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Swarovski reveals designer lineup for Collective 2016

London - Swarovski has revealed its 2016 designer Collective line-up, which consists the winner of its inaugural Collective Prize, Peter Pilotto. The remaining 14 designers include a number of London Week's top designers such as Emilia Wickstead, Thomas Tait, David Koma, Alexander Lewis and Haizhen Wang as well as Iris van Herpen, Christian...

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Pitti Uomo’s 88th Edition: Highs and Lows

This week has seen the Tuscan city transform of Florence transform into a hotspot for men’s fashion as 1,100 men’s wear labels from around the world gather together to show their Autumn/Winter ’15-’16 from June 16 to 19, at the 88th edition of Italian trade show Pitti Immagine Uomo. As the men’s wear extravagance draws in an end this Friday...

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Woolmark names British Isle nominees

The International Woolmark Prize has named the regional shortlisted designers for the 2015/16 award, which this year will include the British Isle being added as its own region in the competition rather than being combined with Europe. London Fashion Week designers Teatum Jones, J JS Lee, Thomas Tait, Fyodor Golan and Phoebe English have all...

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Moschino and Thomas Tait named Guest Designers for Pitti Uomo 88th edition

After taking over the reigns and presenting his first two menswear collections for Italian label Moschino in London, creative director Jeremy Scott will be making his men's debut in Italy as Guest Designer for international menswear trade fair Pitti Uomo along British designer Thomas Tait, who has been named Guest Designer for womenswear....

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London Fashion Week: From Thomas Tait to Gareth Pugh

The collision of dates that brought the start of London Fashion Week and Chinese New Year apparently failed to garner everyone's attention in the industry this season, with Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief at Vogue, choosing to skip the event all together in lieu of attending the Oscars 87th edition in Los Angeles. However, despite the editor's...

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LVMH Prize goes to Thomas Tait

Thomas Tait has won the inaugural LVMH Young Fashion Designer Prize, 300,000 euros and a year of coaching. Canadian-born Tait was educated in both Montreal and London. Thomas Tait debuted his first collection in the fall of 2010. At 24 he was the youngest student to complete the CentralSaint Martins women’s wear master’s degree program....

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Thomas Tait up for prestigious prize

Canadian-born, British-based designer Thomas Tait, who was the youngest student to ever graduate the MA in women’s wear from Central Saint Martin’s college has been nominated for this year’s prestigious ANDAM prize, the world's biggest international fashion prize. Tait, who showcased his fourth collection during London Fashion Week in February,...