The pandemic accelerated the trend of designers going direct-to-consumer, which had already been in motion for years. The shift is unlocking the freedom to their decision about what they create, how much is produced, how it’s shipped, when it’s delivered, and what it should cost.

With schools and studios closed and access to materials limited, the students had to rely on themselves during their senior year, finding different ways to cope.

Natalie Lim Suarez of Natalie Off Duty is ready to tackle the swimwear world. Her novel swim collaboration managed to divert our thinking away from the fashion world's cookie-cutter perfectionism, and make it invigorating.

As turmoil permeates through the entire country, it is paramount to submit our lives and industries to self-inspection. How are we actually affecting change?

When Georgiana Huddart and the original founder of Hunza G, Peter Meadows relaunched the womenswear label in 2015, they were starting from zero.

MARYSIA designer Marysia Dobrzanska Reeves launched her first swim collection made from sustainable fabric this March. Sustainability is a major topic of conversation in the fashion industry at the moment, and it’s a movement that has pressing momentum behind it.

Today, we are featuring petitePARADE’s story that honors two forces who prove that women can do it all. Influenced by women and becoming mothers, these two very-important-females have cultivated famed brands for women and children alike. Take note, this is what power looks like kids…

Shivers. If retail giants of yore and present alike are filing, or preparing to file, for bankruptcy – what is the lone brand to expect?

Wistfully thinking about your office desk? Its hieroglyphic mess that only you can decipher? The comfy chair that leans just the right amount? Consider them nostalgic remnants of a not-so-distant past.

Modeling. A vocation truly affected by the current state of affairs in the world. Nevertheless, models and their agencies are uniting in an effort to push through, not only their livelihoods, but the vision of the fashion industry at large.

Is my company going to survive? You will find it easier, and more importantly truer, to observe from a perspective of why. Why is my company going to survive? To answer that question, you’d have to look into your practices and self. Be honest – why does your brand deserve to survive?

Outlining profitable trends, to reduce sampling and manufacturing items that consumers don't want to buy, will be more important than ever. When looking for new product ideas, designers need to think how many will actually become bestsellers.  are known companies adapting to new processes, or startups given the spotlight for their disruptive approach.

Today we are going through a very difficult time. We had to change drastically and reduce our team and supplies. We even sold our Fall/Winter collections that we are still not been able to produce because all the manufactures are close

Times of the brand leading the consumer are soon to become a thing of the past, usurped by the new generation using companies and their products however they deem meaningful.

Karina, the founder of Stitchlab, a talent incubator showcasing the best curation of Latin American designers in the US, invited PARAISO’s Creative Director, Natalija Dedic Stojanovic, and Catalina Hernandez Bernal, Fashion Export Manager of ProColombia to an insightful interview via @stitchlabmia IG Live.

Paraiso will join forces with Fashinnovation to advocate for a united fashion industry and share the messaging of “Fashion Is to LOVE”. The 2 day summit will promote the concept of solidarity, respect, innovation, and collaboration…

Hannah Myers, a senior at The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and the winner of Paraiso UpCycle Challenge is one of many students that won’t be able to present their collections at their annual graduate shows.