Clothing

Before leaving America to study in Greece, I felt a frantic need to update and upgrade my closet. I opted for some online shopping and encountered a frequent search: "European travel clothing." What does this even mean? What would make "travel" clothing "European"?

The textile industry is known to be one of the most environmentally damaging sectors globally, accounting for 10% of carbon emissions and 20% of drinking water pollution. According to Karina Bolin, CEO of Humana People to People Bulgaria, the use of reusable items can significantly mitigate this impact, reducing environmental harm by as much as 70 times.

Naomi Watts made a show-stopping appearance at the 2024 New York Film Festival, arriving in a stunning sheer dress by Schiaparelli. Just a few months after attending the Balenciaga Haute Couture show with her 15-year-old child Kai Schreiber, Watts was joined by her 17-year-old son Sasha Schreiber for the premiere of The Friend.

While some items are undoubtedly seasonal, like a faux-fur coat or over-the-knee boots, a significant portion of our wardrobe can be worn year-round. We just need to know how to make it work.

Here are 6 styling tips to help transition your summer clothes into fall:

Fashion served as a visible marker of status and taste, with strict regulations governing attire at public events

Inflation, the limitation of households' disposable incomes, as well as climate change comprise the perfect storm for Greek retailers in the clothing sector, at a time when the messages from other European markets are not particularly encouraging.

The vast waste and pollution caused by the fashion industry has made recycling clothes a top priority, but only now are simple tasks like pulling the sole off a shoe being done by machines.

CETIA, a company in the southwest of France is finally offering some mechanical solutions to the challenges of recycling clothes.

Greek consumers spent 1.53 billion euros in the clothing market over the first half of the year, according to figures the Greek Fashion Association (SEPEE) released on Thursday.

This constitutes an increase of 16.6% on an annual basis from €1.3 billion in January-June 2022.

Members of the interdepartmental market control unit DIMEA found and seized thousands of bootleg goods from a clothing and footwear factory in Peristeri, western Athens, according to a statement released on Thursday.

A search on the factory turned up around 10,316 contraband items of clothing and footwear, of which 8,599 had brand imprints. 

The aviator glasses were his signature, together with the red beret. Growing up in the 1990s in Serbia, for me the red beret represented a symbol - affiliation, both formal and informal, with Serbian state security special units, notorious fighters who took part in the wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.