- Fitness continues to influence fashion. Case in point: activewear brand Athleta will be showing during New York Fashion Week.
- Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner is the face of Karen Millen’s AW2014/15 Collection. Fun!
- The high-heeled shoe gets its own exhibition this Fall at the Brooklyn Museum.
- Gap Inc. continues its expansion plans with the opening of forty franchised stores in India next year.
- There’s a new online shopping destination in town: Joe Fresh has just launched its US e-commerce site.
- On Wednesday, American Vogue rolled out its new, sleek website, with a fun site banner sketched by Grace Coddington.
- Yohji Yamamoto has designed the 2014-15 soccer uniforms for Real Madrid.
- Here’s another fashion exhibition to look forward to: “Horst: Photographer of Style” at the London Victoria & Albert Museum.
Fun Fashion Fact
Did you know that British high-street brand New Look has been selling 1,440 kimonos a day since April this year. Other retailers have also confirmed that the garment has been “extremely popular”, making the kimono a Summer fashion staple to be reckoned with.