While the recent tragedies in Bangladesh’s garment factories are a reminder of how far the retail industry has to go in terms of reform, it’s important to highlight those rare stories of fashion brands that do support the communities they work in. The latest project from Maiyet, the creation of a state-of-the-art weaving facility in Varanasi, India, to preserve the ancient silk-weaving tradition there, is one such story.
It doesn’t get much more elegant than Marion Cotillard in Dior or Nicole Kidman in Oscar de la Renta, nor does it get much cooler than Willow Smith in Chanel or Diane Kruger in Preen.
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It’s too bad Christopher Bailey’s fall 2013 Burberry show missed Valentine’s Day by only about four days. Dubbed ‘Trench Kiss’ by the designer, it was the most romantic, loved-up collection we’ve seen from the designer. Perhaps it was a love note to all of Bailey’s adoring fans–the front row included A-listers like Douglas Booth, Olivia Palermo, Melanie Laurent, Michelle Dockery, Rita Ora, Freida Pinto, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Kate Beckinsale.
There were hearts and leopard prints, which gave a quirky, girly twist to the brand’s signature trenches and daywear.
From Jennifer Lawrence’s perfectly intact Dior couture gown to Homeland star Morena Baccarin’s reptilian hair flair, here’s who looked swaggy and who was just plain saggy on the SAG Awards red carpet.
Awards season keeps chugging along, bringing us all the strapless/fishtail silhoeuttes and Veronica Lake waves we can handle. The red carpet at the Screen Actor’s Guild awards just wrapped up, and the usual suspects showed up looking flawless.
While New York fashion week is upon us here in the USA, across the pond, over in Italy, Hollywood is putting on a different kind of fashion show on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival. From Blake Lively to Kate Hudson, Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars stepped up to show off their most Read more →
Once designed for women with budgets in polar opposition to mine, women about to take off on a fantastical and lavish holiday, resort collections were also secondary occurrences to their ready-to-wear sibling, dignified with a lookbook at best.
Last night in Paris, Salvatore Ferragamo went quite radically the other way. The Florentine label, sponsors of the current Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre, used the opportunity to throw a lavish runway show at the museum, with a couture-worthy casting and front row.
Actresses, models and singers are used to baring their souls for the camera–and now they’re baring all that and more on the red carpet. From Beyonce’s unforgettable sheer Met Ball gown, to Kristen Stewart’s beautiful Marchesa frock, stars have been stepping out in sheer looks that leave little to the imagination. It’s not exactly a Read more →
The 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival is in full swing and the eleven-day event has been super stylish (with some weird moments thrown in) so far. Cannes always has one of the best red carpets–high glamor plus the risks that you’d never see at the Oscars. From Diane Kruger‘s doubly flawless red carpet appearances, to Read more →
