Author: FashionUni

Milan Fashion Week: Prada Deconstruates Glamor, Fendi uses nonchalant elegance and cheerful colors for spring/summer 2026.

One of the debuts of Milan Fashion Week was that of designer Simone Bellotti at Jil Sander. The brand new creative director chose to return to the Milanese headquarters of the brand from which he got inspiration for his first collection. Scroll down for the Catwalklooks. The last time the fashion house in its own office showed the collection was in 2017 led by creative director Rodolfo Paglialunga. Since then, design duo Lucie and Luke Meier has been the head of the brand, which left in 2025. Bellotti mentions the return to the head office in the show notes ‘a…

From 17 to 21 September the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFW Madrid) celebrated its 40th anniversary. From sculptural tailoring to the revival of the Slipdress, designers opt this spring/summer 2026 season for a refined and pragmatic wardrobe, which only leaves room for playfulness. The collections show a modest and thoughtful aesthetics. A sober palette and silhouettes that find a balance between structured and ethereal, dominate the image. The story points to a more introspective and conscious fashion, characterized by a search for subtle refinement. Details, from finishes to choice of materials, reinforce the duality between sensitivity and character. This is…

Arc’teryx, an outdoor clothing brand partly in the hands of Chinese Anta Sports, apologizes. The reason is the fuss about a promotion event with a large fireworks show in the Tibetan Himalayas. The ‘Rising Dragon’ show, a collaboration with the Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, included a choreographed fireworks show and colored smoke on the Tibetan plateau. According to the organizers, environmentally friendly materials were used for the show and wild animals from the area were led away. In addition, the project would have passed specific tests and meet standards for environmental management that are comparable to the European. Nevertheless, videos…

Where Zeeman could count on a lot of praise for the recent campaign on the Grown Diamond Lab, the jeweler’s industry was less enthusiastic. The campaign revolves around ‘Diamonds Are for Everyone’ and a lab diamond and a pendant for only 29.99 euros. With this, Zeeman wants to remove unnecessary costs and democratize diamonds. The dissatisfaction with the campaign has even ensured that Dutch jeweler Gisser has started summary proceedings. Gisser soon responded to the Zeeman campaign. “In a campaign in which a lab diamant of 29.99 euros was compared with a so -called similar product at a jeweler of“…

Corsets, radical cuts and long coats gradually conquer the streets. Inspired by the Gothic aesthetics, fashion today tends to the dark side to better meet a certain disillusion and to express a rejection of the established standards. Origin This new craze for gothic fashion – arising from the punk movement of the 1970s – goes back to 2024, but was fueled by the first season of the Wednesday series, launched in 2022. Actress Jenna Ortega, who plays Wednesday Addams, has become one fashion icon, with outfits inspired. Other cultural productions have also contributed to the return of Gothic to the…

Pantone, worldwide trend predictor and color consultancy, has revealed that the Color Palet of London Fashion Week (LFW) for spring/summer 2026, which runs from 18 to 22 September, ‘combines familiar comfort with new discoveries, which celebrates the beauty of everyday’. Pantone predicts that LFW designers for SS26 will show a ‘versatile color presentation’, from uplifting bright colors to an extensive range of neutral tones, beloved heritage colors, modern mid-tones and shades with ‘a neo-elegant flair’. The combination, according to Pantone, is about ‘Repealing the past with a progressive twist that stimulates authenticity and personal expressions of creativity’, which responds to…

From the warmth of rust brown to the calmness of peaceful lilac, with a touch of optimistic corn yellow and earthen deep green: the AW27/28 color palette of WGSN is already visible on the catwalks. Discover below how the four trend colors for autumn/winter 2027/2028, selected by WGSN and Coloro, have already been reflected in the international catwalks. WGSN and Coloro announce the most important colors for autumn/winter 2027–2028 Credits: WGSN and Coloro Rust -brown Rust brown: Birrot SS26 Ready to Wear, Adam Lippes SS26 Ready to Wear & Patbo SS26 Credits: © Launchmetrics/Spotlight Rust brown: Ulla Johnson SS26 -…

More and more American designers are choosing to show their collections in large European cities, rather than in the United States. With this they hope to increase their brand awareness, reach a wider customer base and to secure their future profit. But what is the impact of this on NYFW? Steven Kolb, CEO and director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), painted an optimistic picture for the future of New York Fashion Week (NYFW) during an opening event in the Rockefeller Center. He celebrated the courage and creativity of American fashion in the context of the 400th…

On the catwalks, designers are currently showing the trends for spring/summer 2026, but the trend researchers from WGSN and their color -specialized sister company Coloro are one step ahead. The duo is already looking towards Autumn/Winter 2027/28 and published its four predicted key colors on Wednesday. In the midst of the persistent uncertainties of a global poly crisis, the key colors for autumn/winter 2027/28 respond to the needs of consumers in stability and direction. They thereby reflect a wide range of emotions and focus on the interplay of contrasting nuances, which are not only aesthetically attractive, but also transfer a…