Tag: festival
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UK Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honored in Queen’s New Year List
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…
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A bigger, badder DKNY and black and white at Vera Wang
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
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’
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…
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Cannes Film Festival 2016 style roundup: glam-chic rules the red carpet
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…
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Cannes Film Festival 2016: designer dresses take center stage at star-studded Chopard party
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…
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Official campaign video released for H&M Loves Coachella collection
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…
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Items from late comedian Joan Rivers’ New York home up for auction
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…
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Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola to direct first opera in Rome
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…
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Africa’s top fashion event called off over terror fears
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…