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Kingpins: Jeans should be soft and comfortable

Although mom jeans and flares are what the next few seasons are all about, the skinny is far from over. “Skinny jeans will never be over,” says Alberto Primo Candiani, global manager at Italian weaving mill Candiani, during Kingpins. The key word at the international trade fair for denim mills and one of the main components for the skinny:...

Fashion

Karen Millen accused of promoting 'dangerous' body ideals with too-thin mannequin

High street retailer Karen Millen has come under fire for using excessively skinny mannequins in one of its UK stores which are said to promote a 'dangerous' body image. Earlier this week, mental health campaigned Laur Evans, was in one of Karen Millen's 130 UK stores when she spotted a mannequin complete with protruding collar bones and ribs,...