After some build-up articles during 2022, we’ve finally got there—our 25th birthday. Jack Yan gathers his thoughts […]
October 20, 2022/15.37
Tag: Condé Nast
André Leon Talley, former Vogue editor-at-large, dies at 73
January 19, 2022/5.48
André Leon Talley as pictured on the cover of his 2020 memoir, The Chiffon Trenches. The enigmatic former Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley, 73, has died in hospital in White Plains, New York, from an unknown illness, according to his literary agent. Born in Washington, DC in 1948 but raised by his maternal grandmother […]
December 26, 2021/12.05
During the course of 2021, I came across a number of magazine covers from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The era has been the subject of a few pieces from me in the print editions of Lucire, especially the stylistic parallels, but one thing that has not followed suit, apart from some independent […]
After the events of January 6, Emily Ratajkowski and others point to the real dangers
January 8, 2021/12.53
Inez & Vinoodh/Kérastase Above: Emily Ratajkowski (centre) in a new promotion for Kérastase, as promoted on her Instagram. But it’s what she wrote on Twitter that’s far more on point with the events of January 6 in the US. When you have US friends on all sides of the political spectrum—greens, Democrats, Republicans, libertarians—you tend […]
British Fashion Council announces the Fashion Awards 2020, with Beijing, Shanghai screenings
December 3, 2020/23.01
With the UK continuing to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Fashion Council’s Fashion Awards (formerly the British Fashion Awards) announced its 20 winners with a digital film première. The 30-minute film went live at www.fashionawards.com today and on YouTube on the BFC’s account, and was screened in selected cities, including Beijing and […]
Karlie Kloss, Kaia Gerber, Lewis Hamilton invest in W magazine
August 14, 2020/23.09
Tim Walker Dua Lipa, photographed in March 2020 for W. W magazine, formerly at Condé Nast, is now under the ownership of a group of investors led by Karlie Kloss. Variety reported that editor-in-chief Sara Moonves said she had assembled a group of investors under a joint venture called W Media. Other investors […]
British Fashion Council opens second round of applications for BFC Foundation Fashion Fund
July 29, 2020/9.14
The British Fashion Council has raised £500,000 for its BFC Foundation Fashion Fund, and is now receiving applications for a second round to help businesses through the COVID-19 crisis. The Council had already distributed the first £1,000,000 of grants from its emergency fund in May to 37 designers. It was always intended that once […]
British Fashion Council names 37 designers receiving COVID-19 emergency fund support
May 13, 2020/10.42
The British Fashion Council has announced the first recipients of its emergency fund, helping members of the fashion industry navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirty-seven British designer businesses, out of 220 applications, have been named in the first round, with the BFC using its £1 million fund to support them. A portion has been allocated […]
YOOX and Vogue Italia launch sustainable, responsible fashion programme with €50,000 top prize
February 23, 2020/1.09
Jacopo M. Raule YOOX and Vogue Italia celebrated the launch of their mentoring programme, the Vogue YOOX Challenge—the Future of Responsible Fashion, at the San Paolo Converso church in Milano yesterday, during the city’s fashion week. The programme aims to support and mentor designers, creatives and start-ups who are investing in social responsibility and […]
British Fashion Council and Alexander James open group show in Soho, celebrating talent
January 8, 2020/9.23
Tristan Fewings/BFC Multimedia artist Alexander James and the British Fashion Council opened the group show, One More Slope, at the Painting Rooms in Soho on Monday evening, curated by James and featuring work by him and BFC New Wave: Creatives talent including Aidan Zamiri (video director), Hélène Selam Kleih (writer–activist), and Pierre-Alexandre Fillaire (performance artist). […]
