International Women's Day news and archive

John Lewis launches search for women-led businesses

Department store John Lewis is inviting women-led makers, designers, producers and brands to have their products stocked by the retailer. The International Women’s Day-themed ‘John Lewis & Sisters’ campaign is searching for women to share their talents, stories and ideas with buyers as the retailer searches for more makers for Christmas....

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Fashion brands place spotlight on International Women’s Day

This year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) is about how we can #EmbraceEquity by raising awareness about discrimination to drive gender parity. Several fashion brands and retailers have launched initiatives to empower women and products to raise vital funds for women-focused charities and organisations. There’s an exclusive poem from & Other...

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Kipling collaborates with Victoria Tang

Accessories brand Kipling, part of VF Corp, has unveiled a capsule collection with designer and entrepreneur Victoria Tang, who has served as artistic director of Issa London and creative director of Chinese luxury brand Shanghai Tang. Described as a collection “for empowering women,” Kipling x Victoria Tang coincides with International Women’s...

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eBay kicks off Women’s History Month with exclusive sneaker drop

eBay, one of the biggest online marketplaces globally, is about to drop an exclusive sneaker selection from the personal closet of industry legend Joy Claire, celebrating her personal achievements in the frame of Women’s History Month. Claire has made a name for herself in the usually male-dominated sneaker world. She introduced the first...

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Burberry renews support of women-led initiatives as part of International Women’s Day

British luxury brand Burberry is continuing its commitment to supporting the National Literacy Trust (NLT) and The Prince’s Trust Women Supporting Women initiatives as part of International Women’s Day. A donation to NLT will see the brand provide a pack of 12 books from the organisation’s International Women’s Day booklist and other resources...

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Vans celebrates International Women’s Day with creator-led campaign

Footwear brand Vans has revealed an artist-first brand campaign to tell the stories of international creators through commissioned work. The ‘These Projects Are Ads for Creativity’ campaign looks to uplift female voices and communities, shown through the work of three featured projects that each honour the individual behind the work. “Above all...

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Wandler collaborates with Michele Pred for IWD

Luxury leather goods brand Wandler has collaborated with Swedish-American artist and activist, Michele Pred on a capsule collection for International Women’s Day (IWD). As a female-led company, Wandler said they wanted to showcase the “power of the purse” for this year’s IWD and asked Pred to create two one-off pieces to highlight the gender pay...

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Podcast: A Feminist State of the Union

In this episode of Women Who, the Founder Otegha Uwagba shares a life recording of her Feminist State of the Union presentation hosted on International Women's Day. The conversation is shared with author Reni Eddo-Lodge, broadcaster Zezi Ifore, and Dazed Digital’s Head of Fashion, Emma Hope Allwood. The four women cover a wide range of topics...

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The North Face International Woman's Day

DIE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN´S DAY KOLLEKTION EMBARGO BIS 02. MÄRZ 2020 Von der Förderung der ersten rein weiblichen Expedition des Annapurna im Jahr 1978 bis zur Unterstützung von Margo Hayes in ihrem Bestreben, die erste Frau zu werden, die 9a+ klettert - seit mehr als 50 Jahren unterstützt The North Face Frauen bei ihrem Bestreben positive Verä...

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Burberry donates work wardrobes for International Women’s Day

Burberry has teamed up with UK charity Smart Works to offer work wardrobes to women in need for International Women’s Day. The UK luxury label is hosting a dressing session in its London flagship showroom where seven of the charity’s clients had a one-to-one styling session with members of Burberry’s private clients team and received a Burberry...

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Net-a-Porter teams up with prominent female designers for international women’s day capsule

Net-a-Porter invited Victoria Beckham, Isabel Marant, Ellery, Rosie Assoulin, Alexa Chung and Perfect Moment to design T-shirts for a capsule collection in honor of international women’s day, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Women for Women International, a non-profit organization that helps women living in war-torn countries to...