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CURTAIN RAISER: Paris-based specialty embroiderer Atelier Montex has worked with French contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan on the behest of Chanel to create the backdrop for the formal naming ceremony of actor Maholo Terajima, the primary French-Japanese kabuki performer.
The ten-year-old actor, who began his profession aged 4, will take the stage name of Onoe Maholo I on Tuesday, when he makes his debut in a play titled “Oto Kiku Maholo no Wakamusha” (or Maholo, the young warrior of Otowaya in Japanese), at Tokyo’s Kabuki-za theater as a part of the Danjuro-Kikugoro festival or “Dankikusai” that runs until May 27.
The monumental traditional “iwai maku” curtain that spans the length of the stage features an abstract pixelated motif alongside Terajima’s name and...
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As an educator and First Lady Jill Biden, like lots of her predecessors, prefers to maintain most photo-ops concerning the matter at hand and never concerning the clothes on her back.
But Wednesday’s appearance on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History was undeniably fashion-driven. The occasion was the disclosing of the Markarian ensemble she donned for President Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony in 2021 and the Gabriela Hearst gown worn for the evening festivities that followed. The Latest York-based designers behind each labels — Markarian’s Alexandra O’Neill and Hearst, joined FLOTUS within the Flag Hall. From Thursday, their now-historic designs will likely be on view at the middle of the First Ladies Collection within the Smithsonian.
O’Neill had designed a blue tweed...
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British Vogue invited Stormzy to speak together with his stylist Melissa Holdbrook-Akposoe (Melissa’s Wardrobe) and review his most iconic performances to this point: from Stormzy’s breakout track ‘Shut Up’ and the headline-making 2018 Brit Awards performance, to his recent hit ‘Mel Made Me Do It’ — a tribute to his long-term friend & stylist.
The pair discuss the outfits that he’s worn during his rise to fame, alongside Stormzy’s newfound appreciation for fashion. “It’s sick to see that as much as I’ve grown, there are still things which might be the exact same,” Stormzy says as he reflects back. “I began in a black tracksuit with all of the mandem, but we’ve led to a hot-pink suit with the mandem… The...
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