Milan Fashion Week’s press conference ahead of its womenswear catwalk season was mired in controversy after designer Stella Jean said she would not show after funding from Italy’s fashion chamber, Camera della Moda (CNMI), was stopped after four seasons. Ms Jean, one of the driving forces of the We Are Made in Italy (WAMI) collective, which...
10 Feb 2023
Italian-Haitian designer, Stella Jean sits down with Imran Amed to help paint a picture on how fashion can achieve better racial equity for black professionals in fashion. In this 55-minute conversation, the two discuss how the Black Lives Matter movement has ignited change in the fashion industry in their individual countries. Jean gives her...
27 Aug 2020
When looking at fashion emerging from Latin-America today, traditional African prints, with vivid reds, magentas, emeralds and blue may not spring to mind straight away. But it is these contrasting and bold colours that are at the center of Lia Samantha Lozano Rendón collections, a rising singer/designer whose designs are increasingly in demand...
1 Sept 2015
She's electrified Milan fashion week with her bold Caribbean-influenced designs, but Stella Jean is not trying to break into Italy's magic circle of exclusive brands, she wants to transform the industry. The 34-year old, born to a Haitian mother and Italian father, unveiled her Himalayas-themed autumn/winter 2015 collection Wednesday in a...
26 Feb 2015
Forget rainbow knits and ruby galoshes. All the signs are that black is back in a big way as Milan fashion week kicks off on Wednesday. After Gothic trends dominated catwalk shows in New York and London, all eyes now turn to Italy to see if the likes of Prada, Gucci and Armani embrace the vampiric garlic-and-stake look for next winter's...
25 Feb 2015