CATEGORY ARCHIVES: VANITY COUTURE
Indonesia Fashion Week: Bad Timing
90 days ago - Vanity CoutureLast year I was very much engulfed in the IFW 2012, this year I attended a few shows. The concept is good and you will find every local Indie brand under one roof. There are a lot of runway shows and an award for the most promising young designer. Unfortunately, IFW 2012 did not get … Read More
Japan Takes the Fashion Industry Seriously: How a Country Should Up their Game
297 days ago - Fashion Incubator, Vanity CoutureI wrote recently that countries need to implement policies and come up with feasible plans to grow their fashion industries. No one is going to do it for them, and simply standing by and blaming other countries is not the answer. Japan has provided a valid example on how a country can up its game. … Read More
China’s Luxury Obsession is the New Hinderance to Child Birth
299 days ago - Vanity CoutureChina’s one child policy is well known and widely criticised. I have a very close friend who once told me that her parents treated her badly because she is a girl and not a boy. Apparently they could not afford an abortion and was stuck with a daughter under the one child policy. She turned … Read More
Zara’s Inditex Launching E-commerce Website in China
306 days ago - Vanity CoutureThe Inditex Group is one of the largest fashion retailers in the world, owning Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home, Uterque and many more. The Group recently absorbed the Spanish VAT increase, ensuring that the consumer will not be affected. Now, they have announced plans to set up an internet … Read More
Rumour Has It: YSL Contemplates a Name Change [UPDATE]
332 days ago - Vanity CoutureUpdate: It is official! Confirming the rumours, a YSL spokeswoman told WWD that in an effort to capture the energy that surrounded the mythic designer’s thrust into the ready-to-wear category in 1966, Hedi Slimane has decided to go back to basics. The brand will be Saint Laurent Paris. In 1966 it was called Saint Laurent … Read More
Vogue Launches in Thailand
332 days ago - Vanity CoutureYes, you read correctly. It was rumoured earlier this year, that Vogue Thailand was in the works. Well, the rumours were true. The magazine will be launched in 2013 according to Jonathan Newhouse, chairman and chief executive of Conde Nast International. The publisher signed a licensing agreement to publish the magazine in partnership with Serendipity … Read More
The Emperor’s New Clothes: Let’s Just be Honest When We See Crap Fashion
335 days ago - Vanity CoutureLately I have been thinking about the story of the Emperor’s new clothes. I remember hearing it and reading it as a child, and the moral of the story stuck with me. Many of the designs I see being sold and worn lately sends off alarm bells in my head and at that point, I … Read More
Before Sex & the City and Gossip Girl: RIP Nolan Miller
342 days ago - Vanity CoutureNow, this might be too old for some of you to remember, but before these latest tv fashionista shows, like sex and the city and gossip girl, we had Dynasty, Dallas and Falcon Crest. I remember watching these as a kid and thinking how glamourous the women looked. Nolan Miller was the famous television designer … Read More
Did You Know Your Faux Fur Could Be Dog Fur?
345 days ago - Vanity CoutureThe Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has stepped up surveillance of imported fur shipments after it came to their attention that clothes containing dog fur escaped their detection. Australian consumers are therefore asked to be careful when purchasing faux fur products. A recent sting operation by the Humane Society International in Sydney and Melbourne … Read More
Dumb Stuff People in Fashion Says: Lady Gaga and Prada’s CEO
347 days ago - Vanity CoutureThis post is called “Dumb Shit” because seriously, sometimes I wonder WTF were these people thinking. Ok, so straight into it! Lady Gaga Maybe we should gag the Lady. No really, why is she so obsessed with buying fake goods. On a previous trip to Hong Kong she tweeted that she could buy a fake … Read More