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Rethinking Luxury

  Too much of a good thing is bad The luxury world is a very distinct cultural place and market. Defined by the high quality of the goods, but even more by the steep prices, the luxury movers and shakers of the world make it hard to gain access to their world. Historically, the luxury […]

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Is There a Crisis in Fashion Blogging?

Concept: fashion blog A few years ago, the concept of “fashion blogger” was a big trend in the online world. Not only because of its numeric value – it was estimated around 2012 that there were more than 2 million fashion blogs worldwide, but also because of the bloggers’ influence on style and culture. There […]

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Finding Your Love Online: A Few Myths and a Couple of Tips

If you still believe that social networks, dating websites and mobile apps can’t help in building the relationships in real life, you’d be surprised. Statistics show that only in 2014, about 33% of the couples found each other online. And by 2040 the share of relationships that started online is predicted to grow up to […]

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The Gap in the Body Positive Movement

Although the runways have been breaking down gender barriers, implementing more and more co-ed fashion shows, there seems to still remain some gap areas that need to be bridged – one of which is body image issues. Body Positive Movement influencer Tim Gunn has openly discussed on numerous occasions this industry gap, namely that designers […]

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Trend Forecasting: Fashion Weeks Ahead (2017/2018)

A new year brings a new season of Fashion Weeks around the world. While most collections for the spring-summer 2017 season have been already unveiled, in 2017 we will see the collections for the autumn-winter 2017-18 season and for the spring-summer 2018 season. Fashion Weeks happen all over the world and AC is happy to […]

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Thoughts on Project Runway Season 15

The 15th season of Project Runway has recently just wrapped up and it was a very colorful and dynamic season. The 16 designers that were chosen from the numerous audition tapes sent had to impress the judges, Nina Garcia – creative director for Marie Claire, designer Zac Posen and, of course, Heidi Klum.     […]

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Fashion Forward: Keywords of 2016. Where to Next?

Fashion is all about what is going to happen tomorrow and what will be cool tomorrow. To discover what will be “in” in the near or far future, one can always look back, as “you can’t really have a future without having a past”. We have put together a guide of the main fashion keywords […]

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What Were the Most-Searched for Fashion Questions in 2016? And How Attire Club had the Answers.

2016 was a rather agitated year in fashion, which came as the result of the dramatically changing fashion environment. Recently, Google has released the top 10 fashion related questions people asked in 2016. And, surprisingly enough, many of them were answered by Attire Club, some even before 2016 began. Here is the top 10 list: […]

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The Best Parade of Nations Outfits from the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Rio de Janeiro

The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games was an impressive show that received a lot of praise from critics and from the public alike. The grandiose show held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was extremely intricate, sophisticated and, more than that, complex. It can be said that it even featured a fashion show, and […]

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Dream Brands: Which One’s Yours?

Luxury clothes and accessories are items that transcend the basic needs that these objects fulfill. Because they offer aesthetic, emotional and social experiences, many people consider luxury goods to be not just products, but veritable works of art. What is interesting about luxury brands is that the products would not offer the abovementioned experiences if […]

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Debating Cultural Appropriation in Fashion

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The Highs and Lows of Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2 was one of the most anticipated comedies of the year. Being announced in an unconventional way during a Valentino show last year, and releasing great previews, teasers and trailers, everyone had very high expectations from the film.     However, after the release of the movie a few days ago, most people who […]