Archive for: debates

Let’s talk: what does Galliano’s controversy mean for Dior?

Update: John Galliano has now been dismissed from Dior. Read the full story here. We all know the story by now. Last Thursday, John Galliano was arrested at a bar for allegedly making anti-Semitic remarks to a couple drinking at a nearby table....

 

Let’s talk: Franca Sozzani disses bloggers; likens them to “an epidemic”

We’ll be honest, we’re a little sick of hearing old school editors slag off bloggers, and we’re growing increasingly tired of them showing their inability to get on board with the real tech world. There, we said it. Sure, this topic...

 

Weekly Round-up

Find out how Valentino had his bank details stolen, see Mulberry‘s latest ‘it’ bag up close and personal, and should fashion and Twitter ever mix?… Valentino and Gianni Bulgari have reportedly had their bank account details...

 

Why’s fashion gone all plus-size?

The old weight debate has been around for as long as we can remember, but when did fashion become so thin? Has everyone forgotten the likes of Marilyn Monroe? No, they haven’t, but when Calvin Klein and Kate Moss created the waif-like...

 

Michelle Obama’s nude debate

Nudes are in this season, but be careful saying that in public – as one Associated Press journalist will tell you, when he described Michelle Obama‘s dress as ‘flesh’, it can cause more trouble than it’s worth. read...

 

Alber Elbaz on thin models and fashion bloggers

Other than rumours that have cropped up a couple of times that he’s set to replace Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel – he’s not, in his own words, FYI – Alber Elbaz has stayed relatively quiet, but we knew that wouldn’t last too...

 

Alexandra Shulman battles against size zero

At last! Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue and, therefore, one of the most important individuals in the fashion world, has said what we’ve all been thinking. Yes, Shulman has spoken out against the ‘jutting bones and no...