Fashion

Coronavirus is throwing fashion’s supply chain into disarray China’s outbreak of Coronavirus has fashion companies scrambling. The store closures and travel restrictions it’s causing are already putting a dent in sales inside and outside the country. Just as disruptive may be the impact the virus is having behind the scenes in global supply chains. China is the world’s largest garment producer, and fashion companies around the world rely on it to make a substantial share of their clothes. But even companies doing their cutting and sewing elsewhere often depend on China for fabrics and trims such as the cords, appliques, and more needed to finish...

Billie Eilish: Gen Z’s Outrageous Fashion Role Model The Grammy-winning artist is showing young people a path to being themselves. Billie Eilish fans make hash of current notions of sex appeal and style. Clockwise from top left: Giana, Jessica Cropp, Karin Ann Trabelssie and Alisa Gordon. Mila Docheva faced down the camera, her contours camouflaged by an outsize hoodie raucously inscribed with neon graffiti. Her turnout, which she posted on Instagram, was a homage to her idol, the pop star Billie Eilish. “When I dress like Billie, I feel just a little bit closer to her,” Mila, 14, said through a translator, in...

Africa, the everlasting promise of fashion sourcing: the light footprint of the fashion giants Analyst had predicted that the developing continent would be the next sourcing hub, considering companies from across the world who shifted their business to Africa. The fashion industry explores shyly explores Africa. Analysts had forecast the potential that Africa would have for fashion sourcing, predicting a bright future for the development country. The predictions aligns with the development of legislations that took place in the continent such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) which has been effective since 2000 and got renewed in 2015,...

Netflix’s ‘Next in Fashion’ Features the First Suit Challenge to Get It Right Photo: Netflix Y’all, tailoring is hard. This is, season after season, always the major gag every time it comes up on a fashion competition show. Designers can knock out wild avant-garde frocks out of gardening tools and couture gowns using nothing but shower curtains and determination, but tasking them with making an off-the-rack-level button-up shirt is straight-up cruelty. To non-designers like myself, it seems like a Met Gala look would be way tougher than a Men’s Wearhouse one, but that’s rarely the case! Tailoring is tough. That’s why the...

Victoria's Arctic Fashion gearing up for New York Fashion Week Victoria Kakuktinniq is the designer behind Victoria's Arctic Fashion. In February she will be heading to her second international fashion show within the last year. (Submitted by Victoria Kakuktinniq) Victoria's Arctic Fashion will be hitting a New York City runway in February.  Victoria Kakuktinniq, who is from Rankin Inlet, is the Winnipeg based designer behind the fashion line. She will showcase eight different looks during New York Fashion week. She made the announcement on her personal Facebook page Tuesday.  But her designs will not be the only ones making a debut. Kakuktinniq is collaborating with...