By Selina Dufner Whether you saw Harry Styles’ Vogue cover or watched the Burberry menswear AW21 presentation, one thing is clear: gender fluid fashion is a hot topic at the moment, and it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere. Filmmaker Mark Isaacs produced a short film for Burberry titled ‘Thoughts on Masculinity’ in which a…
By Maeve O’Sullivan, Fashion Editor With every world altering event, the fashion industry adapts accordingly. Following World War I, women’s fashion swapped out long skirts for trousers suitable for the workplace. The Great Depression and crashing of the stock market in 1929 gave way for conservative trends. World War II meant resources were at a…
By Selina Dufner Due to the current pandemic and the fact that our social life is basically non-existent, fashion is the last thing on the mind of many people. Consequently, even major fashion brands are suffering financially and have been forced to get creative and find new ways to attract customers. Taking into account that…
By Claudia Schwarz In February 2010, Burberry revolutionized the way guests could experience a fashion show. Their 2010 Fall/Winter show in London was streamed live to New York, LA, Paris, Tokyo, and Dubai using 3D technology. In part due to the pandemic, technology is starting to play an even bigger part in our lives and…
By Selina Dufner I remember vividly how full of excitement I was when my best friend and I booked a trip to Paris in February 2019. We wanted to be there around the same time as the fashion week was being held. Little did we know that a mournful incident would overshadow our great anticipation:…
By Maeve O’Sullivan – Fashion Editor London Fashion week is upon us once again, only a far cry from the live runway shows twelve months ago. In true pandemic fashion, the British Fashion Council took to the digital format for the London showing of collections. I got a chance to sit back in bed with…
By Selina Dufner “Naomi was the first. She was the great ambassador for all black people. She broke down all the social barriers.” – Halston February is Black History Month and that is the perfect occasion to write about an outstanding and influential, yet kind of forgotten model – Naomi Sims. She is often seen…
By Maeve O’Sullivan – Fashion Editor London-based Irish designer Simone Rocha has announced she will be releasing a collection with H&M on March 11th, 2021. The collection, which has been in the works since Summer 2018, caters not just for women’s fashion which Rocha is known for, but also children and menswear. The collection encompasses…
by Selina Dufner First of all, with this cover, Harry Styles became the first man to ever land a solo cover on Vogue, and while that achievement alone is simply groundbreaking, it doesn’t stop there. Styles teamed up with his good friend and creative director of Gucci Alessandro Michele, and a collaboration between them is…
November has always been famous for its mass consumerism. With the lead up to Christmas, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s no wonder. Marketing teams go wild, playing into the minds of the consumer. In a pandemic, why should that be any different? Either it’s my new glasses prescription or I’m actually getting older and…