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Jeff Abrams, founder of Rails, takes his brand global

Amsterdam - Those in search of the perfect button-down plaid shirt need to look no further, as LA-based contemporary apparel brand Rails has your back. Chances are you have already spotted one of their famous shirts, or customised denim jackets, being worn by leading celebrities and social media influencers including Kate Moss, Olivia Palermo...

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Why female models top the catwalk cash charts

It is a rare exception to the rule: the gender salary gap in the fashion industry means female models are paid more than their male counterparts for the same job. None of the dozens of buffed and toned men parading at the latest Milan menswear shows since Friday can dream of earning anything like female catwalk stars, or of equivalent fame....

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Kate Moss to launch her own collection with Nikkie

London - There seems to be little slowing down supermodel Kate Moss from creating her own empire. After spending decades posing in front of the camera, Moss has begun working behind the camera as well, collaborating with high street fashion chain Topshop and cosmetics brand Rimmel on signature collections, before launching her own talent agency...

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Top model agencies fined in France for price fixing

Some of the world's top modelling agencies were hit Thursday with a 2.4 million euro fine (2.7 million US dollars ) for price fixing by French competition authorities. Elite, IMG and Next -- who have some of the biggest catwalk stars including Gigi Hadid, Kate Moss and Karlie Kloss on their books -- actively "distorted the basis for commercial...

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Why top runway fashion models never smile

They wear the world's most beautiful and expensive clothes yet their faces are the picture of blank boredom. Why do fashion models always look so miserable? "You don't smile. It is just not done," said model Ty Ogunkoya as catwalk stars criss-crossed Paris for fashion week. In his decade as a top model, the 26-year-old Nigerian-born Londoner has...

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Top model agencies fined in France for price fixing

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Kate Moss to launch own management agency

London - Kate Moss is launching her own talent agency after leaving the one that recruited her aged 14 earlier this year, the Business of Fashion website reported as London Fashion Week draws to a close on Tuesday. "I don't really want pretty people, I want people that want to sing and dance and act. I want to create stars," the 42-year-old was...

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Fashion Targets Breast Cancer launches 20th anniversary campaign

London - Model veterans Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell are fronting the 20th anniversary campaign of Fashion Targets Breast Cancer, lensed by fashion photographer Mario Testino. The campaign to raise funds and awareness was started by Ralph Lauren 20 years ago following the death of one of his close friends. “It’s great to be returning to support...

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Catwalk models beware as Instagram builds new model army

As catwalk stars criss-cross the globe for fashion week season, modelling agencies are increasingly using social media worldwide to scout out their new faces, to the alarm of some. Leading agencies such as IMG, Elite and Nevs and fashion houses including Marc Jacobs have all taken to sites such as photo-sharing service Instagram to recruit...

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David Bowie: Desperately Seeking the Goon Squad

Reading the tributes these past few days to David Bowie, in particular those extolling his fashion icon status, it occurs to me with sadness how little he features in my classroom. Or, more to the point, how little a presence he seems to have in my students’ lives. (I will refer to Bowie in the present tense because his influence on fashion isn’...

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Sexual harassment remains rife in modeling industry

Everyone in the fashion industry is aware of the blurred lines that exist between creativity and sexuality, none so more prevalent than in the modelling industry. To create amazing images and campaigns that illicit thought, that inspire, and that capture the zeitgeist means models are subjected to all kinds of odd requests by photographers and...

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Galliano injects over-the-top theatricality into Paris Fashion Week

Whatever else one might say about John Galliano, the sacked Dior designer who has returned as Maison Margiela's creative force knows how to put on a show. Paris Fashion Week attendees were treated to Galliano's taste for over-the-top theatricality in a display that featured models smeared with make-up and crouching, hunchbacked, down the...