Qatari shoe designer Hissa al-Haddad and Italian Chamber of Commerce in Qatar chairperson Palma Libotte display one of the designs. A Qatari shoe designer whose brand made its international debut at the Paris Fashion Week recently will be launching her first collection in Doha tomorrow. The ‘Capsule Collection’ by 29-year-old Hissa al-Haddad will be launched for … Read More →
Delhi-based designed designer Ruchika Sachdev won the womenswear 2017/2018 International Woolmark Prize in Florence, Italy by impressing the judges with her unique way of addressing the issue of consumer waste in fashion with traditional techniques of recycling. Excited about her victory, Sachdev said in a statement: “This is a huge opportunity to expand on what … Read More →
Photo: Lifetime Growing up in a family of 11 children, Ayana Ife had a fairly no-frills lifestyle, but her love for ruffles and bows runs deep. For proof, look no further than the clothes she’s created as Project Runway’s first-ever modest — and first Muslim — fashion designer. The series finalist has been a season 16 frontrunner since … Read More →
Revered architect and designer David Rockwell of the Rockwell Groupis undeniably good at the big gestures. The creative force behind an impressive portfolio of restaurants and hotels worldwide—Nobu hotelsand restaurants, the EDITION New York, the Langham in Chicago—he is known for some spectacular spaces. Rockwell has also done the set design for Broadway musicals like Kinky Boots and She Loves Me, which earned … Read More →
For his debut men’s collection, womenswear prodigy Erdem Moralıoğlu drew inspiration from “Being Boring,” the Pet Shop Boys video directed by Bruce Weber the one where a mob of tuxedoed swells throw a wild rager. He liked the idea that fancy clothes can be fun, and fun clothes can be fancy. “You might equate H&M with fast fashion, … Read More →
A look from Torrid’s NYFW show, the first from the plus-size brand. (Photo: Frazer Harrison, Getty Images For NYFW: The Shows) Earlier this summer, Torrid made headlines as the first plus-size brand set to stage a show at New York Fashion Week. While the brand is an O.G. plus-size retailer and may be the first to show with fashion week host … Read More →
Courtesy: Orient Craft Orient Craft Limited, a 40-year-old apparels manufacturer based in Gurugram, recently started operations at a new garments factory it has set up in Irba, about 25km from Ranchi. The factory, inaugurated last week in the presence of chief minister Raghubar Das and union textiles minister Smriti Irani, is Jharkhand’s first garments manufacturing … Read More →