The University of Northampton has opened a new footwear workshop that provides its footwear students with additional space for their design work, to coincide with the launch of its standalone BA (Hons) Footwear and Accessories programme, which provides students with the creative skills and technical knowledge to footwear design. Opened by John Miller, clerk to…
New York – Last night was the CFDA awards ceremony, and of course there were several lucky designers who came out on top. This years CFDA winners have been decided. For women’s wear the winners were Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen for The Row, for men’s wear the winner was Tom Ford, and for accessories…
London – Good supporting undergarments are the key to creating any successful look. A well fitting bra not only flatters and enhances certain styles, but also acts as the main foundation of well functioning wardrobe for all women. Yet many women still wear ill-fitting bras, with close to two-thirds or 64 percent of women around…
Sportswear sales in the UK are set to surpass 6 billion pounds by the end of this year, due to the blurring line between activewear and high fashion driving up demand, according to research by Key Note. The report notes that the British sportswear market grew 9.5 percent to 5.9 billion pounds in 2014, following…
London – US designer Tory Burch has been awarded 41.2 million dollars (26.4 million pounds) in a trademark infringement lawsuit against Lin & J International Inc., after US District Judge Denis Cote’s ruled in her favour. The company was ordered to pay the New-York based designer 38.9 million dollars in damages and 2.3 million dollars…
Luxury label Maiyet, which partners with artisans from far-flung corners of the world, made its fashion week debut with a sensuous collection in desert hues designed for the sophisticated New York woman. Founded in 2010 by South African lawyer and post-apartheid reconciliation figure Paul van Zyl, and Kristy Caylor, a Californian passionate about humanitarian causes,…
Giorgio Armani had three important things to say on Monday: yes, he can do colours other than grey and beige, no, he is going nowhere and no, he has not had a nose job. The first point was made by his Spring-Summer 2016 womenswear collection, an unexpectedly colourful affair suffused by various hues of red…
(CANBERRA, Australia) — Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia’s east coast. Port Macquarie Koala Hospital President Sue Ashton said she hoped wildlife carers would be allowed to begin their search of the fire zone for survivors on Thursday. The fire was started by a lightning…
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during an address to the nation in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. The embattled prime minister said he was presenting his resignation after he hit a “dead end” amid nationwide anti-government protests. Updated at 1:10 p.m. ET Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri is submitting his resignation, after nearly two weeks…
Perched on the ochre scrub of Argentina’s sunbaked Puna Jujeña plateau, the $400 million Cauchari power station is the world’s highest-altitude solar farm at 13,000 ft (about 4,000 meters) above sea level. In Kenya’s volcano-strewn Rift Valley, a newly green-lit, super-efficient electrical substation will soon funnel clean power from the nearby Olkaria Geothermal Plant about…