• Beyoncé isn’t the only celebrity teaming with a design house for a charitable venture. Michael Kors and Halle Berry are joining forces to fight world hunger by raising money for the UN’s World Food Programme. A recently-pregnant Berry is particularly hoping to communicate the importance of nutrition for pregnant women around the world, as a lack of proper food can cause serious Continue Reading
• John Galliano has a friend in Oscar de la Renta, who has opened the doors of his studio to the designer. De la Renta is not the first member of the fashion elite to show kindness to Mr. Galliano after the desginer’s now-infamous “I love Hitler” rant outside a Parisian café. He was spotted Continue Reading
• The folks over at Styleite are surprised to see exactly 0 faces of color on the cover of this months’ Vogue Italia. The cover features six impossibly pale models in frothy black frocks. Hillary George-Parkin writes, “Sozzani is clearly conscious of the significant lack of diversity in Vogue Italia and fashion magazines in general, given her vocal stance on eating Continue Reading
• Nicole Richie is the latest celeb to debut a fragrance we will undoubtedly see gracing the Rite Aid aisles in a few years. Richie says the scent was inspired by her mother. She said, “I have a very traditional Southern mom — you never left the house without lotion,” [ed. note: Or, you just have Continue Reading
• Anna Wintour might not be feeling her, but it seems Vogue Italia editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani is happy to provide Kim Kardashian with the exposure she so craves. Yesterday, Kimmy tweeted this photo from her upcoming shoot for L’Uomo Vogue. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians looks right at home in a Kris Jenner-esque cropped wig, Continue Reading
Traditional African design has always had a strong influence on fashion, and a number of our favorite designers have experimented with everything from eye-popping tribal prints to turbans and head wraps. Just as big as its place in the fashion industry is the need for so many women and men in the continent’s over 50 Continue Reading
• The Cut caught up with Franca Sozzani to ask her about Vouge Italia‘s latest controversial spread, Haute Mess. The editorial has been called both classist and racist by several people, but Ms. Sozzani doesn’t see it that way: “A racist image, I really do not understand. I went through the pages so many Continue Reading
• On March 13th, Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani will be made a knight in the French Legion of Honor, the highest accolade a civilian can be afforded. If you remember, Anna Wintour received this same award last year. Congratulations to Ms. Sozzani! (WWD) • Oh wow, is that ethereal/angelic goddess Nyasha Matonhodze modeling for Madewell‘s Continue Reading
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