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
Amazon has struggled for years to defend its corporate image as press reports alleged that its delivery drivers urinated in bottles, that its warehouse workers endured crushing demands and that its aggressive tactics decimated margins for its own retail partners. In a decidedly unauthorized depiction of the retail giant, The Everything War: Amazon’s ruthless quest … Read more
Lauren Sanchez wore a red strapless design with a corset by Rasario to the White House on April 10 – Getty When an invitation arrives to a state dinner at the White House, most people’s first thought may not be to choose a dress that violates all the generally accepted rules of the understated, conservative … Read more
DESIGNER QUOTA: The White House pulled out all the stops on Wednesday evening for the state dinner in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko. President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden welcomed a crowd that included Apple’s Tim Cook, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, actor Robert De Niro, Bill and … Read more
Filthy rich fashion: Lauren Sanchez wore a red dress with jewels by designer Laura Basci for the party Many of the finer details of Jeff Bezos’ lavish 60th birthday party have been revealed by his indiscreet guests. This is despite the fact that Beyoncé, Bill Gates, Oprah and others were instructed to put their phones … Read more