DELULU GOES LUXURY. Somehow 2023 has become the year of embracing the delulu, no matter the obstacles that may come your way. Fittingly, Celine’s summer 2024 show riffs on this idea, albeit in Image Director Hedi Slimane’s own way. The presentation, referred to as The Show That Never Was, nods to the fact that it was slated for July
Fashionistas aren’t skirting the issue — they’re trolling it. Rather than waisting a small fortune on the latest oddity in luxe finery — a $925 towel skirt offered by the house of Balenciaga — style hounds are taking to their linen closets to get the look. “I found a dupe for that,” teased TikTok tastemaker Ellie Brennan, a millennial
To keep up with the ever-changing trends propagated by runway shows, influencers and frenetic social media fads, fashion connoisseurs and avid clothing shoppers can be quick to turn to the most convenient — and budget-conscious — options out there. Often, that’s “fast fashion” offerings, from e-tailers with their endless feeds of wallet-friendly and of-the-moment garments
Company last month hoped for a valuation of $80-$90bn, according to reports, making it the largest initial public offering (IPO) in years Fast fashion giant Shein has reportedly lodged confidential paperwork with US securities regulators, informing them of an intention to go public in the US. The listing would likely be the largest initial public
About 50 Gucci employees in Italy have gone on strike in protest against plans to relocate a significant part of its design studio team from Rome to Milan in what they claim is a “mass redundancy in disguise”. Gucci, which is owned by the French-based luxury goods group Kering, announced in October it would move 153 of
Australia will ban imports of disposable vapes from January, in an effort to curb nicotine addiction in children. New laws to stop single-use vapes from being made, advertised, and supplied in the country will also be introduced. It comes amid a broader push to phase out recreational vaping completely. Vaping has been marketed as a
In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable? “This is my phone’s camera,” says Bas van Abel, holding a small, square component aloft. He has just removed it from his smartphone, using a tiny screwdriver. “There’s eight components in
In 2010, researcher Sintawee Sulaiman had just started her first lab job, at the University of Osaka in Japan. She was tasked with modifying and experimenting with an enzyme that her colleagues had discovered in a pile of rotting leaves in the park next to the university, called LCC – leaf-branch compost cutinase. LCC helps
With sea levels rising around the globe, Miami, in the US state of Florida, is facing an urgent need to adapt. As property investors turn their gaze inland, away from the exclusive low-lying beach area, residents in one poorer neighbourhood further above sea level say rising rents are forcing them out. “It’s a beautiful place,
A wooly coat and a head of human hair have more in common than you think; not only do they help retain body heat, they’re both made from keratin protein fibers. Now, a Dutch startup is questioning why one is worn and the other wasted. Human Material Loop hopes to transform the fashion industry by turning
