The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are officially here, and the excitement is palpable for the largest sporting event in the world, held every four years. Fans eagerly await the revelation of the athletes who will proudly represent their countries, and it begins with the unique uniforms they will wear during the opening and closing ceremonies....
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Paris Olympic Uniforms 2024 and Inspiration Behind the Designs: From Team USA’s Ralph Lauren Suits to Mongolia’s Viral Looks and More
In 1992, Issey Miyake designed uniforms for Team Lithuania to wear during the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Barcelona — Lithuania was competing for the first time as an independent nation following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Miyake reportedly donated all of his designs free of charge and the outfits were highly praised...
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Britain can’t do luxury fashion anymore – Burberry is the proof
It meant London Fashion Week, always the poor relation to Milan and Paris, suddenly had a hot property that advertised in the key global markets. Therefore, it drew major editors and celebrities to its shows here. Other much smaller designers basked in the reflected glow, attracting attention they never had before. Arguably, Burberry could have...
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Korean ‘Hanbok Wave’ fashion project launched in London
London’s Korean Cultural Centre was turned into a fashion catwalk this week with the launch of Hanbok Wave, a project to interpret and transform traditional Korean dress into a modern collection of women’s and men’s day/eveningwear “for a new generation”. A collaboration saw the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Craft and Design Foundation and...
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How Victoria Starmer transformed first lady dressing in one week
One week you’re quietly getting on with life working for the NHS in occupational health, the next you’re rubbing shoulders with world leaders at a Nato summit in Washington as the UK’s (unofficial) “first lady”. It’s been quite the transition for Lady Starmer, a woman who had mostly remained in the shadows throughout her husband’s...
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British fashion house Burberry is reportedly laying off hundreds of employees amid huge stock selloff
British fashion house Burberry Group Plc is expected to shed hundreds of jobs, mostly in the UK, following a sharp drop in its stock market value, the Telegraph reported. Employees were informed during a Zoom meeting in late June, with those affected told they were facing redundancy or having to reapply for their roles, the...
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Victoria Starmer wears a dress from Britain’s favourite middle-class label to enter Downing Street
So many key questions spring forth – ones you probably won’t find Laura Kuenssberg and her colleagues addressing. Is £295 henceforth a new Labour fiscal policy? It has been widely acknowledged in the fashion industry as a middle-class sweet spot – i.e., high enough to make an item seem reassuringly aspirational, but not obscenely so. ...
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News analysis: will the new UK government deliver for fashion and retail?
It’s official, the UK has its first Labour government in 14 years with a landslide win for the Labour Party. And with plenty of business leaders having come out in support of the party, it seems business might be happy. Photo: Pixabay How happy it stays depends on what happens in the next few months,...
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British Grand Prix 2024: The best dressed guests at Silverstone
It’s a wonderful week for British fashion. Not only have Wimbledon’s stylish crowd been serving up some incredible looks, from Lady Amelia and Eliza Spencer to Katherine Ryan, but this weekend sees the return of the Formula One British Grand Prix, where VIPs leave no (silver)stone unturned when it comes to trackside style… MORE: Beatrice...
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All The Best Celebrity Fashion At Wimbledon 2024
Glastonbury is over for another year, and attention now turns to SW19, where the style mood is less Barbour jackets, slogan tees and short shorts, more polite heels and summer tailoring. Wimbledon fans may well be deprived of their usual Princess of Wales sighting this year, given that the patron of the All England Lawn...
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20 stylish ‘Made in Britain’ fashion labels to add to your wardrobe, for men and women
And yet – how many of us can identify a garment in our wardrobe that was genuinely made right here in the UK within the last 10 years? It is getting harder and harder to buy from bigger name brands, whilst simultaneously supporting UK manufacturing. We have the design and we are proud to count...
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Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant on why you should stop buying rubbish
Lambswool sweater, £69.50, communityclothing.co.uk Think about where your clothes go afterwards Acrylics, polyester, nylon and materials that employ elastics are made from crude oil and fossil-fuel based resources; 342 million barrels of oil are used to make synthetic fabrics every year. If they are readily disposed of – as cheap, ultra fast fashion products often...
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