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Paris, France | AFP |  As the Paris fashion week autumn-winter shows reach their climax, we look at the biggest womenswear trends so far on the catwalk: – Mad hatters – Paris has fallen head over heels for hats. This week has seen an unprecedented sprouting of headwear on the …

Paris, France | AFP | The alleged “sadistic” mistreatment of scores of models who were forced to wait in a dark, cramped staircase at a Paris fashion week casting has sparked fresh criticism of how the industry functions. With fashion already under intense scrutiny over under-age and overly thin models, …

Milan, Italy | AFP | Italy’s fashion queen Donatella Versace sent a message to women everywhere Friday with a show that screamed defiance at attempts to turn back the clock on feminism. Supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid, Kendell Jenner and Behati Prinsloo strutted their stuff on a runway strong with …

New York, United States | AFP | She may be tall, slim and a former model, but incoming first lady Melania Trump faces a new kind of fashion police — designers refusing to dress her because of her husband’s politics. She has posed nude for GQ, modeled in Paris and …

New York, United States | AFP |  There’s no doubt which side the fashion world supported during the US presidential campaign. For years, First Lady Michelle Obama and Democrats’ vanquished presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been favorites with fashion designers who dressed them in clothes aimed at evoking their values. …

New York, United States | AFP |  Sports equipment manufacturer Reebok is bringing some of its shoemaking back to the United States, unveiling plans to open a new manufacturing lab next year using innovative liquid material and 3D drawing. Some parts of the 300 pairs of shoes planned will come …

  Paris, France | AFP |  FASHION: If the idea of an “It girl influencer” sitting in a “frow” watching a “gender fluid” collection available in “see now, buy now” has you scratching your head, then you need our essential guide to fashion jargon. Here are a few basic terms …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | London Fashion Week opens on Friday with shows by Burberry, J.W. Anderson and Topshop UNIQUE, with the industry putting on a brave face amid concerns over the impact of Brexit. Many designers wanted to stay in the European Union, and there are fears about …

Ugandan singer Iryn Namubiru will Sunday June 26 auction off her own collection shoes as she raises funds for her NGO, Gather For Children. “If you’ve ever liked my Parisian fashion, come ready to bid. Take home a pair of my shoes and put shoes on a child in Mityana,” …

Paris, France | AFP | With Paris men’s fashion week coming to a climax over the weekend, we pick out five of the main trends so far on the spring-summer catwalks: Gorilla sleeves They may give their wearer something of the look of Lurch from “The Addams Family”, but nothing …