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NYFW SS25: Top Color Combinations

According to Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, “Colors for NYFW SS25 combine comfort and glam, blending wearability with desirability”.The Institute predicted that the standout colors would include eco-inspired foliage greens, expansive blues, earthy browns, pastel hues, and captivating exotic brights.” This...

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New York finds its footing in famous faces, global presence and political statements

New York Fashion Week has officially wrapped up its SS25 season, and before we head off to its British counterpart in London we are taking a look back at some of the highlights from a week in the Big Apple. And what a week it was. So much so that a question has continued to arise within the wider fashion community; has New York got its spark...

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NYFW SS25 street style: Fancy denim, modern preppy, baggy shorts and more

Labor Day in early September marks the end of the summer season, and for many New Yorkers can be fraught with a sense of melancholy. However, for others, it means the beginning of a month-long foray into the future of fashion. Nowhere is that excitement more palpable than on the streets outside the various runway shows and presentations. Fashion...

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Michael Kors brings Italian air to New York Fashion Week

Fashion designer Michael Kors brought an Italian air to New York Fashion Week, presenting his Spring/Summer 2025 collection Tuesday as the brand remains embroiled in a legal battle with competition authorities. The show at a Manhattan cultural space followed the start of hearings in New York this week over the US antitrust agency seeking to...

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Coofandy and Ekouaer to make New York Fashion Week debut

Menswear brand Coofandy and women's sleepwear label Ekouaer will debut at New York Fashion Week to kickstart its global expansion. The two brands will host a joint catwalk showcase at Cipriani 25 Broadway on September 8, including 40 looks from Coofandy and 20 womenswear looks from Ekouaer. This will include looks designed by Italian graphic...

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CFDA to host march for democracy with Vogue

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) is partnering with Vogue on a non-partisan march in midtown Manhattan, New York to kickstart New York Fashion Week on September 6. The ‘Fashion For Our Future’ event will unite more than 1,000 people from the American fashion industry, including designers, models, retailers, factory workers,...

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Ralph Lauren to return to New York Fashion Week with a show in the Hamptons

Ralph Lauren will return to New York Fashion Week this year, opening the event with a show in the upscale coasting enclave the Hamptons on 5 September. “The Hamptons is more than a place. It’s a natural world of endless blue skies, the ocean, green fields, and white fences, rusticity and elegance with a quality of light that drew artists here...

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Thom Browne's Poe-tinged dark romance ends NY Fashion Week

In a sparse warehouse dotted with trees, models sauntered down the catwalk in tweed coats to the sound of ravens as US designer Thom Browne closed New York Fashion Week with what he called a "romantically dark" show. The designer's theatrical autumn-winter 2024 collection on Wednesday evening was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's seminal "The...

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A glance at New York's fashion future: Anniversaries, comebacks, and debutantes for FW24

New York Fashion Week was once the shining centre of a new guard of fashion, far removed from the heritage and prestige of Milan and Paris or the experimental creativity of London. It has somewhat fallen out of favour and fashion in recent years. Over time, New York seemed a little too commercial in taste, a little too safe and yet, at often...

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From red carpet to runway: Pamella Roland gears up for year of growth

Since the brand’s inception in 2002, Pamella Roland has steadily grown into an eveningwear staple, finding a firm footing among red carpet elite and luxury retailers, alike. To establish such a status, president and designer Pamella DeVos has put her emphasis on catering to a confident woman that demands a versatile wardrobe, and as such seeks...

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Tory Burch inspiring optimism at New York Fashion Week FW24 show

Striding down the runway to music from The Cure and Joy Division on Monday, models at New York Fashion Week paraded skirts inspired by lampshades -- US designer Tory Burch's celebration of making "the everyday sublime". The brightly colored and sometimes shiny skirts seemed to stand alone at the waist and were designed to fold up "almost like...

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Tommy Hilfiger pays tribute to NY as city's fashion week kicks off

As his red, white and blue mainstay prepares to turn 40, Tommy Hilfiger paid tribute to New York as a leading character in his journey to the design big-time as the city's fashion week got underway. To a hip-hop and disco-heavy soundscape curated by DJ Questlove evocative of the city's recent past, Hilfiger showcased a strong campus look set off...