LI EDELKOORT news and archive

Li Edelkoort pens op-ed about 'speed and greed' as she launches new Farm to Fabric to Fashion master course

Veteran fashion forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort has penned an op-ed for the Business of Fashion, questioning the industry’s business stimulus model of over-production, over-consumption and mediocre product. Citing a necessary re-set of how the industry does business, real change needs to happen at the educational level, where the next generation of...

Podcast

Podcast: Li Edelkoort on the coronavirus and how it represents flaws in society

During this special edition of the BoF Podcast, Dutch trend forecaster Li Edelkoort claims that the coronavirus pandemic is bringing to light what is wrong with society. The pandemic is showing the world as well as fashion that we need to slow down, and change the way we do things. This 44 minute podcast with the trend forecaster and Business of...

Fashion Featured

The world after corona according to trend forecasters

„It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)“ - this R.E.M. hit song seems more than appropriate in view of the worldwide wave of social isolation and lockdowns as preventive measures in the fight against the coronavirus. The chorus ends in “and I feel fine” and that is what trend forecasters are currently predicting: That...

Fashion

Lidewij Edelkoort: “We’re moving towards a wider silhouette”

Indian summer, brighter colors and the impact of technology in our daily lives: these are some of themes that will mark Autumn/Winter in 2019-2010, according to Dutch trendwatcher Lidewij Edelkoort. She led a trendwatching seminar in Holland this week, organized by international forecaster, Appletizer. FashionUnited attended the event and shares...