EVENTS

Design For A Good Cause At Berlin Fashion Week EVENTS, MAIN, MODELS 01.25.10

Ralph Anderl, designer for iC! Berlin, gathered 35 artists to design eyewear, t-shirts, and jeans which will be auctioned through a company Website to provide prescription glasses to poor people in Brazil who “have nothing.” Both Ralph Anderl and Maira Becke, a Brazilian model who lives in Germany, came up with the idea for the [...]

Paris Enhances Pre-Collection Market EVENTS, LABEL, MAIN 12.18.09

The Chambre Sindicale in France has set up a large, and fully sanctioned ready-to-wear pre-collection calendar. The pre-collection calendar will begin in the last two weeks of January 2010, which will have labels like Chloe and Yves Saint Laurent. The reason the Chambre Sindicale is adding emphasis for pre-collections at this time is because many [...]

Eco-Friendly In Fashion EVENTS, GREEN, MAIN 12.10.09

Labels including Noir held an eco-friendly runway show in Copenhagen on wednesday at Copenhagen’s Opera House. Many designs included organic cottons and silks, mixed with polyesters made from recycled plastic bottles and fabrics made from industrial and agricultural waste. Some of the retail heavyweights include H&M and Barneys who showed up at the show. Some [...]

Alexander Wang Wins Swiss Textile Award DESIGNER, EVENTS, MAIN 11.15.09

Designer Alexander Wang has received the 2009 Swiss Textiles Award. This award is quite historic because Alexander Wang is the second American designer to obtain Central Europe’s most prestigious fashion award. His award also includes a 100,000 euros or $147,000 dollars in prize. Part of the rules is to use 10% to purchase Swiss textiles. [...]

Pakistani Runway Defy Taliban EVENTS, MAIN 11.10.09

Last week, many designers, fashionistas, and models stood up to the Taliban by attending the symbolic four-day Pakistani fashion week. This event had been previously postponed twice due to fears of such event would cause conflict with the Taliban. Victory came as a cultural statement that there is more to Pakistan than violence. “This is [...]

Top Korean Fashion Designers Hit New York DESIGNER, EVENTS, MAIN 11.09.09

Korea’s top nine fashion designers presented their 2010 collections in a special runway show in New York on Wednesday November 4th. This two day event was held to entice local buyers. Some of the top Korean labels include Cubellia, An Yoon Jung ANS, Ecole de Paris, Fashion Story, and Lilycomes. These designers are members of [...]

Givenchy’s Ricardo Tisci Working on Secret Show DESIGNER, EVENTS, MAIN, RETAIL 10.30.09

Ricadro Tisci, the creative director or Givenchy, is currently designing on “an upcoming show in 2011.” Tisci shared with The Cut that he is working on costumes which will be a combination of music and opera. Interestingly enough, his story coincides with Lady Gaga’s “Fame Monster” Tour which will consist of pop-electro opera. In the [...]