Designer Allie Yoko (founder of Emerald Brand Fashions) introduced her spring line of Black Orchid Eco-Fashion products and announced a student design competition. Allie created her spring Black Orchid Eco Fashion limited edition leggings and hoodie using certified bamboo fabric woven in the U.S. and with garment manufactures in the ...

It was acceptable, as the viral song by MySpace wunderkind Calvin Harris goes, in the '80s. And so too, it seems, in 2009, as designers du jour take a nod from that decade's New Romantic style. Bright neon block colours, tapered pants, even jumpsuits are being resurrected - albeit as ...

Milan Fashion Week starts on Wednesday under an economic cloud that has led to a cut in the number of catwalk shows this year and prompted a weakened Italian clothing ...

Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week 2009: creativity anti crisis From today, February 20th, the forty-ninth edition of Madrid Fashion Week starts which lasts until February 24th. The event that will take place at the IFEMA and as always promises an intense calendar. Up to 55 designers will show their collections ...

Designers at London Fashion Week, which starts Friday, have reacted to the credit crunch by toning down extravagant collections and opting for intimate showings rather than catwalk spectaculars. Names like Antoni & Alison, Duro Olowu and Maria Grachvogel – whose clients include Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson and Victoria Beckham – have ...

Sticking to what you do well is the best way to make it through a recession, say two British designers who have steered their businesses through previous economic storms and survived. Betty Jackson, who launched her ...