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Masks: Is privacy a fundamental right or luxury item?
Is privacy a fundamental right or luxury item? In the A/W 19 Catwalks, the answer seems to be the latter. From Gucci to Area, Richard Quinn to Bora Aksu, Izzue to Xu Zhi, models were sent down the runway with faces either completely or partially obscured by masks. Most prolific in the mask-force was Gucci, wielding villainous golden eye-patches, Halloween inspired masks in emerald velvets and latex spiked masks.
DIA Communications insider scoop on Chinese fashion
WGSN sat down with Zemira, the founder of DIA Communications and Tube Showroom, to chat about how she got started, China’s 2019 economy and consumer insight into the Chinese fashion retail market. Representing some of China’s leading independent designers, the company is locally known as one of Shanghai Fashion Week’s buzziest sales showrooms for China’s independent design talent. When was DIA Communications founded? What about Tube Showroom? How has the market changed since then?
Primark goes for experience as well as value in biggest-ever store
Experiential retail has become a guiding principle for stores at the middle and upper layers of the price scale. But it’s also making an impact on those who’ve generally been able to rely on low, low pricing to tempt shoppers though their doors. A new store concept sees Primark becomes the latest high street store to focus as heavily on dwell time as it does on price. It makes sense, given that the bricks-and-mortar experience is Primark’s key driver.
Editor's Pick: Jil Sander – WGSN Insider reports, Milan
Milan Fashion Week Catwalks – A/W 19 Editor’s Pick. Jil Sander After show-hopping – and a team debrief – the WGSN Catwalks editors call out the most exciting and directional emerging trends – and we’re sharing some of our favourites here. With Milan Fashion Week all wrapped up, and Paris in full swing, there feels little time for reflection. However, the WGSN content team are still combing over Milan collections, looking for trend confirmations and for new inspiration, too.
Lacoste New York Fashion Week A/W 17: Back to the Future
New York: The setting of a Moon scape at the Lacoste A/W 17 presentation provided somewhat of an inkling of the visual spectacle to come. Referencing the founder’s contribution to the aircraft industry and drawing comparisons to his own father’s aeronautical career, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, drew parallels between the heroes of aviation and the pioneers of the space age, presenting a modern, futuristic and thoughtful collection.
For the sophisticated forward-thinking woman
Milan: Designer Consuelo Castiglione, known for her sophisticated and forward-thinking designs has once again charmed the international fashion circle with her S/S17 collection. A gently distorted and monochrome silhouette featured oversized cargo pockets and blown up sleeves, while drawcords, transformed the guise of softly draped dresses into asymmetric silhouettes, yet each piece felt perfectly controlled.
JW Anderson will stream Men's fashion show on Grindr
J W Anderson has been making fashion headlines a lot recently. Fresh from his British Fashion Council Award win, where he became the first person to be named both menswear and womenswear designer, he is back with some more news. This weekend, for London Collections: Men, he is teaming up with gay dating app Grindr to livestream his fashion show.
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