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DOLCE & GABBANA has become embroiled in a row, after one of its security guards banned a photographer from taken a picture of its Hong Kong shop front. More than 13,000 members of the public protested outside the store on Sunday. Local newspaper Apple Daily alleges that the label defended its decision on the basis that the store [...]
ANNA WINTOUR is to be honoured by the Human Rights Campaign for her support of gay rights. The US Vogue editor – who has been an outspoken backer of the Marriage Equality campaign in the US, and New Yorkers for Marriage Equality in particular - will receive an Ally for Equality award at a ceremony on February 4. The HRC [...]
Updated Wednesday January 11, 11.34am:Beyoncé and Jay-Z left the New York City’s Lenox Hill Hospital with their baby girl Blue Ivy late last night. The family are thought to have headed home in a procession of vehicles with blacked out windows, leaving from the hospital’s side gate. The couple welcomed their first child on Saturday. Updated [...]
As the Spring 2012 fashion ads come flooding in, Roberto Cavalli’sSteven Meisel-shot campaign highlights the renaissance of the supermodel, with Naomi Campbell taking a starring role alongsideKristen McMenamy, Karen Elson and Daphne Groeneveld. While Groeneveld is 17, Campbell, McMenamy and Elson are all in their 30s and 40s, signaling a stark contrast to fashion’s fascination with teenage models in recent years; watch a [...]
Updated Tuesday January 10, 11.11am:Alber Elbaz has explained, with his trademark humour and modesty, how his own appearance influenced his debut book – which pays tribute to the many artisans who help make his collection, from fitters to those who sew the stitches. “The book is small and fat – something I could relate to!” [...]
A report published in WWD December 12 has revealed the findings of a recent luxury experts gathering at the Miami Festival of Media exploring Latin America’s designer market. While focus has recently been on the growth of luxury labels in China, the results prove Latin America’s designer market is also noteworthy. The recently released Ruder Finn Asia and Albatross Global Solutions’ [...]
DESPITE becoming US Vogue’s oldest cover girls at the age of 62, Meryl Streep thought her career was due to end years ago. “[When I was 40] I remember turning to my husband and saying, ‘Well, what should we do? Because it’s over,’ ” she recalled. “Once women passed childbearing age they could only be seen as [...]
Male model Andrej Pejic has fronted a campaign for Dutch retailerHema’s “Mega Push-Up Bra,” with the images released generating a huge buzz online. The androgynous model has been one of 2011′s biggest fashion stars, having closed Jean Paul Gaultier’s womenswear haute couture show in Paris wearing a bridal gown and appearing asMarilyn Monroe in a short film for Love Cat magazine. [...]
If there was one person who was thrilled that there were no animals at the “We Bought A Zoo” premiere held Monday, Dec. 13, at theZiegfeld Theater in New York City, it was Matt Damon. For the affable star of the new family comedy had some serious fears when it came to making the movie, fears that [...]
Dior is said to be finalising its contract with Raf Simons, as reports escalate that he has been hired as the label’s new creative director replacing John Galliano. The deal is yet to be concluded, with the house and the 43-year-old Belgian designer still rumoured to be discussing his start date and the finer details of his contract [...]