Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Canterbury shops

CANTERBURY is home to two well-known universitys; Kent and Christ Church, both which accommodate for hundreds of students. However unlike many university towns, Canterbury is one that does not seem to accomodate for the students through its fashion retail.
 
Zara in Canterbury highstreet
 

Asos overseas sales rose 144%

ASOS have said that for the full year sales have risen by 24%, yet international sales rose by 144%, meaning that shares in the company have risen by 9%.
Asos.com

Fashion takes to recycling

BBC.co.uk
FASHION has now taken a new angle by using recycling, with a fashion show in Douglas asking people to participate by making outfits from recycled materials. 

Fired by Christian Dior for hurling anti-Semitic abuse at people in Paris.

ON the first day of Paris fashion week and only three days before his Dior fashion show was due to run, designer John Galliano was dismissed by Christian Dior, after a video was released showing him slurring racist and anti Semitic abuse at a couple in a bar.
John Galliano-Google.com

Primark gains award for "highest achiever for inappropriate childrens clothes"

CHANNEL fours host of "The sex education show", Anna Richardson launched an attack upon fashion retailer Primark, for its "inappropriate children's  clothes", which she feels are "turning them into mini adults and cuts short their childhoods".
The sex education show logo-Google.com

The size zero phenomenon

Model Cassie Sumner
AFTER speculation and controversy, hundreds of eating disorders and a number of deaths, designers finally announce, “No size zero models on our catwalk.” But is this really the case? 

Friday, 4 March 2011

The hits and the misses of the royal wedding's fashion

WITH an estimated total of 2 billion viewers, the royal wedding has been the talk of the press worldwide, and there has been lots of press attention surrounding the fashion that made an appearance on the big day.
BBC.co.uk