Author: FashionUni

After Milan Fashion Week, the international fashion caravan moves to Paris Fashion Week, where it is not only the collections that attract attention during the SS27 edition. Even outside the shows, the street scene offers plenty of inspiration. With temperatures rising to around 36 degrees, functionality becomes an important consideration for visitors, although this is not at the expense of style. From breezy silhouettes and breathable materials to playful styling tricks, these are the street style trends defining the Parisian heatwave. Unbuttoned The classic cotton shirt gets a casual update during Paris Fashion Week. Oversized blouses are not fully buttoned,…

The evolution of the deepest wine and burgundy red shades is visible in recent seasons, from Resort 26, SS26, Pre-Fall and FW 26. The color remains a permanent fixture for Resort 27. Designers mainly use these shades in combination with other colors as an alternative to black, or even as a new neutral base color. These rich, versatile shades pair perfectly with a variety of materials, from cotton and chiffon to jersey and wool. Here are ten looks from the Resort 27 collections. Tanya Taylor Resort 27 Tanya Taylor Resort PO S27 021 Image: ©Launchmetrics/spotlight A chocolate brown suede shirt…

Deconstructed suits and accents with sequins: Jonathan Anderson presents his third men’s collection for Dior in Paris on Wednesday. The show, which focuses on elegance, has been moved forward a few hours due to the heat wave. To avoid the extreme heat in the capital, the French fashion house’s show, originally scheduled for half past three, will take place around nine o’clock in and around the gardens of the Musée Nissim de Camondo. For the guests, all equipped with fans from the organization, the models show off checked, plain or almost transparent suits, which are very flexible and light. The…

Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) and its Trans Realities Lab (TRL) will receive 650,000 euros as part of a European Union-funded research initiative. This initiative investigates the cultural and social impact of persistent virtual worlds. The financing is part of the VOPUS project (Virtual World Opera for Participation, Unity, and Social Cohesion) worth 3.5 million euros. This is a 36-month Horizon Europe program with nine partners from six countries, coordinated by Aalto University in Finland. The project investigates the influence of increasing participation in virtual environments on social cohesion, well-being and cultural identity using opera as a case study. In addition,…

British fashion label Alexander McQueen announces it is joining the official schedule of London Fashion Week. The brand will present its spring/summer 2027 collection in September. In a statement, Alexander McQueen said the move of Paris Fashion Week marks Seán McGirr’s first show in London as creative director. The catwalk show is scheduled for Sunday, September 20. The collection continues McGirr’s exploration of McQueen’s “rich heritage of sharp tailoring and signature occasionwear.” The collection includes both women’s and men’s clothing. Speaking about the move, McGirr said: “London has always been the heart of McQueen; the city has a unique, deep-rooted…

GAASTRA and Sneekweek announce their partnership for the 89th Sneekweek. A partnership between two institutions with roots in the Frisian water sports city of Sneek, which have stood for sailing, maritime culture and community for generations. The collaboration also marks the start of a special anniversary year. In 2027, Sneekweek will celebrate its 90th anniversary, while GAASTRA looks back on 130 years of company history. Both have in common not only their origins in Sneek, but also their role as important ambassadors of a maritime culture that extends far beyond the Dutch borders. GAASTRA was founded in 1897 by sailmaker…

Pitti Uomo shows street style trends in the heat. The atmosphere of the seventies, shades of yellow, shorts and denim characterize men’s fashion.

Brussels – On Wednesday evening, in the roof garden on the twenty-ninth floor of The Standard hotel in Brussels, a chic crowd discussed the show they had just attended. More than a month before the presentation to international visitors during the Haute Couture Week in Paris, the Belgian and Dutch public had the (usual) honor of discovering the autumn-winter 2026 couture collection of the independent fashion house Natan. The scene took place in ‘The Greenhouse’, a spacious, green space on the ground floor of the hotel, where several important guests stayed at the warm invitation of the Brussels house. The…

Fashion brand Toteme, from the Swedish couple Elin Kling and Karl Lindman, is entering men’s fashion. The launch of the first collection is scheduled for August 2026. The announcement was made yesterday via an exclusive article on Puck.news, written by fashion journalists Lauren Sherman and Malique Morris and shared on Toteme’s social channels. According to Puck News, Swedish designer Alexander Häggblad has been working with Karl Lindman in Sweden since March 2025 on the development of Toteme’s men’s fashion. The debut collection, featuring ready-to-wear, shoes and accessories, is scheduled for an August launch. The expansion into menswear is an extension…

The spirit of the times is ugly and cloudy. Creative sectors are responding with escape routes and solutions, fashion in particular. This is how Christine Boland opens her trend seminar about next year’s winter fashion. She predicts lavish designs with a constructive purpose: encouraging people. Grounding, earthing Boland encapsulates her trend predictions in a social desire to learn to live more groundedly. For the expert, the first trend, which she calls ‘regrounding’, is about being present in the room, stretching your attention span and working with your hands — in short, everything that AI cannot do. But taking root is…