AJPW has announced the participants for this year’s Champion Carnival tournament. During this evening’s show at Korakuen Hall, the company announced the ten participants for this year’s tournament:  AJPW Triple Crown Champion Suwama Zeus Kento Miyahara Shuji Ishikawa Jake Lee Yuma Aoyagi Shotaro Ashino Koji Doi Kohei Sato Shinjiro Otani Zeus won last year’s tournament, …

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Daniel Ricciardo says he struggled to nestle his “wide hips” inside McLaren’s new car during his initial seat fitting, putting him on the limit of the MCL35M’s cockpit dimensions. F1 teams’ quest for optimal aerodynamics over the years has led to slimmer cockpits that have proven to be a tight or downright uncomfortable fit for …

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Paris – “What fashion week?” says French model Christelle Yambayisa, only half-joking. Normally, at this time of year, the world’s fashionistas would have descended en masse on Paris for the latest womenswear collections. Instead, the whole thing has been relegated to the internet once again due to the pandemic, and models are having to find …

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Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers the essential print and pattern directions from the Men’s Fall Winter 2021-22 international designer collections. Tapping into the core themes of the season, prints explore nostalgic sensibilities and reworkings of classic menswear patterns. Continuing the move towards more unisex and genderless dressing, traditional print elements from womenswear are also reconsidered though …

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Australian GP organisers have added a few changes to the layout of Melbourne’s Albert Park street circuit in a bid to boost overtaking opportunities in specific areas of the track. The lingering COVID-19 crisis and travel restrictions in Australia forced Aussie GP organizers to push back their event to the back half of the 2021 …

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Click:bamboo rods The British Fashion Council has announced the shortlisted designers for the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund 2021. This year’s shortlist includes Alighieri, Asai, Bethany Williams, Chopova Lowena, Completedworks, E.L.V. Denim, Halpern, Kwaidan Editions, Olubiyi Thomas, Richard Malone and Supriya Lele. Established in 2008, the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund aims to celebrate “exceptional talent and …

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As the women’s ready to wear shows start off yet another digital season, what will happen to the fashion industry in 2021? Companies must pay attention to five trends that Covid-19 accelerated as our new normal, according to insights by McKinsey. These are a drop in demand, a substantial shift to digital shopping, renewed consumer …

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Juan Manuel Correa slot himself behind the wheel of single-seater race car yesterday at Paul Ricard, 533 days after the 21-year-old tragic Formula 2 crash at Spa in August, 2019. The Ecuadorian-American hopeful was severely injured in the horror crash that claimed the life of French driver and Renault protégé Anthoine Hubert during the Belgian …

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Trend forecasters Christine Boland and Lidewij Edelkoort have used the words ‘new roaring twenties’ to describe the coming trends and Belgian designer Raf Simons also hinted at the possibility. If it can all be done safely, will people go wild, or will they still keep a certain amount of decency as soon as things reopen? …

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Beauty retailer Sephora is collaborating with premium fashion accessories brand Brother Vellies, designed by founder and creative director, Aurora James on an exclusive collection of make-up bags. The new partnership, part of the Sephora Collection, features three make-up bags ranging in price from 30 – 48 US dollars, available at Sephora and on Sephora.com for …

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