UK Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honored in Queen’s New Year List

December 30, 2016 By admin

By Adela Suliman LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic athlete Mo Farah, tennis star Andy Murray, actor Mark Rylance, comedian Ken Dodd and Kinks musician Ray Davies have been knighted in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's Honors List. Spice Girl and designer Victoria Beckham was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) while other fashion notables included Anna Wintour editor-in-chief of “American Vogue” and accessories designer, Anya Hindmarch. The biannual honors list is released on the Queen's official birthday in June and at the end of each year.

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A bigger, badder DKNY and black and white at Vera Wang

September 13, 2016 By admin

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fashion Week heads into the final stretch Tuesday with plenty of big designers to come. It was DKNY's turn Monday, along with Zac Posen, Thom Browne and others.

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Vera Wang, Victoria Beckham debut their spring/summer 2017 looks

September 13, 2016 By creative

For spring 2017, American fashion designer Vera Wang's muse is a sexy, powerful woman who is not afraid to show her feminine side. During New York Fashion Week, Wang's models on Tuesday strutted down a solemn black runway, each wearing sky-high platform heels. The collection had two main colors: black and white.

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Rome opera house taps Hollywood glitz for new ‘Traviata’

May 23, 2016 By creative

By Isla Binnie ROME (Reuters) – Rome's opera house has called on the star power of Hollywood and high fashion for a new production that is already racking up record ticket sales for an institution that until two years ago was grappling with debt and labor disputes. Stars of stage and screen, including reality TV celebrity Kim Kardashian and her rapper husband Kanye West, converged on Rome on Sunday for a gala dress rehearsal of Giuseppe Verdi's “La Traviata”, which tells the tragic story of a self-sacrificing courtesan in 19th-century Paris. Veteran designer Valentino Garavani produced this version of “La Traviata”, which opens on May 24 and runs till June 30, through his foundation.

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Cannes Film Festival 2016 style roundup: glam-chic rules the red carpet

May 20, 2016 By creative

There wasn't much in the way of risk-taking during this year's Cannes fortnight, let alone originality or OTT flamboyancy, as stars stuck to classic glamour with chic and sophisticated styles. The 69th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22, 2016) did, however, see one surprise guest, as color came to a line-up of full ball gowns, floaty frocks and shift dresses. There was no major red carpet gaffe to get onlookers chattering at this year's event, whether in terms of fashion disasters, wardrobe malfunctions or crazy hairstyles (well, almost), and no one outfit was singled out as a focal point for fashionistas.

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Cannes Film Festival 2016: designer dresses take center stage at star-studded Chopard party

May 17, 2016 By admin

The Chopard party is one of the Cannes Film Festival's most eagerly awaited events for stars from the worlds of fashion and cinema. Guests attending the luxury label's bash let their imaginations run wild with a wardrobe mixing pure Cannes glamour with the event's ferocious theme. Although some movie stars did make an appearance at this “wild”-themed Cannes event — organized by luxury brand Chopard — it was mainly the “it girls” and fashion world high-flyers who caught the attention of waiting photographers with a line-up of glamorous gowns.

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Official campaign video released for H&M Loves Coachella collection

March 24, 2016 By creative

H&M has unveiled the official video to accompany the launch of its H&M Loves Coachella collection for young women and men, ahead of its UK launch on March 31. The campaign, which stars Hailey Baldwin, looks to mix a street savvy vibe with a freewheeling playfulness in honor of the popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. For girls, the collection will see beaded and fringed tops, print jumpsuits and denim cut-offs, while the guys get outfitted in printed t-shirts, bermudas and denim shorts.

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Items from late comedian Joan Rivers’ New York home up for auction

March 8, 2016 By publisher

Fans of the late Joan Rivers will have the chance to buy items from the acerbic comedian's New York home at an auction later this year, auctioneers Christie's said on Tuesday. Pieces of art, jewelry, furniture and clothing will be among the 200-plus lots from Rivers' Manhattan penthouse on sale June 22, with starting bids from $500 to $200,000. Rivers, known for her no-holds-barred comedy, died in 2014 aged 81 following complications during an outpatient medical procedure.

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Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola to direct first opera in Rome

February 8, 2016 By admin

Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola will make her operatic debut in May, directing a new production of Giuseppe Verdi's romantic tragedy “La Traviata”, Rome's opera house said on Monday. Coppola, who won the gold statuette for the screenplay of the 2003 film “Lost in Translation”, was invited to direct the production by its patron, fashion designer Valentino Garavani, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma said in a statement. Garavani asked the American film director and producer to swap screen for stage after watching her 2006 historical drama “Marie Antoinette”, in which the theater said she balanced “the classic and the modern”.

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Africa’s top fashion event called off over terror fears

November 24, 2015 By admin

Africa's prime fashion event, the two-yearly FIMA festival in Niger, was called off Tuesday on the eve of its launch over fears of terror attacks, Niger designer Alphadi announced. “The Niger government has decided to postpone this 10th edition of FIMA due to events in Diffa (southeast Niger), Mali, Chad, Cameroon, France,” said Alphadi, a prominent couturier whose real name is Seidnaly Sidhamed. Due to have gathered some 1,000 designers, models and fashion types from 40 nations for Africa's November 25-29 fashion week, the festival will take place “very soon”, he added without giving a date.

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