This season’s fashion collections from Valentino, Versace, Jacquemus and others are full of vivid colours and saturated hues as we emerge from lockdown and can finally dress for an occasion.
Today, sportsmen such as LeBron James, Neymar and Lewis Hamilton are as likely as musicians and actors to be fashion influencers.
When a writer blogged about Rosmah Mansor buying 61 custom-altered garments from a Sydney-based designer, little did she know the backlash she would cause.
The Chinese-American fashion designer talks about watching her mother sew in their tiny Shek Kip Mei flat, and the ‘great honour’ of picking outfits for US first lady Biden.
Marie France Van Damme’s stylish atelier in Kwun Tong is filled with surprises, and is a stark contrast to the industrial Hong Kong district in which it is located.
War, colonisation and 2020’s devastating port explosion have taken their toll on Lebanon, but its young fashion talent is among the most dynamic in the Middle East.
As a student in 2007, Nikki Lee Hyuna was one of the first in South Korea to jump into the world of e-commerce. Today, she’s the creative director and designer behind Hong Kong fashion brand TAV.
The London-born designer, who won the LVMH Prize two years after launching her eponymous label, says of her collections: ‘I always try to bring some elegance to what I create.’
Author Rae Nudson dispels the notion that cosmetics are dispensable in her deep dive into beauty culture.
The Chelsea boutiques Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones shopped at in 1960s London recreated, American fashion through the ages – there’s lots for fashion lovers to see.
We get closer to artists by talking about what they wear, says author Charlie Porter, who’s collected revealing threads about – and, crucially, photographs of – artistic attire and stitched them whimsically together.
From Instagram make-up to beauty hacks that are excessive at best, to endless celebrity and influencer product launches, social media has a lot to answer for.
From House of Gucci starring Lady Gaga to true-crime Netflix series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, how fashion is portrayed on the screen.
Hats were usually chosen for practical reasons in Hong Kong – take the ones sedan chair bearers wore, their pattern indicating the dialect they spoke.
In 1966, an Australian businesswoman said she would turn one underprivileged Hong Kong woman into a top-flight model, with multiple big-name companies lining up to sponsor the winner.
