Cannes 2013 Red Carpet Day 11 video

Day 11 of the 66th Cannes Film Festival at the Palais de Festivals - Tilda Swinton, Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman, Bianca Balti

New smart fabric mimics the way skin perspires | Crave - CNET: An article in the journal Lab on a Chip describes the fabric's microfluidic platform. Multiple woven threads suck droplets of water off the human skin and into the fabric. Those droplets then drain along the threads and are expelled from the fabric's exterior -- in effect, making the fabric water-repellent.

Lauren Laverne on fashion: the rules of dressing
The Guardian
When it really comes down to it, style of any sort is only ever about tension. Art, food, fashion, music… it's always the same. It's the pull between components that gives something the creative equivalent of an electric charge. Style is somebody who ...

The Guardian

Notes on Fashion Week
Manila Standard Today
The five-day Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2013 took place at the SMX Convention Center May 22 to 26. It was a scaled-down affair this season, with less retail brands and independent designers participating. What has happened to the Philippine ...

Milan Fashion Week bans Armani, D&G from programme
South China Morning Post
They are two of Italy's top fashion houses, but Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana have been banned from the official programme of Milan Fashion Week. The reason? The pair are not due-paying members of the national fashion chamber, according to the ...

A BOLD fashion affair Publish Date: May 26, 2013
New Vision
Kids modeling outfits by Definition Africa at the Bold Fashion show. PHOTO/Kalungi Kabuye. Gloria Wavamunno crowned off the evening with her collections of serious designs for the older woman to tomboyish clothes all accentuated with an African touch.

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Being the World's Richest Model (video)

The Secret to Being the World's Richest Model: Video - Bloomberg: "Sales have been soft at Victoria's Secret, but that hasn't impacted their "Angels," who rank as 6 of Forbes' top 10 highest paid models. Bloomberg news explores what it takes to become one of the world's richest models with Ivan Bart, senior VP & managing director ay IMG Models."

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Dumbo’s Style Mash-Up

Intersection: Dumbo’s Style Mash-Up: Martin Medina, a visual designer, draws fashion inspiration from his youth in the Lower East Side and bright colors.

Ipanema Serves as Official Footwear Sponsor for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim: Ipanema is a fun, hip and colorful sandal and flip flop collection inspired by one of the most beautiful and famous beaches in the world. Made for the fashion-conscious contemporary woman, the styling is constantly in touch with the latest trends. In addition to the brand's inherent fashion sense, Ipanema's products are 100% recyclable and feature unique traits including surrounding prints wrapping around the footbed, anatomic soles offering increased comfort and fit, and enhanced uppers and straps.
Related Links:
Ipanema USA Website
MBFW Swim Website

True Religion Apparel agrees to $826M buyout offer - Beaumont Enterprise: "True Religion Apparel, best known for its high priced denim, has agreed to a buyout offer of about $826 million from the investment management firm TowerBrook Capital Partners LP. The announcement Friday comes seven months after True Religion said it was exploring strategic options. Like many high-end jean companies, True Religion's business suffered in recent years as recession-scarred shoppers no longer wanted to pay $200 for a pair of jeans."

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Swedish Label Common

Not Your Everyday Swedish Label - NYTimes.com: The Swedish fashion brand Common introduces their third collection. Saif Bakir and Emma Hedlund, the duo behind the Swedish fashion brand Common, are buzzing on a sartorial high. After recently receiving the Scandinavian Elle Magazine’s Newcomer award — even though it’s not a women’s-wear brand — they’re now officially introducing their third collection . . .  Classic Swedish illustrators, like Lars Jonsson and Hans Krondahl, are this season exchanged for the young and hyped Paris-based design agency Stsq. Next in line is a New York-based street artist. The collaborations are key to the brand’s DNA. In the fall collection, the logo print not only develops Common’s aesthetic but also helps further the brand. “We wanted to create an abstract print where the logo is not instantly recognizable,” Bakir explains. Key pieces from the collection include garments that are carried over from season to season in updated fabrics and colors, like the mac coats and bomber jackets that have always been part of the fundamental design concept. For fall, many of them show up in a dense mix of alpaca and virgin wool. Logos or no logos, Common will no doubt get its name out there, and it won’t be based on shameless self-promotion but creative talent and an unquestionable eye for subtle color combinations, suave details and a dedication to elegant modernity. . . ." read more at link above

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The art of the mola comes from Panama’s Guna women

PANAMA CITY, Panama: The art of the mola comes from Panama’s Guna women - Living - MiamiHerald.com: "From the traditional blouses worn by Guna Indian women to evening gowns, wall hangings and even oven mitts, mola designs are everywhere in Panama. Formed by stacking layers of vividly hued cloth together and then snipping away a part of each layer to form a design, the textiles are traditionally made by Guna women from the San Blas Islands to form the front and back panels of their blouses." (more at link above)

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Fashion Outlets of Chicago to open this summer

The developer of the outlet mall, being built 20 minutes from Chicago’s downtown, hopes to shake up the city’s retail scene.

Fashion Outlets of Chicago, a New Mall, Rises in Rosemont, Ill. - NYTimes.com: "The $250 million mall, Fashion Outlets of Chicago, is scheduled to open this summer. The two-level, 530,000-square-foot center is being co-developed by AWE Talisman, a Florida-based company that also owns outlet centers in Las Vegas and Santa Fe, N.M., and the Macerich Company of Santa Monica, Calif." (read more at link above)

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Bangladesh Is Latest in Textile Factory Disasters

Bangladesh’s Are Only the Latest in Textile Factory Disasters - NYTimes.com: "In this way, for the last 200 years, garment manufacturing has flowed from ethnicity to ethnicity, as well as from region to region, from New England to the Middle Atlantic states, from North to South. Each group, when it begins to demand more accountability and a living wage, is discarded. Manufacturing change flows quickly to stay ahead of legislative change. Like water, industrial management seeks a route of least resistance — eventually flowing out of our shores altogether in the 1990s and, finally, flooding (among many other places) the alluvial plains of Bangladesh."

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Shoe design summit on Miami Beach

Sole men (and women) gather for shoe design summit on Miami Beach - Business - MiamiHerald.com: " Footwear News CEO Summit . . . . This year’s theme was transformation, Atmore said, as multi-brand footwear companies’ brand portfolios are becoming more diversified, the lines between sport and fashion are changing, businesses are extending their reach globally and social media is driving brands’ messages, Atmore said. Attendees represented a cross-section of the footwear fashion industry, from the mass marketers to the luxury designer brands. . .“We have a great customer here, with a lot of South Americans,” said London-based Kirkwood, who launched his brand in 2005 at the age of 24, and whose shoes range from $600 to $1,000. “They like style; they like color. Miami is a fun city, and people like to dress up.” For Sanderson, who is also based in London, the summit marked his first visit to Miami. He said that he, too is considering opening a store here within the next three years, in the Design District or Bal Harbour, after he opens a first in the United States, in New York. . . ."

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Poolside Pop-Up

In Store | A Poolside Pop-Up Shop at the Standard Hollywood - NYTimes.com: "After a long Canadian winter, the Montreal travel brand Want Les Essentials de la Vie headed south to design a warm-weather-themed temporary boutique in a white-box space next to the pool deck of the Standard Hollywood. The shop, called Poolside, features rattan rugs, beach balls galore and a vintage summer Olympics poster — a perfect setting for Want’s new collection of unisex bags in sea- and sky-inspired colors and natural materials. Dexter and Byron Peart, the twin brothers behind the company, say they strive to design their products so that they’ll fit any lifestyle. “We have a gold and silver zipper on each bag,” Dexter says. “This represents the intersection between structured and relaxed, young and old, men and women.”" (more at link above)

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Gang Campaign Photographed by Stefan Imielski (video)

Making of the Gang Campaign 2012 featuring 4 models photographed Stefan Imielski. 

Model: Mira Vitekova / Munich Models, Viktoria Lantratova / Munich Models, Felin / Major Models, Markus Fent / Louisa Models

Makeup: Cora Friedrich

Styling: From Gang

Photographer: Stefan Imielski www.stefan-imielski.com

Making Of: Danijel Sebal

For Gang Campaign 2012

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Signorina by Salvatore Ferragamo Launch Party 2013 in Tokyo (video)

Signorina by Salvatore Ferragamo Launch Party 2013 in Tokyo video

The Salvatore Ferragamo brand launches their newest fragrance Signorina with a party in Tokyo.

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Aldo Coppola Spring 2013 Photoshoot by Sergei Chyrkov: Backstage

Aldo Coppola Spring 2013 Photoshoot by Sergei Chyrkov: Backstage

http://www.FashionTV.com/videos ODESSA - Get a look at what's going on backstage at the Aldo Coppola Spring 2013 Photo Shoot photographed by Sergei Chyrkov. 

Photographer: Sergei Chyrkov (sergeichyrkov.com)

Video: Prodayevych Iryna

Make-up artists: Anna Bazhanova, Irina Granchak (Aldo Coppola)

Hair stylists: Tanya kurbatova, Lubana Sharf(Aldo Coppola)

Models: Ekaterina and Lidiya

Odessa, Ukraine

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Irena Ivanova Photo Shoot On The Beach By Balin Balev (video)

Irena Ivanova Photo Shoot On The Beach By Balin Balev

This photoshoot by Balin Balev features model Irena Ivanova.

Hair: Militsa Lipiskova

Make-up: Evelina Doichinova

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