From Vivienne Westwood’s Mad Max motivated party to Christopher Kane’s capsule collection that was sent halfway into area, these are the top international fashion news stories of this week.
Christopher Kane launches intergalactic new accessories variety
As science and technology evolve at rapid pace, fashion designers around the globe strive to push the bounds of fashion. This week, Christopher Kane expanded the parameters beyond Earth’s air, as he disclosed that his Autumn/Winter 2017 “Space” accessories were shipped into outer space prior to their runway look in London Fashion Week. Pieces delivered into orbit comprise Kane’s new Security Buckle “Devine” shoulder bags which are available for sale in a range of six galactic motivated colours at $895, as well as his Safety buckle high-top sneakers ($395).
A promotional video released by the style house indicates the bag and shoes journey into space, finishing with the luxury things comically crashing back to Earth and to a grassy paddock. According to the firm, the accessories attained altitudes of around 38km (24 kilometers) over the Earth, and sustained temperatures of minus 64 degrees Celsius (minus -147 degrees Fahrenheit)
In the depths of the Earth to the outer reaches of space, Kane’s intergalactic style experiment is not the first time that the designer has sent their creations into unknown land. Nearly fifteen decades back, Hussein Chalayan introduced his Central Saint Martins graduate set “The Tangent Flows” and brought to life a new approach to style creation. On the runway, versions swathed in lace dresses stunned audiences. The evident decaying of these dresses revealed that the aftermath of Chalayan having buried the luxury clothes in a friend’s garden for several months.
Christopher Kane’s ‘Space’ accessories are now available on the internet at www.christopherkane.com
Emma Watson promotes sustainable style with fresh Instagram
Having an Ivy League school degree to prove her brains, a premiere movie title to highlight her beauty, and a new Instagram displaying her function within an eco-warrior, Emma Watson has cemented her trifecta of perfection. As the media tour for her new film ‘Beauty and the Beast’ kicked off at Paris this week, Emma launched a new Instagram, @the_press-tour, dedicated to showcasing her green tour appears, created with the help of her stylist, Sarah Slutsky. Alongside pictures of the magnificent garments, Emma posts first design sketches, as well as detailed captions crediting the designers describing their ethical procedure. Featured looks include a Louis Vuitton cobalt dress made from recycled polyester made from used plastic bottles, an organic silk lace, lace bustier, and woollen trousers from Oscar de la Renta’s Fall 2017 collection and faux leather coat by Stella McCartney.
Each of the outfits featured has been confirmed as ‘green’ from Eco-Age, a company that promotes sustainability within the fashion market. For a company to qualify for this green status, they need to adhere to Eco-Age’s core fundamentals including no child labor; honest labour; preservation of resources and environment; contribution into the development of communities affected by their operations; recycling and reusing; pollution minimisation; animal welfare; and transparency.
It is not the first time Emma has displayed her passion for promoting ethical style. In 2015, she joined celebrities like Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence, as she took up the challenge to “go green” in the red carpet, seeming breathtakingly elegant dressed only in clothes deemed ethically made. While in a distant time a youthful Ron Weasley commented that Hermione needed to “sort her out”, it’s evident that Emma Watson has triumphed in choosing hers.
Today was a brilliant day of interviews, press conferences and photoshoots for @beautyandthebeast at France. We snuck out of this junket and on the roof of the resort to catch these shots contrary to the lovely Paris skyline. Custom @louisvuitton dress made by @nicolasghesquiere. The dress fabric is Newlife recycled cotton, made from plastic bottles that are used. All these are sourced, mechanically processed and spun into yarns in Italy, with a fully traceable supply chain. This saves energy and reduces CO2 emissions in comparison to creating brand new polyester fiber. The arm band was made in a carbon-neutral mill. Dress supported by @ecoage #ecoloves
Saks opens its original men’s only store in Manhattan
Men of Manhattan, welcome to your man cave. This week American luxury department store, Saks Fifth Avenue, started their first freestanding store designed exclusively for men. Situated in Brookfield Place, Lower Manhattan, the 16,000 square foot shop is in a prime place for a shopping hot spot, with high-income financial workers and the World Trade Centre Transportation Hub closeby.
Alongside designer brands including Fendi, Lanvin, and Dries Van Noten, the store also includes a tech bar, leather and leather repair services, t-shirt screen printing, sneaker embossing, and Fika coffee shop to lure in the male shoppers. Needing a fresh haircut? Look no farther than the instore Sharps barbershop. Beyond launching day, the Sak’s Men’s Store has showcased strategies to keep a continuous element of surprise and excitement, installing a rotating pop-up shop that changes its products monthly. The first few weeks of the stall caters to most male shoe lovers, with over 200 styles of sneakers featured, 40 of which can be found exclusively at Saks.
Bringing men’s fashion into the near future, the store’s decor palette of black, white, taupe and silver, with chevron-patterned porcelain flooring emphasises the slick and classy fashion of their prospective customers.
#SaksMensStore is officially open. Visit us @brookfieldplny to get t-shirt screen-printing, sneaker embossing, facials by @malinandgoetz and leather tattooing by @jonboytattoo. Keep an eye on our IG Story throughout the weekend for longer.
Lady Gaga releases magnificently quirky product lookbook for upcoming tour
After soaring through the skies in Versace at the Super Bowl, and crowd surfing through her performance with Metallica in the Grammy’s, Lady Gaga has thrilled fans with another magnificent surprise. This week the six-time Grammy award winner revealed an editorial style lookbook, showcasing a capsule collection of merchandise available in connection with her forthcoming Joanne World Tour.
Emerging from her latest role as a woodland enchantress about the award-winning tv show, ‘American Horror Story — Roanoke’, Gaga’s new lookbook praise this magical personality. From the thirteen released pictures, models are showcased sporting exquisitely bizarre outfits, collaged from an eerie forest background. The lookbook, designed in cooperation with London-based creative studio Lobster Eye and merchandising firm Bravado, was shot by Synchrodogs from Ukraine’s natural landscape. Synchrodogs photographers, Tania Shcheglova and Roman Noven, describe having “a vibrant and crazy aesthetic in your mind” during the creative process of the lookbook. The choice to use Ukraine’s wilderness for a backdrop stemmed from the diversity of the landscapes which they describe “could be smooth and ordered or vice versa,” and much like Lady Gaga herself, “uncooked… Still, with some perfection in it.”
For those struggling to wait till the tour begins in August, the previewed merchandise has been made available on Gaga’s website: https://shop.ladygaga.com. Unlike the high-fashion lookbook, garment prices remain in the realm of the everyday, which range from $40 to get a t-shirt or cap, $30 to get a golden ‘Joanne’ necklace, and $60 to get a long-sleeve t-shirt.
#Synchrodogs for @ladygaga
Celine Dion reveals her fresh accessories range
When a person accomplishes two diamond records, five Grammy awards, donates more than a million dollars to charity, and makes a signature cologne before age 50, the word ‘remarkable’ cannot help but spring to mind. This week, Celine Dion added style designer to this dazzling resume of accomplishments, unveiling her new accessories variety “The Celine Dion Collection” at the Project Women’s Trade Show in Las Vegas. The collection, designed by Dion in collaboration with all the Bugatti Group, comprises bag bags, clutches, backpacks, suitcases, small leather products, and technology accessories. Even though the Las Vegas event displayed approximately 70 pieces, the entire collection will feature 200 exclusive designs.
Regarding her level of involvement in the group, Dion was adamant she did not want to put her name on someone else’s designs. Acting as a essential part of the plan procedure for each piece and remaining true to her musical fire, Dion made each tote to have a visual representation of her voice sound wave featured on the inside. This sound wave pattern can be featured in the floor layout at the Las Vegas collection unveiling.
Catering to a diverse range of consumers, from fashion fans on a budget for people willing to spend top dollars for an iconic new collection, ‘The Celine Dion Collection’ prices start from an affordable $78 and span to a high-end $1998. Even though the collection won’t be made completely available until September, four bits such as the Cavatina wallet, Pizzicato shoulder tote, Octavia satchel, and quilted Vibrato tote will be available for pre-sale through Dion’s website from February 27th.
Look @elsaschiaparelli Styled by @Luxurylaw Handbag / Sac à main: #CélineDioncollection #HauteCouture
Vivienne Westwood fires about climate change in Max Max motivated party
The first punk rebel, Vivienne Westwood has once again shown her authoritative energy, throwing a Mad-Max inspired bash at London’s ‘Fabric’ club and commanding the attention of party-goers with a resonating speech addressing climate change. Throughout her career, Westwood has become an energetic political fighter in the fashion world. In the past, she’s introduced pieces related to the campaign for nuclear disarmament, to climate change, and to civic rights groups. In her 75th year, the fiery designer, businesswoman and activist reveals no indications of quietening her powerful voice, since this week she challenged those in the fashion industry to join her in making their company more sustainable.
In the event, the designer wore a self-made paper crown adorned with tree branches and plastic and bearing the word ‘Ecotricity’ upon it. This label highlights the title of the supplier of green energy Westwood has teamed up with in her ecological mission. Guests at the event, co-hosted from James Jagger, included original bikini bombshell Pamela Anderson, Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie, along with singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding.
Westwood’s non-governmental organisation, Climate Revolution, is also set to team up with the British Fashion Council to work towards these sustainability goals, rebelling against practices of yesteryear and pushing fashion towards a greener, more sustainable future.
@pamelaanderson, Vivienne and Jo Wood caught in the action chatting #GreenEnergy in tonight’s #SwitchAtFabric Event.
