Meta’s Threads: What Fashion Needs to Know

Gabriela Hearst to Exit Chloé; Angelo Flaccavento Breaks Down Couture Week; Allbirds' 'Zero-Carbon' Shoe

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY: FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2023 Meta's Twitter challenger Threads could give fashion an important new channel for reaching consumers. Designer Gabriela Hearst is set to exit Chloé. No successor has been named. Couture Week was a tale of restraint and excess, writes Angelo Flaccavento. Tim Blanks reports from the haute couture shows: Valentino, Fendi and Armani. Allbirds' claim to have created the "first zero-carbon shoe" puts the brand at the centre of a fraught sustainability debate.

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TECHNOLOGY Threads: What Fashion Needs to Know About Meta's New Twitter Challenger By Marc Bain

Meta's social network, which launched Wednesday, is the biggest competitor yet to the Elon Musk-owned platform and potentially gives fashion an important new channel for reaching audiences. READ MORE

LUXURY Confirmed: Gabriela Hearst to Exit Chloé By Tamison O'Connor

The designer's last show for the Richemont-owned house will be on September 28. No successor has been named. READ MORE

FASHION WEEK At Paris Couture Week, All or Nothing By Angelo Flaccavento

Couture Week was a polarised affair, opposing restraint and excess, technique and showmanship, real clothes and wild storytelling, with little in between, writes Angelo Flaccavento. READ MORE

FASHION WEEK In Paris, a Château, a Diamond Necklace and a Bouquet of Red Roses By Tim Blanks

Is it a love story, a murder mystery, or the last day of the couture shows? asks Tim Blanks. READ MORE

SUSTAINABILITY Net Zero-Carbon Fashion: Too Good to Be True? By Sarah Kent

Last week, Allbirds unveiled what it labels 'the world's first net zero-carbon shoe.' It's a bold claim that puts the brand on the frontlines of one of fashion's most fraught sustainability debates. READ MORE

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