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Fashion Technology Forecast 2018

The average fashion brand may not yet have a chief innovation, digital or analytics officer amongst its management, but these technology-powered jobs are shaping the future of retail and fashion. Amid all this rapidly advancing technology, the fashion industry needs to move with the times, which has evolved into more than just smart fabrics,...

Fashion

Young men's fashion goes DIY

Hand-drawn graphics, sketchbook scrawls and graffiti is making its way into the young men's fashion arena. Think powerful messaging 90s style, a new movement of communicating and perhaps rebellion, via clothing and fashion. It began with Raf Simons playing with boldly placed text and photos on clothing, such as on tailored coats and sportswear,...

Trends

Pre Fall '14 goes monochrome

The Pre Fall '14 collections were full of monochrome colour blocking. The trend for black and white juxtaposition is proving a look that's here to stay, and seen at Gucci, Chanel and Opening Ceremony, amongst others. But monochrome dressing is more than just a black and white wardrobe, the proof is in the details, such as contrasting sleeves,...