FW23 news and archive

Trendstop Fall/Winter 2023-24 Women’s Catwalk Print

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into the key catwalk print and graphics directions informing Fall Winter 2023-24 womenswear. Seasonal motifs go deeper than surface pattern, as designers make social, cultural, and environmental statements through print. Imbued with dynamic movement, natural world themes are rendered in polluted...

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Valentino to stage AW23/24 haute couture show in France’s Château de Chantilly

Italian luxury house Valentino is continuing to mix up the fashion week calendar, now revealing that it will be staging its haute couture autumn/winter 2023/24 show in Château de Chantilly in France. The event will take place on July 5 during Haute Couture Week, when creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli will unveil the brand’s latest collection....

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Trendstop Fall/Winter 2023-24 Women’s Catwalk Color

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers a first look at the key womenswear color directions emerging from the Fall Winter 2023-24 runway collections. The Fall 2023 color palette offers a contemporary reworking of natural tones. Botanical and earthy hues are reconsidered through the lens of a changing world, showing reverence for the environment...

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Head-to-toe black leather: FW23 ready-to-wear runway trends

During the twentieth century wearing black leather came to symbolize both youthful rebellion and overt sex appeal. The cult of the black leather jacket The black leather jacket shot to fame in 1953 when Marlon Brando wore one in the ‘The Wild One,’ a film about motorbike gangs. The same jacket re-emerged in the 1970s as a punk favorite. The sex...

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Print and patterned tailoring FW23 trends buyers guide

In all four fashion cities, New York, London, Milan and Paris, there was a particular emphasis on the ‘anatomy of tailoring,’ with designers re-discovering the value of beautifully cut separates. Call it an antidote to three years of ‘dopamine’ dressing while working from home. The constant parade of impeccably tailored silhouettes in shades of...

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From New York to Paris Fashion Week: Denim trends for Fall/Winter 2023

Despite its feel, denim is one of the few materials that fluidly moves between genders. Therefore every fashion week - whether it's menswear or womenswear - provides plenty of style inspiration. FashionUnited has rounded up the most popular denim styles for the FW23 season. Ripped Jeans No sooner have the last jeans with rips and holes...

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Sport inspiration: FW23 buying guide

Incorporating elements of athleticwear into fashion can be traced back to the 1970s. It was a style that gained traction in the 1980s with the dawn of the hip-hop era. The trend has continued ever since. Virgil Abloh elevated athleticwear to a high-end designer level; then, the pandemic meant that elements of gym and sport’s attire became an...

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Chinese buyers make buoyant return for AW23 season, according to Joor

As China continues on its path of recovery after opening its borders for unrestricted entry, buyers from the region are picking up where they left off, with wholesale platform Joor reporting a “huge bounce back” in transactions. The platform said there had been a “significant rise” in Chinese retailers placing wholesale orders and an “associate...

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Trendstop Fall/Winter 2023-24 Men’s Catwalk Materials

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into the emerging Fall Winter 2023-24 material directions. Materials apply an eco approach to design and construction, introducing sustainability across categories, from sports and tech to leather and wovens. Sleek and shiny virgin fabrics are eschewed in favor of recycling and upcycling with a...

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Fall/winter ‘23 runway trends: four key colors

Color choices in fashion are still dominated by what we witness in nature and then, in contrast, what we see on our computer screens. This season, there was a renewed interest in tailoring; with outerwear and separates most often executed in neutral tones, often in shades of beige and grey. More directional separates came in shades of rusty...

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Four key colour trends of the autumn/winter ‘23 runways

Colour choices in fashion are still dominated by what we witness in nature and then, in contrast, what we see on our computer screens. This season, there was a renewed interest in tailoring; with outerwear and separates most often executed in neutral tones, often in shades of beige and grey. More directional separates came in shades of rusty...

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What to know about Egypt’s first fashion week

Egypt will soon be joining the growing roster of international fashion weeks, as it prepares to host its first edition from May 12 to 15, 2023. The official Egypt Fashion Week is being organised by the Ministry of Trade, Economic Development and the Ministry of Agriculture, which unveiled the plans for the event during a press conference in the...