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Fashion week is over, now it's time for business

As Paris fashion week comes to a close and the international elite ebb out of the city of lights, back to their jobs to shape the new season, it is the showrooms where 'real' business is done and fashion's worker bees are hustling to sell their collections. This is fashion's bottom line, where hundreds of millions of euros are written in just a...

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​The main takeaways from Paris Fashion Week AW17

London - Paris Fashion Week, often seen as the pinnacle of the global fashion week has come to an end. Leading fashion houses ranging from Dior to Louis Vuitton presented their vision for Autumn/Winter 2017-2018, simultaneously and perhaps even unwittingly setting a number of trends for the next season. FashionUnited shares a number of...

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Five standout trends from Milan Fashion Week AW17

Milan fashion week winds up Monday with Italian veteran designer Giorgio Armani showing his autumn-winter 2017 collection before the international circus of critics, buyers and top models decamps to Paris. Here are five takeaways: Flowers It may only be February but the northern Italian city famed for its grey skies was in full bloom: there were...

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London Fashion Week: Autumn 17 Trends

London proved itself a vibrant and ever-changing source of inspiration for fashion week. Designers were political yet united, using their voices in a time of global uncertainty to make statements of inclusivity and creativity. Shared men's and women's catwalks kept the androgyny vibe ongoing and consumer facing shows, like Burberry's, are...

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Gucci presents eclectic co-ed collection at Milan Fashion Week

Alessandro Michele outdid himself in eclecticism on Wednesday with a foxy joint men and women's collection for Gucci -- the label's first ever -- as Milan fashion week opened. Trends for the autumn-winter 2017 season? Fox and bat motifs, gold flares, nose studs and whole-body glitter suits. The Roman designer, who performed a radical overhaul of...

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Phillip Plein shakes up NYFW, but not in a good way

German designer Philipp Plein on Monday boldly stated he would "make New York Fashion Week great again." The Trump-borrowed slogan has been incessantly used since the election campaign, with Plein hoping to gain some traction in the US market where despite operating stores he remains virtually unknown. That is why Plein quit Milan fashion week...

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LFWM: Vivienne Westwood AW17

A Vivienne Westwood show is never just a show. When I first met the Grand Dame of fashion years ago at her son Joe Corré's brand presentation for A Child of the Jago, she made an impromptu and inspiring speech about climate change. Westwood has been using her fashion credentials as an activist and bonafide campaigner for decades, allowing her...

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