In early spring, The New York Times’s influential style biannual, T magazine, ran a feature extolling the Belgian designer Martin Margiela.
”Even after 20 years in the business, Martin Margiela is still the most elusive figure in fashion,” it read, ”which might explain why designers feel so free to thumb through his archives for inspiration”.
In an unprecedented move, this brief and unusually direct text was illustrated by five catwalk outfits courtesy of Marc Jacobs, AF Vandevorst, Junya Watanabe, Hermes and Prada, above which were printed images of the Margiela originals that had clearly, well, let’s just say ”inspired” their work. Read the rest of this entry »
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Another round of emerging American talent is about to get a boost from the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, which just determined its 10 finalists for this year’s edition.
The finalists, who were revealed on Tuesday, are Richard Chai; Jason Wu; Alexander Wang; Irene Neuwirth; Albertus Q. Swanepoel of Albertus Quartus; Alejandro Ingelmo; Juan Carlos Obando; Swaim and Christina Hutson of Obedient Sons & Daughters; John Patrick of Organic, and Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai of Vena Cava.
The fund was founded in 2003 by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue magazine, and offers emerging talents a cash prize and mentorship prgrams by industry leaders. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, her doctor at a hospital in southern France said on Sunday.
Oscar winner Jolie, 33, had the twins by caesarean section on Saturday evening at the Lenval hospital on the glamorous Promenade des Anglais waterfront drive in Nice. Actor Brad Pitt, the twins’ father, was at her side.
The girl, named Vivienne Marcheline, weighed 2.27 kg (5 lbs) while her brother, Knox Leon, weighed 2.28 kg. Marcheline was the first name of Jolie’s mother, also an actress, who died of cancer last year. Read the rest of this entry »
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The “Training Day” actor and his girlfriend Ryan Shawhughes tied the knot in June.
“They were married last month in NYC,” says the actor’s rep. “No further details are available.”
Shawhughes was once the nanny of Hawke’s two kids — Maya, 10, and Levon, 6 — with Thurman. The “Kill Bill” actress and Hawke married in 1998 after they met on the set of “Gattaca,” but she filed for a divorce six years later amidst rumors of his infidelity. Thurman recently got engaged to Swiss financier Arpad Busson. Read the rest of this entry »
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Rome’s new right-wing mayor says he wants to turn the ancient city into a modern hub for budding fashion designers, dismissing criticism that the city’s rich art and culture credentials will take a beating under his command.
Gianni Alemanno, a former youth leader of a neo-fascist party, was elected on a law and order ticket and had frequently attacked his centre-left predecessor for focusing on glitz and rolling out the red carpet to stars and musicians. Read the rest of this entry »
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