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Elle Fanning | The Sun Eater
Elle Fanning looked like a glass sculpture come to life for the 2024 Met Gala, the custom translucent gown by Balmain made Fanning look frozen in time. A recurring theme in Christopher Ruocchio’s Sun Eater saga, the memoir-style story follows antihero Hadrian Marlowe on a journey through space and time. Read more
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Revolutionizing Fashion: Condé Nast & eBay’s Pre-Loved Partnership
In a groundbreaking new partnership, eBay will serve as the official Pre-Loved Partner with Condé Nast. eBay is the premier destination for Pre-Loved fashion, with Condé Nast quickly becoming the new source for sustainable fashion. As frequent collaborators, this partnership shouldn’t come as a surprise, but rather as an inevitability. Read more
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Tyla | Not Quite Dead Yet
For her first Met Gala, Tyla partnered with Balmain to create a stunning interpretation of the “Sands of Time.” The atelier’s inspiration came from expressing the ephemerality of life. Something they have in common with Holly Jackson’s new novel, Not Quite Dead Yet. Read more
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Fevvers: The New Feathers
For Paris Fashion Week Stella McCartney partnered with UK startup Fevvers, a plant-based, cruelty-free alternative to feathers. Fevvers aims to replicate the look and feel of real feathers without the use of plastic in production or any harm to animals, offering the first ethical solution to traditional feathers in fashion. Read more
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Karlie Kloss | The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Karlie Kloss and Swarovski designed a stunning gown for the 2024 Met Gala, which represented the fragility of nature through fashion. Lucy Gray from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is intimately familiar with the fragility of life and nature – but she also knows how important a good dress is. Read more
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The Future Is Now: Waterless Dyeing
As the second-largest consumer of water, fashion has a responsibility to reduce its usage. With waterless dyeing techniques like Dry Indigo® – used by Gap Inc. – brands can eliminate the need for water. The pioneering technology is a relatively inexpensive and inexhaustible resource exclusive to the Spanish denim mill Tejidos Royo. Read more