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NY Fashion Week: Siriano channels Audrey Hepburn in a garden

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NY Fashion Week: Siriano channels Audrey Hepburn in a garden

Christian Siriano lined his New York Fashion Week runway Thursday with thousands of multicoloured flowers and put wide-brimmed hats worthy of muse Audrey Hepburn on some of his models to top off a big week.

First, there was the custom burgundy power suit he made Vice President Kamala Harris for Tuesday’s State of the Union. He nailed it in one trip to Washington, D.C., in one fitting.

“And we had the Grammys and fashion week,” Siriano told The Associated Press in a backstage interview. “We had no time and I was like, well, we hope it works. It’s just such an honor. We wanted to make her look really beautiful and powerful.”

Then there was his update of Alicia Silverstone’s iconic “Clueless” yellow plaid skirt set for her Rakuten Super Bowl commercial airing Sunday. He even scored a cameo as a student in Cher Horowitz’s debate class.

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Siriano and Silverstone are long-time pals and she sits often on his front rows. She was away filming this time around. Lindsay Lohan, with brother Dakota and one of her sisters walking in the show, attended with Quinta Brunson and Julia Stiles.

“Growing up, literally any young fashion designer is obsessed with ‘Clueless.’ I mean, Cher is your muse. It felt really full circle,” he said of his Super Bowl moment.

Siriano had another muse on his mind for his latest collection: Hepburn. To be precise, Hepburn in a rose garden at midnight. He was inspired by a 1990s TV documentary series she did with Michael York, “Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn.”

The series had Hepburn visiting spectacular gardens in England, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, the U.S. and elsewhere.

Siriano honored the series with Japanese-influenced hats in purple check and large 3D floral embellishments in looks of fuchsia, or as he described it, “orchid purple.” He incorporated roses into a swirly black-and-white print and offered up sunny yellow in solids and color blocked looks.

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And there were youthful, girly little black dresses, more matronly, roomy dresses and other looks, and a standout barely there evening dress in body-hugging, delicate tulle.

Siriano took his flower mission seriously, sending out one model in one of his big hats adorned with huge blossoms, with more huge blossoms on the top of a matching fuchsia pantsuit.

Wearable? It would take courage. A beautifully cut, long tuxedo coat with pants, all in the same pinky-purple hue, might be easier.

All thanks to Hepburn’s first and only television series.

“It was incredible and fabulous,” Siriano said of the show, “and just very inspiring.”

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Johnny Depp bought 14 homes with $75 mn, spent $18 mn to buy 150-foot yacht

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s personal lives came to the forefront during their highly televised infamous defamation trial. The former couple left no chance to put down the other one throughout the trial. Among the many revelations, one, that was widely discussed was Depp’s spending habits. Rean on to know more details about the same.

Johnny and Amber met on the sets of the 2011 film The Rum Diary and began dating around the end of the year and the beginning of 2012. The couple tied the knot in 2015, but Heard filed for divorce the next year. Their divorce was finalised in 2017.

Before the Pirates of the Caribbean star appeared before a jury for the high-profile defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, he had been to the court years before when he sued his financial manager. Johnny Depp’s financial manager, Joel Mandel and The Management Group worked with him for 17 years before he fired and sued them for swindling his money in 2017. In return, the actor demanded $25 million. As a result, the company countersued the actor, alleging that Depp was responsible for spending his own money.

The Management Group also claimed that Johnny Depp spent $4 million on a record label that soon failed, $18 million on a yacht and $75 million on a total of 14 homes. They also alleged that they had to deal with Depp’s extravagant lifestyle and luxurious hobbies, including drinking wine. Seemingly, the actor’s spending habits did not change despite his failed marriage. Moreover, his former financial manager appeared during the defamation trial to talk about Depp’s spending habits.

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According to a report, Johnny Depp and The Management Group reached a settlement a month before the trial was set to begin. Currently, Depp is laying low and residing in rural England. 

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Giambattista Valli fills fall runway show with tweeds at Paris Fashion Week

Giambattista Valli fills fall runway show with tweeds at Paris Fashion Week

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Giambattista Valli fills fall runway show with tweeds at Paris Fashion Week

Giambattista Valli switched things up for his fall runway show at Paris Fashion Week, taking a step back from his signature, airy floral styles to focus on tweeds, which he also offered for men.

Models marched down the sparse setting, a hallway in the Musee d’Art Moderne de Paris, wearing jumpsuits, long coats and dresses in tweed fabrics, mostly black or ivory and woven with gold thread.

The show opened with a black, sleeveless jumpsuit cinched at the waist with a gold belt, and worn over a white t-shirt.

Further shaking the fabric from its traditional twin-set role, Valli worked the material into long overcoats, loose jackets, mini-dresses and a bright, red jumpsuit.

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There were also white jeans, the hems chopped off, paired with a glittering floral sequined top in one instance, and a long, collarless tweed coat in another — both worn by male models.

Fancy party dresses were included in the lineup, offered in bright colors — hot pink, red and purple — with neat piles of bows decorating the waist.

Popular with the red carpet set, and known for voluminous, tulle dresses, Valli broadened his fan base with a collaboration with H&M in 2019.

Front row guests included Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, in a glittering gold overcoat covered in bright turquoise feathers and singer Ciara, who wore a black, sheer gown.

Fashion industry figures Anna Wintour and Francois-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of Kering, also attended the show.

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The label has financial backing from the Pinault family holding Groupe Artemis. 

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Diverse designers headline Milan Fashion Week Day 5

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Designers with diverse backgrounds figured prominently in shows on the fourth day of Milan Fashion Week, during a season when diversity in Italian fashion has become an ever more pressing topic.

Maximilian Davis, 27, showed his second season as creative director at the Florentine-based Ferragamo. Likewise for Filipino-American designer Rhuigi Villasenor at Swiss luxury brand Bally. And Tokyo James, founded a nearly decade ago by British-Nigerian designer Iniye Tokyo James, presented its fourth Milan runway show.

This week, under-represented designers were also supported by the fashion chamber with inside a project called Blanc Spaces, Black creatives were honored with the first-ever Black Carpet Awards and new designers of color were on display at one of Milan’s trendiest display in a collaboration with Afro Fashion Week Milano.

Some highlights from mostly womenswear collections for next fall and winter on the fourth day Saturday of Milan Fashion Week.

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DOLCE & GABBANA’S SEDUCE WITH SHEERS AND LACE

The negligee is coming out of the bedroom next season at Dolce & Gabbana, where sheer and lace lingerie looks set the tone during a season when the nude dressing is one of the hottest trends on the Milan runway.

Not to worry, for those who are not ready to go that far, lacy corset tops also become a wonderful element in a suit.

Almost never have the designers created such a clear progression: from the seduction of black lingerie with herringbone or feathery details to all-white looks, including one sheer, that might be fit for a very non-traditional wedding.

An audible gasp went through the crowd for a gold-studded dress with a metallic corset. Ashley Graham stunned in a ruched red dress that swathed her form.

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Like the last season curated by Kim Kardashian, many of the looks drew on the Dolce & Gabbana archives.

Kardashian was back this season, this time in the front row as a spectator, wearing a red sequined bra top and skirt that was a cousin to the runway collection’s closing look.

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO CHASES YOUTH

Ferragamo has some sex kitten looks for next fall and winter as the creative direction of Maximilian Davis, showing his second collection for the Florentine fashion house, took a dive into the archives when 1950s divas like Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren were setting the mood.

“With Ferragamo, there is so much in the heritage, that I felt we really need to work to present it to the younger generation that we want to bring into the brand,” Davis said backstage.

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That included an invisible heel on a stiletto, and the Ferragamo red that he employed in smaller ways, like peekaboo slits.

Davis envisages dressing both mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, with his clean lines and spare, direct point of view.

To that end, there were slightly off-centred suit jackets with culottes worn fetchingly, and modestly, with dark tights. Culottes also paired with knitwear in see-me red. Sons might gravitate toward technical bombers and tank tops in bright shades, or motorcycle jackets and trousers with flashes of red that can be zipped open or closed.

Davis struck both an elegant and sexy tone with wrap dresses, elegant when combined with draping and sexy when hugging the body in liquidy metallic shades and short hemlines.

Front-row celebrities included Uma Thurman and Hunter Schafer.

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BALLY HOST ELLA EMHOFF, ADRIEN BRODY

Model Ella Emhoff, the stepdaughter of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, made her Milan Fashion Week debut this week, which included a stop in the Bally front row to see Rhuigi Villasenor’s second collection for the Swiss luxury brand.

Emhoff sported a Villasenor creation featuring rows of spikey beads that she likened to a weighted blank, “which is soothing,” she said before the show. The striking black top was styled simply with jeans, slicked hair and just a dot of orange on the eye— and a security service detail in the corner.

Villasenor set his collection against the backdrop of a 15th Century mansion that was home to Leonardo da Vinci when he painted “The Last Supper,” in a church opposite the house.

And the luxury looks that evoked a life of active leisure were at home in the opulent surroundings, including a well-adorned map room, where a carving on the ceiling invoked: “Agere, non loqui,” Latin for “Do, don’t speak.”

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Men’s suits are tucked into luxury leather waders, while her elegant cape falls perfectly to meet thigh-high boots. For her, there was functional knitwear with a gold-chain belt for daytime outings, and for the evening, super-sex dresses that plunged and clung to the form, with asymmetrical backs. Waiting by the door, were fake furs and quilted puffer coats.

Sitting opposite Emhoff in the map room was Adrien Brody, arriving just in the nick of time with his partner, the designer Georgina Chapman.

TOKYO JAMES CODE SWITCHES

Tokyo James accented his collection with rows of dead zipper pulls, that offer neither an opening nor any closure. They are there to amuse, provoke, and jingle, like charms that draw attention away from the fabulousness of the garments, lest they attract jealousy.

The collection, dubbed “Code Switch” as a homage to his decade as a designer, featured denim combinations in blue and purple, colourful patchwork shearling, cropped leather jackets and teddy bear coats with mesh-covered openings. Loose-cut suits are covered with the names of places in his Nigerian homeland: Badagry, Surulere, Ikoyi, and one suit jacket proudly declares “African” in sparkling red.

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Models had red makeup smeared on their teeth, and some made the most of the potentially ghoulish accent, sneering at the cameras as they made their turn. But the overall mood was dapper, underlined by the short scarf accessory, tied in an off-skew bow, as the designer himself wears.

FERRARI GOES PINK

Ferrari luxury fashion appears to have a permanent home at Milan Fashion Week, as its performance boosts the lifestyle segment at the super sports carmaker.

The latest collection by Rocco Iannone features Ferrari pink – ironically the only colour that the carmaker declines to offer automotive customers — alongside the traditional red. On the runway, the colours play nicely off each other in bold combinations of shiny outerwear, puffy utility vests and quilted skirts. Pink also got a turn as an accent in shredded and intarsia knitwear

Innovation at Ferrari is not confined to car technology. Shiny red jackets and jodhpur-shaped quilted pants were made from a new textile developed through a patented process called Q-Cycling that converts old tires into wearable fibres.

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BENETTON DEMOCRATIZES FASHION

Andrea Incontri is in his second season of upping the fashion game at Benetton brand, with his first collection – featuring a mélange of knitwear featuring fruit patterns just now in stores.

“They tell me it is going well,” he said with a smile.

His second collection for next fall and winter turns largely on colour, with the brand’s famous knitwear the lynchpin element. Lavender, pink and tangerine combine in a casual suit combo, the blouse kept open under a cropped cable-knit sweater. Bunny motifs repeat on black-and-white sweaters, worn over a polka dot shirt. And a shiny, green eco-shearling coat pulls together a pink-and-green floral printed skirt with an accompanying pullover.

Accessories include soft bags with the streamlined octopus logo, which also appears as jewellery.

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The looks are meant to be both accessible and a serious stab at fashion for the Main Street crowd who can’t, or don’t want to, access luxury.

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