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Chinese label pulls clothing line over 'inappropriate' designs
24 Sep 2021 - Fashion
Beijing - A Chinese fashion label has pulled a children's clothing line and apologised after consumer complaints surfaced about prints that contained references
Mexico's indigenous weavers seek international recognition
24 Sep 2021 - Fashion
Zinacantán, Mexico - Indigenous weavers in Mexico's southern highlands are striving for rightful recognition from an international fashion industry that they
Audience back as Armani celebrates Emporio's 40th
24 Sep 2021 - Fashion
Milan - Milan Fashion Week on Thursday celebrated the 40th anniversary of Giorgio Armani's Emporio line of high-end ready-to-wear designs for a younger
Model Evangelista says fat-reduction left her deformed
23 Sep 2021 - Fashion
Washington - Former supermodel Linda Evangelista says she has been permanently disfigured by a fat-reduction cosmetic procedure that backfired and caused her
Tapestry signs business ambition for 1.5°C, aiming to reduce global warming
23 Sep 2021 - Business
Washington - Tapestry, Inc. (TPR) on Thursday said it has signed Business Ambition For 1.5°C, a science-based targets initiative (SBTi) with a goal of reducing
Audiences back in Milan as Italy fashion seeks 'rebirth'
22 Sep 2021 - Fashion
PLEASE POST WITH BACKDATE 22 SEPTEMBER Milan - The taxis and courtesy cars, street style and front row stars are back in Milan Wednesday as fashion week ret
Television's best bring glamour to Emmys red carpet
20 Sep 2021 - Fashion
Los Angeles - Television's A-list returned to the red carpet in high style for the Emmys on Sunday -- a more traditional display of sartorial savoir faire after
'Change the game': supermodel Halima Aden reinvents modest fashion
20 Sep 2021 - Fashion
Istanbul - Halima Aden, the first supermodel to wear a hijab and pose in a burkini, has ripped up her lucrative contracts in an industry she feels lacks "basic
Largest payment app Alipay to be China's target in tech crackdown
13 Sep 2021 - Business
Chinese regulators have ordered sweeping changes to the country's biggest payment app Alipay, as the ruling Communist Party attempts to rein in "the unruly growth" of the tech giants. Alipay -- with more than one billion users in China and other Asian nations including India -- was told to spinoff its profitable micro loan business, the
New York exhibition celebrates Dior's American influence
9 Sep 2021 - Culture
New York - Christian Dior's hit exhibition tracing the history of the legendary French fashion house opens in New York this week with an American twist after