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There’s a homespun heart to Molly Goddard’s off-kilter collections, and even to the pieces that hang in her closet, like the tablecloth she once wore to a British Fashion Council awards nominees dinner at Soho House in 2015. “I’m surprised I still fit in it,” said the designer of her long, doilylike white skirt, a piece from her B.A. show at Central Saint Martins, where she graduated with a degree in knitwear.
Wearing a tablecloth to a fancy dinner may sound like a London fashion cliché, but everyday objects — be they from the kitchen table, the home closet or the baby’s bedroom — are rich fodder for Goddard’s galloping imagination — and the industry is paying heed. The 28-year-old redhead is one of London’s breakthrough designers and the winner in the Emerging Talent category at Britain’s 2016 Fashion Awards.
She’s making a name with skirts and dresses that have volume and flourish, thanks to generous layers of tulle and the hours Goddard clocks ruching, smocking, shearing. Her collections are inspired by old knitwear patterns and children’s wear, including the gingham and frilly outfits her mother and grandmother made for her when she was a child.
She loves skewed proportions and puts a

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In Altuzarra of course.

Wow.

The gown is falling apart purposely.

Opening Ceremony’s evening at the New York City Ballet, held Saturday at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, was perhaps as poignant and engaging as a non-fashion fashion show could ever hope to be. Hitting the mark on several levels, it addressed a host of industry and broader political issues — see-now-buy-now, a creative show format, hope and fear in the Trump era — without forcing them.
In lieu of a standard fashion week fashion show, Opening Ceremony cofounders Humberto Leon and Carol Lim invited guests to a performance of “The Times Are Racing,” a new ballet by New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer Justin Peck for which Leon designed the costumes. They, in turn, inspired the spring 2017 Opening Ceremony collection. Set to music by composer and electronic musician Dan Deacon, the ballet is most untraditional, a fact underscored by the two pieces — “Fearful Symmetries” and “The Shimmering Asphalt,” both relatively classic in movement and their uniform costumes — that preceded it on the evening’s program.
Deacon’s score was the driving force behind “The Times Are Racing,” a story of American identity, and ultimately diversity, which premiered Thursday. It imagined strangers encountering each other on city streets. Peck’s contemporary

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Opening Ceremony’s cofounders Humberto Leon and Carol Lim are treading into new territory with Justin Peck, Opening Ceremony X NYCB, which bowed at 8 p.m. Saturday night during a New York City Ballet world premiere at Lincoln Center’s David Koch Theater.
Lim and Leon collaborated with the ballet’s resident choreography Justin Peck to create costumes for his new work, “The Times are Racing,” with music by Dan Deacon. The performance served as Opening Ceremony’s spring ready-to-wear presentation with guests that included buyers, press and family.
“The ballet was the perfect opportunity to invite people to experience the collection in a different platform and different venue,” Lim said. “It’s for this season that we’re doing that. We’ll have some sort of celebration during women’s fashion week.”
“Times” interprets encounters between strangers on city streets, conveying serendipity and connections. Lim and Leon drew on 19th-century images of Ellis Island, where immigrants from diverse backgrounds crossed paths. The spring collection is a meditation on the American melting pot and a not-so-subtle rebuke of President Trump’s immigration policies, which include building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico to prevent illegal crossings.
“The election has been really top-of-mind for Humberto and me and the rest of the world. Justin was influenced by what was happening in the world. The piece is pretty exciting and hopeful

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FOREVER STAMPED: On Feb. 16, the final day of New York Fashion Week, Oscar de la Renta will host a ceremony with the U.S. Postal Service honoring the fashion house’s upcoming collaboration on a series of postage stamps for 2017, announced last month.
The Forever Stamp First-Day-of-Issue Stamp Dedication Ceremony, open to the public, will take place at 11 a.m. at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal and feature speakers including Hillary Clinton and Anna Wintour. Anderson Cooper will emcee the event.
The collection of 11 Oscar de la Renta Commemorative Forever Stamps feature a black-and-white portrait of the late designer, taken by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, as well as 10 additional stamps with close-up details from de la Renta’s most memorable gowns.
The stamps, designed by art director Derry Noyes, go on sale on Feb. 16.

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The Ethiopian Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) has awarded the construction of two new textile and apparel industrial parks in Addis Ababa and Jimma to two Chinese construction firms, in a deal worth around ETB5bn (US$221.2m).

Next month the organisers of the Kingpins denim sourcing show will add to their repertoire by broadcasting an expert panel discussion in partnership with just-style exploring the intersection between government and the textile and fashion industries.

German development agency GIZ is helping Bangladesh universities to train the country’s next generation of textile managers with social, environmental and ethical skills.