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Royal Designers for Industry: Richard Rogers

Royal Designers for Industry: Richard Rogers

Richard Rogers first came to prominence in the late 1960s with the competition-winning scheme for the Pompidou centre in Paris, and he has been at the cutting edge of architecture and urban design for 50 years since.

Royal Designers for Industry: Gilles Clément

Royal Designers for Industry: Gilles Clément

Gilles Clément is an acclaimed French horticultural engineer, gardener, landscape architect, botanist and writer. He was one of the first to allow nature to participate, and often lead, in the creative and ecological shaping of new landscapes and, for the last 40 years, he has had a significant influence on landscape design across the world.

Shakkei Spring/Summer 2015 “Trails”

Shakkei Spring/Summer 2015 “Trails”

Gabriel Baradee graduated from Japanese studies (Bachelor) in Vienna and Berlin and received his Diploma from ESMOD Berlin (Ecole Supérieure des Art et Techniques de la Mode). He could gain international experiences in London and Tokyo. Highlights of his career so far have been the establishment of his label by the “moving showroom” concept with fashion shows in Berlin, Vienna and Zurich (2009), the collaboration with Eva & Adele for the Art Basel Miami Beach 2010, and the “Best Newcomer Award 2012” of the Vienna Awards for Fashion and Lifestyle. In January 2013 he showed his work at the lavera Showfloor during the Berlin Fashion Week. Since 2011 he annually presents his label at the MQ Vienna Fashion Week.

Tiger of Sweden Spring 2015 collection

Tiger of Sweden Spring 2015 collection

Following more than ten seasons showing at Stockholm Fashion Week, Spring Summer 15 sees Tiger of Sweden – the Scandinavian fashion brand that took the suit out of the bank and onto the street – move their catwalk show to London.

Reda Autumn-Winter 2015/2016 collection

Reda Autumn-Winter 2015/2016 collection

The new Reda Autumn/Winter collection is fuelled by the Romantic Movement known as Sturm und Drang - storm and drive: the rigid constraints of rules and customs are shattered by pure passion and freedom of expression.

Holiday promotion of men's made-to-measure suits by Richmart factory

Holiday promotion of men's made-to-measure suits by Richmart factory

Richmart, one of the biggest European factories for men's made-to-measure suits, offers now discounts for suits made of Italian wool fabrics Vitale Barberis Canonico, Cerutti and E.Thomas. The factory works with customers all around the world and all suits are custom made. There are classic and slim fit styles.

Winter can’t do without Nordic prints and check

Winter can’t do without Nordic prints and check

Playing around in the snow means casual is the way to go! Go with what never fails and aim for Nordic and jacquard textures, made especially for those who set the style bar high even during their free time.

Spring-Summer 2015 Fashion trends: The tie-free season

Spring-Summer 2015 Fashion trends: The tie-free season

The modern necktie was born in 1926 and it was part of the formal menswear for a long time, but recently, much more open and relaxed business-casual dress code has become popular. Today, it is acceptable and even fashionable for gentlemen to wear their collars opened at the neck.

Estrato - Trabaldo Togna's natural wool and cashmere fabrics

Estrato - Trabaldo Togna's natural wool and cashmere fabrics

Estrato® is a synthesis that combines nature, content and performance. The project is based on the desire to overtake, once and for all, the limits of the staticity of fabrics and therefore of garments. Estrato® blends weft’s and warp’s flexibility, without using synthetic fibres: it is created with excellent yarns, wool from Super 110’s to Super 180’s, wool and cashmere and pure cashmere, in a wide collection of fabrics and colours for infinite stylistic possibilities.

Warm wool by Benetton

Warm wool by Benetton

Wool, in all its forms, is the must-have menswear of the season. Play around with layering and watch as the season’s softest and warmest fabric takes the lead role in all of your looks.

Japan: Made-to-measure and Made-to-order men's suits

Japan: Made-to-measure and Made-to-order men's suits

Young Japanese tailors are meticulous in their work and attentive to customers' needs, so they're well-placed to win the hearts of their clientele.

Botanicaldye by Color Ball™

Botanicaldye by Color Ball™

Shinnaigai Textile is a Japanese textile company involved in the manufacturing, processing of yarns and fabrics, woven and jersey.
The Shinnagai Spinning system has established new standards in high-quality yarns for the production of consistent, performing fabrics. This also includes the production of high tech, sustainable ranges such as Botanicaldye by Colorball™. Those qualities and fabrics are based on Lyocell, Organic cotton and organic bamboo materials.

Children's Fashion: Kristo by Richmart coats collection

Children's Fashion: Kristo by Richmart coats collection

Bulgarian hip-hop singer Kristo, who is often part of different social projects, collaborated with Richmart - one of the biggest factories in Europe, producing made-to-measure suits - for the creation of his first collection of children's coats, named 'Kristo by Richmart'.

THERMORE - a thermal insulation for apparel

THERMORE - a thermal insulation for apparel

Thermore® was founded in 1972 in Milan and is a worldwide leader in the research, production and marketing of thermal insulation for apparel with operations in Europe, USA and Asia including production facilities in Thailand and offices in Hong Kong. Thermore's current product range includes Classic, Ecodown®, Rinnova, Pro, ARIA and EVOdown™. Thermore is a member of the Outdoor Industry Association (www.outdoorindustry.org), SnowSports Industries America (www.snowsports.org) and of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (www.cameramoda.it). Consistency and security is also earned for any Thermore® product, including hypoallergenic guarantees, thanks to the company’s commitment to excluding the use of PFOA and PFOAS, as recommended by Greenpeace. This has helped garner the prestigious Bluesign Certificate for the CLASSIC, Ecodown®, Rinnova and Thermosoft® products and it is certified GRS (Global Recycle Standard) for CLASSIC and RINNOVA. Recently EVOdown™ and ARIA got the Bluesign certificate and ARIA got also the GRS (Global Recycle Standard ) certification.

Menswear Fashion Trends Fall-Winter 2014/2015: Green

Menswear Fashion Trends Fall-Winter 2014/2015: Green

Green in a variety of shades - olive, bottle, khaki, pine, hunter green, forest green, moss green - is definitely one of the key colors in men's wardrobe for Fall-Winter 14/15.

Lanificio Europa Autumn/Winter 2015-2016 collection

Lanificio Europa Autumn/Winter 2015-2016 collection

Europa is a leading Tuscan textile company in the production of mono and bi-stretch fabrics of premium quality in the casual, sport and denim fields thanks to a fully traceable supply chain that is 100% Made in Italy. Born in 1966 in Prato as Lanificio Europa, the company represents a unique textile manufacturing specialty, rooted in the Tuscan heritage of design and technology.

Re.Verso™ - the new textile platform

Re.Verso™ - the new textile platform

Re.Verso™ is a new textile platform, 100% Made in Italy result of the collaboration between Green Line, Nuova Fratelli Boretti and Lanificio Stelloni. Together these companies have created a new, unique fashion textile offer that is completely integrated from fiber to finished fabric.

Create your own e-shop and sell online quick and easy

Create your own e-shop and sell online quick and easy

If you want to sell your products online, Be Global Fashion Network offers a very affordable solution together with Consult Soft UK.

We offer complete website solutions for beginners to start selling on the Internet right away. Little to no experience is required in order to add your products to the e-shop platform with the help of the point-and-click back-office environment. We use a proven e-commerce technology meeting current web-development standards that is easy to use and search-engine optimized.

Bacx™ by Centro Seta

Bacx™ by Centro Seta

Centro Seta, is a Florentine company in the textile industry for over 30 years, known for its style, creativity and production excellence.

Charles Clayton Winter 2015/2016 collection

Charles Clayton Winter 2015/2016 collection

By weaving the finest count yarns, often mixing the highest quality merino wool with other luxury noble fibres such as cashmere and silk, Charles Clayton brings its customers some of the finest, most luxurious worsted cloths.

French fashion: Cerruti Fall/Winter 2014-2015

French fashion: Cerruti Fall/Winter 2014-2015

Aldo Maria Camillo takes on a personal and sartorial journey, pursuing the idea of the noble soldier by encapsulating the faded charm of history in a distinctly contemporary vein. He focuses on the central theme of imperfect perfection, the defining trait of Cerruti 1881 Paris, and interprets calculated yet crucial mistakes as a sign of life and uniqueness within an extremely formal framework.

Echoes of Armani by Giorgio Armani for Spring-Summer 2015

Echoes of Armani by Giorgio Armani for Spring-Summer 2015

Earlier this year, 40 years after his debut, designer Giorgio Armani presented his Spring-Summer 2015 menswear collection, named 'Echos of Armani' during the Milan Fashion Week. It responds to Armani's design philosophy in creating simple wearable timeless silhouettes, a.k.a easy elegance.

Fashion Design Education: SITAM-AB School of Fashion Design and Applied Arts

Fashion Design Education: SITAM-AB School of Fashion Design and Applied Arts

SITAM-AB School of Fashion Design and Applied Arts, founded in 1970 in Thessaloniki, Greece, is one of the longest running and most successful training institutions in Greece in the field of Fashion and Design.

Menswear: Canali Spring-Summer 2015 collection

Menswear: Canali Spring-Summer 2015 collection

In 2014 Canali fashion house celebrated its 80th anniversary with a new designer - Andrea Pompilio - and a stylish menswear Spring-Summer 2015 collection.

Burberry Prorsum Spring 2015 collection

Burberry Prorsum Spring 2015 collection

Inspired by British travel writer Bruce Chatwin. Journeys through poetry and well-travelled book covers. Iconic field jackets, denim jackets, duffles, tailoring and trench coats. Authentic fabrications in weathered tones. Illustrations and typographic print on shirts, satchels and sneakers.

Fall-Winter 2014/2015 menswear trends: Fur

Fall-Winter 2014/2015 menswear trends: Fur

From full coats to simple detailing, fur/faux fur is a top fashion trend in men's wardrobe for this cold season.

Robert Nobles men's fabrics - designed and woven in Scotland

Robert Nobles men's fabrics - designed and woven in Scotland

Robert Noble was originally established in Galashiels, Scotland under the name of David Ballantyne in 1666 and today - almost 350 years later - it combines centuries-old techniques with modern technology to serve some of the most famous fashion houses in the world.

The modern hats: Tom Smarte Spring/Summer 2015 collection

The modern hats: Tom Smarte Spring/Summer 2015 collection

Tom Smarte of London is a contemporary hat company, adapting classic styles with premium textiles and subtle detailing for the modern gent. A new luxury menswear brand born of a rich heritage and dedicated to preserving true craftsmanship – a Tom Smarte hat is style personified.

Where to buy men's suits: Martin Greenfield Clothiers

Where to buy men's suits: Martin Greenfield Clothiers

From Martin Greenfield Clothiers they hand craft the finest made-to-order and made-to-measure suits, tuxedos, sport jackets, slacks and overcoats, 100% built by hand in their Brooklyn Factory.

Bulova presented personalized watches to the Manchester United first-team squad

Bulova presented personalized watches to the Manchester United first-team squad

Bulova Corporation, the Official Timekeeper of Manchester United, presented customised Manchester United Squad Watches to the first team players. The event celebrated the important partnership between the team and the global watchmaking company, while also introducing the Bulova Accu•Swiss Treble Collection, available at select retail locations.

Fashion Design Education: Istanbul Moda Academy

Fashion Design Education: Istanbul Moda Academy

İMA collaborates with world-famous fashion schools such as London College of Fashion, Polimoda, Institut Français de la Mod and Nottingham Trent University, providing its students access to international institutes, brands and designers.

Where to buy men's suits: Alton Lane

Where to buy men's suits: Alton Lane

Alton Lane offers premium custom clothing for men - shirts, suits, trousers, blazers, tuxedos and overcoats - in wide range of fine Egyptian and Swiss cottons, pure imported wools and luxurious cashmeres.

'Begin × THE SUIT COMPANY' collaboration suit

'Begin × THE SUIT COMPANY' collaboration suit

'Begin × THE SUIT COMPANY' collaboration suit sales started on October 16, 2014 in the Suit Company stores in Japan. The suits are made from Italian fabrics of the brand Carlo Barbera.

Where to buy men's suits: Carson Street Clothiers

Where to buy men's suits: Carson Street Clothiers

The store, located at 63 Crosby Street, SoHo, NY, USA, blends classic tailoring with more progressive, contemporary sportswear.

Where to buy men's suits: Suitsupply

Where to buy men's suits: Suitsupply

Suitsupply is one of the New York's best suit stops, offering something for every man - both ready-to-wear and made-to-measure garments.

Christian Dior Spring 2015 men's collection

Christian Dior Spring 2015 men's collection

The counterpoints of the city and the seaside, the North and the South of France, are presented as a journey from one to the other in the clothing. Starting with the formality of elegant and urbane navy suiting – the clothing of the society gentleman – with a focus on the tuxedo and traditional pinstripe, there is a movement towards the nautical.

Marlane Fall/Winter 2015-2016 fabrics - classic patterns, micro-textures, jacquard, woollen and over-dyed effects

Marlane Fall/Winter 2015-2016 fabrics - classic patterns, micro-textures, jacquard, woollen and over-dyed effects

Marlane is a dynamic firm from Biella, which produces fabrics for elegant and upper casual wear.
For the next Fall/Winter 2015-2016 season, the Marlane collection offers different definitions of style: classic patterns, micro-textures, jacquard effects, woollen effects, over-dyed effects, jaspe, and tweed.

Menswear: Ted Baker for Fall/Winter 2014-2015

Menswear: Ted Baker for Fall/Winter 2014-2015

It takes two to Tango in Argentina but only one to belly dance in Cairo… and so, inspired by a recent boat trip along the Nile and other exotic destinations, Ted’s menswear is full of thrilling precision and rhythmic with this season.

Menswear designer LeGrand Leseur turns the men’s fashion world completely around

Menswear designer LeGrand Leseur turns the men’s fashion world completely around

With an interesting sense and love of fashion LeGrand Leseur wanted to push the limits by creating suits and looks that haven't been done before. All suits are custom bespoke designed, tailored and altered for the client until he creates the image that the client wants and fits him best.

The Chiffre Rouge time piece has accentuated the allure of men in Dior

The Chiffre Rouge time piece has accentuated the allure of men in Dior

It’s been a decade since its hands began to turn to the rhythm of the Dior man’s allure. Accompanying the evolution of his contemporary style with precision, the Chiffre Rouge watch has reinvented itself year after year since its was first created, consistently remaining faithful to its defining signature: a skilful balance between masculine elegance and couture spirit.

Fashion Design Education: London College of Fashion

Fashion Design Education: London College of Fashion

As we previously reported London College of Fashion is among the Top 30 Fashion schools in Europe.

Alexanders of Scotland fabrics for Autumn/Winter 2015/2016

Alexanders of Scotland fabrics for Autumn/Winter 2015/2016

Alexanders is recognised as one of Scotland's premier manufacturer of quality woolen fabrics, supplied mainly to leading fashion houses and interior brands throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
I had a chance to see their fabrics for Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 and to speak with the designer of the brand Laura Ukstina, while I visited the company booth at Premiere Vision Paris in September.

Holland & Sherry - The Finest Cloths used by Prestigious Tailors and Luxury Brands

Holland & Sherry - The Finest Cloths used by Prestigious Tailors and Luxury Brands

Today the brand is constantly engaged in research for ever finer and more luxurious fibres and fabric qualities - sourcing the finest natural fibres, ranging from super 200's with cashmere to pure worsted Vicuña.

Various Life by FACTOTUM for Spring-Summer 2015

Various Life by FACTOTUM for Spring-Summer 2015

The garments are a mixture of military aesthetics and tailored fits.

McGregor men's collection for Fall/Winter 2014-2015

McGregor men's collection for Fall/Winter 2014-2015

Stylish, sophisticated and impeccable. With Distinction, international fashion house McGregor offers today’s gentleman a formal line that anticipates the working man’s wardrobe needs. McGregor Distinction sets the right tone in any situation - from a business meeting to an informal dinner - with tasteful tailoring. Undeniable Italian influences in the cut and materials give the collection a distinct flair. The 2014-2015 Fall/Winter collection combines formal and casual influences. Picture a sharp cut blazer above the perfect five pocket, combined with a slim shirt and the finest of knitwear.

Mr. Gentleman Spring-Summer 2015 collection

Mr. Gentleman Spring-Summer 2015 collection

In the Spring-Summer 2015 collection techniques, material and colors are specific to certain geographical regions - From Italy, Mexico, France to New York.

Menswear from Japan: Toga Virilis Spring-Summer 2015 collection

Menswear from Japan: Toga Virilis Spring-Summer 2015 collection

The main theme of Toga Virilis Spring-Summer 2015 collection is the American West.

Military style for Spring-Summer 2015 by Discovered

Military style for Spring-Summer 2015 by Discovered

Discovered Spring-Summer 2015 collection features a combination of bold prints and more subtle, traditional pieces.

99%IS- Spring-Summer 2015 collection during the MBFWT

99%IS- Spring-Summer 2015 collection during the MBFWT

99%IS- offers elegant and street-style designs based on rock taste.

LCF Fashion Matters Gala raises money to launch new careers

LCF Fashion Matters Gala raises money to launch new careers

Fashion Matters, London College of Fashion's annual gala event which raises money for scholarships and bursaries has this year smashed its target, raising in excess of £85,000.