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Venice Film Festival a Red Carpet Pulpit for ‘King Giorgio’ Armani

For decades, the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival was one of Giorgio Armani's most high-profile catwalks, with the stars of cinema donning his elegant creations for the eyes of the world. With the death on Thursday, at age 91, of Italy's most famous fashion designer, the prestigious festival on the sandy Lido closes a long chapter, ...

Chloe Malle Steps into Anna Wintour’s Shoes at Vogue US

The fashion world had been buzzing for months. From New York to Paris, insiders speculated endlessly about who would succeed Anna Wintour, the legendary figure who shaped Vogue for nearly four decades. On Tuesday, the mystery was finally solved: Chloe Malle, current editor of Vogue.com, has been named head of editorial content for the magazine’s ...

From Milan to Hollywood: Giorgio Armani’s Global Fashion Empire

Tapping Italy's long heritage of classic, impeccable tailoring, Giorgio Armani built a multi-billion-dollar fashion empire, making his name synonymous around the world with relaxed, restrained elegance. The country's best-known contemporary designer, the white-haired and permanently tanned Armani, whose death was announced Thursday, eschewed ...

Impact and Style Light Up Fashion at the Venice Film Festival

In Venice, the magic of cinema meets the power of fashion. The 82nd Venice Film Festival reimagines its red carpet as a world stage where stars and designers join forces to celebrate glamour with a poetic twist. Over the decades, fashion has evolved far beyond personal expression, becoming a strategic tool and a symbolic language at the heart of ...

Fashion Takes the Spotlight at Venice Film Festival

Julia Roberts in a floor-length Versace gown, Alba Rohrwacher in a Victorian-inspired Dior dress… The red carpet at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival is offering a first glimpse of this fall's fashion scene, driven by the rise of new creative directors. Making her debut on the Lido, the Pretty Woman star delighted photographers in a ...

Assaad Awad, a Spanish-Lebanese Visionary of Wearable Art

Spanish-Lebanese multidisciplinary artist Assaad Awad is redefining wearable art. Renowned for his collaborations with Lady Gaga, Hermès, Mugler, and Balenciaga, he fuses traditional leather-making with cutting-edge technologies like 3D printing and scanning. His creations show that sustainability, innovation, and tradition can coexist in ...

Adidas Apologizes for Cultural Misstep Over Mexican Sandals

Sportswear giant Adidas apologized to an Indigenous community in Mexico Thursday for using their traditional sandals as inspiration for a new design, after an outcry by officials and President Claudia Sheinbaum. Local authorities had complained that the Oaxaca Slip-On sandals were a reinterpretation of huarache sandals, particularly one found ...

Looking for a New Look? Haircut Trends in 2025

It’s hard to walk through a lively neighborhood, grab a coffee or scroll Instagram without spotting this year’s defining styles. Just look around: fashion is on full display, joyful, diverse and often unexpected. Gone are the days of uniformity. Now, every woman is making the trend her own, adjusting it, reinventing it, claiming it. This ...

When Fashion Moves: Style, Sport, and Freedom in Motion at the Palais Galliera

From the 18th century to today’s sneakers, the Palais Galliera throws open its doors to a choreography of fabrics and bodies in motion. The exhibition La Mode en mouvement #3 sweeps visitors into an unlikely ballet where garments follow the gesture, the freedom, and the breath of sport—this edition with a distinctive focus on winter ...

Adidas Accused of Cultural Appropriation Over Oaxaca-Inspired Sandals

US fashion designer Willy Chavarria said Saturday he regrets that sandals he created together with Adidas “appropriated” a traditional design from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Local authorities had complained that the Oaxaca Slip-On sandals were a “reinterpreted” model of huarache sandals, particularly one found uniquely in the ...