Frieda Pinto wearing pieces from Catherine Quin’s Women of Purpose collection CREDIT: COURTESY OF CATHERINE QUIN How should fashion respond to the #metoo and Time’s Up movements? It’s a question which gripped anyone trying to analyse awards season style, the fashion month catwalks and, more recently, the Cannes red carpet. Was there any ‘right’ way to do … Read More →
The notion revolves around using blank space to create graphic, contemporary makeup looks, and it first started garnering attention at the beginning of 2017, thanks to a slew of Instagram artwork pictures focused mainly on eyeshadow and manicures. However, as the Spring/Summer 2018 fashion week shows this September have proven, negative space makeup remains a … Read More →
It was Zimbabwean roots and crafts of tribe women which made Nyasha Mabhunu’s fashion collection the colourful fusion that featured at African Fashion Week London. The 23-year-old, who will graduate from Bucks New University in September, was one of more than 100 designers with connections to Africa to show their collections at Freemasons’ Hall. Nyasha said: “My … Read More →
There’s renewed verve in catwalk jewellery. Giant diamanté earrings, with all the glisten and gleam of a mirrorball, are the showstoppers this season. Scale is key – the performance aspect of the catwalk requires some theatricality in the jewellery. Lanvin’s over-long strands of diamanté tumbled from the ear like a waterfall, cascading in a fringe, from a … Read More →
A woman sells prayer caps outside of Istiqlal Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia May 28, 2017. Source: Reuters/Darren Whiteside INDONESIA’s economic spirits are rising judging by the line of women outside a packed Furla bag shop for a traditional midnight Ramadan sale at a Jakarta mall. The Muslim holy month, … Read More →
More than 35 haute couture pieces from the archive of Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf feature in an exhibition at Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria. The show, titled Viktor & Rolf: Fashion Artists, is the label’s first in Australia. It brings together pieces from its ready-to-wear collections and installations, including a striped dress embroidered … Read More →
Jessica Biel is truly effortless. The 34-year-old star has been snapped in not one, but two easy looks over the past few days, and we’re totally taking #outfitinspo from her California girl style. For brunch with friends in Los Angeles, the mother of one turned heads in a super distressed white T-Shirt and colorful paint … Read More →