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Antwerp's MoMu celebrates the work of fashion photographer Willy Vanderperre

The latest fashion exhibition at Antwerp’s MoMu provides a compelling insight into the enduring fascination of creator Willy Vanderperre with youth culture, spanning nearly three decades of his prolific career. Alongside his evocative photographs, Vanderperre has curated a selection of artworks that have significantly influenced his creative...

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10 of the most viral fashion moments from 2022

Conversations regularly erupted on social media and the online world as whole this year, as a wide range of news from within fashion became ‘viral’ – a term used to describe topics that circulate rapidly on the internet. FashionUnited has compiled a list of occasions that sparked the biggest online discussions of 2022, influencing movements,...

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Prada appoints new Group CEO

Prada on Tuesday announced Andrea Guerra is to be recommended as CEO of the Prada Group. The Italian luxury group's portfolio of brands include Prada, MiuMiu, Carshoe, Church’s and Marchesa 1824. In a statement Prada said Mr Guerra will recommended to take the role at the Group’s board meeting on 26 January 2023. Miuccia Prada is to remain...

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Prada embarks on succession path to handover reigns to eldest son

Prada has begun the process of succession planning, looking to the former Luxottica chief Andrea Guerra to streamline the luxury house’s change of leadership. Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli (76) and Miuccia Prada (73) are expected to hand the company operations to their eldest son, Lorenzo Bertilli (34), who joined the company 2007 as digital...

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Raf Simons to close his namesake label

Raf Simons announced it is to shutter its label, with the Spring Summer 2023 collection the brand’s swansong. In an announcement on Instagram, the Belgian designer said it would be the end of the brand’s 27 years and SS23 its final season. “I lack the words to share how proud I am in all that we have achieved,” Simons wrote. “I am grateful for...

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Raf Simons makes London debut with stripped back 80s collection

After delaying his runway show in respect of the Queen’s death, Raf Simons finally took to London to showcase the brand’s spring/summer 2023 collection in what was the designer’s first show in the UK city. Set in the nightclub establishment Printworks, the event was hosted simultaneously to the art fair Frieze, for which Simons is a patron too...

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Raf Simons reschedules SS23 catwalk show

Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons has rescheduled his spring/summer 2023 to take place during the Frieze art fair in London on October 13. Simons cancelled his debut at London Fashion Week on September 18, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, out of respect for the late monarch. While LFW went ahead, Simons said at the...

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Raf Simons cancels LFW show following death of The Queen

Belgian designer Raf Simons has become the second big name to cancel an upcoming show at London Fashion Week following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week. In a statement on September 9, seen by Vogue Business, the Raf Simons team said: “Following the devastating news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we have decided to...

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Palomo Spain, Raf Simons, and Giles Deacon will design the new costumes for the New York City Ballet

On Wednesday, September 28, the tenth annual Fall Fashion Gala at New York City Ballet will take place in New York City. The event will be vice chaired by actress Sarah Jessica Parker, whose known for helping raise funds for artistic institutions. She's also a donor for the annual Met Gala for the Metropolitan Museum, known as "The Superbowl of...

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Burberry returns to London Fashion Week schedule

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has released the provisional schedule for London Fashion Week in September, including Burberry, which returns after a short hiatus, and Raf Simons, who will be making his LFW debut. London Fashion Week will take place from September 16 to 20 and has confirmed more than 100 designers on its provisional hybrid...

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MFW: In the House that Prada built, classic garments are paired freely and evocatively

A paper house provided the backdrop for Prada’s Spring Summer 2023 menswear collection. Designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, it embodied the collection themes addressing “naivety, childhood and simplicity." The materiality of paper seemed to align with Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ vision for the show, called Prada Choices. “Paper is a...

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MFW: A pragmatic Prada gets a bold shoulder for AW22

As Prada forges deeper into its co-creative partnership between Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, two years into a collaboration that began in 2020, a visceral language is starting to unfold. The Prada-tropes have been there from the start, but re-birthed with a more modern execution. The sleek triangle logo has been brought to the fore, no doubt...