Art2wear celebrated its 14th year with a student-organized runway show that presented fashion, costume and wearable sculpture created by thestudents of the College of Design and the College of Textiles at NC State University. With the theme of “Tell Us a Story,” ten designers found inspiration in everything from childhood memories to classic American novels to depict their collections.

Marina Pappas, a senior studying art + design opened the show with her line Audacious Interlude, a colorful line inspired by her love for the ‘80s featuring denim and upbeat, cartoon-like prints.  While Faulkner’s collection Athenaeum included pieces of leather and what looked like oversized book pages and gold letters shaped into gowns for the models.

Morgan Cox took her inspiration from her days acting out “The Secret Garden” and showcased a collection of paired knitted and crocheted pieces, and prints made from natural dyes to create the lighthearted, whimsical feel of a garden and of innocence.

Rachel Bridge presentedoutfits featuring prints in hues of purple, mint and goldenrod printed on fabric made by Durham-based textile. On the other hand Jamie Morrison’s told the story of King Midas with gold leaf and taffeta skirts. A standout piece had skirts of painted cotton over layers of silk crepe de chine and chiffon with an embellishment made from hot-glued ice cream salt.

Other lines featured in the show were Lisa Hoang’s “Artificial Thought,”Rachel Bridge’s “Sunnydell,” Emma Ptak’s “Icarus Unbound,” Georgia Hobbs “Etheral Mutation” and Sara Clark’s “Dividing Line.”

WGSN, global foresight business in consumer, fashion and design trends, announced the inclusion of India retailers and e-tailers on WGSN INstock to ensure business success and sustainability.

WGSN INstock is an online retail analytics system that provides fashion retailers with fast, in-market intelligence to inform business-critical buying and merchandising decisions. WGSN INstock tracks more than 40 million products from 12,000 retailers in UK, US, Australia and Spain and now India being the fifth region to be included from this month.

Dan Cotton, Executive Vice President, WGSN Asia-Pacific stated, “The US$ 585 billion Indian retail market is expected to become worth US$ 1 trillion by 2020, out of which approximately 10 percent is fashion and apparel retail alone. This exponential growth of retail in India makes it one of the most important markets for WGSN INstock.”

WGSN’s Influence extends beyond fashion & beauty to interiors, home, FMCG, automotive, leisure, branding and telecoms. The company has a customer base of over 75,000 users which includes M&S, Next, Topman, H&M, Puma, Primark, Asda George, Mr Price (South Africa), Woolworths (South Africa), Schuh, Sweaty Betty, Ted Baker, John Lewis, Dorothy Perkins, Nike, Adidas, Gap, Club Monaco, Lee, Levis, Coach, Kate Spade, Victoria’s Secret, Apple, Samsung, P&G, Coca Cola, Starbucks and Diageo.

Italian Fashion house, Emilio Pucci has finally launched its third store in the Miami Design District, Florida.

The one floor store is built over an area of 1,600 square feet and is embellished with Pucci’s famed Torre print. The beautiful store features white terrazzo tiles and white walls. Painted in giant black and white mazelike blocks, the front appears like a visual public artwork hanging above the sidewalk. There are open brass fittings for showcasing the interesting clothing from the brand’s collection.

For its customer, the new boutique has barnd’s latest spring collection, special gowns, decorated caftans and embroidered ensembles. Not only this, the store also features women’s and men’s swimwear and resort wear outfits from the latest collaboration of Orlebar Brown and Emilio Pucci along with sunglasses by the brand’s licensee, Marcolin.