April 2023 - FASHION HOPE

UTA Launches Fashion Division, Extending Push To Diversify Its Business

As it continues to diversify its business with in-house moves and M&A deals, UTA has launched a fashion division.

UTA Fashion, which will be led by fashion industry vet Anne Nelson, will focus on expanding client activities in the fashion and beauty sectors.

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Nelson has held exec posts at IMG, Elite Model Management and, more recently, CAA. She has served as a mentor to many models on the rise, helping to guide their career paths.

“Anne is one of the most respected fashion executives with deep and established relationships across the industry,” UTA Board member and Partner Blair Kohan and Partner Darnell Strom said in a joint statement. “She has a true passion for her clients and has been the architect behind many top career moments in the fashion world. For UTA, bringing her on board is a natural next step in the work we’ve been doing in this space, and we can’t wait to see what she will accomplish.”

The fashion industry, which is worth upwards of $2 trillion globally, is in the midst of a dramatic shift away from longtime economic models. It has also been increasingly cross-pollinating with the entertainment business. One recent example was the appointment of rapper and producer Pharrell Williams to oversee menswear design for French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton.

UTA’s latest move follows the acquisitions of publishing agency Fletcher and Company, top UK talent and literary agency Curtis Brown Group, and entertainment and marketing advisory firm MediaLink. UTA also received backing last July from private equity firm EQT.

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AIFD showcases students’ work during Paris Fashion Week

The Asian Institute of Fashion Design – Iqra University through its students is all set to showcase a collection of work at the Hôtel d’Évreux located in Place Vendôme in Paris, France on March 5.

Place Vendôme is the most prestigious square in Paris and is home to designer brands like Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior and Cartier. AIFD Students will be showcasing their work in Paris during Paris Fashion Week for the very first time, putting Pakistani designers at the forefront of the fashion landscape.

AIFD’s show in Paris will begin with their first ever student-made Fashion Film, ‘Enchanted Odyssey’ which will be followed by a showcase of the Top 10 looks from the AIFD Thesis Collection 2022. The collection is going to be showcased at Hôtel d’Évreux in Place Vendôme which was built in the 17th century, the Hôtel d’Évreux is a model of Period architecture. With its 18th Directoire and Napoléon III style rooms, it’s a jewel of the Paris historical and assets heritage.

Fashion Weeks provide one’s brand a platform to be part of a prestigious and momentous global event. Young designers are given an opportunity to present their collections during off-schedule slots or presentations during Fashion Week. Many Fashion Weeks have events or spaces specifically designated for emerging designers to showcase their work during this coveted time of the year. Any brand that wishes to make an impact begins with Paris, during Paris Fashion Week. Propitiously this relates to the storyline of our Fashion Film, where a young girl’s dream of entering the fashion world is akin to how AIFD students envision themselves. “As the CEO of AIFD, I wanted to break away from the norm and do the extraordinary and raise the bar for Fashion Institutions in Pakistan. At first, my team and I presented

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Ingleside students hosting their first ever Trashion Fashion Show on Earth Day

INGLESIDE, Texas — The Ingleside Independent School District is having its first-ever Trashion Fashion Show, luncheon, and auction. Students are recycling trash and turning it into fashion.

The Fashion Trashion Show was talked about in February and Ingleside High School had its first meeting the first week of March. Students went with sketches already drawn and ideas of what they wanted to create. Students could compete alone or in groups of three.

Ingleside High School senior Samantha Stillman was one participant and trashion creator who took one man’s trash and turned it into her treasure.

“We were kind of looking online for trash fashion show ideas and we had seen like these huge wings and they had these mosaic magazine pieces. We took that and did our own thing with it. The back is all drapes from previous proms. All the magazine clippings are from prom catalogs. Our dress is also old curtains. We used a broken, plastic backpack for the straps,” Stillman said.

18 pieces will walk the runway at the Trashion show. All outfits are made up of 85% recyclable material. Many of the materials were donated by community members, teachers, and students.

“They kind of just ran with it. They sketched a lot of ideas out and brought them to me. I said yes, absolutely. ‘I said glue guns? We’ll find them. Glue sticks? We will get them’,” Ingleside High School English teacher Stacy Edlin.

Edlin said that every group had a different vision but the same purpose.

“They came with their sketches, with ball gown looking things, things with trains and tails. You know, use what you have and try to create something out of what you got,” Edlin said.

First place will win $250, second will win $175 and third will win $100.

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SHEIN X Art Meets Fashion Competition Winners

Any style die-hard knows that fashion = art. And when you find those pieces that feel a *little* more special than the rest, you just know it—it’s like spidey senses getting all tingly for fashun.

It doesn’t mean something is “fancy” or costs a lot, either. Most often, it’s that it captures someone’s creative energy, and that sensation starts with the vision and spirit of those behind the seams—designers.

Their incredible ability to translate intricate ideas and emotions through clothes is basically a superpower. SHEIN knows that, which is why that’s exactly what you see in its SHEIN X Incubator Program. It was launched to support emerging designers who are building their own successful brands, to help them focus on the creative while SHEIN handles the business side of production, marketing, and selling. Fab, right?

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The SHEIN X Art Meets Fashion competition is the latest incarnation, fueling individual innovation and collaboration between artists and designers. The three-round contest kicked off by pairing artists and designers to illustrate their understanding of the campaign theme—artists produced artwork, designers produced silhouettes. Then in round two, 10 teams were selected to be featured in an online vote. The final round concluded with judges selecting the top three teams.

The winning team of SHEIN X ETERNA by Elle Guthrie and Mercedes Cortés took home $15,000—and gratitude for the opportunity. “I was accepted into the SHEIN X Incubator Program very early, and initially I thought it would be a great opportunity to showcase my designs on a large platform,” Guthrie said. “To my surprise, the most amazing part was the learning experience. I gained

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Adidas could be forced to burn $500M in Yeezy stock after Kanye West’s anti-Semitic outbursts

Adidas could be forced to burn Yeezy sneakers worth around half-a-billion dollars after rapper and fashion designer Kanye West’s anti-Semitic outbursts.

The sportswear brand is struggling over what to do with its massive stockpile of the shoes, which retail for between $200 and $600, after it dramatically cut ties with the disgraced rapper last year.

Analysts now say Adidas, which has already said the debacle hit revenues by $1.3bn, could be forced to burn the stock – because it risks a PR nightmare if they are still sold at a discount.

The company’s decision to drop West capped the rapper’s fall from grace after a pattern of increasingly erratic behavior and anti-Semitic outbursts.

In October, he said in a social media post that he would go ‘death con 3 on Jewish people’, then doubled down in media interviews with comments that included vile remarks about Jewish people.

Kanye West, pictured in October last year, was dropped by Adidas and several other brands after a series of anti-Semitic outbursts

Adidas is now stuck with Yeezy stock worth about $500 million – and could even decide to burn the stock rather than be seen profiting from from a collaboration with an anti-Semite

Wedbush analyst Tom Nikic told the Washington Post that the Yeezy line was worth about $2 billion per year in revenue for Adidas, adding: ‘What makes this so dramatic is how big it is.’ He said the commercial dilemma was confounded by the ‘abruptness’ of West’s downfall.

Nikic said stripping the trainers of the Yeezy label and selling them at a discount as ‘zombie Yeezys’ was a risk because the brand could still be seen as ‘profiting off of a collaboration with someone who made blatant anti-Semitic statements’.

Burning or otherwise destroying the shoes would be the most extreme option

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BIPOC Sustainable-Fashion Influencers on Disrupting Industry

Rosie Okotcha, Andrea Cheong, and Aditi Mayer. Image Sources: Laura Notlo; Alise Jane; courtesy of Aditi Mayer.

It’s likely that buzzwords like “overconsumption” and “de-influencing” are popping up on your TikTok FYP. But even as the sustainable-fashion movement continues to grow, it still often leaves behind certain demographics. Often, white people are the face of the slow- and sustainable-fashion industry, but they can miss the mark when it comes to criticizing an industry that has disproportionately affected communities of color.

By building community with each other to call out the racist, classist, and sexist practices within the sustainable-fashion industry, BIPOC influencers have provided their audiences with their own ideas for lowering their carbon footprint and resisting fast fashion. For these content creators, their work ranges from exploring the intersections of race and sustainability to bringing greater awareness to worker exploitation and fair wages.

With this in mind, POPSUGAR asked six BIPOC content creators about how the sustainable-fashion industry can help communities of color, their best thrifting tips, and more. Keep reading to hear directly from them.

Pumulo K. Nguyen (she/her) is a micro-influencer who has created an online community with her slow-fashion ‘fit checks and weekly Mug Dance Mondays.

Emma Slade Edmondson (she/her) leads her own marketing agency to help organizations improve their environmental impact. She is also an author and a podcast host and considers herself a “slow-fashion OG.”

Rosie Okotcha (she/her) is an assistant stylist with a passion for combating waste colonialism and fast fashion.

Aditi Mayer (she/they) is a fashion blogger who explores the intersection of style, sustainability, and social justice.

Andrea Cheong (she/her) is the founder of the Mindful Monday Method and author of the forthcoming novel “Why Don’t I Have Anything to Wear?”

Izzy Manuel (she/her) is an expert on ethical “dopamine dressing” and

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Fashion’s Millennial Man

Daniel Lee made his much-anticipated debut at Burberry, in a vibey show with a runway that snaked through a black tent, set to music by the British electronic musician Burial.

Was it revolutionary? No, but fashion rarely is. Instead, it was an astute debut by one of the industry’s most millennial of millennial designers. It felt like a cousin to what Lee did at Bottega Veneta, suggesting that the playbook he patented during his brief tenure there is back in the larger fashion atmosphere.

As the creative director of Bottega Veneta from 2018-2021, Lee cultivated a new model for fashion relevance. He made great products—bulbous rubber boots at relatively affordable prices, covetable handbags, genuinely weird and exciting clothes—and introduced a new definition of what it means to be cool in fashion. He made digital zines stuffed with artists, creatives, and out-of-the-mainstream musicians; he didn’t seek relevance through dressing the stars of the moment, but seemed much more interested in anointing his own. Or celebrating his own taste; Neneh Cherry and Missy Elliott were his muses. His projects, and his motives, could appear quixotic to the fashion press—why show in Detroit? Why leave Instagram?—but customers had far less compunction. (Though you may recall that it was fashion editors, buying the bags of their own volition, who first made his intrecciato bags a bonafide streetstyle phenomenon.)

Lee was absent from fashion for just a blip in the grand scheme of changing hem lengths and rejiggered logos, but he reenters a world in which Pharrell Williams, the musician and fashion savant, has been named the creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear, raising questions of whether the celebrity designer has supplanted true design talent. (My thoughts: absolutely not.) His debut at Burberry on Monday night demonstrates how he’s tweaked his playbook and showed that

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Celebrity Stylists Chloe and Chenelle Reveal Festival Fashion Tips, More

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“We really try to enhance their personality and the direction that their current art is in,” Chenelle explained to Us about the sisters’ approach to dressing stars while promoting their partnership with Olay. “It’s important to keep their vision alive and we’re all about supporting their vibe that they’re trying to give to the world.”

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One of the fashion gurus’ most talked-about looks was the “Good 4 U” singer’s ensemble at the 2021 American Music Awards. Chloe and Chenelle styled Rodrigo, 20, in a sheer gown by David Koma. The frock perfectly embodied the “Drivers License” artist’s personal style, coordinating with her signature lavender color used in her debut album, Sour. The stylish sisters went on to slay with Rodrigo’s outfit at the 2021 Met Gala later that year. For fashion’s biggest night, the brunette beauty rocked a Saint Laurent catsuit finished with see-through lace details and a feathered neckline. She paired the sheer garb with a slicked-back bun and diamond earrings and bracelets.

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In addition to knowing the perfect ensembles for the red carpet, Chloe and Chenelle are all about comfort when it comes to concert fits this festival season.

Chloe shared that her 2023 Coachella ensemble consisted of a “high boot” and “short shorts.” She teamed the number up with a “long

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For Silvia Venturini Fendi, Fashion Is Family

It wasn’t so long ago that inheriting the family business, particularly in Italy and especially in the luxury sector, was considered a noble act of duty, rather than proof of entitlement. Control of Gucci, established in 1921 by Guccio Gucci, was passed down to three of the founder’s sons, Aldo, Vasco and Rodolfo, and later to Rodolfo’s only son, Maurizio. Prada, a leather goods boutique opened by the brothers Mario and Martino Prada in 1913, was taken over in 1958 by Mario’s daughter, Luisa, and eventually her three children, including Miuccia, the brand’s longtime lead designer. And the shoe company that Salvatore Ferragamo started in 1927 remains in the family.

But even in Italy, dynasties are beginning to diversify, making Venturini Fendi ever more of a holdout: Following years of infighting among the Guccis, the company was sold in 1993 (and later acquired by the France-based conglomerate now known as Kering); in 2020, the Belgian designer Raf Simons was appointed co-creative director of Prada alongside Miuccia and, in January, Miuccia and her husband, Patrizio Bertelli, stepped down as co-C.E.O.s of the group. Although the Ferragamos are still involved in the business side of the brand, its new creative director, Maximilian Davis, is a 27-year-old from England. Yet when the multinational luxury goods group LVMH bought a controlling stake in Fendi in 2001, its chairman, Bernard Arnault, validated Venturini Fendi — and perhaps surprised others in the industry, who saw the acquisition as a moment for reinvention — by asking her to stay. “When we sold, it was kind of a liberation,” she says. “Because I said, ‘Finally, I’m here because I am who I am, and not because of the name.’”

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