Top trends from Milan Fashion Week
Face masks may have been the standout accessory at Milan Fashion Week, but designers who defied the coronavirus pandemic to put on shows dispelled gloom with love letters to Italy and sunnier times.
Unsexy selfies, huffy fashionistas as Milan opens
Getting a front-row seat to Milan's fashion week is harder than ever in 2020, with uninvited influencers and buyers nursing bruised egos as the shows start Wednesday under coronavirus restrictions.
London Fashion Week opens with online focus
London Fashion Week kicks off on Thursday with a livestreamed show from Burberry but without the hordes of industry insiders, A-listers and journalists who usually flock to it from around the world.
Dunhuang-themed products a hit on livestream
Speaking in front of a live camera, Du Yongwei presented a blue guitar with exquisite patterns of phoenix and peonies, woven into the instrument as cultural elements from Dunhuang's Mogao Grottoes, a renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northwest China's Gansu Province.
Top Lebanese designer Elie Saab returns to gutted Beirut home
An emblematic image of the Beirut blast disaster shows the heritage building of one of the city's best-known residents, world-renowned fashion designer Elie Saab, now in ruins.
Young Chinese revives long-lost intangible cultural heritage
Nobody ever imagined that after being lost for more than a century, the intangible cultural heritage handicraft known as Gaolou mixian would be resurrected and passed on by a young 33-year-old man.
Top fashion IP in China? YEEZY on top; Kris Wu listed with Shawn Yue and bested Rihanna
YEEZY, the fashion brand established by US rapper Kanye West, surpassed Supreme to top the brand section of the 2020 Fashion IP 100 list, which was released by the Suntchi's resource cooperation platform Fashion Exchange and Alibaba's big data platform CBNData on Monday.
Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto passes away at 76
Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, considered a pioneer of the country's industry and known for his work with David Bowie, has died of leukaemia aged 76, his daughter actress Mirai Yamamoto announced on Monday.
Milan combines physical and digital for first apres-lockdown fashion week
Milan kicked off its first Digital Fashion Week on Tuesday with two live runway shows on the schedule, including from heavyweights Dolce & Gabbana, to send out a message of "positivity."
Sri Lanka hosts first wedding exhibition since COVID-19 outbreak
Early Saturday, young Ranjani Gunatilake, who is planning her wedding in December, traveled to the Waters Edge resort in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo to attend "Wedding Boutique 2020," the first wedding exhibition held in the country after a COVID-19 curfew was lifted.