Tag: designer
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Fashion titans clash over shake-up of catwalk calendar
It is nothing short of a fashion earthquake. The organisers of New York Fashion Week are considering doing away with a century of tradition and showing designers' catwalk collections only when they go on sale in the shops. Its director, the designer and former princess Diane von Furstenberg, claims the system frustrates the public and…
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Pre-fall roundup 2016: Christopher Kane, Boss and Sonia Rykiel
At Christopher Kane, the collection is a continuation of the 'crash and repair' philosophy behind the Spring/Summer 2016 show. “That same girl from last season who is eccentric, rich and poor, sophisticated and unsophisticated is still there, but other elements have entered her world,” explains the designer. Hence a mixture of the everyday and the…
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Meet Marc Jacobs’ New Muse: Transgender Director Lana Wachowski
As the co–writer and director of the Matrix franchise, Lana Wachowski is well known for her film success and, as a transgender woman, as an advocate and ally to the LGBT community. Now, thanks to a new Marc Jacobs campaign, Wachowksi can add “model” to her list. In the image, Wachowski can be seen smiling as…
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Making a Murderer’s Dean Strang is a fashion icon
The other — for the dreamers, the lovers, the rainbow chasers — is with a renewed sense of hope and belief in goodness, elicited by the stunning performances of Avery's defense lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerry Buting. Both seemed like truly decent, extremely intelligent people — 21st century Atticus Finches with only very slightly updated…
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Tom Ford to put on first-ever menswear catwalk show at London Collections Men
Tom Ford is set to put on a full catwalk show for the first time at London Collections Men in January. A provisional schedule released by the British Fashion Council reveals that heavy hitters Alexander McQueen and Burberry will also be hitting the runway. Other highlights will include shows by returning brands Moschino and Pringle…