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French fashion giants LVMH, Kering ban ultra-thin models

Paris - Emirates Voice

A host of French-owned fashion labels spanning Christian Dior to Saint Laurent pledged Wednesday to ban ultra-thin models from their advertising and catwalk shows in response to criticism that the industry encourages anorexia. Two of the industry's biggest holding companies, LVMH and Kering, unveiled a charter "to ensure the well-being of models" which will also outlaw the hiring of girlsRead more

Style capital Paris to get its first fashion museum

Paris - AFP

Paris, the world's style capital, is finally to get its first permanent museum dedicated to fashion. The Palais Galliera, which has already been hosting temporary exhibitions on major designers for the last four years, is to become a permanent museum, the city's mayor Anne Hidalgo has said. New 5.7-million-euro ($6-million) galleries will be built under the colonnaded 19th-century pavilion withRead more

Emirati model conquers catwalk dream

Dubai - Arab Today

In a flowing scarlet dress, Rafeea Al-Hajsi fulfilled a dream by becoming the first Emirati model to strut the Arab Fashion Week catwalk after years battling social constraints. “It’s amazing to be on the catwalk... a lovely feeling,” she said. “I enjoy it with all my heart.” As she prepared to model two dresses by Lebanese designer Aiisha Ramadan onRead more

Australian Dion Lee a designer for all seasons

Sydney - Arab Today

Fashion retail is experiencing a seismic shift: the audience is global, seasons are increasingly irrelevant and the rise of social media means consumers don't want to wait for runway styles. Designer Dion Lee, the breakthrough star of Australian fashion who has worked with Kanye West and whose clothes are worn by the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Cate Blanchett, understandsRead more

Gucci to unify sexes in one catwalk show

Milan - AFP

Gucci is taking its recent embrace of androgynous looks to its natural conclusion by combining its womenswear and menswear collections into unified catwalk shows from next year. The move, which could herald the end of the current system of separate menswear and womenswear weeks in the style capitals of the world, is the latest bold step by Alessandro Michele, theRead more