NEWSWATCH: Sixty-six-year-old Donna Karan of high-end fashion brand Donna Karan International announced on Tuesday her decision to step down as chief designer, remaining as an advisor, but dedicating more time to her mass-market Urban Zen line and its Foundation. 1 Jul 2015
ROME - Award-winning graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister, famed for his work with the Rolling Stones, Lou Reed and Aerosmith, says the concept of beauty in design is back... 29 Jun 2015
PARIS - Dior declared summer 2016 the season of "bourgeois cool" at Paris men's fashion week on Saturday, while Balmain decked out its models as old-fashioned adventurers... 29 Jun 2015
The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town, has found a new home at The Watershed and North Wharf at the V&A Waterfront. The new venues will provide a fresh backdrop for South Africa's leading designers to showcase their Spring/Summer collections from 30 July to 1 August 2015... 26 Jun 2015
"The search for fashion's next rising star is on and the reward is the opportunity of a lifetime for a young designer seeking to make a mark in the fashion world in Africa and internationally," said Elle South Africa publisher Gisèle Wertheim Aymés... 25 Jun 2015
African Fashion International has announced that Mercedes-Benz has renewed its title sponsorship of Fashion Week for another three years and that it has also appointed Tribeca Public Relations to manage all media interactions leading up to, during, and after Mercedes-Benz Cape Town Fashion Week. 24 Jun 2015
French fashion designer Olivier Rousteing for Balmain acknowledges the public at the end of his 2015 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show, on 25 September 2014 in Paris.
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PARIS: Men's fashion takes centre-stage in Paris for five days from Wednesday, with Balmain's first menswear show among the highlights on a packed schedule... 24 Jun 2015
US representatives at the Source Africa trade event last week were adamant local apparel manufacturers could sew up a viable patch of the growing US market... 22 Jun 2015
NEW YORK: Paris, Milan, New York and London may reign in world fashion, but Asian and South American cities are ones to watch, according to an exhibition at one of the world's best design schools... 18 Jun 2015
One of South Africa's most successful female entrepreneurs, Vanessa Gounden, has opened her first flagship store in London, making her the first South African designer to own and open a free-standing store in the UK... 17 Jun 2015
One of South Africa's most successful female entrepreneurs, Vanessa Gounden, has opened her first flagship store in London, making her the first South African designer to own and open a free-standing store in the UK... 17 Jun 2015
One of South Africa's most successful female entrepreneurs, Vanessa Gounden, has opened her first flagship store in London, making her the first South African designer to own and open a free-standing store in the UK... 17 Jun 2015
One of South Africa's most successful female entrepreneurs, Vanessa Gounden, has opened her first flagship store in London, making her the first South African designer to own and open a free-standing store in the UK... 17 Jun 2015
One of South Africa's most successful female entrepreneurs, Vanessa Gounden, has opened her first flagship store in London, making her the first South African designer to own and open a free-standing store in the UK... 17 Jun 2015
One of South Africa's most successful female entrepreneurs, Vanessa Gounden, has opened her first flagship store in London, making her the first South African designer to own and open a free-standing store in the UK... 17 Jun 2015
One of South Africa's most successful female entrepreneurs, Vanessa Gounden, has opened her first flagship store in London, making her the first South African designer to own and open a free-standing store in the UK... 17 Jun 2015
PRETORIA: A group of 28 manufacturers have left for China to acquire skills using the three-month shoe design and manufacturing techniques capacity building programme, said the Department of Trade and Industry (dti)... 17 Jun 2015
Mace Promotions has received positive feedback from the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Enterprise Ireland and the Small Business Development Unit of the government for the cooperations the company has established in Ekurhuleni, Joburg, which are creating meaningful job opportunities in the local textile industry. 15 Jun 2015
Swedish clothing brand H&M will be the next international label to open at Sandton City. Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is known for its fast fashion for men, women, teenagers and children... 12 Jun 2015
GENEVA: This year's Africa Fashion Show Geneva (AFSG) promotes Africa's indigenous creativity in fashion and its potential "to create a positive story about Africa"... 12 Jun 2015
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