Category Archive: Fashion

Rave Review: Sustainable and Chic

In 2018, UNICEF estimated that each year, about 85% of textiles end up in the trash. At the same time, global textile production is expected to continue growing at a rapid pace. Fashion is about more than just raw materials, it is about ideas–but the pillaging and destruction of the planet in the name of fashion shouldn't be ignored. 

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Jonathan Simkhai: Boundless Female Fashion

On the first Monday of May, actress Taraji P. Henson stunned on the MET gala red carpet in an ornate custom gown created by SIMKHAI, the namesake brand of designer Jonathan Simkhai. For her third time as a guest at fashion’s most glamorous event, Henson wanted a large train, and she knew Simkhai was the right choice after seeing just a few sketches. “He made my dream come true,” Henson told Entertainment Tonight on the MET Gala red carpet. 

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SWAIA Fashion Week: The First U.S. Native Fashion Week

If you’re a fan of the Met Gala, you may have seen American actress Lily Gladstone in a black dress and cape decorated in star-shape jewelry by men’s and womenswear designer Gabriela Hearst and indigenous jeweler Keri Ataumbi or Quannah Chasinghorse wearing a stunning multicolored beaded neck piece by beadwork artist Heather Dickson. These two took this year’s Met Gala by storm and drew attention to amazing works by indigenous designers.

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Henry Zankov: The Season of Knits

Playful, fresh, and bold, this fall’s fashion season will be dominated by Henry Zankov’s knitted pieces.

A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Zankov moved to New Jersey in the United States with his parents at nine-years-old. He spent most of his childhood going into the city with friends to go shopping and in high school, he began to take sewing classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he eventually received an associates degree in Fashion/Apparel Design in 2001. Soon after, Zankov began to explore his style through jobs and internships with clothing brands DKNY, EDUN, and Diane von Furstenberg, where he became the design director of knitwear. 

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Paris Olympics 2024: The Global Runway

The Olympics has been commonplace for celebrating the world’s vast cultures and the spirit of sportsmanship for centuries, but it is also a global stage ready for fashion brands to display their latest designs.

France 

Taking center stage at the 2024 Olympics are the hosts.

Berluti, a French luxury brand, and Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton worked together on the navy blazers with burnished lapels, silk skirts/slim-fit pants, and leather loafers that Team France will be wearing to the Opening Ceremony.

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