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My name is Christina Abbott and I have worked in the fashion and luxury industry for over 40 years. I have worked in retail, retail management, PR, events, marketing, buying and styling. I’ve also worked as a consultant, a personal shopper and built businesses within brands. I’ve worked with governments, royalty, celebrities and high profile business leaders, dressing people in front of the camera and have done a lot of TV, radio and editorial work. It sounds glamorous, but it involves lots of early mornings and long periods away from home, and it takes a toll on your health and…
Quick Key Facts Slow fashion aims to make consumers reevaluate their relationship to clothes and align with consumption habits and brands that better serve the planet. The apparel and footwear industries contribute to an estimated 8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, with fashion being the third-highest polluting industry in the world. To reduce textile waste and pollution, slow fashion favors slower production schedules, smaller collections of clothing lines, zero-waste designs and the use of sustainable materials. In the EU, textile waste totals 4 million tons a year, while in the U.S. it hit 17 million tons in 2018, with…
Vancouver has a somewhat unfair reputation for being an unfashionable city. While we firmly believe that athleisure holds its own, Vancouver is home to many people with a unique sense of style. From up-and-coming influencers to local celebs, here’s a list of some of our favorites. Lydia Okello Non-binary writer, model, and style icon, Lydia Okello, aka @styleisstyle, is an expressive and bold fashionista. Mixing colors, textures, and shapes, Okello creates clothes that promote inclusive and sustainable fashion. Follow her for style inspiration at any size and read her insightful articles on beauty standards and ethics in the fashion world.…
Does it just feel like winter is really dragging on for us? The novelty of days spent in oversized jumpers, faux fur coats and knee-high boots (or pyjamas for work-from-home days) has worn off. Instead, we’re longing for blue skies, 15+ degree temperatures and the spring/summer 2024 fashion trends we first glimpsed last September. While we can’t do much about the weather (sadly, unlike Karen from Mean Girls, our boobs can’t tell if it’s raining), we do have a clue about all of the styles, colors, prints, and it-pieces that are going to be big this coming season. And even…
what happened”In the Mood for Love” is directed by Wong Kar-wai, known for his visually stunning and emotive films such as “In the Mood for Love,” and has attracted huge audiences, with content related to the show receiving an astounding 4.3 billion views on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. Set in 1990s Shanghai, “Blossoms Shanghai” depicts a young man’s rise to become a successful businessman through contrasting personal stories against the backdrop of China’s economic boom. The drama stars Hu Ge, Xin Zhilei, Tiffany Tang and Ma Yili.Gin TakeThe series has sparked a wave of nostalgia for old Shanghai, influencing fashion,…
Xu, J., Zhou, Y., Jiang, L. & Shen, L. Exploring sustainable fashion consumption behavior in the post-pandemic era: Changes in the antecedents of second-hand clothing-sharing in China. Sustainability 14, 9566 (2022).Article CAS Google Scholar Li, X., Wang, L. & Ding, X. Textile supply chain waste management in China. J. Clean. Prod. 289, 125147 (2021).Article CAS Google Scholar China Association of Circular Economy. What to Do with the 26 Million Tons of Discarded Clothing? (2021). https://www.chinacace.org/news/view?id=7191. Accessed 1 Nov 2023.WRAP. Sustainable clothing action plan 2020 commitment. WRAP (2020). https://wrap.org.uk/taking-action/textiles/initiatives/scap-2020. Accessed 1 Nov 2023.Borusiak, B., Szymkowiak, A., Horska, E., Raszka, N. &…
Paris Fashion Week calls for an icon, and she delivered.Best known for winning season three of RuPaul’s Drag Race and being named “Queen Who Already Had the Hair” on the winner-take-all season of All Stars 7, Raja, aka Stan Amrul, just made her first appearance at a Paris Fashion Week show.The drag artist walked at the LGN Louis Gabriel Noussi Menswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 fashion show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday, January 18. Raja wrote in an Instagram post:”Thank you @louisgabrielnouchi (such a kind visionary) for inviting me to my first Paris Fashion Week. This is such a…
It’s the new year, and there’s no better time than now to bring a little organization into your life. Whether it’s a New Year’s resolution or you just want to start 2024 feeling fresh (and tidy), organizing your wardrobe is the perfect chore to cross off your list early. But, if you ask us, any day is a great day to organize your wardrobe, especially if the piles of clothes on your racks have gotten out of hand.Whether we want to admit it or not, we all have a clothes shed. It may not actually be a chair, but a…
Looking ahead to 2023, the fashion industry was challenged by natural disasters, high inflation, labor protests and increasing diversification of sourcing, with brands looking to reduce reliance on China and create more transparent supply chains. Looking ahead to 2024, supply chain disruptions are expected to continue, with new sustainability and forced labor laws expected to be enacted in Europe and the US. Analysts agree that one of the key areas for the industry moving forward is supply chain resiliency and transparency. McKinsey & Company’s latest “State of Fashion 2024” report revealed that 70% of top procurement executives believe increased transparency…
Fashion Design Program at IU Bloomington Open gallery Click to view slideshow Fashion Design Program at IU Bloomington Previous image» Students taking Fashion Design I: Research and Illustration learn to draw “croquis,” the elegant, elongated figures used in fashion design. Photo by James Brosher, Indiana University Students taking Fashion Design I: Research and Illustration learn to illustrate hypothetical collections for a designer of their choosing. This project features their designs and swatches of fabric they envision to be used in the designs. Photo by James Brosher, Indiana University Students work on projects during Fashion Design I: Research and Illustration in…