Category: Fashion and Beauty

  • ‘The United States of América’: how Willy Chavarria is rewriting American fashion

    ‘The United States of América’: how Willy Chavarria is rewriting American fashion

    Willy Chavarria knows well about immigrants’ contributions to the United States. As the child of an Irish-American mother and Mexican-American father who was born and raised in rural Fresno, California – a small city in the Central Valley located three hours away by car from San Francisco – Chavarria grew up in a working-class migrant…

  • Alaïa Finds American Beauty in New York

    Alaïa Finds American Beauty in New York

    Last night, Alaïa became the first fashion label to stage a runway show inside the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. It was also the first time that the French house staged a show in America since 1982, when founder Azzedine Alaïa presented his collection in New York at Bergdorf Goodman in front of Andy Warhol and…

  • Bela Padilla gears up for launch of own beauty brand

    Kristofer Purnell – Philstar.com September 7, 2024 | 2:26pm MANILA, Philippines — Actress Bela Padilla is getting ready to launch her very own beauty brand aptly named BELA by Bela. The actress has been teasing the launch of her own beauty line the past couple of days, even subtly promoting it last week during a guest…

  • Welcome to Christian Siriano’s Dark Beauty Fantasy

    Welcome to Christian Siriano’s Dark Beauty Fantasy

    When it came to designing the fairy-fantasy hair, Siriano tapped Lacy Redway (the two have worked together for many years, and the designer likens their relationship to siblings), requesting “glitter that would feel like dew drops on the hair.” Redway started by prepping hair with the TRESemme Heat Tamer Leave-In Spray, then blew out hair…

  • Terracotta Blush & More Breakthrough Beauty Trends Spotted At NYFW

    Terracotta Blush & More Breakthrough Beauty Trends Spotted At NYFW

    As soon as September rolls around, fashion’s biggest it girls defrost just in time for fashion month. The stylish few weeks kick off in New York City on Sept. 5, with design houses’ spring and summer 2025 collections walking down the runway — and inspiring beauty trends as they do so. Last season, grunge ruled…

  • Supermodel Bella Hadid ’embodies beauty, elegance and strength’ in new Chopard campaign

    Supermodel Bella Hadid ’embodies beauty, elegance and strength’ in new Chopard campaign

    Breadcrumb Trail Links Life Fashion & Beauty Caroline Scheufele, co-president and artistic director of Chopard, talks new Sculpted by Light campaign. Get the latest from Aleesha Harris straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Sep 06, 2024  •  Last updated 20 minutes ago  •  3 minute read Bella Hadid is the new global ambassador for Chopard.…

  • New York Fashion Week S/S 2025 highlights: Ralph Lauren to Proenza Schouler

    New York Fashion Week S/S 2025 highlights: Ralph Lauren to Proenza Schouler

    The arrival of New York Fashion Week S/S 2025 heralds the arrival of a month-long stint of runway shows, which will continue through September with stops in London and Milan, before culminating in Paris with a nine-day schedule ending on 1 October 2024. By then, designers will have offered a vision for the season ahead,…

  • Dudley Coppice, the New Nature-Inspired Clothing Line From Bleue Burnham

    Dudley Coppice, the New Nature-Inspired Clothing Line From Bleue Burnham

    With nature as his ultimate muse, jewellery designer Bleue Burnham is determined to infuse others with his passion for the environment through his debut clothing line September 06, 2024 Who is it? Bleue Wickham-Burnham is the UK-based founder and creative director of his eponymous jewellery line, Bleue Burnham, and new clothing collection, Dudley Coppice Why…

  • What is the future of New York Fashion Week? The city’s independent designers weigh in

    What is the future of New York Fashion Week? The city’s independent designers weigh in

    The last few seasons have seen what some might call New York Fashion Week’s ‘glow up’. After a few slow, post-pandemic outings that left seasoned editors grumbling at the sparse line-up and lack of well-known designers, there have been more new names on the schedule than ever before, as well as a steady stream of…

  • Video: Kate Winslet shares her Life Lessons

    Video: Kate Winslet shares her Life Lessons

    She may be a world-famous, Oscar-winning actress, but Kate Winslet is as refreshingly down to earth as everyone says she is. With an oeuvre of work including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Revolutionary Road and of course, Titanic, Hollywood levels of grandeur are to be expected, but as she tells Harper’s Bazaar UK in…