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Vetements: Bitcoin boys and babes are all the rage
Just when you thought that brands were getting back to doing live shows on runways, when along comes Vetements with another digital lookbook in an ode to Bitcoin billionaires.
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Craig Green to return to London with next show in February
Craig Green will return to stage his next collection in London, staging an off-calendar in the week prior to the UK capital’s next runway season in February.
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Vetements to show online on Thursday, VTMNTS in physical format in January
The label led by Guram Gvasalia will unveil its Fall/Winter 2022-23 collection online on Thursday evening, and it is planning to stage a physical show in January for its new line, VTMNTS.
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JW Anderson moving men’s and pre-fall collections to Milan
The house of JW Anderson will move its next men’s show and its pre-fall collections to Milan, to be unveiled during the next fashion week in that city in January, in a major coup for the Italian fashion capital.
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French economy minister trumpets French openness at opening of new IFM fashion school campus
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire trumpeted the absolute necessity that France remain a culture open to foreign ideas at the official of new fashion campus IFM, in a pointed political commentary.
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Woolmark Prize finalists include Ahluwalia and Peter Do
The Woolmark Company has released the list of finalists for the 2022 International Woolmark Prize with seven of the world’s most promising emerging design talents in the running for the accolade.
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Taesoon Chai of Korea wins 2021 edition of ITS emerging designer competition
With his volumes, quirky cuts and colourful palette, the Korean menswear stylist won the 2021 edition of the young designers’ competition in Trieste, Italy, which launched for the occasion ITS Arcademy, opening in 2022.
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Virgil Abloh and Mercedes link-up again for electric show car concept
Virgil Abloh’s additional talents as an architect and artist are resurfacing in the designer’s latest collaboration with luxury car marque Mercedes-Benz.
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