Category: Fashion and Style

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Prada kept things simple at Milan Fashion Week

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Fashion Writer

September 22, 2023 at 12:37 p.m. EDT

People in the audience take photos with their smartphones during the presentation of the Prada women’s Spring-Summer 2024 collection during the Milan Fashion Week. (Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

MILAN — What are we really looking at when we look at a fashion show?

Images of runway collections are universally available online. Live streams can make it feel as if you’re in the room. But what are we really seeing? How are we supposed to evaluate what we’re seeing?

Runway shows have gotten heavy with ideas. Designers will name-drop art, commerce, capitalism, politics, obscure historic figures — you name it — backstage, and it is usually impossible to make the connection between a designer’s stated inspirations and what you see in the clothes. TikTok teaches us to look at fashion shows for styling ideas or source material for dupes (the extremely online term for cheap knockoffs). We are encouraged to scour through looks for red-carpet contenders. Or we look to runways to give us the next “trend” — which is really just a shorthand these days for “Can you believe some people are actually wearing this?”

And as

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April
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Explainer: Time to introduce Digital Product Passports in fashion?

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DPPs are being rolled out one sector at a time, starting with batteries, but many fashion brands are already starting to introduce DPPs.
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By 2030, every fashion and textile product sold within the EU will require a Digital Product Passport (DPP). The scheme should make it easier to share information about a garment’s supply chain and other useful data.

The scheme aims to provide consumers with better information to allow them to make informed choices, helping move society towards more sustainable choices and eventually circularity.

Digital Product Passports are being rolled out one sector at a time, starting with batteries, but many fashion companies are already starting to introduce DPPs.

With sustainability becoming an growing concern – and a lot of data required to make the scheme work – is it time for fashion brands to make a start on introducing DPPs?

What is a Digital Product Passport (DPP)?

DPPs are scannable QR codes or other tags added to products to provide information about the product’s material composition, supply chain and how it can be recycled or disposed of safely.

Helene Behrenfeldt, industry solution director – fashion at software provider Infor, told Just Style that using DPPs

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April
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Here are 25 Canadian fashion and beauty brands you should know

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Summer’s about to get a lot more stylish.

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Published Jun 30, 2023  •  Last updated 2 days ago  •  7 minute read

Colour play is a primary pillar of the Winnipeg-based brand Hello Darling Co. Designer Miriam Delos Santos creates playful pieces that offer a perfect pop to one’s wardrobe. Hello Darling Co.

Canada Day presents the perfect time to show some love to cool, homegrown brands. With this in mind, we’ve rounded up 25 stylish finds from Canadian brands to consider investing in this summer season. From lip treats to investment accessories, here are 25 fashion and beauty finds:

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Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer of flamboyant style, dies at 83

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Roberto Cavalli, an Italian designer known for a flamboyant and glamorous style, and especially for popularizing animal prints, who once described extravagance as the soul of fashion, has died at 83.

His company announced the death but did not provide any further details.

Since the 1970s, Mr. Cavalli sought to capture the “dolce vita” spirit of postwar Italy as he experimented with fabrics and printing methods. At his fashion house, Mr. Cavalli patented a new printing method for leather and in 1972 debuted the patchwork denim that became one of his trademarks. Mr. Cavalli opened a boutique in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera, finding clients such as actresses Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren.

He later created a sandblasting technique to give denim a distressed look and added Lycra to jeans, which were given an international boost when model Naomi Campbell wore a pair in a runway show in 1993.

He took frequent inspiration from the natural world, featuring animal prints and fish-scale sequins. The “Cavalli woman” ranged from hippie to slick rocker, in diaphanous gowns that caught the air, seductive beaded dresses or sexy skinny suits.

Even as style trends increasingly moved toward simpler lines and more minimalistic looks, Mr.

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Best ’90s Fashion Trends: Top 5 Styles According To Experts

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In the fashion world, everything old is new again. That’s certainly true for the best ‘90s fashion trends. After all, 1990s style had big shoes to fill, especially when you think of the colorful and iconic fashions of the 1980s. (opens in a new tab)But ‘90s fashion is also memorable. The decade is responsible for some of the most successful supermodels. Even Taylor Swift sings about the era in her song “Willow” with the lyric — “But I come back stronger than a ‘90s trends.”

So what’s the most iconic fashion trend? There have been plenty of memorable fashion designers over the years, but a poll reveals one piece of clothing that’s simply unforgettable. The survey of 2,000 people in the United Kingdom names the mini skirt as the most iconic fashion trend in history. The mini skirt beat out the “little black dress” and hot pants for the crown as fashion’s greatest garment. British designer Mary Quant has been widely credited as one of the creators of the modern mini skirt of the 1960s.

When it comes to everyday fashion, the survey found that a plain t-shirt and sneakers are one of the most common

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