Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Fresh off schooling Rihanna in court for rather blatantly knocking off his work for her “S&M” music video, David LaChapelle was honored by London’s National Portrait Gallery for his iconic photo of the late Alexander McQueen and his muse, the late Isabella Blow, “Burning Down the House.”
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
Kangol is sponsoring the New York presentation of the exhibition, Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones, open through April 15, 2012 at Bard Graduate Center and in celebration, Jonathan Adler, Amy Fine Collins, Simon Doonan, Lulu Guinness, Yoko Ono and Diane von Furstenberg have all designed special, one-of-a-kind Kangol hats.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Since the moment Kate became Catherine, we’ve been a world fascinated by fascinators. This feather headdress is drenched in history, fluttering in and out of fashion over time. But as the summer of the fascinator has flown us by, is this trend is still flying? Come New York Fashion Week, will they run the way? Style the street? Or have these birds migrated on? Let’s look at where they came from, to see if we can tell where they’re going.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
- Karl Lagerfeld photographed gentlemanly ginger Florence Welch for the cover of Vogue Nippon. [Design Scene]
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
From a plumber’s apprentice to styling Britney Spears’s latest video, “I Wanna Go,” celebrity stylist David Thomas has had a long, sonically-inspired and inspiring journey, dressing some of the biggest pop stars over the last 20 years. Having dealt with fashion emergencies for the likes of Puff Daddy Diddy, Diddy Dirty Money Sean Combs, Boy George and Chris Brown, Thomas will display some of his most notable looks from the past six months in seven vignettes created in conjunction with British artist William Blanchard as part of his exhibit, “In Case of Fashion Emergency Break Glass.”
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
- I think it’s safe to say the Met’s Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibit is fairly popular.
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Socialite, heiress, fashion icon and occasional window dresser Daphne Guinness spoke about dear departed friend, editor Isabella Blow during an exclusive tour of the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibit at the Met last week. Having bought Blow’s wardrobe to prevent its auction, Guinness now wants to display them, perhaps via a virtual museum.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
At Monday’s Met Costume Institute Gala, Hamish Bowles was resplendent in Alexander McQueen — one of the few to wear McQueen and wear it well, thank you very much — but things got off to a rocky start between the late designer and Vogue‘s adorable Editor-at-Large.
