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Alexander McQueen to be played by rising UK actor Jack O’Connell
One of the UK's hottest new young actors, Jack O'Connell has been tapped to play Alexander McQueen in an upcoming biopic. The recipient of BAFTA's Rising Star Award in 2015, O'Connell's credits include “'71”, “Starred Up”, “The Iron Lady”, “Belle” and “Lady in the Van”. The biopic about the legendary fashion designer will be directed…
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This Afghan hound is destined to become an international supermodel
Some dogs are just destined for greatness. Meet Tea, a 5-year-old Afghan hound who's become something of an internet sensation in the past year. With her long silky locks, excellent posture and vacant stares, 'Tea' has everything it takes to become an international pup supermodel. SEE ALSO: 15 dogs that have no idea how to…
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J-pop and sci-fi: outlandish shows at Tokyo Fashion Week
The Marc Jacobs of Japan, singing cats and models cloaked in armour: J-pop and science fiction transformed Tokyo Fashion Week spring/summer 2017 into a style fest unlike any other. In a world where fashion mines entertainment like never before, Japan's established and break-through labels pounced on musical hook-ups, street culture and animation to drive interest.…
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Okinawa fashion: new style for Japan’s tropical islands
Okinawa, the Japanese archipelago home to thousands of US troops and popular with scuba divers, is looking beyond its beach resorts and World War II battle sites to bag a spot in high fashion. A two and a half hour flight from Tokyo and closer to Taiwan, Okinawa couldn't be more different from the Japanese…
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Ex-leper takes to Tokyo runway to fight stigma
At 83 Miyo Maki had never manicured her nails, thickened and deformed due to leprosy, a disease she was diagnosed with when she was just 10 years old. Later that day, she walked down the runway, wearing a white lace dress and basking in the limelight long denied to her and other leprosy patients because…
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Victoria Beckham to collaborate with Target
Due to touch down in stores in spring next year, Victoria Beckham for Target will reflect the essence of the designer's secondary, more playful line, Victoria, Victoria Beckham. Inspired by Beckham's own life and her experience as a mother, the 200+ collection will include a combination of original designs as well as shapes taken from…
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Dolce & Gabbana Recruits Favorite Millennials for Spring Campaign
Including Hollywood offspring Rafferty Law and Gabriel Kane Day Lewis, as well as cool teens Cameron Dallas and Luka Sabbat.