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Why Fashion and Politics Don’t Mix

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Melania Trump   Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP Getty Images Despite being a powerful voice for social change, the fashion business came unstuck after the 2016 election Remember back in November when bemused Clinton backers wept in their ateliers and Parisian designer Sophie Theallet rallied designers to join her in boycotting the new FLOTUS? Well now fashion, the entity, is having a change of heart. Nicole Miller is the latest American designer to support the idea of dressing the next First Lady, Melania Trump. The designer told the Observer she’d be honored to dress her, “Melania used to come to my atelier for castings and I remember her always having a good attitude. She looks great in clothing and wears things well. I think if the industry is willing to give her a chance she could be great for all of us.” Nicole Miller   Photo: Getty Images Miller’s comments were preceded by those from a series of designers including   Tommy Hilfiger,   Carolina Herrera , and   Diane ...

Paris catwalks rediscover cavalier swagger

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Hold onto your horses. French fashion is back to its swashbuckling best and the designer leading the charge is a young mixed-race man determined to give post-attacks Paris a new swagger. "I want to make all men feel like princes again," Olivier Rousteing declared Saturday after his dashing, unashamedly masculine show for Balmain. Half of the models looked like they had come straight from the ball the night before Waterloo in their silk and velvet breeches, with big brass-buttoned greatcoats thrown on their shoulders, and fur and tassels flying. "Paris is the city of light and those lights should continue to shine," the 30-year-old designer, a favourite of pop divas Beyonce and Rihanna, told AFP. "I want to bring back the dream and beauty that is Paris... and make all men feel like princes again. I want to show the diversity and colours of France and to show that Paris has a past, a present and it will have a future," he added. Rousteing, who w...

Huge success began by sewing a skirt

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The success stories of female entrepreneurs continue to amaze everyone. One of the latest and greatest examples of female entrepreneurship and successful women is fashion designer Ayşe Bourke. Bourke's journey began with a skirt that she sewed by hand in middle school, at the age of 13. She sewed the skirt in such a way that her teachers knew instantly that their student was destined to be one of the most talent fashion designers in the industry. Bourke's love for sewing and fashion did not die as time wore on. While studying to become an accountant, the young woman continued to pursue her passion for fashion - day and night - becoming a successful female entrepreneur. She established a workshop in Marmaris, a common vacation spot she liked to visit, with the support of her sister, becoming one of the most popular fashion designers of Dutch and British jet-set figures who visit Marmaris. When she visited Kuwait for pattern and fabric study, she organized a fashion...