André Leon Talley, former Vogue editor-at-large, dies at 73
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 […]
British Fashion Council announces the Fashion Awards 2020, with Beijing, Shanghai screenings
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 […]
Panos Papadopoulos, known in the Nordic countries as the “king of swimwear”, is trying to locate down the family of the late Dr Li Wenliang, whom Panos dubs a ‘hero’ for trying to warn the world about the coronavirus on December 30, pledging to offer financial support to his family. In early February, Dr […]
Naomi Campbell to receive Fashion Icon award at the Fashion Awards this December
Darren Gerrish/BFC Above: British Fashion Council CEO Caroline Rush and Naomi Campbell. Supermodel Naomi Campbell will receive the Fashion Icon award at this year’s Fashion Awards from the British Fashion Council, to be held December 2 at the Royal Albert Hall. The Council says Campbell is being honoured for her career as a supermodel […]
Crazy Rich Asians delivers a fun romp, beating The Meg in week two
Sanja Bucko From top: Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Constance Wu in Crazy Rich Asians. Henry Golding and Constance Wu. Lisa Lu’s Ah Ma character meets Constance Wu’s Rachel Chu. What a pleasure it was to see, finally, Crazy Rich Asians, which opens here next week. It’s already been doing very well in the US, […]
Dimitrios Kambouris, Kevin Mazur, Christopher Polk, Stefanie Keenan, John Sciulli, Emma McIntyre, Matt Winkelmeyer, Frazer Harrison The 23rd annual Screen Actors’ Guild Awards, held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on Sunday, honoured outstanding performances from 2016 in film and television. From the moment the ceremony began, the stars wasted no time diving […]
Joseph Altuzarra, Rihanna, Lupita Nyong’o, Raf Simons, Tom Ford on stage at the CFDA awards
Joe Schildhorn/BFAnyc.com Matteo Prandoni/BFAnyc.com Joseph Altuzarra has been named the womenswear designer of the year, and Rihanna the fashion icon of the year, at the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s (CFDA) Fashion Awards, in association with Swarovski, at Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who presented Rihanna’s award, […]
John Galliano given lenient sentence for anti-Semitic outbursts
Former Dior designer John Galliano was fined a total of €6,000 for his anti-Semitic and racist outbursts in Paris in October 2010 and February 2011, but escaped any jail time. The court ordered Galliano to pay a symbolic €1 in damages—the €6,000 fine having been suspended—and costs to five anti-racist organizations represented at his […]
Christian Dior dismisses John Galliano
Christian Dior, in the wake of creative director John Galliano’s anti-Semitic comments on a video released to the Murdoch Press, has launched proceedings to lay him off. The British-born designer has effectively been fired. The company described Galliano’s reference to the Holocaust and his admiration for Adolf Hitler in a drunken rant captured by […]
Natalie Portman issues statement severing ties with John Galliano
Above Actress Natalie Portman, photographed in her Miss Dior Chérie advertisement. Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman, the face of Miss Dior Chérie, has issued a statement condemning the anti-Semitic words of John Galliano, creative director of Christian Dior. Portman issued her statement after a video surfaced on a Murdoch Press website, showing a drunk […]
