Another day, another Spectre premiere! This time, Naomie Harris took to Mexico City with the gorgeous cast in a Balmain Resort 2016 Crochet One Shoulder Gown:
Naomie eschewed the collection’s tassel earrings for Maison Dauphin jewelry.
Naomie is clearly gunning for that Best Dressed Fashionista of the Year spot!
What do you think? Hot! or Hmm…?
The 12th Annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards are going down right now in the Big Apple with our favorite designers, style mavens, supermodels, and more.
Let’s get into the evening’s ensembles shall we?
Zendaya slipped on a long-sleeve printed frock and fur-accented sandals from Brother Vellies, alongside Aurora James of the brand who was one of the three brands who walked away with the night’s big prize. Gorgeous ladies!
Chanel Iman got leggy in a Fausto Puglisi look, anchored by Giuseppe Zanotti black leather zipper booties. Hot!
Cindy Bruna wore a sultry LBD from winner Jonathan Simkhai. Isn’t she gorgeous?
Songstress Andra Day channeled both retro and futuristic fashion in a $679 Chromat Patent Underbust Dress.
It was all about prints for Misty Copeland in a paisley patterned halter dress with mesh insets.
Victor Cruz and fiancée Elaina Waitley were simple and chic in all-black ensembles. Good-looking couple no?
Prabal Gurung was dapper in a timeless black suit.
Eva Chen showed off her toned gams in a $4,995 Altuzarra Lace Inset Velvet Backless Dress. Werk Eva!
A blue and black tweed Milly number was Samira Wiley’s choice for the fashionable affair. I wanted a bit more glamour from her here…
Jenna Lyons layered a classic blue button-front shirt over a black tuxedo-jumpsuit. I live for her style!
Queen Diane von Furstenberg served up bohemian chic realness in a printed maxi dress. She’s flawless.
Who had your favorite look at the awards show?
Images: Getty
After four months of competition, Jonathan Simkhai, Gypsy Sport and Brother Vellies won the 2015 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition in a three way split. Each brand will receive a $300,000 award as well as a yearlong mentorship with an industry veteran.
This marks the 12th year of the competition which has helped establish a new generation of American designers. Alums of the program include Alexander Wang, Joseph Altuzarra, Thom Browne, Proenza Schouler and more. In addition to the mentorship and investment, the brands will also collaborate with Uniqlo as a part of their prize. Last year, the winning brand Public School collaborated with J. Crew on a highly anticipated capsule collection. Simkhai’s contribution to this collection will be highly anticipated as he’s known for sexy sportswear worn by the likes of Joan Smalls and Kelly Rowland.
The icing on the cake: the entire competition will be broadcast on Amazon during the spring of next year. The trio beat out brands like Chromat, CG by Chris Gelinas, Cadet, Baja East, Baldwin, David Hart and Thaddeus O’Neil for the win. This year showed a marked increase of menswear brands in the finals. Reportedly, selections from the spring collections from all of the finalists will be sold on Amazon Fashion as the show airs.
What do you think of this year’s winners?
The first thing that most fashion journalists do at some point in the early morning is scroll through WWD for the headlines. So when the fashion trade journal posts something titled “Kanye’s New Hit: Yeezy Season 1 Collection Sells Out at Retail,” you can only imagine how the day’s post begin to shape up about the collection. Details wrote “The Prices for Yeezy Season One Can’t Have Been That Bad” with a deck of “Because it basically sold out” while Elle went with “Praise Yeezus: Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 1 Collection Sells Out at Retail.” From our assessment though, the messaging is a little enthusiastic to say the least.
If one publication got it right in a headline, we’d have to point to Quartz with their astute fashion editor Marc Bain titling his piece “Kanye West’s $585 duck boots are the hit of his new fashion line.” The headline is succinct, accurate and specific, which is where some of the others lack. Yes, Ye’s duck boot is undoubtedly the fastest moving item of the line. From the WWD article which surveys Barneys New York, Mr Porter, The Webster in Miami, Wish in Atlanta and Black Market USA in Texas, as well as our own sampling of mostly online outlets, the boots in all color ways seemed the hardest to acquire. But for those who are looking to get their hands on a pair, New York-based brand Kith has a few women’s styles in pirate black, moon rock and turtle dove on their site. (For the men, you might want to consider copping that 10.5) The apparel of the collection didn’t move quite as well.
If you pop over to e-commerce site SSENSE you’ll find an almost comprehensive stock of the line’s basics in men’s and women’s. The selection starts with a $180 oversized tank top, includes khaki suede duffle bag for $1040 and also some high priced outerwear for $3,510. The prices are steep to say the least but it seems they didn’t deter everyone. A boucle sweater that was a favorite of mine and was reported as a bestseller by Barneys in the WWD article is hard to come by but Kith has the $1,690 item in stock. Even with how well Barneys said the pieces moved on the sales floor, there’s still french terry sweatpants and cut-off sweatshirts available on their site.
This is not Mr. West’s first go at fashion (we all remember DW by Kanye West) so he doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt. While yes, his did pieces did sell well — exceptionally well given the high prices and reported lack of quality, — to say that they “sold out,” is just factually inaccurate. But this is a major moment for him, a stepping stone to see where Yeezy Season 2 will take us, though critically it’s been assessed as only a slight morph of this first collection. Considering adidas has already announced that they would not be the way backing the roll out production wise, one can only wonder what tricks the creative still has up his sleeve.
What do you think?
Did you purchase anything from KW’s collection?
June Ambrose attended Diddy’s Emperor themed Halloween Party over the weekend, and for the occasion, slipped on a full Chinese Empress costume, equipped with a long train.
While we were blown away by her look, many of her Instagram followers accused her of ‘yellow face,’ which by definition is a form of theatrical makeup used by performers to represent an East Asian person.
A Chinese Empress Costume
@PaperMountainProjects wrote, “I say it is entirely inappropriate to dress as another culture PERIOD. If i wore black face and wore a beautiful dress and tried to be aretha franklin, it would still be incredibly offensive, even if I were “appreciating the beauty of the culture”. You can not say “dont appropriate my culture” then turn around and say it’s ok to appropriate another…Dressing up as a culture that has been/ is marginalized IS f*cked up.” Others wrote, “You are Reaching…it’s a costume and shows the beauty of Asian culture. RELAX ☺️”
We’ve had incidents of black face proliferate every Halloween, but accusations of yellow face is a new one. People have been dressing up as Native Americans every year, but I guess race relations are to the point where accusations of ‘cultural appropriation’ are being thrown around left and right.
There are ways to dress up as other cultures while being respectful. Instead of, say, a white person wearing black face to represent a rapper or a singer, they can just wear the clothes and accessories.
In June’s case, she didn’t really wear makeup that altered her skin tone. I’m no makeup guru, but it looks like the lighter tone could be attributed to a serious contour, powder, and a flash.
What do you think?
Michelle Rodriguez was the lady in red at the 19th Annual Hollywood Film Awards in a $208 Solace London Crockett Red Maxi Dress:
Her red bodycon maxi dress features harness straps and a kick split at the center back.
Hot!
If you’re up for the splurge, get Michelle’s dress here.
Are you feeling it?
Selena Gomez took it back a few seasons at the 19th Annual Hollywood Film Awards in a Narciso Rodriguez Spring 2011 Blush Silk Gown:
Her gown was paired with crisscross ankle-strap pumps on the brand’s Spring 2011 runway.
I loved the simplicity of this look.
What do you think? Hot! or Hmm…?
Naomie Harris loves bold color! She took to the Mexico Photocall of new film, Spectre in a green sheath dress from Lanvin:
She finished her look with chain link strappy sandals, shiny hair, and glossy lips.
Recreate Naomi’s frock with the below frocks.
Simple and chic!
Would you wear it?
If you love everything Moschino, you’ll be pleased to know that the brand is partnering with Mattel to create a Moschino Barbie!
The collaboration was a logical step after the popularity of Jeremy Scott’s Barbie themed Spring 2015 collection for the Italian house.
The Barbie launch will also include an 8 piece capsule collection, available November 9th at Net-a-Porter and select retailers.
This Barbie is very trendy! I wouldn’t mind having one on display!
What do you think?
Let’s kick off this fine Monday with Lanatria from California:
She says, “Hello Claire and staff! I would be honored and thrilled to be featured on TheFashionbombdaily.com.”
“I am new to the blogging scene and would like to showcase my budget friendly fun and sometimes quirky street style looks.”
“I enjoy this blog, not only for the fab pics but also the great reads.”
“Claire, you are such an inspiration to many, including myself.”
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” I am also a thrift shopper and DIY’er (I made the black convertible top).”
“At any rate, I wish you and the staff well and thank you for the consideration!”
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