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Bailey out, balloons on top: London Fashion Week wraps up

Christopher Bailey's goodbye as the head of Burberry, Christopher Kane's prints of women having orgasms and flamboyant balloon headdresses were among the highlights of London Fashion Week, which wrapped up on Tuesday. Bye Bye Bailey Burberry embarks on a new chapter in its history following Bailey's final catwalk for the quintessential British...

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The BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund reveals 2017 Shortlist

The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the shortlisted designers selected for the next cycle of the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. The selected designers and brands are as followed: Huishan Zhang; Mother of Pearl; Osman; palmer//harding; Shrimps; Sophie Hulme and Toogood. Each of the shortlisted designers have been selected by the...

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8 young designers pen letter for future fur-free fashion

8 young and talented designers have penned a letter to students at Central Saint Martins, urging them to explore the ethical side of the fashion industry and not use fur in their collection. The letter, which encourages students to embrace vegan materials and reject any offers from fur companies to use their skins or pelts in exchange for...

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8 young designers pen letter for future fur-free fashion

8 young and talented designers have penned a letter to students at Central Saint Martins, urging them to explore the ethical side of the fashion industry and not use fur in their collection. The letter, which encourages students to embrace vegan materials and reject any offers from fur companies to use their skins or pelts in exchange for...

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8 young designers pen letter for future fur-free fashion

8 young and talented designers have penned a letter to students at Central Saint Martins, urging them to explore the ethical side of the fashion industry and not use fur in their collections. The letter, which encourages students to embrace vegan materials and reject any offers from fur companies to use their skins or pelts in exchange for...

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Fur falls from fashion favour at London Fashion Week

London - Although the catwalks at Milan Fashion Week were awash with all shapes and colours of fur this season, research shows that fur fell out of favour and the limelight at its British counterpart, London Fashion Week. According to a poll conducted by PETA, 86 per cent of designers who presented their designs on the catwalk and in the...

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Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood and Shrimps celebrated in PETA's Vegan Fashion Awards

With more and more designers launching fur-free, faux leather and other cruelty-free garments, animal rights organization PETA honours the best animal friendly brands and retailers each year in it's annual Vegan Fashion Award. This year saw the organization expand the award category for its biggest prize ceremony to date. Some of this year's top...

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New PETA research shows 80 percent of London Fashion Week designers eschewing fur

Although images from last season's London Fashion Week runways seemed awashed with fur, according to the latest research from animal rights' organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, the vast majority of designers showing eschewed real fur for their Autumn-Winter 2015 collections. According to the International Fur Trade...

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