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Best dressed from the 2024 Brit Awards
Jim Dyson//Getty Images Marisa Abela Dave Benett//Getty Images Marisa Abela was pictured arriving at the awards in a bespoke polka-dot Miu Miu two piece. Kylie Minogue Jim Dyson//Getty Images Kylie Minogue walked the red carpet in a custom Alexandre Vauthier gown, featuring a ruffled asymmetric skirt, and Jimmy Choo pumps. Dua Lipa Karwai Tang//Getty Images…
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How Paris Fashion Week Brands Are Selling Desire For Fall 2024
Beyond basic requirements of everyday life and decency we don’t need fashion. Fashion isn’t about need. It’s about desire and conjuring that desire through emotion by attaching emotion to inanimate objects. For Fall ‘24, Paris Fashion Week brands stepped up to the mark harnessing sensuality, childish wonder and storytelling in the pursuit of that all…
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What Are Fashion Designers Doing Next? Creating Watches.
Several blue-chip watch brands are teaming up with female fashion designers to appeal to women. Fashion designers have spent the last few weeks presenting their new collections, focused on styles for fall. But many also have been introducing new looks for some of the most recognizable names in watchmaking. On Feb. 2, a week before…
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5 Best Iris Apfel fashion moments explored as celebrated designer dies at 102
Iris Apfel, the style influencer, had an aura of positivity and vibrancy that was showcased through her eccentric clothes and iconic bright red lipstick. Considering that the style icon lived up to 102 years, the world was blessed with decades of fashion inspiration from the late fashionista. With a background as a fashion copywriter for…
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Angelica Kauffman; Sargent and Fashion review
Two women were among the 34 artists who founded the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768 – not that you would know it from Johan Zoffany’s notorious group portrait of the founders in breeches and periwigs. The scene is a life drawing class, arranged around a naked male model. The artists are all busy observation…
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Young Kaska designer from the Yukon makes waves at fashion show in Italy
Starting your own business can be tough, and Natasha Peter had lately been wondering if it was time to give up on her venture, Kaska Dena Designs. “Since the beginning of the year I’ve been like, really thinking about quitting,” she said. “You know how businesses are, there’s a lot of ups and downs.” This week, though, things…
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Did The Row’s no-phone policy at Paris Fashion Week flop in China?
On February 28 in Paris, The Row transported the industry back to an era when fashion shows were exclusive events reserved solely for the eyes of guests, when editors clutched their notepads to plan their show reports. Banning photos and videos, the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen-owned brand told Fall 2024 attendees, “We kindly ask that…
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Alexander McQueen Fall 2024 Ready-to-Wear: Smash It All to Hell
He got the savage, but maybe not the beauty. Sean McGirr’s debut was like an old school Alexander McQueen runway show in one respect: we were in the middle of effing nowhere in the dark and rain, and everyone left with an opinion. Taking over a damp warehouse, and using industrial tubing for seating, McGirr…
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Indiana Men Claim Third-Straight Big Ten Championship Title In Dominant Fashion
2024 MEN’S BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS The Indiana men claimed their third-straight Big Ten conference title on Saturday. They scored 1520 points, winning the meet by 294 points over Ohio State. Relays were a major highlight of these championships for the Hoosiers. They claimed gold in four of the five, including a sweep of the day…
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Is fashion trash? Yes
The most wonderful thing about the internet is that before things are in fashion, they are a viral trend already. Case in point: The just concluded Milan Fashion Week, where a young Swedish fashion label called Avavav has stolen the spotlight from houses such as Armani, Jil Sander, Missoni, Bottega Veneta, and even Dolce &…
