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2 May

Russian Designer Valentin Yudaskhin Dead at 59

Russian Designer Valentin Yudaskhin Dead at 59
Valentin Yudashkin, the primary Russian to be admitted to the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in 1996 before being excluded in 2022 for failing to sentence his country’s attack on Ukraine, died in Moscow on Tuesday at age 59. His death was announced by Russian news agency Tass and confirmed by an organization spokesperson. The reason behind death was given as cancer, a condition he had been battling since 2016, in response to news reports. He's survived by his wife and a daughter. Together with Vyacheslav “Slava” Zaitsev, who is taken into account his mentor and who died on Sunday, Yudashkin is seen as one among the best-known Russian designers of the late Soviet and post-Soviet eras. French Russsian fashion historian Alexandre...
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1 Apr

Entrepreneur Myriam Ullens, Founding father of Maison Ullens, Dead

Entrepreneur Myriam Ullens, Founding father of Maison Ullens, Dead
PARIS — Myriam Ullens, the Belgian entrepreneur, philanthropist and art collector who founded the Maison Ullens label, has died on the age of 70, the home confirmed on Thursday. Ullens was shot and killed in front of her home within the village of Ohain in Belgium on Wednesday, in line with local media reports. She was in a automobile together with her husband, billionaire industrialist Guy Ullens, who was reported injured but survived the attack. Her stepson Nicolas Ullens has been charged with murder after giving himself as much as police, saying the shooting was motivated by a financial dispute, the reports said. The general public prosecutor’s office for the French-speaking province of Walloon Brabant didn't immediately reply to a request for...
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15 Jan

Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, Former ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ DJ And

Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, Former ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ DJ And
Stephen “tWitch” Boss, who was fondly often called the joyous DJ and executive producer for “Ellen DeGeneres Show” and a dancer who rose to fame on “So You Think You Can Dance,” has died from a reported suicide at age 40. TMZ was the primary to report the news. “It's with the heaviest of hearts that I even have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” Boss’ wife, Allison Holker Boss, 34, confirms to PEOPLE. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else, and leading with love and lightweight was all the things to him. He was the backbone of our family, the very best husband and father, and an inspiration...
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14 Jan

R&B Is Not Dead – Essence – Essence

R&B Is Not Dead – Essence – Essence
Over thirty years ago, Mary J. Blige was crowned the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul. The title, bestowed on her by record executive Andre Harrell, was the byproduct of the positive reception to her studio album, What’s the 411? On the time of the album’s release, Entertainment Weekly described it as “one of the completed fusions of soul values and hip-hop to this point.”  Executive-produced by Sean “Puffy” Combs, the album incorporated elements of hip-hop’s beats and narrative-driven lyricism. The meshing of genres prolonged beyond sound and into fashion. Combs hired Misa Hylton, now a mode icon, to curate and produce looks to intensify Blige’s “fly girl” personality and attitude. Through her creative partnerships with Combs and Hylton, Blige introduced not only...
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