The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery celebrated its 2019 Portrait Circle Spring Soirée on April 8, with a conversation on art, portraiture, and fashion featuring Christy Turlington Burns and Tonne Goodman. More than 200 guests gathered under the museum’s Foster + Partners-designed Kogod Courtyard to enjoy champagne and passed hors d'oeuvres followed by a program of…
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JACKIE FILM GAINS ACCOLADES FOR ITS DEPICTION OF THE FIRST LADY
Jackie, released in select films this past weekend, has caught the media's attention for its stylistic spin on a true story surrounding the enigma that has been Jackie Onassis Kennedy, written off by many as merely an interesting figure for a fashion plate or coffee book table. Not to be rash, the film did do an…
TRUMP’S MISOGYNY CREATES A NEW FEMALE SOLIDARITY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KOQfZ0Zd0 On October 19th, at the third and final presidential debate, Donald Trump out-Trumped himself with his most inane insult yet. As democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, answered a question about social security, Trump interrupted her with the random statement, “Such a nasty woman.” While Trump’s comment was meant to put Clinton in a negative light,…
ALEXANDER WANG IS GETTING THE PARTY STARTED FOR APPLE MUSIC
Alexander Wang's runway shows are known for their hip and upbeat music which explains why he was chosen to be the first designer to work with Apple Music’s fashion channel. As one of fashion's most popular tastemakers it makes sense that he was tapped to team up with the trendy music streaming service. For his collaboration, he…
DAVID BOWIE – ROCK N’ ROLL ANGEL 1947-2016
As by now you’ll have surely heard, this week we lost David Bowie, one of music’s ultimate legends. The singer-songwriter and gifted showman died on Sunday after secretly battling cancer for 18-months, plunging the world into widespread mourning. Passing away only two days after his 69th birthday, Bowie’s death was announced in the way of…
TOP TEN FASHION FILMS RIGHT NOW
The Fashion Film Network has released a list of the top ten fashion films right now, from a variety of global brands and independent film makers, don't miss out on viewing some incredible short film making dedicated to fashion. 1. Dior's Dior Sauvage directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino (1.20) This brand new Dior film stars Johnny Depp and is…
DARK PATTERNS AND SLEEK CUTS FOR MARC JACOBS NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Marc Jacobs' Winter runway show debuted on February 19th at New York Fashion Week. The clothes were slick and sexy, with wet looking bugle bead embellishments, and dark evening fabrics. Inspired by Jeremiah Goodman's painting of the apartment of former editor-in-chief of Vogue, Diana Vreeland, the set was hand painted by Oliphant Studios to create an atmosphere…
RICHARD AVEDON @ GAGOSIAN – ROME – FEB 27 – APR 11
"Avedon: Beyond Beauty" Gagosian Rome, Via Francesco Crispi 16, Rome February 27 - April 11, 2015 Gagosian Rome presents “Avedon: Beyond Beauty,” a career-spanning exhibition that includes nearly every editioned fashion photograph from Richard Avedon’s highly distinctive and influential oeuvre, as well as a number of his iconic portraits of female subjects. The opening reception…
SUPERMODEL CHANEL IMAN ON MODELING AND ROLE MODELS – EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
At the age of 12, Chanel Iman launched a whirlwind modeling career after being signed to Ford Models in Los Angeles, where she grew up. “I was the youngest black girl to be on all of the catwalks … you know, that was really rare!” She would subsequently, in a few short years, be crowned…
THE 11TH ANNUAL CFDA/VOGUE FASHION FUND AWARDS
On Monday, November 3rd, 2014, Seth Meyers and Stella McCartney hosted the 11th annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards at Spring Studios in New York. The winning recipient amongst this year's group of young American designers was shoe designer Paul Andrew, and runner-ups were Eva Zuckerman of the jewelry line Eva Fehren, and womenswear designer Ryan Roche. The night, which…
SO WHAT’S THIS “FREE THE NIPPLE” REALLY ALL ABOUT?
After weeding out trends for the Spring/Summer 2015 collections from New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week, there was a trend that got a lot of people talking about the London collections, but was only whispered about in New York. What I'm talking about here is nipples. While sheer to completely transparent fabrics often grace runways, (remember when Charlie Le Mindu opened his Paris…
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER BIDS ADIEU TO READY-TO-WEAR @ PARIS FASHION WEEK SPRING 2015
On Saturday, September 27th, 2014, the iconic designer Jean-Paul Gaultier made his final ready-to-wear collection, which was shown as part of Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015. In standard Gaultier manner, the glitzy and glamorous show took place in Paris' Le Grand Rex cinema, also known as the largest movie theater in all of Europe. Celebrities, fans, editors and designers all…
HORST P. HORST @ V&A MUSEUM – LONDON – SEPT 6 – JAN 4
Horst: Photographer of Style Victoria & Albert Museum, London September 6th, 2014 - January 4th, 2015 "Fashion is an expression of the times. Elegance is something else again." Horst, 1984 Horst P. Horst (1906-99) created images that transcend fashion and time. He was a master of light, composition and atmospheric illusion, who conjured a world of…
BROOKE SHIELDS ON LIFE AND WHAT MAKES A LEGEND – EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Brooke Shields is well known for a number of high-profile touchstones, including but not limited to playing a child prostitute in 1978’s Pretty Baby; 1980s erotic coming-of-age film The Blue Lagoon; the romantic drama Endless Love; not to mention those Calvin Klein ads and that Vogue cover, which, at fourteen, made her the youngest model…
LAUREL’S “SHELLS” VIDEO + TOUR DATES
On August 7th, "Shells" music video by 20-year old Laurel was featured in a special premiere on Vogue.com. Stated by Vogue, "It doesn't take long to realize that she is not simply a doe-eyed teenager, but a seriously self-assured songwriter whose drawn, and deserves, comparisons to Lana Del Rey, Lorde, and Florence and the Machine."…
THE FASHION WORLD HONORS BRITISH VOGUE’S BEATRIX MILLER
Memorial services were held yesterday at St George's Church in Mayfair in remembrance of iconic British Vogue editor Beatrix Miller, who passed away on February 21 at the age of 90. The dedicated journalist devoted her life to pursuit of the craft, beginning her career with British Society magazine The Queen in 1958 before taking…
THE KIM AND KANYE VOGUE COVER BACKLASH
Just when we thought we'd seen it all, Anna Wintour, American Vogue's editor-in-chief, goes and puts Kanye West and Kim Kardashian on the cover of the magazine's April issue. Many fashionistas are in an uproar over the unveiling of the cover, claiming that the magazine has lost it's dignity by putting two of the most…
TERRY UNDER FIRE – MORE MODEL ACCUSATIONS
Another year, another accusation against Terry Richardson. We've heard handfuls of models anonymously speaking out about alleged sexual abuse by the hand of the famed photographer, but this time model Charlotte Waters is stepping out of anonymity. Back in 2009, Charlotte Waters was an aspiring nude model who had an already impressive resume having had shot with…
PHOTOSHOP IN FASHION: TIMES ARE CHANGING
Photoshop in the fashion industry has long been a topic of debate - whether it be with your girlfriends, with celebrities defending the process, or with magazines apologizing for retouched photos, the discussions always end the same: excessive photoshop needs to stop. In this month's Vogue, Lena Dunham appears to have grown several inches, lost…
THE ANNA WINTOUR REALITY SHOW
Fashion heavyweights have joined forces to discover the industry's next big thing, with Vogue's Anna Wintour at the helm of a brand new television series focusing on one of fashion's most coveted competitions. Every year fifty young designers compete for the chance to win the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, and this year the process will be shown over…