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Lacoste New Collection Replaces Iconic Logo With Endanged Species

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French clothing company Lacoste is temporarily dropping its iconic logo to showcase 10 endangered species in a limited edition line of its polo shirt. “The logo has left the polo! @Lacoste’s famous croc makes way to help save some of the world’s most threatened species,” the company announced on its Twitter account. The polo shirts can be purchased through the company’s website and will retail for $185.

Those endangered animals consist of the Vaquita dolphin, Northern sportive lemur, Burmese roofed turtle, Javan rhino, Cao vit gibbon, California condor, Kakapo parrot, Sumatran tiger, the Saola, and the Anegada ground iguana. The logos will use the same embroidery styling that has been an iconic for the brand’s crocodile.

The effort is the beginning of the Lacoste’s three-year partnership with Paris agency BETC together with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and its Save Our Species (SOS) campaign.

According to the campaign’s website saveourspecies.org and lacoste.com regarding the production of the shirts, the number produced in each series corresponds to the remaining population sizes in the wild as estimated by IUCN species experts. This means only 450 Iguana shirts will be available, 350 featuring the Sumatran tiger, and a measly 40 shirts with the Burmese Roofed Turtle.

Lacoste was founded in 1933 by tennis player French tennis player and André Gillier. The company produced tennis shirts with the now iconic crocodile logo embroidered on the chest, a reference to Lacoste nickname “the Crocodile.”

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2018 New York Couture Fashion Week

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By Armando

Fall 2018 Collections, celebrated in two days of outstanding fashion and talented designers from across the globe which concluded on Saturday in spectacular style.

Couture New York Fashion Week Fall 2018 was held on on Friday, February 9 and Saturday, February 10 in New York. All of the shows were held on Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, Broadway.

The Fall 2018 Collections featured collections from around the globe including Elcy Cortorreal, Funari, Reshmi Nair, Maria Elena Couture, Teona Margvelashvili and Jaba Kukuladze, Alexandra Popescu-York, Nailuj Villarroel, Tonni 86, Alessia Siena and collections from producer Andres Aquino.

The shows also featured performances from Olga Alexandrova, Rodney Talley, Benedetta Orsi, Jared Hanrahan and Parker Matthews.

Couture Fashion Week was founded in 2005 by Andres Aquino and presents a series of couture and luxury fashion shows in New York City, Cannes and other selected cities.

Here’s some of the highlights of the shows.
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Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, Broadway
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MTV VMAs 2017: At The Red Carpet

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Red carpet arrivals @ the Forum in Inglewood, California, for the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. 

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Gigi Hadid, Appropriation or Progress?

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By: Andrew Van Wilpe

The American fashion model, Gigi Hadid has come under some scrutiny, in recent days, following the release of the cover of Vogue Arabia’s first edition. In the black and white cover photo, the model sported a beaded veil, bare shouldered. Inside the magazine there is another photo of Gigi dressed in a more traditional looking, hot pink and fuchsia hijab.

Although, Gigi is of Palestinian decent, coming from her father’s side, she is not of the Muslim faith. The critics accuse this 21-year-old model and Vogue of religious appropriation. Her critics are upset because they believe Gigi and Vogue are glamourizing something that other women are criticized for. One critic tweeted, “So Gigi is getting praised for wearing a Hijab bc “fashion” while women who actually wear Hijab are attacked, shamed, and threatened?”

The question from most of the critics is, “why Vogue did not choose an actual Muslim model for this cover?” It seems the issue is more about representation. Critics believe Vogue should have used a Muslim model if they wanted to avoid this controversy and wanted to promote inclusion.
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New York: Couture Fashion Week – Fall 2017 Collections

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By Armando

New York, NY—February 14th, 2017 – Couture New York Fashion Week began on Friday, February 10 and run throughout the weekend. All of the shows were held on Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, Broadway, NY.

The Fall 2017 Collections featured collections from around the globe including Belinda Bullshoe, Cory Tran, Laura Moss, Rose Sharifi, Farah Sugar, Paulina Canas, Luis Machicao, Diana Mahrach, Meggie Hadiyanto, Mety Choa, Olga Alicea & Hector Musse, Bella Fashion Designs, Lourdes Atencio, Vanny Tousignant, Ruchika Kabra, Alexandra Popescu, Reuden Banks, Houda El Fechka Eddiouanne, and Andres Aquino who closed the runway shows on Saturday night.

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John Malkovich: Actor, Director, Fashion Designer?

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By Shane Brooks

During last Sunday’s Super Bowl, an ad aired to promote the release of the new clothing line by Oscar nominated actor John Malkovich.

The ad depicts some of the struggles Malkovich went through in an attempt to be break from the world of acting into this new art form and represents some of the ideas and inspirations behind his designs. During the ad the actor makes the point, “I’m always a figure in someone else’s dream. I’d really rather sometimes make my own figures and my own dreams.”

Most people recognize John Malkovich for his role in the film Being John Malkovich, however, in an ad for Squarespace that aired during the Super Bowl the actor revealed his desire to take his creative talents in a new direction.

Many do not know that this is not Malkovich’s firststep in the fashion world. With his first fashion company, Mrs. Mudd, being released in 2002. His second, Technobohemian, was released in 2010 and featured many of the actor’s own designs.Along with the theatrical Super Bowl ad Malkovich has launched a website, www.JohnMalkovich.com, powered by Squarespace.

The website showcases Malkovich’s winterand summer 2017 collections. The collections include selections of jackets, knitwear, pants, shirts and accessories. An excerpt from the “About” section of the site reads: “John takes inspiration from his travels and experiences, fine art, and storytelling elements, such as setting and characterization. He sketches designs and patterns, refining every detail, while travelling andduring downtime on set. For over 30 years, John has been a passionate fabric collector. With a meditative approach, he often spends several days purely on fabric selection.”

It is clear that John Malkovich puts his heart into every project he works on whether that be acting, directing or designing fashion. So, if you were watching the big game last Sunday you may be pretty excited for all of the new box office blockbusters coming this summer but you may have also found that new summer look you have been waiting for.

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Nike announces self-tying shoes release date

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By AICreativeMedia

After years of development and research, Nike has announced the HyperAdapt 1.0 will hit stores by November this year. The announcement came from Nike’s public relations director Heidi Burgett through a tweet, announcing appointments to “experience and purchase” HyperAdapt 1.0 by November 28, 2016.

“The HyperAdapt is a myth turned into reality,” Tiffany Beers, senior innovator at Nike, told Wired. “It’s so cool! You have no idea how cool it is to step in a shoe that automatically tightens.”

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Fashion highlights from FASHION X DALLAS 2016

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By Armando

Here are some of the photo highlights from Fashion X Dallas, which was presented by Cadillac on September 8-10, 206 at the Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas. The 3-day fashion event featured designers from Lifetime TV show ‘Project Runway’, local Dallas designers, and new and up-and-coming designers from around the globe.

Fashion X Dallas is the premiere “fashion week” in the DFW market and features 3 nights of runway shows each Fall.

This year, DFW based designer received the 2016 BERNINA Dallas Fashion Fund, an incentive to encourage designers to pursue their careers in the fashion industry. previous recipients were “Nine Muses” in 2014, and “Smith II” in 2015.

In attendance this year Saturday runway shows is Actress Linda Gray, who was honored during the show with a portion of proceeds benefitting Assist the Officers Foundation. Linda Gray is an award winning actress, an accomplished director, a former United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and one of the world’s most recognized and admired stars.

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Trish Peng Broke Longest Train on a Catwalk Record

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Trish Peng’s red lace, off-the-shoulder gown has broken the record with a 20 meter silk tulle train during the New Zealand Fashion Week.

The LA-based bridal designer said she used red because it “is a sign of prosperity and good luck so it’s a bit of that as well as making a statement for the grand finale piece.” Daily Mail is reporting that elaborate creation costs almost US$5,800 (NZD $8,000 or AUD $7689).


The longest train ever to hit a NZ catwalk

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Highlights from LA Swim Week 2016

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Highlights from LA Swim Week 2016. A night of fun, music, fashion and lots and lots of swimsuits! LA Swimweek Fashion Show was held on Skirball Cultural Center in LA, CAlifornia on July 19, 2016.

Featuring designs from: Duskii (Australia), BeachFlirt22 (Greece), Lady Swim (LA), Palo Rosa (Colombia), Pauleth Swimwear (Miami), The 8th Continent (Japan), Nessy Swimwear (15 year old designer, Glam Clothing (Los Angeles), Leonisa (Colombia, Amour Swimwear (Los Angeles), the night was full of excitement, fun and lots of colors!

The event brings together designers from different cultures, and the show presented influences from Columbia, Japan and Greece. The night also featured event creator and executive producer Connie Borja’s swimwear line Amour, and up and coming 14-year-old swimwear designer Vanessa Sanchez of Nessy Swimwear. The event also featured a pop-up shop with 20 brands selling swimwear and beauty products.

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