As the Spring/Summer 2016 tradeshow season continues, focus has now shifted from Paris to Germany, where capital city Berlin recently hosted a number of leading fashion trade shows. From Bread & Butter to Bright, Premium and Seek, each event showcased the latest collections from a diverse array of influential brands from around the world, spanning both emerging labels and established names. As ever, the Trendstop experts were at hand to witness all the trade show action as it happened, and h

The fall-winter 2015 campaign from Dior features a change of location with these seaside shots captured in Granville, France. Photographed by Willy Vanderperre, models Julia Nobis, Natalie Westling and Mica Arganaraz wear Raf Simon’s autumn designs filled with print, color and fur textiles. Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.

Collaborating with Dutch artist Viviane Sassen for yet another season, the fall-winter 2015 campaign from Missoni once again turns what one would expect from fashion advertisements upside down—quite literally. Model Saskia de Brauw stars in images featuring extreme angles and poses all while wearing the brand’s signature knitwear ranging from form-fitting dresses to elegant sweaters. Shot against a marble backdrop, contrast is key for the new season. Source: Fa

Top model Karlie Kloss leads Kate Spade’s fall-winter 2015 campaign set in New York City’s Pierre Hotel wearing red plaid. Supported by a cast including artist Ahn Duong, writer Karley Sciortino, singer and songwriter Alice Smith, two adorable redhead twins Juliet and Elise, jazz musician Jon Batiste, maître d Alireza Niroomand; the eclectic gathering poses for Emma Summerton in the new season’s colorful designs. Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.

The fall-winter 2015 campaign from Vera Wang taps rising stars Binx Walton and Josephine Le Tutour. Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, the black and white images spotlight the new season’s boyish, rock and roll aesthetic with feminine touches including lace and elegant dresses. Pascal Dangin of KiDS Creative worked on creative direction for the advertisements. Source: Fashion United.

A new fashion design competition, Fashion Crowd Challenge, has launched to open a “gateway” to all emerging designers around the world, with the winners taking a slice of a 250,000 dollar prize pot to assist with their brand launches. The Fashion Crowd Challenge Council, headed up by chairperson Kwangsu Cho, aims to find a designer who can combine “fashion and collective intelligence technology”. Unlike other design competitions, this will not be judged by experts within fashion, rather the e

Though denim is certainly a wardrobe essential, the heavy fabric is often hard to sport during the dog days of summer. But don’t give up on your indigo love too soon. Take a cue from the 13 outfit ideas and you can rock your denim in style, even on 75-degree-plus days. Pair a lightweight chambray shirt with crisp white jeans to create a cool Texas tuxedo. An off-the-shoulder dress or top is a great way to show some skin without baring it all. A pair of overall shorts is a s

The Trendstop trend experts have recently returned from Paris, where they attended three of the most influential trade shows on the industry circuit to pinpoint all the latest trends emerging for the Spring/Summer 2016 season. Coinciding with Paris Men's Fashion Week S/S16, Capsule, Tranoi Homme and MAN collectively showcase a wide range of directional, contemporary products for men, and are renowned worldwide for their well-curated mix of both high-end and emerging international brands. This se

A preview of the fall-winter 2015 campaign from Chanel has been released, and by the looks of things it’s all about the art ofhigh fashion posing. Models Anna Ewers and Lindsey Wixson strike careful poses for creative director Karl Lagerfeld in black and white images featuring the brand’s iconic tweed and knitwear styles. With their hair in matching, almost mohawk looking updos, Anna and Lindsey bring a different take to the Chanel girl. Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.

For its fall-winter 2015 campaign, Valentino reconnected with up and coming photographer Michal Pudelka. Going to his native Bratislava, Pudelka captured models Grace Hartzel, Harleth Kuusik, Ine Neefs and Maartje Verhoef in fluid and ethereal silhouettes along with graphic black and white color combinations. Posed in sometimes eery ways, the girls all exude a fresh-faced femininity in the new advertisements. Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.