Ethiopian designer Fikirte Addis “feels like she is ready to fly.” A one-time child psychologist with a passion for design, Addis took a risk in 2009 by launching her own brand. Since that time, she has won the Origin Africa ...
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Phronetic Technologies, a prenatal technology startup formed to commercialize wearable computing solutions, announced it is one step closer to bringing the first prenatal smart wearable to the market. The company has announced plans to ...
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From the creative inferno that is the mastermind of legendary artist Jimbo Phillips, comes the inaugural bikini for La Isla swimwear's Limited Edition Artist Series. With his first fashion endeavor following the controversy where his art ...
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New York is like no other city and FIT is like no other college. FIT and NYC set the pace in the fields of design, fashion, advertising, communications, and international commerce. FIT hosts an array of luminaries, from NYC and all over the ...
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Beck's Beer, the most popular German beer brand in the world and longtime friend of the arts, has unveiled the six original pieces of artwork that will comprise the 2013 Beck's Art Labels project. Each year, Beck's selects six artists, ...
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New York City-based bridalwear queen Vera Wang has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards 2013 ceremony. The 63-year-old haute couturier’s former ...
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In classical antiquity swimming and bathing were done naked. There are Roman murals which show women playing sports and exercising wearing two-piece suits covering the areas around their breasts and hips in a fashion remarkably similar to ...
As the camping season is underway, the clothing manufacturers and fashion designers are all set with their new summer camp clothing collection. The latest summer camp apparel line has been unveiled by Switzerland-based Victorinox and ...
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Fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic is working on Barbie's new Dreamouse. She will work with SHOWstudio to create a virtual dreamhouse which will be shown off on the SHOWstudio website. Belgrade-born Ilincic is taking inspiration from ...
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The new Glen Spose line interprets and makes the latest trends unique when it comes to wedding and full dresses: elegant, romantic, fairy-like dresses are created. Details are elaborate and rich: marvellous ornaments, refined organza ...
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Hewlett-Packard is barely holding on to the top spot in the laptop and desktop market, but hopes a renewed vigor regarding product design will help reverse the fortunes of its PC business. The company is standardizing the design and ...
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The Grommet, an online shopping site and product launch platform for innovative and undiscovered products, is working with fashion designer to feature Scents and Feel, Tunisian Fouta towels. The Grommet seeks out innovative, problem solving ...
Once again Intertextile Beijing Apparel Fabrics proved its position as a highly valued entry point to the Chinese market for overseas exhibitors. Buyers’ feedback confirmed the increasing domestic purchasing power of consumers, as ...
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The Smart Fortwo by Jeremy Scott has been unveiled at the Shanghai auto show ahead of a limited production run of the quirky winged city car. Doing its best impersonation of a 1950s Cadillac, the Fortwo by Jeremy Scott – named after ...
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In the US and UK the market for clothing for pets is growing. But is it a sensible bit of indulgence or an inappropriate fad, asks Helen Soteriou. Anyone going into a park during the recent cold weather might very well have seen dogs ...
Tags: dog, pet, dog clothing, pet clothing