Zubair Shah and DSF partner up to challenge stigma in fashion segment. KARACHI: Two weeks ago in Karachi, vision-impaired acid burn survivors stepped onto a runway lined with white light. Guided by choreographer Neera, they walked in Zubair Shah’s Summer Bloom collection at Runway Spring/Summer ’25, drawing applause from theRead More →
BEIJING: A hair salon in Beijing has been offering patriotic and military-themed haircuts and styles to children in the weeks leading up to China’s largest military parade to date to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. At the start of this month, hairdresser Wang Xueru found children visiting herRead More →
LONDON: Online searches for vintage Armani clothes have surged since Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani died on Thursday, as shoppers scoured second-hand outlets for his styles. Armani, who led his eponymous company and remained in control of designs right up until his death at 91, was prolific, producing everything from expensive high-endRead More →
KARACHI: Fashion designer Maria Butt, widely known as Maria B, has formally responded to a defamation complaint lodged in August by Saima Butt. The complaint centers on Maria B’s social media posts, which were viewed as casting aspersions on the transgender community. In her official reply submitted to the NationalRead More →
NEW YORK: Earth tones and a wanderlust spirit defined the Michael Kors Spring/Summer 2026 runway show on Thursday morning, marking the first official day of New York Fashion Week. Inside a century-old former shipping terminal in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, guests including Vogue’s Anna Wintour and Chloe Malle, musician Suki Waterhouse, stylist Law Roach and actors Leslie Bibb and Gwyneth Paltrow watched as models showcased theRead More →
Christian Siriano and Sergio Hudson hit the runway on Friday evening, showing off their spring/summer collections for 2026. Siriano’s collection, inspired by old Hollywood glamour, used German-American screen actress Marlene Dietrich as his muse, he told Reuters. Models started down the runway wearing mostly black-and-white gowns and suits, with popsRead More →
American designer Tory Burch unveiled her Spring 2026 collection at New York Fashion Week on Monday, inspired by “the complexity of women and different facets of their style,” she said. The runway took place in a Romanesque-Revival style room in a building formerly used as a bank headquarters that now houses luxury condominiums. Celebrities including Lily Collins, Jessica Alba, and Emma Roberts were front-rowRead More →
The crochet-heavy summer collection focuses on outerwear with a rock and roll edge LONDON: Burberry BRBY.L presented hippie-inspired crochet dresses, fringed jackets, and tailored suits in acid green, yellow and pink on Monday, drawing on counterculture fashions from the British music scene for its spring/summer 2026 collection. A Black Sabbath soundtrack gaveRead More →
MILAN: Emporio Armani unveiled on Thursday its first collection since the death of the fashion house’s founder and designer, with models paying tribute to the man known as King Giorgio with long applause during the final walk of the show. No one came out for the usual designer’s bow, notRead More →
MILAN: Italian luxury brand Fendi unveiled its Spring/Summer 2026 collection on Wednesday, featuring both floral designs and geometric patterns in a broad range of colours. Models walked through Fendi’s Milan headquarters, where the runway was set in a large space filled with multicoloured blocks, creating a pixel-like backdrop that echoedRead More →
