This week, fashion’s headlines spanned collaborations, runway shows, awards, campaigns and ambassadorships.
Among the most-discussed, leaks confirmed that a Supreme x MM6 Maison Margiela collaboration is in the works for the Spring/Summer 2024 season. Elsewhere, Kering Group reported that Gucci’s sales fell by 4% in the fourth quarter of last year, and the LVMH Prize revealed this year’s semifinalists. Gap Inc. named Zac Posen its new creative director; Jacquemus set the date and location for his 15th-anniversary runway, and Hiroshi Fujiwara revealed that he has an autobiography in the works.
Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top fashion stories of…
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Heart Evangelista, Wonyoung Jang & More Among Paris Fashion Week MVPs
Paris Fashion Week is going from strength to strength in the run-up to the Olympic Games.
The fall ready-to-wear shows in the French capital generated $425.5 million in media impact value (MIV) as Asian celebrities continued to drive conversation around leading brands, according to a report released Thursday by data research and insights company Launchmetrics.
“It’s been a really great season,” Michael Jais, chief executive officer of Launchmetrics, said during a webinar. “There is a real sensation of Paris being the center of the world at the moment.”
He noted that 87 percent of the total impact was generated within…
Blenheim Palace opens ‘Icons of British Fashion’ exhibition
‘Icons of British Fashion’ opened to the public on, March 23, and will run until June 30.
Leading British fashion designers, including Alice Temperley, Stella McCartney and the late Dame Vivienne Westwood, contributed to the show, which is sponsored by luxury retail destination Bicester Village.
Visitors to the exhibition are welcomed onto a red carpet that leads to displays featuring designs from Bruce Oldfield, Zandra Rhodes, Barbour and Terry de Havilland.
Jean Muir and Lulu Guinness are also among the featured designers with unique items made for the palace by Guinness.
The palace’s own collections are interspersed with display rooms…
What I Learned From Fashion Month
DUBAI — The Autumn/Winter 2024 women’s ready-to-wear season is done and dusted, and I have already touched down in Dubai where the market for luxury fashion is (still) healthy. I’ll have more on what I have learned on the ground here next week, but in the meantime I’d like to share what I took away from my conversations with industry leaders on the fashion trail in London, Milan and Paris.
Where Are Aspirational Customers Still Spending?
Luxury spending has slowed significantly after a post-pandemic sales boom, especially amongst aspirational shoppers in the United States, and the massive pullback of these…
TOZ Universe and ALTAVA partner to innovate digital fashion in the ANIPANG world
TOZ Universe announces its partnership with ALTAVA, which specializes in helping NFT items and metaverse platforms by providing necessary opportunities to enhance the experience of real-world brands by considering its virtual spaces. Through this partnership, different methods to incorporate the AI-driven 3D fashion of ALTAVA can be expanded into the ANIPANG world.
Through this, creative innovation in the fashion world can be initiated. This algorithm allows a virtual trial experience for consumers to see their looks carrying new attire. It is made to use computer vision to analyze body shape sizes. Through this, community engagement and collaboration can be promoted…
Weekly Fashion Roundup: March 29
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This week, some of fashion’s biggest news moments spanned a crucial creative director announcement, new campaigns and collaborations and more.
Leading the charge was the announcement of Alessandro Michele as Valentino’s new creative director. On its heels was the announcement of Marine Serre as Pitti Immagine Uomo 106’s guest designer.
Elsewhere, Coach revealed Jayson Tatum as a new brand ambassador; Balenciaga releases its Summer 2024 campaign; Supreme x MM6 Maison Margiela dropped its Spring 2024 collaboration and Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris apartment sold for $10.8 million USD.
Below, Hypebeast has rounded up…
Fashion InStyle’s Second Edition to Showcase Trends, Sustainability and Innovation in Hong Kong
Fashion InStyle, formerly known as the Hong Kong Fashion Week, is Asia’s leading event to discover the latest fashion trends along the entire fashion supply chain including textiles, fashion technologies, sustainability practices and solutions, suppliers and partners of all-season clothing and accessories.
The second edition of Fashion InStyle, organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, is set to return under a new EXHIBITION+ physical and digital hybrid model, which reinvents HKTDC fairs to serve global fashion traders anytime and anywhere.
The much-awaited physical show will run from April 20-23 to maximize the synergy in the global sourcing season. It…
Zendaya’s Loewe tennis dress was a fashion statement
Whether she’s promoting a sci-fi epic or a triple-centric Guadagnino flick, Zendaya knows how to dress for a press tour. For Dune: Part Two‘s recent outings, the A-Lister and her trusty “image architect” Law Roach pulled off an insane run of looks which included that AW95 Mugler robosuit and a circuit board skirt set from Givenchy AW99 by Alexander McQueen. Now that the pair have got all the sci-fi references out of their system, only one thing is on their minds this time: tennis.
With barely a moment to recover, Zendaya is off on the rounds again, this time for…