December 24, 2022 – Page 9

24 Dec

No. 1: The Gucci, Alessandro Michele Split

Gucci is changing skin. Or is it? Alessandro Michele suddenly exited his role as creative director of Gucci in November, leaving a trail of query marks about what happened behind closed doors and the longer term of the Italian luxury brand. Its recent path and, potentially, yet one more textbook reinvention are objects of much speculation, as no successor has been named in the interim. In response to WWD sources, strong disagreements over the longer term of the brand caused a rift between Michele and president and chief executive officer Marco Bizzarri, who had championed the designer since naming him creative director of the brand in January 2015. It is known Bizzarri and François-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of Gucci’s parent Kering, urged...

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24 Dec

FKA twigs’ latest fragrance brings together the virgin and

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FKA twigs’ latest fragrance brings together the virgin and

To arrange Jesus’s body on the day of his burial, Mary Magdalene anointed his feet with spikenard oil. The prized oil was an expensive luxury in those days, and the act caused shock and outrage. “Everyone said ‘she’s mad, we knew that she was mad, she’s pouring all this money, this really expensive, luxurious substance throughout Jesus’s feet, she’s clearly a crazy woman,’” says FKA twigs. “So she took down her hair and he or she began mopping up the drops of spikenard that were falling off Jesus’s feet along with her hair.” Spikenard, together with other herbs and oils utilized by Mary Magdalene to heal people, makes up the juice of twigs’...

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24 Dec

International Day For The Remembrance Of Slavery – Essence

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International Day For The Remembrance Of Slavery – Essence

Bulgnn/Getty Images The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is observed on August 23 every 12 months. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated the day, and it was first commemorated on August 23, 1998, in Haiti and on Gorée Island in Senegal on August 23, 1999. On this present day, UNESCO raises awareness of the horrors of the slave trade and honors those that suffered and were dehumanized by the practice of slavery. “It's time to abolish human exploitation once and for all, and to acknowledge the equal and unconditional dignity of each individual, said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. Racism is the wound left by slavery on our societies. Let the memory & history...

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24 Dec

AFROPUNK x Shopify Present Black Fashion Exhibit in NYC

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AFROPUNK x Shopify Present Black Fashion Exhibit in NYC

To spotlight Black fashion designers, Shopify’s Construct Black team and AFROPUNK collaborated on July 13 to present a fashion exhibition. The Construct Black x AFROPUNK Black Fashion Accelerator is a comprehensive program created to support nine up-and-coming Black fashion designers in developing their skills and expanding their brands in a cutthroat market. This system’s outcomes were revealed last night by AFROPUNK and Shopify’s Construct Black, giving BFA designers the choice to display their goods at Shopify SoHo in Latest York City. “What an absolute privilege it has been to placed on this Fashion Accelerator Program in partnership with Shopify and to have an integral part in establishing these exceptional nine entrepreneurs for future success,” says Anita Asante, AFROPUNK’s Head of Global Strategic Partnerships,...

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