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The changing format of London Fashion Week

London - 1984 was the year London Fashion Week was born. An initiative of the British Fashion Council, it brought together disparate exhibitions and designers to collectively show on one platform. Ba
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Is fashion week no longer in fashion?

London - Precisely one year ago at the start of the autumn winter 2018 season the Wall Street Journal surmised that the traditional fashion show was in full disruption mode. Many designers and brands
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Launchmetrics: Ralph Lauren benefitting the most from fashion week exposure

Fashion weeks are a great opportunity to generate buzz around a brand, but who’s doing it best? Launchmetrics, a data analytics firm focusing on the fashion, beauty and luxury sectors has measu
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Is there a future in dedicated men’s fashion weeks?

New data from Launchmetrics states that brands must evaluate the costs of organising two shows per season for menswear and womenswear, putting a spotlight on whether there is a future for dedicated
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LA gets its first Vegan Fashion Week next month

The busy fashion month itinerary keeps getting busier--and now more humane. A four-day Vegan Fashion Week is set to debut in Los Angeles on February 1 this year, just before the start of New York Fas
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Video: Luna Bijl | Runway Compilation 2018

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Meet Alexandra Zofcin, The House of AmZ's Creative Director at Amazon Fashion Week TOKYO

Organizing a Fashion Week involves many different fashion professionals who are experts in their fields ranging from director to designer. With the series “Meet Fashion Week professionals&rdquo
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In pictures: Jakarta Fashion Week 2019 focuses on cultural heritage

Last week, the Jakarta Fashion Week took place at Senayan City, Jakarta. As various brands and designers turned their focus to preserving their cultural heritage in timeless pieces, traditional batik
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Jakarta Fashion Week Opens

Jakarta Fashion Week 2019 opened last week to showcase the latest works both from the Indonesian fashion scene and international talents. It is running from October 20 to 26, in Senayan City, Jakarta
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The impact of fashion week: beyond the runways

CDMX - New York, Milan, Paris and London: the four largest Fashion Weeks have been in the spotlight for decades. However, the same creative minds behind these Fashion Week majors also arrange over on
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The Ever Changing Fashion Calendar

2017 was a tumultuous year for fashion between the departures of multiple creative directors, and store closures abound in the U.S., it wasn't exactly smooth sailing. One of the consistent headline m
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McCartney shows eco fashion can be profitable

Stella McCartney proved that eco-friendly fashion can turn a buck, with her label's profits shooting up as she unveiled her new collection Monday at Paris Fashion Week. The British designer, daughter
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Fashion world shaken by #NoFreePhotos row

Photographers have risen up in revolt at the way fashion labels and influencers are using their street style images without crediting them, highlighting discontent about the "work for free" culture i
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Mother of Pearl designs Fashion Week Festival tote

BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund winner Mother of Pearl has been commissioned by London Fashion Week Festival to design the event’s limited edition tote bag. “Mother of Pearl’s beau
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Emporio Armani to show in London come September

London - Emporio Armani has decided to relocate its fashion week show once more and is set to show its Spring/Summer 2018 collection in London on September 17. The Italian label's show will coincide
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Gucci's runway plans for Greece come a cropper

​ The Acropolis is not for rent: Greece may be indebted, but the message over its ancient heritage is clear after it rejected a request from Gucci to hold a fashion show amid the ruins. ​
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The Top 20 Money-Making Fashion Weeks You May Not Know

London - The fact that New York Fashion Week, set to bring in a total income of 540 million euros this season, generates the most money from all the global fashion weeks may not be a surprise to many
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The Do’s and Don’ts when working during Fashion Week

Several times I have been fortunate enough to work for a number of different designers during the Fashion weeks in both London and New York. Sound glamourous? Well it can be, but it can also be exhau
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The global fashion weeks the industry forgot

Vektor from Berlin, House of Cannon from Australia, Raissa & Vanessa from Istanbul and Two Legged Creatures from Amsterdam. Their names are not likely to be familiar, but they are all on-schedule
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Fashion week: catwalk vs presentation

London - The runway was once the epitome of fashion showcasing. It was on the catwalk where trends were born, where brands, designers and their stylists used the platform as its definitive communicat
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Etihad Airways to sponsor global fashion week events

London - Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has signed a new global agreement with WME-IMG to become a “major long-term partner” to the fashion industry, by agreeing to spon
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London most Tweeted about travel destination

London has been praised as the most talked about travel destination on Twitter, as the words 'London' and 'travel' were tweeted together more than 630,000 times in 2015. This is 200,000 times more th
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‘See now, buy now’ sees an industry divided as Italy’s Fashion Chamber rejects instant fashion

London - Debate concerning the current affairs of the fashion system has resulted in the rise of the direct-to consumer business model. Whilst a number of global fashion houses, such as Burberry, Ve
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Paris vows security will not rain on its fashion weeks

Paris dusts itself off to reclaim its place as the capital of fashion Wednesday, with the start of its menswear shows amid tight security after the November terror attacks. With some of the world ri
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How to Launch Your Own Fashion Label - Final

2015 has seen unprecedented changes in the fashion industry, from non-stop shuffling of creative directorships at the luxury houses, to international brands folding their businesses, to well known fi
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Backstage: Behind the scenes of a fashion show

Ten minutes. Ten minutes is the average duration of a catwalk presentation. That is the length of time in which a designer can show a collection that is meant to capture the brand's image so convinci
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London Fashion Week ones to watch

London - Friday marks the 62nd outing of London Fashion Week, with a schedule that can easily rival other global fashion cities for showing some of the world’s most powerful creative talent. Th
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Should fashion shows be open to the public?

London - New York Fashion Week marks the month-long ready-to-wear calendar of a global showcase of fashion design. The NYC shows are generally more commercially and economically focussed than its Eur
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Berlin Fashion Week starts with menswear

The catwalk was officially opened with the runway show from menswear label So Popular on Tuesday morning, marking the start of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. During the high summer temperature
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How can London Collections: Men translate buzz into sales?

There is no doubt London men’s fashion week is buzzing. Each season the platform grows in size, secures greater investment and sees more designers and brands present their collections. This sea
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