Fashion

Climate demonstrators invade Louis Vuitton catwalk show

PARIS, France (AFP) – Extinction Rebellion climate activists burst onto the catwalk at Louis Vuitton’s Tuesday Paris Fashion Week show to blast the industry’s impact on the environment. “Overconsumption = extinction”, a banner brandished by one demonstrator from the international civil disobedience movement against climate change read. She climbed onto the catwalk set up in the Louvre art gallery even as models were showing off the latest styles, before being hustled away by security guards, […]

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New EBC shows coming to YouTube

Eagle News — Quarantine got you running out of things to watch on Netflix? Or tired of watching the same thing on Netflix? Well you’re in luck! As EBC strives to create wholesome content for every member of the family, eight brand new shows will be streaming LIVE on Eagle News via YouTube starting Monday, April 13. For the HipHop/R&B enthusiast in your family, check out The Vocal Chamber—an E25 Records original series, independent artists […]

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WATCH: How to make Jewelry from home

WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News) — Looking for something to do to fight the boredom of the lockdown? EBC Washington DC interviews Rowena Sistoso, an Operations Director of a health clinic, and a hobbyist jewelry-maker for twenty years. Rowena shows EBC International how to make jewelry in the comfort of your home.

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Strutting the ramp in ‘masks’ as coronavirus meets fashion week

https://youtu.be/eLRtQnOmbI0   CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) — Models strutted the ramp with adhesive glittering rhinestones stuck around their mouths arranged in the shape of surgical face masks as the coronavirus pandemic took centre stage at a fashion week in Cape Town. Veteran South African designer Gavin Rajah on Thursday night used the stage at the African International Fashion Week in Cape Town, to highlight to the division and potential racism that protective surgical masks […]

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Ladakh’s nomads and the future of pashmina wool

by Noemi CASSANELLI Agence France Presse   KORZOK, India (AFP) —  For centuries the Changpa have tended the shaggy goats that provide silky-soft, super-expensive pashmina wool. But now many are rethinking their way of life, in part because of climate change. Winters have become harsher and summers drier for the semi-nomadic people living 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) up in the Changtang region straddling northern India and Tibet. This and other factors have pushed many on […]

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Adidas bets on recycled material ‘to combat ocean plastic’

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) – German sportswear giant Adidas said Tuesday more than half of the polyester used in its products this year would come from recycled material, including millions of shoes made from plastic waste. In 2020, the share of recycled polyester in Adidas products will “exceed 50 percent for the first time”, the company said in a statement. By 2024, Adidas “is committed to using only recycled polyester” across its entire range of […]

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Vintage fashion: senior models bridge S. Korea’s age divide

by Claire LEE SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Aged 70 she was working 20 hours a day in a hospital just to make ends meet. Now at 75, Choi Soon-hwa is an unlikely fashion star and model in South Korea, one of a handful of seniors who have become social media and fashion celebrities in a country where intergenerational conflict is mounting as the population ages. “I think of having this job at this age […]

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A good yarn: Russia’s Insta-grannies take knitting skills online

by Marina KORENEVA Agence France Presse SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — Elderly women across Russia are often seen selling their hand-knitted wares on pavement corners for a few rubles to supplement meagre pensions. Now a new Instagram project aims to change the public perception of their homely skills by promoting “granny chic” and help the women sell their knitted mittens, socks and other items online. Grandmother and participant Nina Lozhkova said she’d long wanted to […]

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Age no barrier for China’s senior catwalk models

by Lianchao LAN Agence France Presse SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Wearing a bright floral ensemble with her short hair dyed blonde, Chinese model Ma Yinhong struts a Shanghai catwalk with a style and swagger that belie her 56 years. She made her modelling debut just two years ago and is already in demand, working for leading fashion brands such as Dolce & Gabbana. Ma is one of a growing number of older models sought after […]

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Celebrity designers team up with PHL Red Cross for “Tintura de Malabon” fashion show for Malabon indigents

  Celebrity designers and models collaborate with the Philippine Red Cross for a fundraiser fashion show, “Tintura de Malabon: A Revival,” on Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. to be held at the Solaire Grand Ballroom in Paranaque City. The fund-raiser was conceptualized to provide relief to families in Malabon affected by typhoons and to assist indigent patients in need of blood products. The fashion show for a cause is spearheaded by PRC-Malabon City Chapter Chairman […]

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Ivanka Trump announces closure of fashion brand

  by Jennie Matthew Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Ivanka Trump announced Tuesday that she was closing her eponymous fashion brand, following a firestorm of criticism about potential conflicts of interests and flagging sales fueled by a political backlash. The 36-year-old, who has been frequently photographed wearing shoes from her namesake label, stepped away from the company to work in the White House as an advisor to her father, President Donald […]

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Dior bans Instagram bling at Paris haute couture week

by Katy Lee and Anne-Laure Mondesert © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Fashion powerhouse Dior brushed aside the whims of the Instagram generation with its deliberately low-key new haute couture collection Monday, arguing that the world’s most expensive clothes don’t need to shout about it. Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri said she wanted the French label’s latest prestige range to glorify classic craftsmanship rather than the flashy designs that rack up “likes” on social media. […]

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