One of the most talked-about fashion events of the year, the Met Gala, took place on September 13 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate the opening of the Costume Institute's exhibit, In America: A Lexicon of Fashion. People flocked to social media to share their takes on the guests' style hits and misses and comment…
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Simon Porte Jacquemus celebrated the release of his new Fall/Winter 2021 collection, LA MONTAGNE, with his first fashion show for over a year taking place in a film studio in Saint-Denis. The collection featured over 50 new looks and pulled inspiration from the mountains of Simon's native hometown of Salon de Provence in France. For…
L Brands, Victoria's Secret parent company, confirmed last Thursday that the famed Victoria's Secret fashion show is canceled, at least for now. Chief Financial Officer Stuart Burgdoerfer claimed the show was great for branding at the time of its first airing in 2001, but now it's time for the company to evolve. Significant declines in…
Coachella 2019 weekend one came to a close, with music sets from Ariana Grande, Cardi B, Tame Impala, Diplo and more. The celebrity-invaded Polo fields brought outfit inspirations and most importantly, lots to talk about. From the technical difficulties that sabotaged Ariana's and Nicki's performance (most artists also suffered from technical issues - Solange even…
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,…
Once a year, the stars of the fashion and art worlds align for the most prestigious museum event of the year - the annual Met Ball. Corresponding with the upcoming exhibition, Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between, the 2017 edition of the ball will honor 74-year-old designer Rei Kawakubo with a Comme des…
Marc Jacobs is always the finale of New York Fashion Week for a reason! His latest collection on September 15th at the Hammerstein Ballroom was the perfect closing spectacle and just the thing to wake up fatigue fashion editors after 9 days of trekking around NYC. For SS’17 the season designer gave us a world…
#YEEZYSEASON4 (@gq) A video posted by YEEZYSEASON 1/2/3/4 (@yeezyseason2) on Sep 7, 2016 at 3:22pm PDT For Yeezy season 4 Kanye West shuttled a barrage of editors and guest to Roosevelt Island to take in his latest parade of monochromatic bodysuits. https://twitter.com/VVFriedman/status/773615728180260864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw While the location added a layer of secrecy to the show, it also turned…
For the last eighteen years, Chopard has been an official partner of Cannes Film Festival so it is no surprise that the luxury jewelry brand has perfected the art of party hosting on the French Riviera. This year, celebrities and socialites got rowdy at Chopard’s annual late night, “Wild” party. The jungle-fever themed event went…
The theme for this year’s Met Gala was “Manus X Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology” and celebrated the coinciding exhibit which highlights technology’s effect on the world of style. On the red carpet the theme inspired fashion’s elite to wear garments that featured metallic details, latex, and a ton of silver. Chaired by…
Balmain's fall/winter 2016 collection was an ode to the Kardashian clan that the designer loves oh so much. Olivier Rousteing's #BalmainArmy was a supermodel clad group, decked out in elaborate outfits focused on female curves. Kendall Jenner both opened and closed the show, which was held on March 3rd. The natural dark-haired model debuted blonde locks…
Usually when recapping Chanel's newest collection, a few sentences must be dedicated to the set. Over-the-top, unique, and unthinkable, Chanel's sets have ranged from supermarkets, to airplanes, to gardens and stopped at a few other daring places in-between. For fall/winter 2016, Chanel surprised us once again, but this time it was for a different reason. A…
From Kanye to Karl, 2016 is turning out to be a year of “waves.” Seismic swirls were the focus of Lagerfeld’s Fall/Winter Fendi collection on February 25th. The motif showed up in ruffle collars, flouncy shoulders, curly cut-outs, fabulous furs, and stripey prints. https://www.instagram.com/p/BCQNDv6L4PF/?taken-by=fendi Lagerfeld explained that the singular obsession was somehow related to Albert…
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…
On Valentines Day 2016, Diane von Furstenberg put a stake through the heart of the traditional fashion show. Furstenberg who is also the president of the CFDA, ditched the runway in favor of a star-powered presentation party at her company headquarters in the meatpacking district. On the ground floor, models in casual looks of printed separates, flouncy blouses and…
Marc Jacobs' Fall/Winter presentation was the perfect finale to heat up a freezing fashion week. On February 18th, at the Park Avenue Armory, he sent sixty-five looks down the runway to the rapt attention of fashion editors, buyers, and a celebrity-filled front row that included Sandra Bernhard, Juliette Lewis, Kiernan Shipka, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Emily Ratajkowski, Rachel…
Kanye West once again disrupted the New York Fashion Week schedule and the status quo with his Yeezy Season 3, presentation. The event, held on February 11th at Madison Square Gardens was simultaneously a fashion show, album debut, performance piece, and cultural commentary. Long time West collaborator, the artist Vanessa Beecroft, orchestrated the show which…
Olivier Rousteing is usually surrounded by an army of the hottest stars of the social media generation but for Balmain’s SS16 campaign there is not a Jenner or Hadid in sight. The 30-year-old designer completely surprised the fashion world when he used Instagram to reveal the newest Balmain lookbook featuring the age-defying bodies of 90s supermodels,…
Balmain's 2015 fall ad campaign is officially a family affair, calling on all power sisters and duos for its new campaign. Balmain has always been known for its long list of celebrities such as Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West, who have joined the brand's army. But this time the high end fashion label is looking to…
Who knew that recycling fashion could be chic? In the current whirlwind cycle of the fashion circuit, the encore performance of a traveling show has become popular for some of fashion's biggest houses. Usually traveling to a less couture saturated place like China or the Far East, these shows take collections that have already been…