Categoria: Fashion News
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Tribute Is Being Planned for Late Vogue Fashion Editor Polly Mellen
During her decades-long career, Mellen left her stylish mark at Harper’s Bazaar, American Vogue and Allure. A tribute for the indomitable fashion editor Polly Mellen, who died Dec. 12, is being planned for this summer in Kent, Conn. Mellen, the longtime sittings and fashion editor at Vogue, passed away at age 100 at the assisted living facility Noble Horizons in…
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Dress Codes: Why Santa Claus wears a red and white suit
Santa’s iconic suit makes him particularly imitable — leading to tens of thousands of people donning the holiday uniform for SantaCon in New York each year. But his outfit’s origins are elusive, and took nearly a century to be decided upon Red velvet suit, white fur trim, tall black boots, cozy (if not indulgent) pom-pom…
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L’École des Arts Joailliers Van Cleef & Arpels dédie une nouvelle exposition parisienne à la perle
En amont des fêtes de fin d’année, L’École des Arts Joailliers inaugure un parcours d’exposition consacré aux liens qui unissent la capitale à l’univers de la perle. L’occasion également, de (re)découvrir l’hôtel Mercy-Argenteau, le nouvel écrin parisien de L’École. Paris, Capitale de la perle Aussi ronde soit-elle, la perle revêt bien des facettes. Objet de…
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True blue tradition: how Japan’s coveted jeans are made
Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs. Unlike their mass-produced cousins, the tough garments crafted at the small Momotaro Jeans factory in southwest Japan are designed to be worn for decades, and come…
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What is mocha mousse and will it sell?
In 2025, the colour brown isn’t going anywhere. At least not according to Pantone, which has named ‘mocha mousse’ its colour of the year. In 2024, chocolate brown reigned supreme. In the year ahead, there’s a new edible shade making its way onto fashion’s mood boards: mocha mousse. Pantone has named the lighter, silkier shade…
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The great luxury reset: challenges and opportunities for luxury brands
The Independents Group, a collective of communications agencies, together with brand building agency Karla Otto has published a white paper that looks at the shifting drivers behind the luxury market. While historically, luxury items have served as markers of status and shaping consumers’ identity, today consumers are seeking out brands that shape their lifestyle. “The…