We take feedback very seriously. Social media is a constant feedback loop, and sometimes you have to rethink something if you’re getting consistent feedback about it. But it’s a fine line. Because if you want to do something new, there will always be pushback. In the end, you have to dictate innovation and absorb the hate. | | | | Backstage views. Romance Was Born Resort '18, Sydney, May 18, 2017.
(Jennifer Polixenni Brankin/WireImage/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “We take feedback very seriously. Social media is a constant feedback loop, and sometimes you have to rethink something if you’re getting consistent feedback about it. But it’s a fine line. Because if you want to do something new, there will always be pushback. In the end, you have to dictate innovation and absorb the hate.”
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| While largely symbolic, the US president’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement still has dangerous global implications. But many industry leaders remain committed to their individual carbon emission reduction goals. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Twenty-five years after luxury labels sued his Harlem boutique out of existence, Gucci looks to him for inspiration. | | |
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 | Vogue |
| “I got bored. I think it needs to enter a new chapter. Fashion shows are not the best tool.“ | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| In an unusual step, the CFDA will honor activists in addition to designers at its annual gala. | | |
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 | Racked |
| The Offred look is everywhere. | | |
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 | South China Morning Post |
| Fashion designer - the ‘yin to Kanye’s yang’ - tells us about his upcoming collections, why he loves Rei Kawakubo and Raf Simons, his desire to lead a legacy brand, and where he’s taking Off-White. | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| "I always say to friends, 'You should never take a job that doesn't terrify you.'" | | |
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 | Quartz |
| At big fashion houses, fashion is just a loss leader. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Confidence is up sharply, yet retail sales are down. | | |
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 | WWD |
| The show highlighted works from 41 students studying fashion design with marketing, knitwear, men’s wear, fashion print and women’s wear as their specializations. | | |
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 | Wallpaper* Magazine |
| "There are 15,000 pairs of archive designs at the Salvatore Ferragamo museum in Florence," enthuses Paul Andrew, appointed the house’s first design director of women’s footwear last September. | | |
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 | Die, Workwear! |
| Last week, I chatted with Paolo, the namesake of the company, about his family’s work. “My grandfather, Gennaro, founded the business,” he says. “He was a Neapolitan shoemaker, back when workshops used to double as people’s homes. In the morning, everyone would be working to make shoes, then in the evening, the spaces were cleaned up and people pulled out the beds. People lived day to night in the same spaces like that." | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| We meet "Machines" director Rahul Jain, whose striking new film snagged the Sundance World Cinema Documentary award for Cinematography. | | |
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 | Glossy |
| The last few years have seen a boom in rapper-branded clothing lines, redefining the concept of merchandise and increasing the backing artists’ clout in the fashion industry. | | |
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 | Footwear News |
| Kristin Frossmo and Olivia Kim are two major forces who are helping shape the department store’s future. | | |
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| South China Morning Post |
| Vestiaire Collective co-founder Fanny Moizant explains how vintage adds to luxury, rather than diminishing it, and why the company is expanding to Asia | | |
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| Fashionista |
| Nostalgia-fueled brand The Summer House makes ethically-produced, quality-focused clothing you can actually afford. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| A Hermès or a Birkin is now a high-performing investment as well as a fashion statement after years of record prices. | | |
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 | Vogue Italia |
| A conversation with Tia Duffy, the brain behind the project Be Body Aware. | | |
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 | Atlas Obscura |
| Grandma was just making a sweater. Or was she? | | |
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