Spotlight: Tokyo Fashion Week kicks off ...

by Jon Day TOKYO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Fashion Week kicked off Monday with the biannual fashion bonanza scheduled to showcase some of the best in up-and-coming and well-established homegrown ta

Chinese American fashion designer awarde...

LOS ANGELES, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese American fashion designer Vivienne Hu was presented Visionary Artist Award by the University of Southern California (USC) Pacific Asia Museum Saturday for he

UN agency launches alliance to help prom...

NAIROBI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The UN on Thursday launched an alliance to help coordinate its response to the challenges that the textiles, fashion and accessories sectors face in achieving the 2030 a

A stitch in time: Fashion's new stars wa...

A new generation of rising fashion stars alarmed by the plight of the planet are designing in a radically different way to their elders. Some of the most interesting shows of Paris fashion week – onc

Australia's Victoria hosts rare "haute c...

SYDNEY, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Some of the world's most iconic fashion pieces will be on display from Friday at the National Gallery in the Australian State of Victoria. The exhibition features 150 garm

China's evolving relationship with fashi...

The "Big Four" fashion shows– Milan, New York, London and Paris – remain the most important runways for fashion designers every year. And China– in the form of designers and as a potential market– ha

Feature: Chinese design in spotlight at ...

Chinese design is in the spotlight at Milan Fashion Week, one of the biggest indicators of global fashion and design. An exposition, which runs from Feb. 20 to 24 at the National Museum of Science a

Haute-couture designer Karl Lagerfeld di...

German Karl Lagerfeld, haute-couture designer and fashion icon died at the age of 85 after illness, fashion house Chanel announced on Tuesday. "It is with deep sadness that the House of Chanel annou