Jack Yan reflects on where we are in today’s culture, with fashion taking more of a back seat compared to where it was in the Zeitgeist just 20 years ago […]
Fashion outside the Zeitgeist: it’s time to hack the culture
December 9, 2023/9.43
Tag: Vivienne Westwood
Jonathan Anderson wins Designer of the Year at British Fashion Council’s star-studded 2023 Awards
December 5, 2023/2.07
With tributes to Dame Vivienne Westwood and Joe Casely-Hayford, the celebrity-filled evening saw Taika Waititi and Rita Ora, Pamela Anderson, Gillian Anderson, Jodie Comer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Andrew Garfield, Barbara Palvin and many others on the red carpet […]
Dame Vivienne Westwood, iconic British designer, dies; foundation set up to honour her legacy
December 29, 2022/22.01
The fashion designer and activist, known for her pioneering designs in the punk era, starting the New Romantic movement, and for her battles against injustice, has passed away; the Vivienne Foundation, founded in late 2022, will launch in 2023 to continue her legacy of design and activism […]
Specsavers announces Vivienne Westwood collection
June 8, 2022/3.21
If you’re going to seek inspiration for an eyewear range, Vivienne Westwood is one of the greatest sources—who wouldn’t want a taste of modern punk, new wave, and some antiestablishment flair? There’s a limit, of course, when it comes to frames, since they still have to be wearable, so Specsavers has opted to interpret […]
Festival de Cannes 2021: a trimmed-down AmFAR gala
July 18, 2021/0.45
Dave Benett/AmFAR; Andreas Rentz/AmFAR; Samir Hussein The AmFAR gala is always the social highlight of the Festival de Cannes, though this year’s, the 27th, was far more low-key, with guest numbers at 400 rather than the usual 900, and strict COVID-19 protocols in place. Global campaign chair Sharon Stone (in custom Dolce & Gabbana) […]
HRH the Duchess of Sussex a surprise presenter at the Fashion Awards
December 11, 2018/2.47
John Phillips Mike Marsland/BFC The Fashion Awards, formerly the British Fashion Awards, have become one of the fashion industry’s most celebrated nights. As usual, the British Fashion Council, which runs the event, slowly drip-fed media over the last six weeks on this year’s developments: that Jack Whitehall and Alek Wek would host on December 10 […]
May 16, 2018/6.22
Venturelli Screening out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival on day eight was Solo: a Star Wars Story, the first time part of the series had appeared at Cannes since Revenge of the Sith in 2005. Garnering favourable reviews, the film, directed by Ron Howard, stars Alden Ehrenreich, Thandie Newton, Emilia Clarke, Donald […]
June 13, 2017/21.01
Andrei; modelled by Henry Humphreys, hair by Lauren Gunn/Colleen, make-up by Lochie Stonehouse/MAC Cosmetics Deadly Ponies Man has launched its latest collection for 2017, inspired by the ocean, using Ink bovine leather and shearling, and brass highlights. It’s meant to convey the idea of a ‘moody seascape’ and an ‘intrepid voyager’, which the promotional images […]
May 18, 2017/13.18
Tristan Fewings; Neilson Barnard; Gisela Schober; top photo: Venturelli The Festival de Cannes—the Cannes Film Festival—celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, with Deepika Padukone and Bella Hadid getting plenty of attention as they walked the red carpet on day one. The first film to première at the Palais des Festivals was Arnaud Desplechin’s Les […]
January 30, 2017/23.18
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 […]
