What Richard Avedon Taught Ron Howard About Fashion

Ron Howard has been to “exactly one” fashion show in his life, and he couldn’t tell you the designer. “I’m not great at this!” says the Oscar-winning director with an affable laugh. “Fashion is not my area.” Calling into W from his California office, Howard sounds like everybody’s dad, which—at least culturally—he is. A child…

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African fashion’s global expansion depends on stronger business systems, strategic marketing and market readiness

This question shaped conversations at CANEX WKND 2026, held in Lagos, Nigeria, from 5–8 November, where two sessions, System Before Scale: Navigating U.S. Fashion Market Entry and Wholesale Expansion and The Business of African Fashion: Marketing, Management and Global Expansion, explored the strategies, commercial realities and opportunities shaping the next chapter of African fashion’s…

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Nara Smith’s World: Her New Cookbook and Life Advice

Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Step into the universe of the coolest creatives in the fashion industry with our series My World, where readers will discover how the top stylists, designers, and tastemakers built their careers and get a peek into their favorite restaurants, beloved albums, fashion finds, etiquette rules…

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New $150m plus fund launched to help fashion suppliers cut carbon and waste

The D-TAFS fund will finance energy, water and chemical management improvements at fashion suppliers. Credit: StockMediaSeller/Shutterstock.com. The Decarbonisation of Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Suppliers (D-TAFS) fund will provide long-term loans for energy-efficiency measures, renewable energy installations and water-use improvements. It will also support work to identify and reduce hazardous chemicals used in production. D-TAFS is…

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