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Red staircase anchors Diesel store in Miami Design District

Dezeen

Fashion brand Diesel has debuted a retail design concept at its store in the Miami Design District , featuring raw metal surfaces and a red lacquered spiral staircase. Bags, shoes, accessories and fragrances are presented on the lower level, while areas dedicated to denim, ready-to-wear apparel and footwear can be found upstairs.

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Kikki.K GM Lisa Gorman talks brand purpose, design and what’s next

Inside Retail

Before starting her career in design, Gorman worked as a nurse in the blood collection department on the kidney transplant unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Her recent collaboration with Australian Red Cross Lifeblood in creating a limited-edition design of blood-donor bandages was inspired by her debut art collection, Fluorescence.

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The designer behind E Nolan on the problem with exclusive fashion shows

Inside Retail

Australian Fashion Week is around the corner but Melbourne-based designer Emily Nolan will be nowhere insight: “I don’t think it speaks to the heart and soul of the rag trade,” she told Inside Retail. The post The designer behind E Nolan on the problem with exclusive fashion shows appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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A slow fashion brand that celebrates African design: This is OliveAnkara

Inside Retail

According to its founder and designer, Ifeoma Ubby, its mission is to create vibrant, well-crafted designs that draw inspiration from traditional African fashion. Ankara, commonly known as ‘Ankara prints’, ‘African prints’, or ‘African wax prints’ is a 100 per cent cotton fabric with vibrant patterns.

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How Australian designer Daniel Avakian is reimagining the runway

Inside Retail

During Afterpay Australian Fashion Week this year, prominent fashion designer Daniel Avakian’s Resort 2023 runway show was a stroke of genius. The design process leading up to the 2023 Resort range and post-runway show engagement was vastly different, proving Daniel Avakian is steadfastly changing the system. “To Fashion weeks’ future.

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Designers, here’s how to avoid cultural appropriation

Inside Retail

In the wake of yet another accusation of a major fashion brand copying an indigenous community’s traditional designs without credit or benefit (this time it was Zara), we spoke to several industry experts about why cultural appropriation keeps happening. . It’s about educating designers and the industry as to how to do it ethically.

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“We can’t afford it” and other plus-size fashion excuses designers make

Inside Retail

Case in point: of the suite of designers showing at Australian Fashion Week, only around 40 per cent make a size 16. As sizes get larger representation diminishes further with just over 10 per cent of designers offering a size 18 or above. But for argument’s sake, just what is the impact on designers’ bottom lines? Yes there is.

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