We’ve become accustomed to frenetic discussions erupting online about just about anything, whether it’s serious world events or a culturally provocative act like an American microwaving a cup of tea. But in 2015, a debate over whether a dress was white and gold or blue and black was one of the first to ‘break the … Read more
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
(Nadia Lee Cohen) Nadia Lee Cohen is momentarily speechless. “Wow, oh wow,” she stutters. Just back in Los Angeles after a three-month stint in London, she’s distracted by photos flooding her Instagram feed of a heavily pregnant Rihanna rocking underwear for outerwear in a vampy black lace babydoll dress. “That’s really cool,” she says. “If … Read more
This spring’s trends have brought me out of the fashion funkHearst Property We live in a world of excess. There are so many things: material things, social media things, existential things. This of course also applies to fashion, where every scroll produces a new micro trend or an influencer announces the death of one trend. … Read more
Kim Kardashian is bringing back color cosmetics and introducing Skkn by Kim Makeup on January 26. “That’s my heart and soul and that’s where I started,” said color cosmetics’ Kardashian, calling from her home in an exclusive pre-launch interview with WWD. She had just returned from a ski trip with her children. “With four children … Read more
The race to go viral in 2023 produced many quirky and campy fashion moments. Kylie Jenner set the bar high in January, controversially wearing a faux taxidermy lion head as a brooch to Schiaparelli’s Spring 2023 couture show. In February, Mschf had people walking like cartoon characters in their big red boots. Later that year, … Read more