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📰 Celeb Stylist Zerina Akers Wants You to Take Fashion Less Seriously {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Even if you don’t know Zerina Akers ‘ name, you likely know her work. The fashion stylist, Emmy Award-winning costume designer and wardrobe curator is best known for styling Beyoncé, including for the visual album “Black Is King” and the 2016 “Formation” video. (You know that black wide-brimmed hat Beyoncé wore? That was all Akers.) She’s also worked with Chloe and Halle Bailey, Ava DuVernay and Yara Shahidi, among others, and is the founder of the e-commerce platform Black Owned Everything. With all the (figurative) hats she wears, Akers has also recently found the time to be in front of the camera: She joins fellow fashion stylists Dani Michelle and Elizabeth Stewart as the faces of U Beauty’s “Styled From Neck to Décolleté” ...

📰 Where Does London Fashion Week Go From Here? {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: The Spring 2027 London Fashion Week shows, which concluded in the British capital Monday, had fresh energy and unbridled spirit. British Fashion Council CEO Laura Weir’s regeneration strategy is taking hold and the results are tangible. Accredited buyer attendance was up 19% year-on-year and accredited international buyer attendance increased 41% for this season, according to the organization. Launchmetrics data from earlier this year showed that London Fashion Week’s MIV grew 56% year-on-year for February’s Fall 2026 season. “There is a real sense of momentum around this season,” Weir tells Fashionista. “What excites me most is the combination of extraordinary creative talent with a renewed confidence in London as a place where fashion, culture and commerce collide.” Legacy Brands Retu...

📰 The Museum at FIT Gets All Dolled Up With New Exhibit Exploring Fashion’s Favorite Plaything {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: It’s no secret that dolls have had a major influence on the fashion world, with Loewe’s cartoonish foam pumps and Marc Jacobs’ dramatically proportioned dresses being just a couple of recent examples. Meanwhile, fashionable figurines like Barbie, Bratz and Polly Pocket are among the industry’s busiest collaborators. It all stems from the longstanding phenomenon of “doll dressing.” Coined by the Museum at FIT’s Senior Curator Dr. Colleen Hill, the phrase describes clothing, accessories, hair and makeup that draw inspiration from dolls, a concept that dates back centuries. Now, with the institution’s latest exhibit — also titled “Doll Dressing” — this subject is explored in depth for the very first time. ...

📰 Xirena Opens Its First-Ever Store in Los Angeles {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: After 13 years in business, Los Angeles-based Xirena finally has its first retail store. It’s come a long way since launching as a lingerie line: Today, Xirena is a full-fledged ready-to-wear and lifestyle brand. Founder Dierdre Roffoni, who also founded the fashion showroom/agency Findings, launched it after being inspired by the colorful, easy-breezy style of women in Formentera, Spain. The name comes from “sirena,” the Spanish word for “mermaid.” Xirena’s first store, in the reopened Palisades Village in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood, was also inspired by Spain, Roffoni tells Fashionista. “Europe in the summer and the Mediterranean,” she says. “The sculpted curved walls, the imaginary skylight, the organic feel of the floors, and then all of the wo...