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Video: Agnès b. SS22 collection

In this video, fashion label Agnès b. has presented its SS22 collection at Paris Fashion Week (PFW). Watch the video below. Do you want to see more clothing collections? Click here to view the FashionUnited Marketplace. Video: DNMAG Fashion Professionals via YouTube Photo credit: Agnès b, Facebook

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Q&A with French designer Agnes b

French fashion designer Agnes b. has always been an optimist. It is what prompted her some 50 years ago to quit the world of fashion journalism and step onto the lowest rung of the design ladder. She started the Agnes b. brand and opened her first boutique in Paris in 1975, followed by others across France as well as in New York, London,...

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Paris fashion week AW20: Balmain channels 80s elegance

Paris fashion week fell back in love latex and the horsey set Friday, with Balmain rolling the clock back to the 1980s in a glitzy show that could have been called "Pretty Woman goes to the Polo Club". With Celine's Hedi Slimane already committed to reviving the bourgeois pearls and twin-set look, Balmain's artistic director Olivier Rousteing...

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Why fashion's fairy grandmother Agnes b. is a true believer

French designer Agnes b. really doesn't like the fashion world of which she is one of the great survivors. "I don't like fashion. I have nothing to do with that world where everyone is in a bubble," said the veteran creator, a lifelong activist for progressive causes. "Some people like to go out and be seen," said the 78-year-old who dressed her...

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Lily Cole leads London protest over Calais 'Jungle' children

British model Lily Cole on Wednesday led protesters on London's Millennium Bridge calling for Britain to help more children caught up in the demolition of France's "Jungle" migrant camp. Cole was among around 100 demonstrators carrying placards and large red hearts in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral, urging the immediate resettlement of more...

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French minister compares veiled women to 'negroes who supported slavery'

A French government minister on Wednesday compared women who wear the veil to "negroes who supported slavery" amid a backlash against the growing trend for Muslim-orientated fashion. Families minister Laurence Rossignol, sparked outrage on social media with her comment which came after former fashion mogul Pierre Berge lashed out at designers...

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Agnes b, the French designer who hates fashion

"I don't like fashion," said the French designer Agnes b. For someone who has spent four decades at the top of the fashion tree, it is a curious confession to make. "I like clothes," she added quickly as she put the final touches to her autumn winter collection before her Paris fashion week show Tuesday. The creator who dressed pop icon David...