Highlights from Paris Fashion Week 2022
Paris Fashion Week was full of excellent looks for the fall, and designers are already predicting the upcoming season's trends. Some of the highlights include Chanel’s homage to tweed, Demna Gvasalia's take on climate change, and the first posthumous show by...
Highlights from Milan Fashion Week 2022
After two seasons of party wares, Milan is back to business. While the focus of the city's fashion industry has shifted away from the carefree styles that were once fashionable, Italian brands are still bringing a touch of fun to the table with their fall 2022...
Haute Couture: Priceless High-End Fashion
A high-end fashion house that specializes in creating one-of-a-kind garments for its clients is known as an haute couture company. Haute Couture means "high sewing" or "high fashion" in French. In this industry, workers spend hundreds of hours creating a single item...
The Fashion Design Process: From Samples to the Final Product
In last week’s blog, we explored the inspiration and ideation process for fashion designers when designing a new piece. This week, we’ll continue the exploration of the fashion design process by considering how fashion designers choose fabrics, colors, and other...
The Fashion Design Process: Ideation and Sketching
The process of becoming a fashion designer involves a passion for the industry, time, and research. From street fashion to haute couture, every designer has their own approach to the creative process. However, there are some common steps that every designer should...
Why Fashion Influencers Need to Speak Up About Ethical Fashion
The term influencer is often used to describe people who are influential on social media. They are also ubiquitous, and there are many people out there who could become one. You might like their style, or you might think they're funny. The simple answer is that we all...
Bespoke Fashion Design: History and Modern Applications
Since its inception, the fashion industry has been known to offer a wide variety of made-to-order clothing and custom-tailored items. While other trends and business models come and go, bespoke fashion quietly continues as a mainstay in the industry. This is why...
Cryptocurrency 101: What Beginners Need to Know
A digital asset known as crypto is a type of financial instrument that can be used without a central bank or government. Instead, it's created using a set of secure cryptographic techniques. Most cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, are backed by blockchain technology,...
Uses of Blockchain for the Fashion Industry
A breach-proof record-keeping system is being used by the fashion industry to bring transparency to the supply chains and improve the welfare of workers. It can also transfer ownership of digital fashion. Since its inception, blockchain technology has evolved...
A Basic Explanation of NFTs
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been all the rage lately, and they’re selling for millions of dollars. They can be used for everything from art to toilet paper, and they’re being touted as a potential bubble that could burst. Whatever their future may be, read on to...