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 […]
Karlie Kloss, Kaia Gerber, Lewis Hamilton invest in W magazine
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 […]
YOOX and Vogue Italia launch sustainable, responsible fashion programme with €50,000 top prize
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 […]
MCM partners with Tribeca Studios for hip-hop–fashion documentary
MCM has upped its publicity this year, aiming to be seen as a brand that’s both disruptive and in vogue with modern culture. Its latest initiative is a documentary film, The Remix: Hip Hop × Fashion, premièring at the Tribeca Film Festival today. The film looks at, among others, the journey of fashion designer […]
Dan Sims Above, from top Poppy Delevingne, Joan Smalls, Karlie Kloss, and Cara Delevingne, Model of the Year. Victoria Beckham, winning Brand of the Year. Emma Watson, who won the British Style Award. Before an audience of 2,070 at the London Coliseum, the 2014 British Fashion Awards have seen Erdem and J. W. Anderson take […]
Edward Enninful to be honoured at 2014 British Fashion Awards
Edward Enninful will receive the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator at this year’s British Fashion Awards, the British Fashion Council announced today. Ghanese-born Enninful is a stylist and the current fashion and style director of W. In 1991, he became fashion director of I-D, at the age of 18, making him the […]
Rihanna on the cover of W September 2014, with unmissable Meadowlark Jewellery
Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott Rihanna is on the September 2014 cover of W, photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, styled by Edward Enninful, the magazine’s fashion and style director. There’s a New Zealand connection, with the pop star wearing Meadowlark Jewellery’s large Thorn Septum ring, from its upcoming spring–summer 2014–15 collection, Dynasty, […]
Patrick Demarchelier shoots Miranda Kerr pregnant and nude for W
Patrick Demarchelier Australian model Miranda Kerr, best known to some as a Victoria’s Secret “Angel”, has posed nude for Patrick Demarchelier while six months pregnant with her and husband Orlando Bloom’s child. The photographs appear in the latest W. Kerr follows in the footsteps of numerous celebrities who have had nude portraits done […]
Thumbs-up for Angelina Jolie’s breast-feeding
I was surprised to read in Entertainment Weekly that there is still controversy over public breast-feeding in the United States. I largely agree with Mike Bruno at EW with his reactions to the cover of Advance Publications’ W, where actress Angelina Jolie is shown in a ‘private’ photograph breast-feeding her baby. The initial reaction: […]
