FASHION DESIGNER TRENDS

Fashion: Role in show tops of milliner's success  "My hat's lead a more exciting life than I do!" laughed milliner Monika Neuhauser as her creations flew business class to Dubai then first class to London before appearing at Ascot. Ascot may seem a long way from the small Waikato town where Monika has been making headwear since 2006. "We've lived in the middle of Pirongia for 23 years, on an acre where I have a separate studio. Clients happily drive a couple of hours to see me and photos can be sent electronically for approval. E-commerce makes buying from overseas easy," says Monika. Her designs have been dispatched to Australia, Canada, the United States, UK and Ireland. Creating hats for Tarnished Frocks and Divas 2017 show Zoetica, her first foray into theatre, is a fresh challenge. "We work with larger dimensions in theatre." Monika attributes some of her international exposure to being very active o...

Return of the 'traditional' bra scores an upgrade for Victoria's Secret's parent company Shares of L Brands, which owns retail chains Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works, rose Friday after a firm upgraded the stock on the idea that millennials will buy more "traditional bras" in 2017. FBR Capital Markets' research group, FBR & Co., upgraded L Brands to outperform from market perform, citing the fact that the company's intimate apparel segment remains a "top pick" among core consumers. The stock closed the day up nearly 3 percent, trading around $51 per share. "Our survey results ... show that consumers did not significantly switch out of [Victoria's Secret/PINK] intimate apparel in 2016," analyst Susan Anderson wrote in a Friday note to clients. The firm upped its price target for L Brands to $60 from $54. FBR also increased its 2017 earnings estimates to $3.31 from $3.16 per share, while raising its 2018 E...

Amway presents Attitude Shining Star Fashion Show in Chennai Keerthi Bodagala , Niranjan Kumar Vaishnav and Dr. Vidya Hari Iyer were adjudged Attitude Shining Star, first and second runners up respectively . Actor Ashok Selvan, Bina Sujit, Editor-in-Chief, JFW and Andy, Costume Designer cum stylist and Choreographer presented the awards Amway India, country’s largest Direct Selling Company organized a dazzling Fashion Show – ‘Attitude Shining Star’ in Chennai on 9th July 2017. Attitude is Amway’s entry-level premium brand, offering a range of skin care and cosmetic products specially created for the youth. The evening was a myriad display of colors and talent as the Amway direct sellers who are its Brand Ambassadors walked the ramp with style on sequences choreographed by Actor and Choreographer Raja Ranjan. Building on the brand persona, the fashion show displayed youthfulness and vibrancy through its themes – ‘Funky and Fun’, ‘Beautiful and Bold’ and ‘Wedding and Ethnic Colo...

Shape of things to come at fashion show 'Architectural' has been the buzzword in fashion circles of late. Terms such as 'pared back' and 'sculptural' reflect the aesthetic, and yesterday we witnessed a masterclass in architectural fashion when new pieces from Spanish label Delpozo closed the Brown Thomas (BT) Autumn Winter 2017 (AW17) show. Delpozo's creative director Josep Font acknowledged that his time studying architecture - to please his parents - inspired his eccentric shapes. There was certainly a gasp of surprise, and delight, as the gathered audience surveyed his drop-shouldered, wrap-sleeve, orange trapeze coat, worn with a futuristic headpiece with textural beading on the side. Bird-like, it was stunning - though not, perhaps, for everyone. For less experimental dressers, there was a retinue of seriously glamorous, ultra-feminine dresses. A pink Erdem satin gown with beaded straps and flounced, hi-low hemline stole many hearts because not...

Current, copper used to develop new embroidery at DMU Cutting-edge research into using electric currents and copper to develop a new form of embroidery has earned a senior lecturer at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) a prestigious award. Jo Horton, who joined DMU in 2006, has been highly commended in the Embroiderers’ Guild Beryl Dean Award for Teaching Excellence in Embroidery and Design for 2017. The award recognises academics who tirelessly enhance the learning experience and who care passionately about the future of embroidery. Judges were particularly impressed by Jo’s leading research which she shares with her students to encourage ambition and innovative thinking. Referring to her work as ‘metal horticulture’, Jo, who leads the Mixed Media Textiles pathway on DMU’s Textile Design BA (Hons), said: “My research at DMU has focused on the ways in which fashion textiles has been transformed by metallic embellishment, looking at the role traditional craft techniques have...