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Madonna and FKA Twigs were spotted front row at the Central Saint Martins (CSM) undergraduate fashion show on Tuesday. The prestigious art school -- known for producing renowned designers Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Stella McCartney and Phoebe Philo -- held its annual show in London's Kings Cross area, where students exhibited Propet Sneakers their graduate collections to a crowd of friends, family, buyers and fashion editors. According to Women's Wear Daily, Madonna arrived in a Moschino studded leather jacket and boombox-shaped bag by Midnight Studios. While FKA Twigs embodied cyberpunk chic in a pair of spiral, serpent printed hoops by independent jewelers Panconesi and dystopian Gareth Pugh platform lace-up boots. FKA Twigs and Madonna attend the...

PHOENIX — Fashion meets Phoenix Suns fandom with the "Valley of the Suns" art show inside the Manor in Uptown Phoenix. The popular clothing store is known for featuring the hottest styles but right now it's spotlighting local creatives. Manor's owner, Jeremy Davis, opened the store's brick-and-mortar location in Uptown Plaza, Phoenix's first and oldest shopping center, in the Spring of 2016. Davis, an ASU alum, describes Manor as a store that is telling the Arizona story through footwear and apparel.Vionic Sneakers The art show was curated by local artist and sneakerhead Isse Maloi who helped turn the boutique into a Suns-centric art gallery. Maloi and Davis have teamed up in the past to help give artists who don't usually have a platform to showcase their work the opportunity to do so ...

There’s new blood at the traditionally family-helmed brand Etro. The Italian luxury house has named Marco De Vincenzo as the new creative director for the women’s, men’s and home collections, effective June 1, 2022. De Vincenzo’s debut will take place in September during Milan Fashion Week and Veronica, Kean, and Jacopo Etro will continue to be involved in Keen Shoes For Women  the development of the brand’s strategy in partnership with its owner, the private equity firm L Catterton. (As noted by Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times on Twitter, L Catteron is backed by the Arnualt family.) A graduate of the European Institute of Design in Rome, De Vincenzo’s resume includes a longtime string at Fendi on the accessories side of things, before he launched his own eponymous women’s ready to ...

Amazon opens its first brick-and-mortar fashion store today at The Americana at Brand, a shopping complex in Glendale, California. Announced earlier this year, the physical retail experience is described as a mix of Amazon Style app-based interactions, in-store styling-and-fitting services, online-to-IRL try-ons, and Amazon One palm-recognition-based checkouts—a blend of data-driven technology that makes the customer journey unique in the fashion space. According to early reports, shoppers at the 30,000-square-foot store have the option to browse through the Amazon Style app and try their selections on in one of many fitting rooms—each equipped with touchscreens to instantly summon more styles, SKUs, and size options. Alternatively, guests can browse the rails, where they’ll scan ite...

After launching just over a year ago with a collection of sensual knits and revealing tank tops, queer menswear label FANG is adding more categories to coincide with its new Summer 2022 collection including ribbed dresses, parachute-shaped skirts,Kizik Shoes form-fitting rompers and flared pants with draped side panels. The New York-based brand, founded by designer Fang Guo, celebrated the new collection with a campaign capturing at a real-life birthday party. Luar Launches a New Line of Basics Courtesy of Luar After finding success with its buzzy handbags, Luar is branching out into a new extension of his lauded New York-based brand: basics. Hoodies, sweatpants, sweatshirts...

A good pair of shoes is necessary for running, but the sad news is that shoes won’t last forever, meaning you’ll need to replace and properly dispose of your old shoes. Lots of new running shoes are typically made from virgin plastics, nylon, polyester, polyurethane, synthetic rubber, and textile dyes, which all have a large carbon footprint because of the amount of energy needed to process the materials. In fact, a 2013 study from MIT found that a typical pair of running shoes creates about 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, most of which comes from manufacturing.1 But not all shoes are created equal, and lots of companies are creating more eco-friendly running shoes while battling carbon pollution. These Hokas Shoes are made from materials such as recycled plastics and...