Fashion

  • Last month, Tom Ford sold his eponymous luxury brand to the Estee Lauder Companies in a deal worth $2.8 billion—one of the largest in the fashion industry in recent times. “This transaction is a tremendous gain for Estee Lauder,” says Thomaï Serdari, director of the Fashion and Luxury MBA program at the Leonard N. Stern…

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  • Ukraine announced on Friday “unprecedented” power cuts affecting a total of four million people, especially in the Kyiv region, as Ukrainian energy facilities have been heavily damaged by numerous Russian strikes in recent weeks. “In many cities and districts of our country, power cuts have been introduced to stabilise the situation,” President Zelenskyy said in…

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  • Kanye West is not apologizing for his contentious “White Lives Matter” clothing during Paris Fashion Week in France, despite vehement criticism from black celebrities, including a walkout from Jaden Smith. In a recent Instagram story on Tuesday, the 45-year-old musician stepped up his criticism of Black Lives Matter. He proclaimed, perhaps alluding to the group’s several multimillion-dollar scandals, “Everyone knows…

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  • Meghan Markle is taking a stand for women in a unique, fashion-forward way. Earlier this year, the Duchess of Sussex added some new jewelry to her collection, and now the founder of that jewelry collection is sharing the special meaning behind the pieces. Markle debuted two new diamond rings by Shiffon Co. during the Invictus Games in April and then…

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  • Hello and welcome to the Get a Grip prize, which I just invented. The GAG award is given on an ad hoc basis to a country doing a standout job of humiliating itself on the global stage by fixating on something ridiculous while the world burns. The award honours those who seem to have lost…

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  • Concerns fans have called out popular Nigerians singer Wizkid for his addiction to smoking. The ‘Made in Lagos’ singer shared a photo of himself smoking marijuana, which many found offensive. Daniel Regha, a popular social media critic, called him out for the ‘suicidal habit,’ stating that Wizkid’s addiction to smoking should not be mistaken as an indication…

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  • Charlotte Hicks was feeling surprisingly serene after Esse Studios’s Australian Fashion Week runway debut. “It’s the setting. You can’t help but let go and unwind and just lose yourself in this incredible space,” she said postshow, gesturing to the vaulted granite ceilings of the architectural jewel that is the Sydney Opera House. Her mood jibed…

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  • Megan Thee Stallion has posed naked in a bathtub to announce the release of her next single, Plan B. The Sweetest Pie hitmaker has already given fans the live debut of the new track at Coachella at the weekend, and they will be able to stream and download the song on Friday. Alongside a snap of the star…

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  • Ukrainian gymnast Illia Kovtun shook the hand of the silver medalist he’d just beaten as the two athletes stood on the podium Saturday to accept their medals. He did not extend the same courtesy to the bronze medalist on his left. Ivan Kuliak, a 20-year-old Russian gymnast, was wearing a white “Z” shape on his…

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  • Bella Hadid is back at Victoria’s Secret. The model, 25, walked in three consecutive fashion shows for the lingerie giant in 2016, 2017 and 2018. But she cut ties with the company in 2020, joining her fellow catwalkers in accusing then-top exec Ed Razek of inappropriate conduct. According to a New York Times exposé, 71-year-old Razek made…

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  • French Women are considered the epitome of beauty and grace at every age. It is said that a french woman can never lose her sense of style. What is it about them that makes their beauty effortlessly natural? Many of us think that one has to invest in eye-lifts and botox for defying the signs…

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  • Giorgio Armani’s carefree and casual collection for men in navy, white and sand for next summer came with a surprising postscript: The 86-year-old designer told reporters on Monday that he had spent two weeks in the hospital after breaking his arm in a fall coming out of a movie theater. Armani took his bow at…

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  • Kylie Jenner says it was one small critique of her lips during her early dating life that spawned the start of her lip kit empire. The Kylie Cosmetics founder discussed the “insecurity” she had about her lips when she was young on part one of the Keeping Up With the Kardashians reunion that aired last night. The…

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  • Orlando Bloom: actor, father and “ponch-bro.” The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star, 44, posted an Instagram photo from a recent hike on Wednesday, dressed in a brown striped poncho layered over a hoodie and paired with khaki pants. Bloom’s fashion statement left friends and followers a bit confused. “What are we going for here, just…

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  • Read the inspiring story of an abandoned child who became a Vogue model

    When Xueli was a baby her parents left her on the ground outside an orphanage. In China, albinism is seen by some as a curse. The rare genetic condition causes a lack of pigment which makes Xueli’s skin and hair very pale and also makes her extremely sensitive to sunlight. But looking different led Xueli…

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