Articles by FashionUnited
Modest fashion brand Les the Brand: "We provide the ingredients to look stylish yet modest"
15 Mar 2023 - Fashion
In an era of crop tops, the return of low rise jeans and generally barely there clothing trends, where do you even start looking for stylish covering clothes? Newcomer to the market Les the Brand has been hard at work for almost a year and has already managed to build a large community, but founders Leyla Mazouz and Esma Hmadouch are dreaming...
How Tactus makes music more accessible to the deaf community with a vibrating shirt
14 Mar 2023 - Fashion
Music is an integral part of life for most people. They hear it in the car, in the store, put it on at home, go to a concert or go out. But there is also a large section of people who cannot (easily) experience music - the deaf community. Company Tactus has designed 'smart clothing' that converts music into vibrations, making music suddenly more...
Authentic Brands Group's acquisition strategy: A look at the past five years
13 Mar 2023 - Business
The American Authentic Brands Group (Authentic) is becoming an increasingly important player in the fashion industry, partly thanks to the various acquisitions it has made in recent years. The group seems to be pursuing a buy-and-build strategy and already has more than 40 brands in its portfolio. If you have lost track of all recent...
Fashion fair CIFF to expand beauty range next edition
7 Mar 2023 - Fairs
Danish fashion trade show CIFF introduced a beauty department for the first time during its event last February and the fair has now reported that it was a success. It is for this reason that the segment is set to be expanded for its upcoming edition, according to a LinkedIn post. Last February, only Scandinavian beauty brands were present at...
Koalaa and Moner Bondhu win big at Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge
10 Feb 2023 - Business
British initiative Koalaa and Bangladeshi start-up Moner Bondhu are the grand prize winners of the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge. The winners received their prizes on Thursday at Tommy Hilfiger's headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Both initiatives won the jury prize, but Koalaa also went home with the public prize, partly...
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: The fashion world responds and offers support
7 Feb 2023 - Business
Large areas in Turkey and Syria were hit by multiple earthquakes at the beginning of the week. The death toll is rising quickly and the images of the large disaster area are moving around the world. The fashion industry is responding to the tragedy and offering help where it can. Turkey is one of the major production countries for clothing and...
Beauty, an acquisition and looking ahead: Danish trade fairs are preparing for the future
6 Feb 2023 - Fairs
Copenhagen - A few weeks before the Danish fair season was due to start, there was suddenly the announcement of the acquisition of Revolver by competitor CIFF. The two fairs, which have been taking place simultaneously in the Danish capital for several years, aim to join forces to further enhance Copenhagen's reputation as a fashion city during...
Belgian initiative helps retailers welcome disabled and neurodivergent consumers warmly
16 Jan 2023 - Retail
Anyone thinking of accessibility in retail may well think of physical accessibility. For example, making a small ramp instead of stairs so that the premises are easily accessible for wheelchair users as well as people with walkers or prams. But a service for people with a visual, auditory or mental disability or neurodivergent people (such as...
News of 'revolutionary plan' Adidas AG turns out to be fake, no new co-CEO
16 Jan 2023 - Business
Confusion on Monday morning: reports of a 'revolutionary plan' at Adidas AG turn out to be fake. An Adidas AG spokesperson confirmed to FashionUnited that the press release in question had not been sent out by the German sportswear company. On Monday morning, a press release was picked up by various media outlets which read that Adidas AG...
Belgian retailer LolaLiza announces winners of Fashion School contest: a conversation with the designers
16 Dec 2022 - Fashion
A few months ago, Belgian retailer LolaLiza launched The LolaLiza Fashion School. Belgian fashion talents could enter the competition and winners will see their designs made into real pieces and sold at LolaLiza stores. Designers Femke Thijs, Liesl De Ridder and Nanook Cools are the three lucky ones who won the contest. The three were selected...