
Jul 28, 2026
Since 1945 the words have belonged to houses that meet rules set in Paris: a workshop in the city, a minimum staff, and fifty original designs shown twice a year. Why the rules exist, who meets them, and what couture on any other label means.
Sep 6, 2026
Flat lace-ups borrowed from dance studios are giving summer wardrobes a lighter alternative to chunky sneakers and fragile ballet flats.
Jul 27, 2026
Illusion gowns and transparent couture are dominating red carpets again, and the online reaction is as reliable as the trend. Both are doing exactly what they are designed to do.
Aug 6, 2026
The house lost more than 100 million euros at the operating line and breached its bank covenants. The banks have waived the terms until March 2028, on condition that a set of extraordinary transactions is completed by June next year.
Aug 29, 2026
Tartan, tuxedos, trains, brocade and thigh high boots all landed in the same season. After years of quiet luxury, the autumn runways went loud on purpose.
Aug 4, 2026
Preowned clothing is moving into the center of fashion as shoppers pursue value, individuality and access while brands reconsider their resale strategies.
Jul 31, 2026
The fashion business has undergone a considerable transformation in recent years toward sustainability and ethical behavior. A new generation of ethical and eco-friendly clothing manufacturers has emerged as consumers become more aware of the effects of their wardrobe decisions on the environment. This blog post examines the emergence of sustainable fashion, emphasising the value of
May 29, 2023
The donation bin is the end of the story for the person using it and the beginning of a long one for everybody else. What happens next is a functioning trade, a genuine livelihood, and a waste problem nobody exports a solution for.
Aug 20, 2026
AI eyewear is becoming more capable and less conspicuous, but a celebrity revolt and fresh privacy fixes show that bystanders still get a vote on adoption.
Jul 22, 2026
Resale margins are collapsing and collector demand is evaporating. After a decade of speculation and hype, the sneaker market is experiencing a fundamental reset.
Dec 15, 2024
Bain puts the shrinkage in the Gulf's luxury customer base at 15 to 25 per cent in early 2026 while the Americas surged. The industry's answer to losing aspirational buyers has been to stop trying to keep them.
Aug 18, 2026
The spring 2027 shows close with Thom Browne on Tuesday. What stood out: Hilfiger's prep reunion in the hotel he lived in, Catherine Holstein's 1920s lingerie and shrunken leather, Ralph Lauren's feathered denim. Then London, where McQueen comes home.
Sep 15, 2026
After years of greenwashing, the secondhand market is growing 11x faster than retail. Real progress on sustainability exists, but the scale of waste remains sobering.
Sep 15, 2025
Divide the price by the number of times you will actually wear it. The sum is trivial, the discipline is not, and the reason it keeps producing flattering answers is that almost everybody overestimates the second number.
Aug 22, 2026
Price tells you almost nothing about how long a piece of clothing will last. Fabric weight, seam tension and fibre length tell you a great deal, and all three can be checked while you are standing in the shop.
Aug 22, 2026
Three constructions account for nearly every leather shoe sold. One can be resoled indefinitely, one can be resoled a few times, and one is thrown away when the sole wears through. How to tell which you are holding.
Sep 6, 2026
