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Established 1961 20 T Thursday, September 20, 2018 L i f e s t y l e Fa s h i o n Designers unveil Brexit wardrobe f you have been wondering what to wear when Britain leaves the European Union next File pictures show models spring, here are some pointers: Hot pink, I present creations from British skirts slashed at the thigh and plenty of lace and designer Pam Hogg during a ruffles. At least that is what designers at London catwalk show for the Fashion Week unveiled in their spring/summer Spring/Summer 2019 2019 collections which will start hitting UK collection on the first day shops just before Brexit - a divorce many in the of London Fashion industry opposed in the 2016 referendum. The Week in London. — AFP economic uncertainty facing the 32.3 billion pounds ($42.39 billion) fashion industry when Britain leaves the bloc on March 29 has not translated into gloomy looks on the catwalks with designers showing bright lines rich in intri- cate detailing. Hot pink appeared at the Richard Malone, Gareth Pugh and Pam Hogg shows with the for- mer also using bright blues and greens. Hogg, known for her fan- Deal or no deal? tastical creations, Like other sectors, Britain’s fashion industry presented revealing is waiting to hear whether the country will strike bodysuits and frocks a deal with the EU. Many designers get textiles decorated with from Europe and there is now a question mark masses of tulle as over tariffs and costs. “We haven’t had a problem well as jumpsuits and because...we’re dealing with the best suppliers dresses in a carnival- so it’s fine,” Alice Temperley said after showing like print. Models her collection of feminine dresses and sequined wore huge head- suits. “But...there’s so much uncertainty that it’s pieces and towering just very hard to know do you have to factor yet platforms. “I’m not more into your costing...and do we end up losing politically outspoken margin and we don’t really know yet.” Most less worried about Brexit. London-based but it’s in my work,” Hogg told Reuters. “Life is London-based designers opposed Brexit, Turkish designer Aksu said a specific focus for for living and there’s too many people holding according to a pre-referendum survey by the him was Asia Pacific. people down...I just want to bring some joy back British Fashion Council (BFC). They will have to “Fashion is so global you can’t actually put it into life.” Soft romantic looks of ruffles, floral prepare their autumn/winter lines, unveiled in in a country box,” he said. “I don’t think (Brexit) prints and lace dominated at Bora Aksu, Preen February, somewhat blindly. will (have a) massive negative effect on fashion.” and Roland Mouret. There was also a volumi- “The biggest challenge we have is the Fashion theory might suggest hemlines drop in nous shoulders trend - puffed up at Preen or unknown,” BFC Chief Executive Caroline Rush tough times but amid warnings that Britain’s pointy at Julien Macdonald, who dressed models said. “The whole of the (fashion) industry didn’t economy will shrink without a Brexit deal, in sparkling dresses slashed all over. His want to exit the EU. We want tariff free, fric- designers appear to be paying no heed to this. menswear also had sparkles. Asked if his bright tionless borders, movement of people and tal- “In challenging times in fashion, we always see line was a response to Brexit, Malone said: “It is, ent and so as much as we can do that to pro- the outpouring of creativity,” Rush said. “And constantly, yeah... That’s what we are doing by tect our businesses, having access to that tal- where perhaps sometimes things may feel a little creating, you are kind of defying a system that ent and being able to ship goods efficiently, pared back in the fashion industry, I think we doesn’t want you to create.” quickly is incredibly important.” Others were might see the opposite.” — AFP Model with Down’s syndrome In Hong Kong, disposable fashion makes strides worldwide gets a recycled makeover n Hong Kong, more than 340 tons of textile waste is dumped each day into the city’s Ioverflowing landfills, according to the city’s Environmental Protection Department. But a new textile spinning mill - the first to open in this former textile manufacturing powerhouse in half a century - aims to reuse that waste, harnessing pioneering recycling technology to try to make the fashion industry more sustainable. “These technologies may be the gateway to a fashion Model Madeline Stuart industry decoupled from the use of virgin natu- stands backstage ral resources,” said Erik Bang, who heads inno- between two male vation efforts for the H&M Foundation, a models at New York non-profit funded by the family, founders and Fashion Week in New main owners of H&M Group. York City, US. — Reuters The clothing retailer has already placed a osanne Stuart recalls attending an also has an intellectual disability. They met first order at the mill, as part of its bid to become annual fashion parade with her during Special Olympic games in Australia “fully circular and renewable,” according to Rdaughter, Madeline, in their home- more than four years ago. Cecilia Br√§nnsten, the group’s environmental town of Brisbane, Australia, in 2015. In the sustainability manager. The Novetex Upcycling midst of the high-energy glamour on the Dealing with disability Factory in Tai Po Industrial Estate, when it opens A worker disentangles wool yarn at a spinning machine at a factory owned by Hong Kong’s Novetex runway, Madeline, who has limited speech, When Madeline was born, her mother, this month, will use new technology to separate Textiles Limited in Zhuhai City, Guangdong province, China. — Reuters photos fabric blends in waste garments and produce turned to her mother and firmly announced then 26, said doctors told her that her the material is UV-sterilized before being cut greenhouse gases are generated to make one that she would like to be a model. Stuart, daughter had Down’s and would not mature yarn. It comes as clothing companies around the world doubled the amount of garments they into pieces and spun into yarn. No water or dye kilo (2.2 pounds) of fabric, according to 46, who described her daughter as the kind to the age of 7. Stuart, who is a building is needed, and only small amounts of virgin McKinsey. Customers are keeping their clothes of tomboy who would slip on a pair leg- surveyor and her daughter’s full-time man- made from 2000 to 2014, according to a 2016 report by management consultancy McKinsey material are used, Chan said. But the mill will half as long as they did 15 years ago, the report gings and “throw football with the guys,” ager, said she was determined to give her a also test a system to separate cotton and poly- added, sometimes wearing them only seven or said that it was not something she had chance at a normal life. “When you have a & Company. Over the same period, the number of garments bought each year, per per- ester blends using only heat, water and a small eight times before disposing of them. This move expected from Madeline, but she immedi- baby, everyone is expected to say, ‘con- quantities of biodegradable chemicals. The cot- towards fast fashion - where more clothes are ately supported her. gratulations,’” said Stuart, who is a single son, jumped 60 percent, the report said. That has led to a stream of clothing - purchased and ton is turned into cellulose powder while the produced but at a lower quality, making them More than four years later, Madeline, parent. “But when you say you have a child polyester fibre is used for spinning and making less robust - must be reversed for a sustainable now 21, is the first person with Down’s syn- with Down’s syndrome they don’t say con- thrown away, left unsold, or tossed as textile plant waste - going into landfills. new fabric, Chan said. If Novetex can show on future, researchers from the Mistra Future drome to ever stride down a runway as a gratulations, they go, ‘oh I’m sorry.’” the factory floor that the technologies work to Fashion program wrote in The Handbook of model during New York Fashion Week. Before pursuing modeling, Madeline make high-quality yarn, it could drive demand Sustainable Fashion. With more than 60 catwalks under her belt was struggling with being overweight, an Curbing ‘take-make-dispose’ The government of Hong Kong wants to globally for recycled yarn and wider use of the A sustainable fashion survey by auditor in cities including London, Paris and Dubai, experience that Rosanne says many peo- technology, its backers say. “As we scale up and KPMG, released at the Fashion Summit this Madeline’s disability has not appeared to be ple with Down’s syndrome face. Madeline encourage its 7.3 million people to move away from a “take-make-dispose” model towards a make this technology freely available to the month, showed more buyers are becoming more a hindrance. “When she walked that first expressed an interest in getting in shape industry, we will reduce our dependence on lim- conscious about the industry’s impact on the catwalk every single person in the audience because of a heart condition and her more “circular economy” where waste is reused, according to Kam-sing Wong, the city’s secre- ited natural resources to clothe a growing global planet.

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