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The FW24 ‘Eclectic Grandpa’ Aesthetic

Pinterest named ‘eclectic grandpa’ as one of its 2024 trend predictions earlier this year. It’s a vintage look that incorporates knitwear, tweed and corduroy in mostly oversized, comfy, layered silhouettes. Although consumers wished to move on from their Pandemic era sweatpants and tee shirts, they were reluctant to eschew the element of comfort...

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Coastal Grandmother 2024/25 Update: The enduring Tiktok trend

While the term ‘Coastal Grandmother’ was first introduced by TikTok influencer Lex Nicoleta back in 2022, the aesthetic is still relevant for consumers in 2024 and beyond. Nicoleta referenced characters such as Erica Barry, (Diane Keaton), in Nancy Meyer’s movie ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ as inspiration for the look. She pictured a series of...

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Behind the collaboration: Gioia Pan and Clarks link up for Taipei Fashion Week

A designer collaborating with a footwear brand is not an unlikely scenario at fashion week. This was also the case for established designer Li-Yang Pan, who for the presentation of her brand Gioia Pan’s AW24 collection at Taipei Fashion Week onboarded British shoe brand Clarks as a primary collaborator. As such, Pan’s show was rife in the...

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FW24: Models who walked the most runways

Several sought-after models walked in more than thirty runway shows during the Fall/Winter 24 ready-to-wear season. While they hailed from a wide variety of locales, four of the top ten have roots in one small African nation, South Sudan (population 10 million). Wracked by violence since gaining independence in 2011, life in South Sudan is a far...

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Taipei Fashion Week in flux: How Taiwan is navigating its ambition of global recognition

While international fashion month may have long wrapped up, in Taiwan last week things were just kicking off as the country prepared to host its biannual Taipei Fashion Week (TPFW). Located entirely on the grounds of the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, the event drew in politicians, celebrities and fashion leaders alike for four days of...

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Trendstop Fall/Winter 2024 Women’s Catwalk Footwear

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into the key women’s footwear directions emerging on the Fall Winter 2024 runways. Comfort remains key to footwear, but Fall Winter sees designers reimaging this core design principle in unexpected ways. Shapes, profiles, textures, and trims are amplified and oversized with an emphasis on...

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Street style trends at Taipei Fashion Week: Bubble soles and a pandemonium of prints

From April 25 to 28, the Taiwanese fashion world and select visitors descended on the country’s capital for Taipei Fashion Week, where nine brands exhibited their latest collections to bustling crowds. While much anticipation was reserved largely for the individual shows, the event’s location Songshan Cultural and Creative Park also became the...

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Trendstop Fall/Winter 2024 Women’s Catwalk Accessories

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into the emerging accessory directions from the Fall Winter 2024 women’s collections. Inspiration comes from past and future as designers fuse vintage and forward-thinking elements. Traditional crafting skills are combined with modern techniques and aesthetics offer a sense of safety and...

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SPFW N57 spotlights original Brazilian fashion

The 57th edition of the São Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) - entitled 'Sintonia', which took place at the Iguatemi São Paulo and JK Iguatemi shopping centres, came to an end on Sunday, April 14. This season the event featured 27 fashion shows, 11 fewer than in the previous edition, but which highlighted the importance of brands that are considered...

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AW24 Fashion Month’s top influencers include K-pop stars

As previously reported by FashionUnited, according to a report put together by image agency Karla Otto in collaboration with Lefty, the FW24 ready-to-wear runway collections generated an earned media value (EMV) of more than 527.5 million dollars. In the report, the two agencies published the results following their analysis of Instagram posts...

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Adidas collaborations and an abundance of flowers: Exploring Baltic fashion at Riga Fashion Week

Latvia's capital became the epicentre of Baltic fashion from April 8 to 11 for the 33rd edition of Riga Fashion Week, bringing together designers from Lithuania, Estonia and, of course, Latvia, and even Uzbekistan and Finland. The first day's shows were held in the Office Complex Verde, a modern building in the city's business centre, before...

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FW24 Key Trend: In and out of the boudoir

“What goes around comes around,” is the saying, and this was certainly one of the strongest messages of the Fall/Winter 2024 runway season. Designers harked back to the 1920s and 1930s, and more specifically, the garments found in a stylish woman’s boudoir, including corsets, satin and lace underwear, slips and other sheer layers, in a color...