October 2022
LONDON — Sartorially speaking, it’s not a very good week for Catherine, Princess of Wales.
She stepped out on Wednesday to go to the maternity unit on the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guilford in southern England wearing a pleated mustard yellow dress from high street brand Karen Millen, which is an element of the fast-fashion chain group Boohoo.
That very same day, British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party Liz Truss delivered a speech in Birmingham, England, in a red bodycon dress from the identical designer.
Truss’ dress made social media headlines after being in comparison with one which Emma Thompson’s character Vivienne Rook wears within the dystopian sci-fi drama “Years and Years” written by Russell T Davies. Rook is...
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PARIS — Family-owned Spanish beauty and fashion company Puig has named Eugenia de la Torriente as its chief communications officer, a newly created position that became effective Oct. 1.
De la Torriente is now accountable for the group’s internal and external communications, and reports to Marc Puig, Puig chairman and chief executive officer.
De la Torriente was formerly managing editor of El País, where she oversaw the humanities, lifestyle and culture sections and supplements. Prior to that, she served as Vogue Spain and Harper Bazaar Spain’s editor in chief. De la Torriente penned “Puig, 100 Years of a Family Business,” which was published in 2014 by Assouline.
“Eugenia brings 24 years of experience in journalism, image creation, storytelling, strategy and communication, in addition...
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There’s really never been a movie franchise quite like what’s about to occur with Avatar. Some studios have taken on a likelihood on making two sequels back-to-back; the last two Back to the Futures were shot that way, as were the primary two Matrix sequels. But James Cameron isn’t making two Avatar sequels back to back; he’s making 4 back to back to back to back. And while the primary of those movies, Avatar: The Way of Water, doesn’t even debut until December, Cameron has already shot a significant slice of the fourth film — which isn’t even scheduled to open in theaters under the perfect circumstances for one more 4 years.Franchise producer Jon Landau presented some footage from The Way of Water on the Busan International Film...
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