How bad could allergies get this fall? What Canadians can expect – National

Allergy sufferers, grab your tissues as fall gets underway in Canada, stirring up the spread of pollen and mould into the air. Overall pollen counts have been increasing year over year nationally, but most parts of the country will likely see lower than normal levels in the fall during the weed season, said Daniel Coates, … Read more

fun fashion at Benetton, Fiorucci, dark looks at Act N°1

Translated by Nicola Mira Published Sep 23, 2023 The weather in Milan has been fickle, forcing several labels to change their plans, dodging the rain but still going ahead with shows they originally intended to stage outdoors. On Thursday, designers were split into two quite different style camps. On the runways, playful, brightly coloured Spring/Summer 2024 … Read more

The new Tapestry of life

Donatella did always love a grand show-space, and few are bigger anywhere than Pirelli HangarBicocca, where Versace staged her first runway show since the merger with Tapestry. A former tire factory so large it incorporates several six-story crumbling concrete art towers by the great Anselm Kiefer. See catwalkVersace – Spring-Summer2024 – Womenswear – Italie – Milan … Read more

Ads are coming to Amazon Prime Video — or you can escape them for a fee – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Amazon Prime Video customers will soon start seeing ads while streaming movies and shows, unless, of course, they want to pay more for their subscription. Customers in Canada will begin seeing advertisements in “early 2024,” the tech giant announced Friday, but did not give an exact date for … Read more

Neometa launches gender-neutral fashion brand NoBiy

Clothing brand Neometa has launched ‘NoBiy’ as a new, gender-neutral fashion label which is inspired by subcultures including gaming and anime. The brand is tailored to Gen Z and millennial tastes and is designed to reject segregation.  Screenshot from Neometa’s website – Neometa “Our belief is simple: be your truth,” said Neometa’s founder and CEO Anupam … Read more

Antonio Marras and Fendi’s ‘femmes fatales’

Translated by Cassidy STEPHENS Published Sep 20, 2023 Milan Fashion Week, dedicated to the women’s Spring/Summer 2024 collections, got off to a flying start on Wednesday with high-impact shows and some very fine collections. Starting with the Fendi show, celebrating a woman of effortless and yet extreme elegance, and the Antonio Marras show, taking us … Read more

AI ‘no substitute’ for fashion designers’ creativity

By AFP Published Sep 18, 2023 AI is transforming the fashion world but the fast growing technology will never be a replacement for designers’ “original creativity”, according to the head of a pioneering project. AFP Fashion innovator Calvin Wong has developed the Interactive Design Assistant for Fashion (AiDA) — the world’s first designer-led AI system. … Read more