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Lagos Fashion Week and Industrie Africa announce limited-edition global trunkshow

Lagos Fashion Week (LagosFW) and the luxury African fashion retailer Industrie Africa have announced a collaboration to launch a limited-edition trunkshow, extending the runway's impact directly into global retail. The trunkshow is scheduled to begin November 14th at 3 PM WAT, providing consumers worldwide with real-time access to collections...

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StockX 2025 Trends: Asics remains market leader, football jerseys and coveted collabs dominate

The latest quarterly trend report by resale platform StockX has seen Asics retain the position of leading brand in the market. In ‘Big Facts: 2025 Trends’, which covers data over the quarter July 1 to September 30, as well as for the year to October, StockX said Asics’ growth continued, with quarterly sales for the footwear brand growing 45...

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Community over commerce: Crepe City's creative director on the transformation of sneaker culture

Crepe City is taking place in Cologne for the first time this week. Following its German debut in Berlin, the British sneaker and streetwear event is now moving to the Rhine to bring the local scene back together. Connull Drummond, who has been involved with Crepe City since 2019 and has been its creative director for three years, reveals why...

Fashion |Beauty

Champion to launch fragrance line developed by Revlon

Athleticwear brand Champion, part of the Authentic Brands Group portfolio, has signed a global fragrance licensing deal with beauty company Revlon Consumer Products, as it looks to launch its first-ever signature fragrance collection. Champion’s inaugural fragrance line will debut in 2027 and will channel “Champion’s heritage and modern...

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Kering and Shanghai Fashion Week launch new CRAFT programme

During the opening ceremony of the Kering pavilion at the eighth China International Import Expo (CIIE), French luxury group Kering signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shanghai Fashion Week to launch Kering CRAFT. This stands for “Creative Residency for Artisanship, Fashion and Technology” and is a new initiative through which Kering...

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Consumers are demanding more accountability from brands before they buy

New research from sustainable fashion platform and communications agency Eco Age reveals a rise in “conscious consumers” who are demanding more accountability from brands before they buy from them, with shoppers even “willing to sacrifice cash for questions”. A poll conducted this month, with more than 750 respondents from Eco Age’s global...

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Net-a-Porter's fashion director departs to launch video commerce agency

Kay Barron, fashion director of Net-a-Porter, has announced her departure from the luxury online retailer to launch a new video commerce creative agency called Vvend. The new agency launches with a strategic partnership with Bambuser, the video commerce technology that powers more than 250 retail brands worldwide, including Victoria Beckham and...

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Mellon Blue diamond sells for 25.6 million dollars

The Mellon Blue, a 9.51-carat fancy vivid blue diamond formerly owned by the US art collector Bunny Mellon, sold for 25.6 million dollars at auction on Tuesday. The diamond was sold by auctioneers Christie's in Geneva as part of its Magnificent Jewels sale in the Swiss city. The gem sold for 20,525,000 Swiss francs at the Hotel des Bergues,...

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Zara confirms “fashion house” strategy through collaboration with Ludovic de Saint Sernin

Zara has announced the development and upcoming launch of a capsule collection designed by the celebrated young French fashion designer Ludovic de Saint Sernin. Through this global project, the flagship of the Spanish fashion group Inditex takes another step in its strategy. The goal is to transform from a clothing brand into a “fashion house”...

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Walpole British Luxury Awards 2025 celebrates “resilience and renewal”

Walpole, which represents the British luxury industry, including Burberry, Alexander McQueen and Harrods, celebrated its annual Walpole British Luxury Awards at The Dorchester, Mayfair in London last night, November 10, spotlighting brands and individuals who define British luxury's creativity, innovation and global cultural relevance. Helen...

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Pantone launches new AI tool to create custom colour palettes

Global colour consultancy Pantone, which provides trend forecasting and digital solutions for the design community, has teamed up with Microsoft to launch its first AI-driven product experience utilising its decades of colour research to create custom colour palettes. The Pantone Palette Generator, a new beta feature in Pantone Connect,...

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Kurt Geiger unveils lingerie and sleepwear collection with Dora Larsen

British footwear and accessories brand Kurt Geiger has unveiled its first-ever collaboration with colourful lingerie, swimwear and sleepwear brand Dora Larsen. The limited-edition capsule collection reimagines Kurt Geiger’s signature rainbow palette through the lens of Dora Larsen’s soft, feminine aesthetic with exclusive lingerie and sleepwear...