Top International Fashion News of the Week | 09.01.22

YEEZY Gap gains an additional collaborator and Balmain launches an exclusive collection with Barbie. Stay up to date and check out the latest international fashion news of the week.

Ye and Balenciaga collaborate with GAP

GAP’s new collaboration is underway, with Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Balenciaga’s Demna. The collection, dubbed YEEZY GAP Engineered by Balenciaga, is expected to be available for purchase in mid-2022, with another drop later in the year. “It’s a very different challenge. I’ve always appreciated Gap’s utilitarianism and accessibility,” Demna said of the collaboration. “I share some of the same sensibilities in my creative language. This project allowed me to join forces [with Ye] create utility fashion for all. This is not the first creation between Ye and GAP. In 2020, he had signed a 10-year contract with the brand and had since unveiled a few items, such as YEEZY GAP Round Jacket, which sold for $200. The garment’s popularity was so immense that it sold out immediately crashing the retailer’s site.

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Balmain launches its collection with Barbie

Balmain collaborates with doll icon, Barbie, to help conquer the American market. The collection features a series of ready-to-wear pieces including bodycon dresses, silk suits, handbags and outerwear. Plus, the designer unveils three exclusive NFTs of Barbie and Ken in bespoke, iconic garments from the collections past. The collection will be available for purchase on January 13.

“For me, this is much more than just a commercial project. It’s very moving,” said Olivier Rousteing, Balmain’s creative director. “Having Barbie in my Balmain army, doing a collection inspired by her where there’s no boy clothes or girl clothes, that’s my little revenge. I think Barbie represents a happy dream world. There’s no nothing wrong with a dream. But let’s push the dream, and not the dream of the 1950s or 1960s, but the dream of 2022.”

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Giorgio Armani cancels Fashion Week shows

Amid growing fears surrounding the virus, Giorgio Armani is canceling all of its scheduled shows for Milan Men’s Fashion Week and Giorgio Armani Privé Haute Couture Spring Summer 2022. These were due to take place on January 15 and 17 respectively. There will be no digital broadcast projects at this stage.

“This decision was taken with great regret and after careful consideration given the worsening epidemiological situation,” the brand said in a statement. “As the designer has expressed on numerous occasions, fashion shows are crucial and irreplaceable moments, but the health and safety of employees and the public must once again come first.”

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Dear Fronts New Ugg Campaign

Cher is the new face of Ugg for its latest campaign. The award-winning artist appears in the “FEEL ___” campaign, which has previously featured stars like Andre Leon Talley and Iman. The actress and singer wearing the Classic Mini boot and Coquette slippers takes the viewer on a tour of her Malibu home and explains how the campaign aligns with her values. “How you feel ‘is the most authentic part of you as a human being,’ she said. “I chose to be an artist. But the hard part is succeeding and failing. in front of the whole world.

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