Fashion history lovers, rejoice: on February 20th, Rizzoli will release "Dior Images: Paolo Roversi," a volume of photographs from publications including British Vogue, Vogue Paris, and W that spotlight creations by Dior's line of artistic directors Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons, and Maria Grazia Chiuri. The book celebrates the maison's 70th anniversary and features exclusive photographs by Paolo Roversi…
In the wake of Donald Trump’s first attempt at the Muslim travel and immigration ban and as families are being broken up by I.C.E. raids and deportations, it’s increasingly important to express solidarity for those put in danger by the current administration. Enter in the fashion industry - while some designers have vast histories of…
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…
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…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1n3EdETCOU Vidal Sassoon, the English hairdresser known for revolutionizing hairstyling both technically and aesthetically, died after a long battle with leukaemia at age 84 on May 9, 2012 in Los Angeles. Sassoon invented the "wash and wear" philosophy, liberating a generation of women from constant trips to the salon for almost daily upkeep and styling. He is…
