Speedo’s again collaborate with the avant garde fashion brand Comme des Garçons for their latest swimsuit collection. Two standout designs from this collection are: Logo Script, which sees a Speedo twist to a CdG classic handprint – the iconic Speedo graphic in repetition, forming a distinctive pattern; and Tie Dye, an on-trend effect yet rarely [...]

Alexander McQueen’s tantalizingly “trashy” production for Paris Fashion Week seemed to roar, leaving the audience with eyes wide and mouths aflutter. The show — which featured models that resembled creepy crossbreeds between a blow-up doll, Pinhead from Hellraiser, and Blythe (incidentally the postergirl for McQueen’s line with Target, but more on that later) sauntering among [...]

It’s officially New York Fashion Week here in New York City, and despite the glum economic outlook, there are some definite bright spots shimmering on the streets of the recession-battered Big Apple. Inhabitat is joining the brigade for ‘runway optimism’ by highlighting NYC-based eco fashion talent and innovative designers. We are genuinely inspired by the [...]

Swedish designer Fredrik Färg has created the COAT easy chair, to be produced by Materia. The Coat easy chair has its own strong personality while at the same time exuding innovation, creativity and elegance. Inspired by gentlemen’s fashion, the back of the armchair is shaped like a collar, which can be folded to encompass the [...]

New York Fashion Week is over but it left us with this reminder of an A+D news item: fashion designers Proenza Schouler stamped its usually buzz-inducing name on a collection for Knoll luxe last fall. The design pair of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez teamed with KnollTextiles‘ design director Dorothy Casonas for a collection that [...]

Sometimes sustainable style has nothing at do with organic cotton, hemp, or vegetable-dyed leather. Case in point: Preloved, the aptly-named Canadian clothier, takes a novel approach to eco-fashion by collecting orphaned vintage garments and whipping them into one-of-a-kind pieces that are more than just the sum of their parts. From structured skirts made out of [...]