We attended the European Designer Fashion Summit (14–15 April) in Barcelona, where the European fashion industry discussed desire, sustainability and competition from fast fashion. Between AI, craftsmanship to be defended and the…
Caught between fast fashion and brain drain, ready-to-wear is going through its most precarious period. The collaboration between Galliano and Zara has cemented a shift in power that drains creativity, value and…
On the fringes of official Europe, a less glamorous and more structural fashion scene is emerging. Barcelona, Copenhagen and Berlin are attempting to transform their peripheral status into a vision and processes…
Matthieu Blazy makes his debut at Chanel with a series of “battered, crushed and beloved” bags. Fashion shifts the attention towards creative solutions that give actual value to concepts such as durability…
Como Football, an Indonesian sports club that has risen to the top of Italy’s Serie A soccer league, is currently redefining the norms of a style that goes beyond the football pitch,…
Many of the most iconic shoes in the history of footwear weren’t designed just for their beautiful look, but for being functional; for working, for the military, for being on a boat,…
After a month of catwalks, the question remains the same: what future truly awaits fashion? Because the system seems unable to emerge from the stand-by mode that has characterised recent seasons. Yet,…
From 26 to 28 February, Lineapelle Designers Edition returned to Milan, bringing the exhibition organised by Lineapelle in collaboration with UNIC – Italian Tanneries back to the city. Nine fashion shows in…
Simon Cracker presented the Slow collection during the latest edition of Lineapelle Designers Edition (26–28 February), proving itself to be much more than just a brand. It is an evolving universe, a…
The European Union, during next July, launches pivotal measures that will have an impact on the sustainability of the textile and fashion industry. The first one concerns the tax on packages purchased…