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The men’s runway season casts an uneasy mood, and long shadow of Valentino

This season’s official rotation, beginning with Pitti Uomo in Florence and followed by Milan and Paris, arrived fragmented. Major houses including Gucci and Fendi opted out of Milan’s menswear calendar entirely, choosing instead to present co-ed collections during the women’s season or via alternative formats. JW Anderson was also notably...

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Vera Wang to launch ready-to-wear line for AW26

American fashion designer Vera Wang is expanding beyond bridal with a new modern ready-to-wear line, which will debut in the UK and European markets for autumn/winter 2026. The collection, which is being introduced through private appointments in Paris this month, alongside Paris Fashion Week, is being developed in partnership with global brand...

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What hampers fashion innovation scaling?

Despite the fashion industry’s current boom in innovations that tackle its biggest problems like textile waste, reliance on fossil fuels, harmful dyes and more, the pace of scaling is trailing behind. In a new report, the denim supply chain platform and think tank Transformers Foundation has identified three main barriers as well as three...

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Fifteen years on, Addis Ababa sharpens its focus and looks inward

Hub of Africa Fashion Week (HAFW) has never been about spectacle. Founded by Mahlet Teklemariam, it is an intimate, boutique platform built on care, conversation, and genuine human connection. Today, it stands as the third-largest fashion platform on the African continent, yet its strength has never come from scale alone. Its power lies in...