Yes, French women do get fat, and the curvier among them are tired of being dictated to about what they can wear, as they showed on a plus-size Parisian catwalk. From horizontal stripes to a bra playing peek-a-boo under a blazer, buxom models taking part in a show organised by Pulp Fashion Week on Friday put paid to the myth that the ideal, chic French woman is wafer-thin. "We have always been told that round women cannot be beautiful and sexy, that you have to dress yourself in old-fash

Trendstop experts have put together the best-selling colours of the season. Our Spring/Summer 2016 Colour Forecast shows how leading designers are using seasonal colour, which we have distilled into 40 essential shades in dedicated categories for Fashion Colours, Core Colours, Accents & Active and Metallics, along with a matched Pantone® reference for each shade. Here, the Trendstop colour trend experts give Fashion United readers a sneak peek preview at Peached Pink, a directional shade fro

Hugo Boss Spring 2015 Previewed–The spring-summer 2015 campaign from Hugo Boss features the second outing from Jason Wu. The artistic director tapped Australian model and star of the upcoming “Mad Max: Fury Road” for the advertisements captured by Inez & Vinoodh. Via Yahoo!, we get a glimpse of the images where one sunglasses shot is juxtaposed with Abbey Lee modeling a handbag and mini dress in white. Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.

Irina Stuns in Swim–Following up a stint in covered up looks for Scoop NYC, model Irina Shayk flaunts her curves in a recent swimsuit shoot for Agua Bendita. The Russian babe shows off a bronzed tan in colorful looks featuring everything from tropical to animal prints. Posing at the beach and poolside, Irina proves why she is one of the world’s sexiest models with her smoldering looks and killer swimsuit figure in the images snapped by Enrique Badulescu. Source: Fashion Gone Rogue

British heritage label Mulberry has named designer Johnny Coca as its new creative director, after being without a creative boss since June last year, when Emma Hill quit after six years with the brand. Coca, who is currently Celine’s head design director for leather goods, shoes, hard accessories, jewellery and sunglasses, will join Mulberry on July 8, 2015. As creative director, Coca will be responsible for all of Mulberry's collections, and will report to Godfrey Davis, chairman and CEO.

Before your brain officially gets into Thanksgiving mode, there's a piece of fashion news I need to share. Just go make a second cup of coffee and stay with me a few minutes because, guys, it's good. There was a major teenage style rite of passage in the Beckham household: Brooklyn went and got his ear pierced at Claire's of all places. The Telegraph reported the entire fam went, Brooklyn and dad David arriving through the back door, Victoria and son Romeo using the normal front entrance.

Mention African style and the fashion crowd thinks Lagos, or Johannesburg. But Uganda's emerging designers -- using a mix of local craft and global savvy -- are hoping to give them a run for their money. Fashion in the east African nation may be viewed as frivolous by many, with the industry under resourced and local designers facing fierce competition from cheaper second hand clothes and Chinese imports. But tickets for Kampala's first ever Fashion Week earlier this month sold out swiftl

Unlike so many things, how tall we are is something we can't easily change. You can pull on a pair of heels, but often that really just looks like you're, well, wearing heels. It doesn't give the magical illusion of height. It turns out there are some styling tricks that help, and Cynthia Vincent, who just launched a new line with Anthropologie Petites, is sharing them all. Wanna look taller? You should be wearing... Monochromatic looks. A single color throughout your entire outfit is

The Arcadia Group operating profit fell to 189.3 million pounds (296.9 million dollars) for the year ended August 30, 2014 compared to 201.2 million pounds (315.6 million dollars) last year. Total Group pretax profit of pre-exceptional items stood at 143.1million pounds compared to 148.1 million pounds last year. Total sales were 2,706.5 million pounds (4,245 million dollars) compared to last year figure of 2,682.6 million pounds (4,207.8 million dollars). In the first 10 weeks of this year tota

Amazon's European division is to open a fashion photography studio in East London in 2015. The online retail giant hopes to support its growing fashion business with a 46,000 square foot studio in Shoreditch. The studio will be its largest in Europe Amazon said the studio will be its largest in Europe and provide on-model and off-model imaging. The site is owned by Transport for London, which manages the city’s underground, train and bus services, and will be leased by Amazon. In