Inside a marquee in the grounds of Lagos’s five-star Federal Palace hotel and casino, models wearing sharply tailored suits and flowing woven pieces in earthy tones walk down the catwalk to the beats of Yoruba talking drums, an ancestral instrument that can mimic the sound of speech. The show, presenting the latest collection from the…
This week, a look at the big business of matching holiday pajamas. It’s a trend that’s decades old, but still growing, drawing in brands from outside the sleepwear industry. Skims’s latest holiday campaign plays on a familiar trope: a Christmas morning and a smiling family all wearing matching pajamas. In this case, the smiling family…
WASHINGTON (AP) — On any day during her eight years as first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama said she could go from giving a speech to meeting with a counterpart from another country to digging in her vegetable garden with groups of schoolchildren. And her clothes had to be ready for that. There…
From Oct. 16-18, production company Art Hearts Fashion hosted LA Fashion Week, a series of high-end runways presenting the latest in fashion developments from worldwide brands. Many collections appeared at previous runways like Paris Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week, making this event a culmination of some of the “greatest hits” to close out…
The second annual Fashion Awards Ball was held last year on Nov. 22, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of Tony Bentivegna Fashion Week Columbus is following up its fall events with the third annual Fashion Awards Ball, a celebration of creativity and design in central Ohio’s fashion community. The gala will be held Friday at the Columbus…
Points: 19 | Season point total: 37 Taylor’s fit vision was months in the making, centered on this Valentino jacket. His stylist and brand manager, DexRob, brought him the $5,000 blazer in August to wear for a birthday dinner, but it wasn’t the right vibe. A second try with a different shirt, closed jacket, shorts…
“God I love you, Jennifer Lawrence,” wrote Kris Jenner on Instagram in 2015, alongside a birthday post for her unlikely friend. The Kardashian-Jenner family adopted the Oscar winner right then and there. On November 11, Lawrence reunited with Kylie and Kendall Jenner—not on The Kardashians set, but at an invite-only Dior dinner. Dior‘s flagship store…
WORCESTER — As a title, “The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War: Fashion, Citizenship, and Nationalism (1954–1975)“ is so long and dry it sounds more like a doctoral dissertation than an art exhibition. The show runs through Dec. 19 at the College of the Holy Cross’s Cantor Art Gallery. In fact, the show…
As a shopping editor, the steady stream of Black Friday sales flowing into my inbox is my idea of heaven. The most exciting one of all? Nordstrom’s (massive) Early Black Friday edit, which just kicked off and already has a hold over my brain. The retailer is offering up to 60 percent off a range…
Days after Shein opened its first location in Paris, France, is threatening to ban the Chinese fast-fashion giant. The threat follows months of hand-wringing over Shein’s growing footprint in France, topped off by the discovery of child-like sex dolls and weapons from third-party sellers on its website and on its third-party online marketplace. With the…