Designers at Milan's fashion shows are putting a dash of the exotic in their collections for men's wardrobes next spring and summer, looking to places like Africa or Brazil for inspiration.
Top model Gisele Bundchen and Madonna's "toyboy" Jesus Luz opened Brazil's top fashion show this week, but the focus was just as much on race as the racy summerwear and celebrities on parade.
Disappearing from podiums in 2002, Jean Colonna is returning with a new project and virtual showcase on the internet. The concept of the clothes will play with the notions of rarity and a hand-made luxury spirit.
A Brazilian model described as Madonna's "toyboy" and a bevy of black beauties are to attract intense media attention to the Sao Paulo Fashion Week -- Latin America's biggest style showcase -- which opens Wednesday 17 June.
Traditional prints vamped up with stiletto heels and shoulder pads define the inaugural pan-African fashion week where designers from 20 countries are eyeing growth despite the global slowdown.
Japan's Yohji Yamamoto is cancelling the house's June catwalk show at Paris men's fashion week due to the crisis.
Neither a court summons against Chanel, nor subesequent difficulties have finished off textile company World Tricot: its founder, Carmen Colle, has organised the first catwalk of her brand “Angèle Baptist” in Besançon (France).
Meeting on the 14th of May in Paris, the ‘Comité de Direction de la Chambre syndicale de la Haute Couture’ elected new invited members to this year’s haute couture schedule. These invitees include a return for the Alexandre Matthieu creative duo.
Leggy models shared the catwalk with a porcupine, a python and a yak on Sunday 24 May at a fashion show to raise public awareness of animal welfare and Saint Petersburg's zoo.
Latin America's top fashion event, the Sao Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) to be held in Brazil next month, has agreed to boost the number of black models on its catwalks after being targeted by anti-racism campaigners.
Brazil's top catwalk shows to be held next month could be disrupted by a rogue fashion event featuring only black models unless a perceived racial bias towards whites is overturned, a black advocacy group warned.
Scarlett O'Hara had her fair share of trials and tribulations in "Gone with the Wind," but nothing matched the problem she had in Washington this week: her bodice slid off at a charity catwalk 'Sweet Charity', showcasing edible outfits.
London. Paris. Milan. New York. And maybe Singapore? The Asian nation is pitching itself as the newest destination for international and regional fashion designers to showcase their collections.
Australia's fashion week was thinner this year as the global economic crisis crimped designers and buyers' participation, but the catwalk remained an explosion of colours amid optimism that spending will pick up.
Australian Fashion Week ground to a halt, workers had to be evacuated and people were trapped in lifts on Tuesday 28 April after a power failure in central Sydney.