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Emma Watson designs eco collection for Alberta Ferretti

“It’s the new generation who educates us in terms on fashion sustainability”, Mary Portas had once told me during an interview at the opening of her third Living and Giving Shop. That’s exactly the case with the new exclusive “Pure Threads” collection where a new-comer in fashion design introduces an established designer to a whole new aspect of creating fashion. Italian designer Alberta Ferretti…

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Lily Allen presents ready-to-wear collection

Lily Allen reveals her many talents as the singer and her sister Sarah Owen are expanding into ready-to-wear with a new vintage-inspired collection under their fashion venture Lucy In Disguise. The collection consists of 18 pre-fall pieces. Dresses of the range include a black beaded tulle dress, a 40s-inspired crepe tea dress and a high-waisted maxi dress, flattering all types of silhouettes,…

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Friendship in fashion – How Lady Gaga and Nicole Kidman showed support to their designer friends

I can’t be 100% sure that a professional field as competitive as the world of fashion is able to nurture pure, altruistic friendships, but I am romantic enough to tend to believe that we had a couple of nice examples of friendship in fashion in the past few days. Of course the case of Lady Gaga and Nicola Formichetti can be conceived as a win-win situation, as the BFA…

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The one dress that stole my heart at the Oscars

Roman empress or Han princess? I’d say no earthling. Cate Blanchett in Givenchy Haute Couture looked absolutely fairy for the first time after the “Lord of the Rings”. This statuesque pale violet pleated long dress, highlighted by a little yellow on the square shoulders,  goes so well with Cate’s fair complexion and classy attitude. I wish I can slip into such a Givenchy…

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How can a poncho fight HIV

Fashion has always been particularly sensitive towards taboo diseases such as AIDS, be it the famous nude celebrities calendars or special shopping events (read also A night with Mawi of London). But how can a poncho fight HIV? Well obviously not any poncho can do that. It has to be Kenneth Cole. The American brand has launched this hooded double-faced, unisex poncho…

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