Fashion and Hollywood Come Together for amfAR Inspiration Gala
Valentino, J.Lo and Liza with a Z.
Valentino, J.Lo and Liza with a Z.
The 2013 CFDA awards, fashion’s Oscars if you will, will be handed out in mere hours. The industry has been gathering to recognize and honor its leading talents since 1981.
A lot has changed since the early years of the awards. What was once a small intimate industry event is now a widely covered celebrity event. “I think it reflects a broader shift over the last few years where fashion has become more and more popular,” Style.com’s editor in chief Dirk Standen told us. “The internet has had a lot to do with that. It’s entertainment on a par with movies and music.”
So to prep you for tonight’s awards we’ve assembled this handy primer. In it you’ll find the complete list of nominees, our predictions on who will take home the big prizes, and all the celebrity presenters and attendees slated to show up.
After ten years out of the spotlight, following a horrific, debilitating traffic accident, ubiquitous 90s model Kiara Kabukuru is finally ready for her comeback. Her latest gig? Hosting Monday’s CFDA Awards red carpet for Style.com, the only site airing the event.
We caught up with Kabukuru to talk about how fashion’s changed in the last decade, and why she’s ready to come back to the industry now.
As if the amfAR Gala’s red carpet wasn’t enough to push you into fashion sensory overload, we now have the night’s main event–the all-gold fashion show curated by Carine Roitfeld–to drool over.
On Mother’s Day, Kim Kardashian opened up about how “nervous and anxious” she is about becoming a mom. {US Weekly}
Speaking of motherhood, there’s a rumor that Beyoncé is pregnant again. She’s keeping “mum” for now. {NY Post}
Sienna Miller on that Met Ball kiss with Cara Delevingne: “She kissed me!” More interesting? Miller revealed she almost ate a maggot on the set of TV film The Girl. {Metro UK}
Victoria Beckham really does smile, OK? She tweeted a picture of herself as proof. {Grazia}
It’s here! It’s here! The Met Ball red carpet is finally underway. So the fashion is great–though not exactly punk. According to Anna Wintour, though, her florals are punk, in a way: Andrew Bolton, the currator of the exhibit told her that pink was the real color of punk. Hence the color scheme. So there. Read more →
Ralph Lauren is finally out of hot water with the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission–and all it took was paying a $1.6 million fine.
The Great Gatsby! It’s finally happening. And I know this is fashion sacrilege, but boy could I give a hoot. Mostly because I am—please don’t hurt me—not a fan of Baz Luhrmann’s films. I do, however, love the story and Miuccia Prada, so if it gets great reviews I might see it.
Yet whether you’re a Baz fanatic, an F. Scott Fitzgerald disciple, or none of the above, it’s difficult not to imagine this film having a tremendous effect on what we’ll see on the Spring 2014 runways. After all, designers love a Roaring Twenties reference.
However, I think the impact may turn out to be minimal, and here’s why.
Can you believe awards season is already coming to an end? It seems like it was just yesterday that we were picking our dresses (pretend, for famous people) for the Globes! Now, the Oscars are just two days away and thanks to the recent couture and fall shows, celebs have fresh crop of Oscar-worthy gowns to pluck from!
Thanks, Marc, for moving your main line to the last spot on the grid, on the day that Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein’s Francisco Costa show. You made it very easy for Report Card when selecting the final critics’ picks for most buzzed about runway spectacles.
Fashion week came, and brought a feisty lil’ friend named Nemo along for the ride–forcing us to consider forgoing, “Well, doesn’t she look chic!” for, “Well, doesn’t she look warm?!” The runways begged to differ, offering up endless new ways to bundle-up beautifully for fall 2013. Check out our top ten trend takeaways from the fashion week that weathered the storm in style.
Ralph Lauren loves a theme. It’s always a fun game to try to guess what it’s going to be each season: The American West? English Countryside? The Far East? Toreador?
This season Lauren went to Russia, a theme that would have seemed even more fitting just days ago when the streets were blanketed with snow.