The 2020 annual Grammy Awards premiered Sunday January 26th and today’s top music artists vied for The Recording Academy’s most prestigious accolades. Billie Eilish may have won the most awards of the night, but Christian Siriano, Donatella Versace and Alexander Wang were among the top designers featured on the red carpet and on stage. Best…
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Each season, Milan Fashion Week gives spectators a glimpse into Italy’s world of timeless glamour. The city's historical monuments such as the Rotonda della Besana and Palazzo Archinto double as backdrops for designers, melding the past with contemporary styles. At Milan Fashion Week's most recent iteration, athleisure dominated designers' opere: loose tops, flowing jackets, maillots, and racerbacks prevailed,…
The British Fashion Council (BFC) partnered with Swarovski on Monday, December 5 at the Albert Hall in London to present The Fashion Awards 2016. The Fashion Awards is an annual fundraiser gala celebrating the year's top fashion contributors for the British Fashion Council Education Foundation charity. The British Fashion Council Education Foundation charity provides monetary scholarships to…
Milan Fashion Week SS’17 was one for the books! Between September 21st through 26th, fashion's biggest names brought the heat to the fashion capitol. Between Gigi Hadid’s admirable act of self defense between shows and Jeremy Scott’s pill-popping extravaganza at Moschino, there was nary a dull moment on and off the runways. For this season designer names like Roberto…
2016 looks like it’s going to be a global year for girl power. February 26th, on the Milan runway, Donatella Versace put the focus on female empowerment, specifically the powersuit. The Fall/Winter Versace collection gave stylish career gals a whole new way to dress for success. Fashion forces such as Karlie Kloss, Adriana Lima, Jourdan…
“THIS IS A MAN’S WORLD,” OR SO THE LINE GOES from a certain song. Well in today’s wonderful world of fashion design, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Women fashion designers are making their mark and proving there really is such a thing as having a woman’s touch when it comes to fashion design.…
On May 19th, Mert Alas posted a preview of the Versace Fall/Winter 2014 ads, which he shot with longtime collaborator Marcus Piggott. The campaign sets a mood for the line - conceptual and somewhat dark. After receiving attention for their use of pop fixture Lady Gaga in their Spring/Summer campaign, the brand let the entertainment industry take a backseat and…
In the fashion world, The Met Gala is widely known as the event of the year. Gaining entrance onto the coveted red carpet gives all of those who enter fair game to dress in the most eccentric pieces of couture that they can find. More times than not, though, many miss the mark or completely ignore…
It was announced today that Anthony Vaccarello will design the next capsule collection for Versus Versace. The Belgian designer, known for his sexy, audacious designs, will create both ready-to-wear and accessories for Versus. The collection is slated to launch at a "special event," details of which will be announced sometime in 2014. Donatella Versace has chosen to…
The annual Vogue Festival is returning for its third year, scheduled to take place on March 29 and 30th. The mega-fashion publication is partnering with upscale department store Harrods for the two-day event which will be held in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre. The festival has fetched some of the world’s most renowned…
Carine Roitfeld is almost omnipresent these days, the fashion maven seems to have her hand in everything, from guest editing VMan, to publishing hew own book and curating fashion shows. But now the former French Vogue editor-in-chief is back where she belongs at the helm of her new magazine, CR Fashion Book. CR Fashion Book…
VERSACE - MILAN F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW Donatella Versace’s Fall 2012 collection for the house of Versace, drew from her brother’s final collection, which marked a dark, modern turning point for the label, and brought it into the present day taking it in a gothic, sepulchral direction. The collection amplified the gothic elements, using crucifixes on accessories…
KRISTIAN AADNEVIK - LONDON F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW A protégé of Donatella Versace, London-based Norwegian designer Kristian Aadnevik attempted to encapsulate the wild, powerful nature of the North in his Fall 2012 collection. Aadnevik wanted his looks to be contradictorily powerful and frail at the same time. Looser elements, such as the chiffon gowns, were juxtaposed with leather…
The 64th Cannes Film Festival, which took place May 11-22, is being called one of the best in recent years, with a stellar selection of judges presided by the one and only Robert De Niro (who once said he would never return to France), the jury included actors Jude Law and Uma Thurman. Everyone was talking about the strength of…
REMEMBERING MCQUEEN Featuring Artwork by ANN DEVITO, Motion Graphics by JESUS of NIOTION ARTES. - Remembering McQueen (4:49) features original illustrations by Ann DeVito inspired by the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen's work. The multimedia presentation is juxtaposed with quotes from a variety of McQueen's contemporaries regarding his life and how they look back at his…