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Start small, make a name for yourself to succeed in fashion industry: Rebello

Tamara C. Bean March 8, 2023 March 8, 2023

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BOLLYWOOD fashion designer and stylist Ashley Rebello, the man behind the iconic looks of Salman Khan in his Bollywood blockbusters and his Bigg Boss appearances in most watched reality TV show Bigg Boss 16, said, “First, fashion design students should start small and make a name for themselves at the local level. Apart from this, they should have a big vision, confidence and work hard to be recognised and succeed in the fashion industry.”

Robello was speaking at a press conference at the Inter National Institute of Fashion Design (INIFD) at Ambazari Layout on Wednesday.

He visited the INIFD campus and conducted an exclusive design workshop with INIFD design students. Sarvesh Agrawal, Managing Director of INIFD Nagpur and others were also present. Robello further said that he is the brand ambassador for INIFD and has been working for more than 30 years in the fashion industry. He said that the students of Nagpur were very talented and creative. During the workshop he gave an insight to the students on the fashion trends. He shared the art of fashion design and the versatility involved this field. INIFD students presented sustainable looks in a fashion show by using the waste material and unused clothes where they displayed their ingenious creativity. He provided valuable advice to the students in the workshop that would give direction to their design portfolio.

In every project, Robello works with 30 to 40 design students on the sets and gives them in-depth hands on experience.

Robello’s interaction with the INIFD Nagpur students was a great learning experience of being a star designer.

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H&M UK names inaugural sustainable fashion winners

Tamara C. Bean October 15, 2022 October 15, 2022

H&M UK partnered with tertiary art school Central Saint Martins to launch the H&M Sustainable Fashion and Journalism Awards as part of a bid to help foster more solutions to the fashion industry’s biggest hurdles, like sustainability and innovation.

The four winners of the inaugural scholarships each received a grant, which was used to create their collections and degree projects, along with additional support including visibility and networking opportunities.

This year’s winners include:

• BA Fashion Communication: Fashion Journalism winner, Ella Dewberry and her platform Plexa – a sustainability repository explored through augmented reality. Rooted in meta-fun, Plexa takes a futuristic approach to confront the many ethical and sustainability issues challenging the fashion industry today.

• BA Fashion Design Winner Daniel Fabara and his collection ANAKULL – a menswear collection about metamorphosis and perception which pays homage to Fabara’s Colombian heritage through pre-Hispanic design elements and sustainability through his creative use of deadstock, upcycled charity garments, and regenerative materials.

• BA Fashion Design Winner Ciaran Griffiths and his menswear collection rooted in queer culture and personal experience. Through exaggerated proportions, volumes and vibrant print, Ciaran reclaims the queer experience in an innovative and creative way.

• BA Fashion Design Winner Max Brewer and their collection Angels – a womenswear collection that puts sustainability first. Max’s collaboration with Care Opticians and Ace&Tate allowed them to create a series of headpieces made from upcycled lenses to mimic wing patterns.

The winners were able to present their collections and projects to the UK’s fashion network in an exclusive Sustainable Exhibition event, where press, brands, stylists, and design teams were able to meet and experience the winners’ creations. The winners will also see their collections and projects showcased in H&M’s Oxford Circus store window during August and September.

“In its first year,

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‘The hard work is never over’

Tamara C. Bean September 30, 2022 September 30, 2022

Three years before “manifesting” became the new wellness craze in late 2020, Aaron Rose Philip tweeted that when she was finally signed to a modeling agency, it was going to be “OVER for y’all.” And she was right.

Philip, a transgender Antiguan American model who was born with cerebral palsy, has published a book, been profiled by the New York Times and Vogue, was interviewed by her idol Naomi Campbell, starred in multiple high-profile fashion editorials, served as grand marshal for New York City’s 2021 Pride Parade and performed in a Miley Cyrus music video — all before she turned 21.

So, yes, it was over for all of us the second she decided to pursue the fashion industry when she was a junior in high school.

“I am someone who has lived 50 lives in 21 years,” she told In The Know. “I for sure use fashion as an outlet for my own personal happiness and self-expression.”

Philip is now managed by Community New York and Milk Management London and has modeled for almost five years now. But as she continues adding to her already impressive résumé, she is still waiting to see disability be made an equal part of the conversation surrounding the need for more diversity within fashion and beauty.

“I’ve had so many opportunities [in which] the client may revert on their decision to cast me or the job ‘just doesn’t work out’ in general due to them not being able to accommodate my disability,” Philip explained.

Physical impairment is the most common form of disability in the U.S. — affecting one out of every seven adults. Fashion is a profit-driven industry that still fails to create adaptive clothing for a significant portion of the population. In a commercial

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I’m a model who has worked in high fashion since I was 15. I’m now using TikTok to expose the dark side of the industry.

Tamara C. Bean September 17, 2022 September 17, 2022

A picture of Karoline Bjørnelykke in 2012 next to a picture of her from 2022. — Bjørnelykke walked the runways at Paris Fashion Week in 2012 when she was 16.Kirstin Sinclair/Getty Images and Karoline Bjørnelykke

Karoline Bjørnelykke started modeling when she was a size zero. She’s now considered plus-size.
She said the industry encourages dieting; she now makes TikToks sharing her eating disorder journey.
This is Karoline’s story, as told to Charissa Cheong.
Editor’s note: This story discusses eating disorders and may be triggering for some readers.

Editor’s note: This story discusses eating disorders and may be triggering for some readers.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with model Karoline Bjørnelykke. It has been edited for length and clarity.

I was never the cool kid in school, so when I got scouted to become a model at 15, I was really quite surprised.

I worked in high fashion throughout my teenage years, walking the runway at Paris Fashion Week in 2012, and moving from my home in Norway to model abroad. It was weird because I went from feeling like no one wanted to talk to me to getting invited to lots of events where everyone wanted to be my friend.

Things took a bad turn pretty quickly. While I was away from home, I was living on an extreme diet to maintain my figure. I have struggled with anorexia since the age of 12 because even though I wasn’t overweight, I was naturally a bit bigger than other kids in terms of height and build, so I got bullied by my peers. The extreme dieting during my early years as a model made my eating disorder a lot worse.

A picture of Bjørnelykke when she was 12 years old. — A picture of Bjørnelykke at 12 years old, when she was already 5 foot 7 inches tall.Karoline Bjørnelykke.

I came back to Norway five years ago and started to focus on

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How clothes are linked to climate change

Tamara C. Bean August 28, 2022 August 28, 2022

Woman holds up two dresses whilst shopping

The fashion industry is responsible for 8-10% of global emissions – and British shoppers buy more clothes than any others in Europe.

Now, some UK brands are being investigated over claims about the sustainability of their fashion lines.

What can you do to reduce your wardrobe’s impact on the planet?

What is fast fashion?

The term describes the quick turnover of fashion trends and the move towards cheap, mass-produced clothing – with new lines constantly released.

Wardrobes are “overflowing with clothes”, argues fast fashion campaigner Elizabeth Cline. Oxfam research suggests the average Briton has 57 unworn items.

What’s the environmental impact of fast fashion?

Producing clothes uses a lot of natural resources and creates greenhouse gas emissions which are responsible for climate change.

Overall, the fashion industry is responsible for 8-10% of global emissions, according to the UN – more than the aviation and shipping combined.

And global clothes sales could increase by up to 65% by 2030, the World Bank suggests.

Most of fashion’s environmental impact comes from the use of raw materials:

The industry also uses a lot of water.

Infographic showing the amount of water, represented by water bottles, to make a tshirt (2,700 litres) to make a pair of jeans (10,000 litres) and to make a pair of socks (600 litres)

Who buys fast fashion?

UK shoppers buy more clothes per person than those in any other country in Europe, according to MPs.

Young people top that list. A recent survey by environmental charity Hubbub found that more than two-fifths of 16 to 24-year-olds buy clothes online at least once a week, compared to 13% on average for other age groups.

Annual spend on clothes per person (£). . Bar chart showing the <a href= — Annual spend on clothes per person

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Five Standout Design Students From Class of 2022 on the Future of Fashion

Tamara C. Bean August 19, 2022 August 19, 2022

Students from the class of 2022 are, in many ways, a product of their larger environment. These young fashion designers completed more than half their education during the pandemic, while the world around them endured upheaval and long-overdue social shifts.

While business interests have since allayed some of the fashion industry’s urgency around sustainability, social equity and inclusion, these graduating fashion students are resolute in their beliefs. Themes of nature, sustainability, cultural bridge building and inclusion were paramount in collections from five recent graduates surveyed by WWD, who were highlighted by their respective schools for exemplary design work. Many of them incorporated high-execution knitting and upcycled textiles into their collections, imbuing designs with a sense of handcraft and longevity.

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Here, students from five globally recognized, U.S.-based fashion design schools provide a window into their thesis collections and design ethos as they look toward a bright future:

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Savannah College of Art and Design

Name: Beckham Lin

Hometown: Changhua City, Taiwan

Age: 22

WWD: Talk a little bit about your thesis designs and concept.

Beckham Lin: This collection represents when a person leaves the comfort of home, like a bird leaving the nest to fly out into the world. Every journey people experience is moving toward a dream for themselves, just like the bird soaring to great new heights. The bird represents my journey of finding and building my own home and environment where I can be my true authentic self. Much inspiration comes from eastern and western cultural viewpoints of home and family dynamics. My collection explores the idea of [xiào or filial piety] and each look represents the different steps of growth and embracing freedom.

WWD: What is important to you as a young fashion designer? Where do

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