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Meet Alexandra Zofcin, The House of AmZ's Creative Director at Amazon Fashion Week TOKYO

Organizing a Fashion Week involves many different fashion professionals who are experts in their fields ranging from director to designer. With the series “Meet Fashion Week professionals”, FashionUnited looks behind the catwalk to introduce those who bring great fashion events to life all around the globe. We recently chatted with Alexandra...

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Baukjen on taking America and opening pop-ups

British retailer The Baukjen Group is at a major crossroads, it has two very successful fashion labels, Isabella Oliver offering premium maternitywear, and Baukjen, a contemporary fashion label offering capsule wardrobes for busy modern women, and they are looking to their customers to help put Baukjen on America’s radar in a “big way” with...

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Anine Bing on building a brand for the modern woman

If you are looking for a label to watch in 2019, make it Anine Bing, the eponymous label from the LA-based influencer-turned-designer, has grown from an initial collection in 2012, consisting of just 15 pieces to a global brand in six years with flagship stores located in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin and Antwerp, with...

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Francesca Aiello of Frankies Bikinis on disrupting the swimwear norms

Celebrity-adored swimsuit brand, Frankies Bikini has been making waves, not only because it is beloved by Hailey Baldwin, Gigi Hadid and Kylie Jenner, but because this six-year old brand was founded by Francesca Aiello while she was still in high school at the age of 17, because she couldn’t find swimwear that fitted her. Frankies Bikini has hit...

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Inside the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding exhibition

Displaying Royal wedding gowns to the public is a “long-standing tradition that stretches back centuries,” states Caroline de Guitaut, senior curator at the Royal Collection Trust, and Windsor Castle will be showcasing the Duchess of Sussex’s timeless Givenchy Couture gown for the first time in the castle's Grand Reception Room, where the Queen...

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Goodordering’s Jacqui Ma on the fashion of cycling

Goodordering is “first a bag, secondly a cycle bag” proclaims founder and designer, Jacqui Ma, who launched her independent accessories label five years ago after taking up cycling. “I was working at Puma when they did that limited edition foldable bike and it got me thinking about the fashion of cycling and not just the practical commute,”...

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Johnstons of Elgin establishing itself as “a brand for all seasons”

London - Scottish cashmere brand Johnstons of Elgin returned to London Fashion Week to showcase not what they are best known for autumn/winter staples, but to establish itself as a label for all seasons, to shout about its contribution to luxury British manufacturing and to showcase the strides it has been making with cutting edgy lightweight...

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LFW: Fashion Scout - Ones To Watch SS19

Fashion Scout’s collaborative showcase, Ones To Watch, has a long reputation for propelling hot new designers onto the London Fashion Week scene and the three designers taking part for its spring/summer 2019 show were no exception, with Argentine brand Nous Etudions and Croatian Price on Request both showing their ethical credentials, while...

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LFW: I-Am-Chen on pushing the limits of knitwear

London - Fashion Scout’s Merit Award winner, I-Am-Chen, who was recently announced as a finalist for the International Woolmark Prize, is proving that her knitwear label can be an all-seasons label after showcasing her spring/summer 2019 collection filled with innovative lightweight pieces. It has been a busy debut year for Hong Kong-based,...

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LFW SS19: Five Minutes With - Malene Oddershede Bach

Danish-born, London-based Malene Oddershede Bach presented her feminine spring/summer 2019 collection on-schedule at London Fashion Week for the first time showcasing her fresh take on quintessentially British styles such as playful shirt dresses and rain macs. Graduating from the Fashion Scout platform, Malene Oddershede Bach transformed the...

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LFW SS19: Alice Archer’s Prairie blooms

Alice Archer presented her spring/summer 2019 collection at The Shop at Bluebird during London Fashion Week and continued to build upon her reputation as an exquisite embroiderer with a whimsical, romantic collection inspired by the American prairie. Floral installations lined the catwalk for Archer’s salon show and provided a beautiful backdrop...

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LFW SS19: Edeline Lee for the “future lady”

For spring/summer 2019, Edeline Lee staged an immersive presentation at the BFC Show Space investigating the feminine state through design and performance with a contemporary dance spectacular juxtaposing the “woman’s vulnerable, internal persona versus her worldly, exterior facade”. “As a designer, I view myself to be in service to women,...