Tag: fashion
Fashion designer accuses Janelle Monáe of plagiarism for Grammy performance
Dead Lotus Couture’s Nange Magro said she was ‘deeply disappointed’ at similarity between her latex designs and those worn by MonáeA London-based fashion designer has said her costume designs have been plagiarised for Janelle Monáe’s Grammy awards perf…
Katy Perry shoes removed from stores over blackface design
The pop star’s designs are the latest to be accused of using racist caricatures, following backlash against Gucci, Prada and MonclerKaty Perry Collections, the fashion line by the pop star, has removed footwear after they were accused of using blackfac…
High Fashion Is Just The Matrix Cosplay Now
It all started the way most fashion trends do today: with a memo from Kanye West. Sometime in early 2017, the rapper turned designer sent his wife, Kim Kardashian, “a whole email [saying], like, ‘You cannot wear big glasses anymore. I…
From Gap-lite to ‘rule-breakers’: the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue
The new issue claims to tout ‘game-changers’ but it’s not as radical as it thinks it isIt is a fresh, diverse clutch of actors – sorry, “game-changers, newcomers, and rule-breakers” – on show on the cover of the 25th-anniversary Vanity Fair Hollywood i…
Kanye West Is Being Sued for Allegedly Not Paying for Fancy Japanese Fabric
Kanye West and Yeezy Apparel LLC are being sued for $600,000 by Japanese fabric manufacturers Toki Sen-I Co. The company claims that West cheated them out of money “by creating a fake company,” according to People. Toki Sen-I Co. make…
Bling and beauty: Dakar’s fashion comes of age – photo essay
Photojournalist Finbarr O’Reilly has been covering Dakar fashion week for over a decade. He charts the city’s burgeoning style sceneAlongside its golden beaches, glitzy nightclubs and vibrant music scene, Senegal’s capital, Dakar, is emerging as a key …
Mrs. Maisel’s Costume Designer Explains Five Key Outfits From Season Two
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is set in late 1950s New York, but in a version of the city that’s cloaked in pastel unreality, where everyone is impeccably clothed and coiffed to match their witty, rat-a-tat dialogue. In the show’s second …
Ezra Miller Is the Most Fantastic Beast of Them All at London’s Crimes of Grindelwald Premiere
“Slay, Ezra,” you’ll scream, as you’re instantly and painlessly killed by a magic curse. The actor has been going all in on his fantastical red carpet looks, as evidenced by last week’s shiny black Dementor coat in Paris, and Ezra Mil…
Kayode Ojo’s Show Has a Male Chastity System and Balenciaga Jeans
One of the sculptures in Kayode Ojo’s solo show “Equilibrium” at Martos Gallery features a male chastity system. I wouldn’t have had any idea what the menacing shiny metal contraption was if I hadn’t read the exhibition checklist. Sam…
Articles of Interest Is a Fashion Podcast About Capitalism and Power
“Whether we like or not, we are all speaking with our clothes,” argues host Avery Trufelman in the closing moments of Articles of Interest, the well-named spinoff mini-series of 99% Invisible. “And we might as well give a good hard th…