AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarAlexandre de Betak on the future of the fashion show - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNParis CNN — Alexandre de Betak is not scared of the future. On the contrary, the events producer – credited with revolutionizing the modern fashion show – is in constant pursuit of newness, always ready to shed traditions he himself first created in order to stay ahead. From the helm of his …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarSecrets of the fashion week pit: Photographing the other side of the runway - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNCNN — Hours on end confined to two feet square, teetering atop a box amid screams, shouts and sometimes violence. And you might not even walk away with anything usable. It’s no life, working in the photographer’s pit. Yet when fashion week rolls into town, photographers volunteer to enter the pit in …
When fashion becomes a political statementAvatarCNNAvatarAvatarFashion's potential to influence politics and culture - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNN - Henry Navarro Delgado, The ConversationCNN — Political dressing is fashionable right now, but is it fashion? Celebrities and stars turned up dressed in black at the 75th Golden Globes Award ceremony. Instantly the media was in frenzy over what they dubbed “political fashion statements on the red carpet.” This is just the most recent …
Male style tribes: As lines blur, do they still exist?AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarMen's fashion week 2018 - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNCNN — In post-war Britain mods, rockers, skinheads and teddy boys would happily engage in casual violence to defend the honor of their dress sense. In America meanwhile, bikers would beat up hippies in parking lots just for having marginally wider jeans – “like trousers, like brain” as The Clash’s …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarThe modeling industry laid bare - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNCNN — The modeling industry is never too far from controversy. Whether it’s the rise (or rejection) of ‘plus size’, increasing frustrations at a pervasive lack of diversity or eternal fears over health and weight, there has been much to talk about in recent years. Models themselves are now arguably …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarHow Russia is changing the face of fashion - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNCNN — In search of distinctive Russian faces, the biggest names in fashion have started turning to one modeling agency in particular – Lumpen. Less than two years after launching, the Moscow-based company has already cast models in major fashion shows for the likes of Vetements, Lanvin and Comme des …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarNew York Fashion Week: Rihanna, diversity and drag queens - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNNew York CNN — Once an insular industry trade event, New York Fashion Week has transformed into a high-priced, fast-paced, public-facing marketing opportunity. Shows are livestreamed, Instagrammed and live-tweeted, immediately transmitting what happens on the runway to the masses. With social media …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarMeet the African models breaking barriers - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNCNN — Stepping onto the runway at Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show with a tiny afro, Maria Borges made history and headlines in 2015. It was the first time black natural hair would appear in the show’s 20 year run. “I had to persuade them,” recalls Borges. “I wanted to send a message out there. People …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarWinnie Harlow's changing the face of fashion - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNCNN — Canadian model Winnie Harlow, born Chantelle Brown-Young, did not have an easy childhood. At the age of four she was diagnosed with vitiligo, an incurable skin pigmentation disease that causes colorless patches to develop on a person’s body. Bullied for the way she looked, her peers at school …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarLeomie Anderson on fashion's lack of diversity - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNCNN — Lack of diversity is arguably one of the biggest issues facing the fashion industry. British model Leomie Anderson is more vocal than most on the subject. Earlier this year, during New York Fashion Week, she took to Twitter to voice her outrage on the subject when she was paired with an …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarBalenciaga's viral layered parka costs thousands - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNCNN — Imagine the circumstances under which you would wear this Balenciaga coat, which is essentially just seven coats sewn together. Do you want to appear as if you are going on a long trip and have layered to avoid paying an extra baggage fee? Are you angling to be the most fashionable person at …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarJacquemus plays tribute to the men of Marseille in his debut menswear collection - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNNMarseille, France CNN — The Calanque de Sormiou beach, a beautiful cove at the bottom of a winding descent through a nature reserve near Marseille, is where French fashion designer Simon Porte Jacquemus chose to debut his first menswear collection to the world. Staged on the sand inches away from …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarVictoria's Secret Fashion Show: Where are the plus-size models? - CNN Styleverified_publisherCNN - Channing Hargrove, Refinery29CNN — More than 50 models have already been confirmed to walk in the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (location TBD), 18 of whom will spread their “wings” for the first time. This weekend, it was revealed that Kelsey Meritt will become the first Filipino model to walk the runway, and Winnie …