Category: Fashion and Beauty

  • Philippines’ Chelsea Manalo very busy with Miss Universe training; tight-lipped on pageant plans

    Deni Rose M. Afinidad-Bernardo – Philstar.com September 30, 2024 | 3:26pm MANILA, Philippines — Miss Universe Philippines 2024 Chelsea Manalo is mum on the details of her pageant journey. At a recent interview with Philstar.com at the opening of Lacoste Pop-Up store in Greenbelt 5, Makati City where Chelsea was a guest, the Filipino-American model…

  • Miss Universe Philippines 2024 Chelsea Manalo shares modeling advice

    Deni Rose M. Afinidad-Bernardo – Philstar.com September 30, 2024 | 3:07pm MANILA, Philippines — How did Chelsea Manalo become so good at her social media feeds that she went viral and eventually won as Miss Universe Philippines 2024? At a recent interview with Philstar.com at the opening of Lacoste Pop-Up store in Greenbelt 5, Makati City where Chelsea…

  • Rankin on photographing fashion icons Kate Moss and Vivienne Westwood

    Rankin on photographing fashion icons Kate Moss and Vivienne Westwood

    As part of The Drum’s Fashion & Beauty Focus, the Glasgow-born photographer breaks down exactly what went down on some of the most infamous shoots that have gone on to define a decades-long career. In 1991, Rankin and fellow London College of Printing student Jefferson Hack launched the magazine Dazed & Confused. What started as…

  • Navratri 2024: From Sara to Kareena take fashion inspo from your fav divas for your Garba nights

    Navratri 2024: From Sara to Kareena take fashion inspo from your fav divas for your Garba nights

    Navratri is just around the corner and if you are still confused about what to pick for your Garba nights, here’s some inspiration from your favourite stars for Navratri this year: Traditional mirror work and intricate embroidery continue to dominate Navratri fashion. Create Sara’s look with bold mirror design lehenga paired with vibrant colors and…

  • Molly-Mae’s long-awaited fashion brand has finally launched

    Your support helps us to tell the story Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda. Louise Thomas Editor Find out more Weeks after her shock split with Tommy Fury, Molly-Mae…

  • Valentino Spring 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection

    Valentino Spring 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection

    Well, that was sensational! After a two-year gap, Alessandro Michele was back on the runway today in Paris, the new man at Valentino. In his absence, fashion has fallen into a quiet luxury funk that we’ve all gotten so used to we didn’t realize quite how good his maximal, more-is-better vibes could make us feel.…

  • Valentino debuts new designer, reviving the brand’s bold legacy

    Valentino debuts new designer, reviving the brand’s bold legacy

    Alessandro Michele’s debut as Valentino’s creative director injected the fun and fearlessness fashion month has been waiting for. Having previously been at the helm of Gucci, Michele joined Valentino in March and his spring/summer 2025 collection was highly anticipated. His collection marks a daring and imaginative new chapter for the storied fashion house. With his…

  • Alessandro Michele is back: inside the designer’s ‘deeply felt’ debut show for Valentino

    Alessandro Michele is back: inside the designer’s ‘deeply felt’ debut show for Valentino

    It was always going to be a moment. Nearly two years to the day, Alessandro Michele showed his final collection for Gucci in Milan, exiting the Italian house two months later. This afternoon in Paris, the Rome-born designer made his hotly awaited return to the runway with his debut collection for Valentino, a so-called ‘Pavillon…

  • Victoria’s secrets: A week of beauty and fashion

    Victoria’s secrets: A week of beauty and fashion

    Rabbi Marc Schneier (second from l.) hosted producer/director Rick Minnich and the Grennfield family. Sign up for our QNS email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! It was with delight that I saw the invitation to the viewing of the new movie “The Presidents’ Tailor” at The Hampton…

  • Creating Beauty Behind Bars

    Creating Beauty Behind Bars

    “Fashion is an education in beauty,” said Caterina Micolano, standing in the unbeautiful gray confines of the Bollate prison on the outskirts of Milan. The president of the Cooperativa Alice, Ms. Micolano oversees the organization’s sewing workshops that train prison inmates and former prisoners in Italian sartorial craft. “The ‘Made in Italy’ method teaches you…