FROM MAJOR TO MINOR: Still on a high, and jet-lagged, from their seven-week sabbatical in the U.S. and Canada, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are making waves once again with news they want to step back from royal life and spend less time in the U.K. Their plan is to renounce their status as […]
In the year of the 10th anniversary of the brand, Alessandro Dell’Acqua wanted to celebrate No. 21’s signature elements with the pre-fall collection. “There are no re-editions of pieces, we just focused on those elements [that] contributed to the success of the brand over the past decade,” said the designer, who set aside any nostalgic […]
Galleries Collection Victoria Beckham stayed true to form, sending out a snazzy collection of daywear in saturated, eye-catching colors and Seventies flower power prints. There was lots of soft corduroy, from the wide wale trousers in grasshopper green or caffe latte to a tailored pinwale suit in baby blue. The latter was cinched at the […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — “Never before has our brand assortment been so global,” said Elizabeth von der Goltz, Net-a-porter’s global buying director, on a quick visit to Dubai. She said the e-tailer currently has 12 brands from the Middle East, 15 Danish brands, 17 Korean, nine Japanese and 43 from Australia. “We are working […]
California leads in taking major steps in cruelty-free beauty. On Jan. 1, the California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, which bans stores from selling cosmetics tested on animals, was enacted. Though a number of foreign countries had banned the practice, including the European Union in 2013, the initiative marks the first U.S. state to do so. Signed […]
Galleries Collection The concept of uniform was key at Versace this pre-fall. Empowering women, making them looking and feeling strong has always been one of Donatella Versace’s top priorities. A prerogative that was still at the top of her agenda this season, as she demonstrated with a lineup focused on the concept of uniform. But […]
The identity was very strong and definitely not random at the Random Identities show, which Stefano Pilati staged on Thursday at Florence’s Stazione Leopolda, which was turned into an underground club with red lights and smoke. In the span of only a few seasons, the designer silently carved out a very clear personality for his […]
With a canon of iconic fashion moments that date back almost three decades, fashion icon Jennifer Lopez not disappoint with her Golden Globes 2020 look. Lopez arrived at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, where she is nominated for best supporting actress for “Hustlers,” in a custom white Valentino dress decorated with an embellished emerald […]
“What family doesn’t have its ups and downs?” So mused Katharine Hepburn’s Eleanor of Aquitaine after a feisty spat with her husband, Peter O’Toole’s Henry II, in “The Lion in Winter.” I haven’t seen it in years and couldn’t locate the specific clip on YouTube, but if memory serves, Eleanor’s rhetorical query comes after a […]
The stuccoed rooms of Palazzo Gerini with chandeliers covered in drapes and burning candles served as a cinematic backdrop for Brioni’s fall 2020 event, a hybrid of a presentation and a musical live performance curated by fashion historian Olivier Saillard with classical instruments players acting as models. Even if the setting looked highly suggestive, it […]