Fashion DesignerMats Beckman, a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, have created the first compostable fully fashion outfit in the world with a bioplastic material and new innovative 3D printing techniques. For his work, so far he received KADK’s UN Sustainable Development Award.The outfits consist of a short-sleeved shirt, shorts and associated accessories such as bags, neck- and leg decorations. The base component in the material is non-GMO corn starch. This unique

Karen Walker has delved into the bridal industry. The New Zealand-based fashion designer, best known for her clothing, eyewear, jewelry and accessories, has launched Karen Walker Atelier to offer her customers bespoke wedding day outfits and jewelry.The designs within the Atelier dress section is based on the Karen Walker's design archive, referencing many of her iconic pieces. The current selection includes 12 dresses and two bridal suits. The styles range from traditional to more modern, d

J.Crew is expanding into maternity. The workwear and lifestyle brand has teamed up with maternity brand HATCH to create a collection of clothing designed for all three trimesters of pregnancy, as well as pieces for after. This is J.Crew’s first foray into maternity clothing, as well as HATCH’s first time designing workwear-specific clothing."J. Crew understands exactly how women want to dress during their workday and beyond. So for us, it was a no-brainer to collaborate with this iconic lab

TechStyle, the global fashion retailer known for various membership-based digital brands, has appointed Laura Joukovski as president of Global Fashion Brands. Laura steps into the role after serving as chief media officer of TechStyle. Laura will be leading three brands under the TechStyle portfolio which includes JustFab, ShoeDazzle and FabKids.Pic: TechStyle Fashion GroupIn addition to leading these three brands, Joukovski will continue overseeing all global media and customer acquisitionacros

Extinction Rebellion, an environmental activist group, has called for a ban of London Fashion Week in a bid to bring awareness to the excess and damage of over consumption.Last month, Extinction Rebellion, together with Maria Chenoweth, CEO of Traid, and Safia Minney MBE, Founder of People Tree, delivered a letter to the BFC, calling on them to cancel London Fashion Week.In their letter of response, Caroline Rush, BFC CEO agrees that “We are facing a climate change emergency and all need to act”

New York –British online fashion retailer Boohoo plc. announced earlier this week it had made an offer to buy “the online business of renowned British brands Karen Millen and Coast, together with all associated intellectual property rights.”Boohoo has bought the online business and all associated intellectual property rights of both businesses, taking them out of administration. The former said it paid 18.2 million pounds in cash for the brands, in line with the details of a bid announced earlie

In the second quarter, currency-neutral revenues at Adidas Ag grew 4 percent, while revenues at brand Adidas were up 4 percent, driven by a high-single-digit increase in Sport Inspired. In euro terms, the company’s revenues grew 5 percent to 5.509 billion euros (6.18 billion dollars). Adidas said, net income from continuing operations grew 10 percent to 462 million euros (517.8 million dollars), and basic EPS from continuing operations reached 2.33 euros including the IFRS impact, an increase of

The Cato Corporation reported sales of 57.5 million dollars for the four weeks ended August 3, 2019, up 1 percent, while same-store sales for the period increased 4 percent compared to the four weeks ended August 4, 2018."Sales were above our expectations," commented John Cato, the company’s Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer in a statement, adding, "We are encouraged by our current trend, however we remain cautious about the second half of the year. In addition, giv

CGTrader and apparel manufacturing firm, IKAR, are set to transform traditional fashion visualisation using 2D images and paper catalogues into immersive 3D and AR customer experiences for its intimate apparel and activewear lines. CGTrader and Magic Leap, a spatial computing platform, will explore interactive spatial 3D applications for garments consumers.CGTrader will provide photorealistic 3D models to IKAR via the new all-inclusive, scalable CGTrader ARsenal augmented reality solution. IKAR

It is a familiar, played out romantic scenario: woman gets out of bed, puts on boyfriend's / husband's / partner's white shirt, instantly looks cool and sexy. Men's blazers, too, are of the covetable borrowable type, as are sweatshirts, tees or anything masculine that can be perfectly oversized for a woman's silhouette without drowning it. The term 'boyfriend fit' was coined from this scenario, presumably led by a slick marketing firm who had a jean or other such prod