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,…
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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…
"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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Metropolitan Museum Announces Live Streaming from Red Carpet of Costume Institute Benefit Red carpet arrivals at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renowned Costume Institute Benefit will be live streamed on Monday, May 6, at 7:00 p.m. on the Moda Operandi, Vogue, Samsung, and Metropolitan Museum websites. Hosted by Vogue’s William Norwich and model Hilary…
Karl Lagerfeld created one of his signature high collars for a new exhibition in London entitled Brilliant, which is being held as part of the Masterpiece London Fair in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The exhibition will take place at the Royal Hospital from June 28 until July 27 and is curated by Vogue jewelry editor…
The International Center of Photography in New York is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century, Gordon Parks. Parks grew up in rural Kansas, buying a camera at the age of fourteen after seeing photos of migrant workers in a magazine. Parks moved to…
Clic Bookstore & Gallery will host an in-store book signing for the launch of Antoine Verglas's new book of photography, Show Girl. Antoine Verglas is a Parisian-born, New York-based fashion photographer who got his start as a host on a popular French TV show. After moving to New York in the 90s, Verglas began shooting…
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…
DAVID KOMA - LONDON F/W 2012 FASHION SHOW VIDEO After making his debut solo last LFW show, London designer David Koma presents an A/W 2012-13 collection that accentuates the interplay of texture and industrial embellishments. According to Vogue, Koma reported to have found inspiration in “the lithe greyhound of Louis Icart’s Art Deco paintings and…