The fashion industry innovation organization, which brings together groups like Adidas, C&A, Kering and PVH, has picked the seven start-ups it will support as part of the Asia Innovation 2022 programme.
Sports brand Reebok is linking up with UK-based Smiley in a multi-season partnership “encouraging creativity and positivity”. It starts with a special launch to mark Smiley’s 50th anniversary year.
The institution granted six scholarships for the 2022-23 year aimed at funding projects by fashion professionals from the Mediterranean basin. Louis-Gabriel Nouchi took home the grand prize.
Zalando has opened up its Sustainability Award for entries with brands invited to apply by April 25. The winning collection will be sold on Zalando and there's a €20,000 cash prize too.
Lisbon saw five emerging brands present their avant-garde collections during the last edition of the ModaLisboa fashion week. Local creators Maria Clara and Filipe Cerejo were crowned the winners of the competition.
Few designers will be as much the focus of attention this year as Thebe Magugu, the brilliant young South African talent picked to be the first designer to create an Amigo collection for AZ Factory, post Alber Elbaz.
Designer Christopher Ræburn has moved on from his global creative director role at Timberland and will now be ‘collaborator at large’ for the American label.
British-American fashion designer Harris Reed is collaborating with finance company Klarna in a competition to find emerging fashion talent. The winner will get a “mentoring lunch with the revolutionary creator”.
Good American announced on Thursday the launch of the Good Inc incubator program to support emerging talent.
PVH’s Tommy Hilfiger announced on Monday the opening of applications for the fourth edition of the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge.
In early March, the LVMH-owned Louis Vuitton Malletier brand was sentenced to pay over €800,000 in damages and interest to an independent designer for the unauthorised use of a clasp she created.
Fresh from the opening of its London flagship on Bond Street, Kering’s Balenciaga on Monday announced the launch of the Balenciaga Runner Sculpture, an “extremely limited-edition Balenciaga Object”.
The LVMH Prize, the competition for emerging fashion designers launched in 2014, announced on Thursday its eight finalists.
Famille C, the holding company of the Courtin family, owner of French cosmetics group Clarins, has finalised for an undisclosed amount the acquisition of US make-up brand Ilia.
The Woolmark Company has announced the prize winners for the Woolmark Performance Challenge 2021/22 with new ideas for runners and skiers as the prize linked up with On and Salewa for the first time.
