Last year’s Met Ball cost around £6 million to stage and raised £22 million. The profits went to the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, once a somewhat stuffy institution that even its then curator, Harold Korda, described as a “benign tumor,” so overlooked by the Met’s loftier, “purer” art departments . Then in 1995, Anna Wintour … Read more
The Met Gala, fashion’s biggest night of the year, has just taken place – a moment of frenzied anticipation as behind-the-scenes negotiations take place over which designer will have the honor of dressing which celebrity. given the hallowed Anna Wintour seal of approval) and the viewing audience gets to decide who complied with the dress … Read more
The Met Gala as we know it today is one of the biggest fashion, celebrity and pop culture events. However, it wasn’t always the star-studded and dramatic costume night that it is now. It first started as a charity event created by publicist Eleanor Lambert to raise money for the then newly founded Costume Institute. … Read more
chioma nnadi anna wintour The April 2024 cover of Vogue, featuring British singer FKA Twigs, is the debut issue of new editor Chioma Nnadi – Johnny Dufort The position of editor of Vogue is a sacred position, even if the youngest editor at British Vogue instead goes by the somewhat diluted moniker of “head of … Read more
Shanghai — Change is in sight for fashion publishing in China. Condé Nast on Wednesday quashed speculation about whether Vogue China editor-in-chief Margaret Zhang will leave the publication after her contract expires in March next year. More from WWD A recent mention on Chinese recruitment platform Liepin, which quickly began circulating on social media platform … Read more