Alexander McQueen honoured with Met exhibition
The late Lee Alexander McQueen will be recognized with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, designer Stella McCartney, and UK First Lady and British Fashion Council ambassador Samantha Cameron were present to promote the Met’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, opening on May 4. The exhibition will feature […]
Gwen Stefani shows LAMB fall 2011–12 at New York Fashion Week
Gwen Stefani showed her autumn–winter 2011–12 LAMB collection at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week. As mentioned below by our colleagues at ITN, Stefani is one of the few singers to mix a career in music with one in fashion. LAMB stands for Love, Angel, Music, Baby, the name of an earlier Stefani solo […]
A glimpse at our New York Fashion Week fall 2011 coverage
Here are some of Stephen Ciuccoli’s early shots from New York Fashion Week’s fall 2011 shows, pending our more in-depth article. First up is Gary Graham’s collection: From Victor de Souza’s fall 2011 catwalk show, the following day: And from one of our favourites, Vivienne Tam: You may also like New York Fashion […]
Parties on both coasts, as Grammys and NYFW celebrated
Our friend Pamela Miller and her STADJ model DJs have been active during the Grammys, in this video shot by yet another of our friends, David C. Lee, of Destination Luxury. The below video is taken from OK magazine’s Women of Music party, sponsored by Ciroc & Godiva, celebrating the Grammy Awards at the […]
Lady Gaga is worldwide number one, with ‘Born This Way’ topping download charts
Lady Gaga has become the first download number-one, after topping the charts in 21 countries. Her new track, ‘Born This Way’, topped the charts within hours. At the Grammy Awards yesterday, Lady Gaga arrived inside a giant egg, and “hatched” from it when on stage. The stunt was meant to tie in […]
Irina Shayk revealed as Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl
Bjorn Iooss/Sports Illustrated As revealed officially in the ‘Top 10’ on The Late Show with David Letterman, Russian-born model and WAG Irina Shayk is the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl. Shayk, girlfriend of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, appears in a pink bikini with yellow trim, featuring diamonds on the front, with a push-up […]
New York Fashion Week kicks off; Lady Gaga on touring; Kate Middleton’s Reiss dress returns
We’ll bring you some of our New York Fashion Week fall 2011 photographs very shortly, but, meanwhile, here is a quick video from the Heart Truth Red Dress show (which we didn’t shoot ourselves). Cat Deeley, Natasha Bedingfield, Dita von Teese, Audrina Patridge and Denise Richards were present. Also from our colleagues at ITN […]
Film composer John Barry, the man behind the James Bond sound, dies
Film score composer John Barry, OBE has died in New York of a heart attack, we have learned, aged 77. Born John Barry Prendergast in 1933 in York, his father was an impresario who owned cinemas in the area. Barry once told the story of how, as a child, he went into the projection […]
Camelia Skikos: at the cutting edge
It was not long ago that apparel designer, Camelia Skikos, had the dream of furthering her education. Little did she know that after enrolling in a newly installed fashion department at school that the activity would lead her into a flourishing and life-changing career. That decision also encouraged the birth of her eponymous fashion label. […]
Heidi Klum and AOL to launch women’s online content
Heidi Klum and AOL have announced they will create online content focusing on fashion, beauty, parenting, relationships, lifestyle and arts and crafts. Klum says that women’s advice is ‘so scattered online’ and their attempt will consolidate the information on one site, to be hosted at the aol.com domain. ‘During my 15 years in […]
