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26 May

Eden Tan Scores Top Honor at Central Saint Martins

LONDON — Central Saint Martins’ annual BA graduate show saw students pushing the boundaries of fashion with unique textiles, silhouettes and techniques. Held contained in the Granary Square campus in Kings Cross, the 134-graduate showcase actually lived as much as the style school’s popularity as “the world’s biggest factory for making trouble” as its current chancellor, Grayson Perry describes the varsity. Menswear designer Eden Tan took home the highest honor of the L’Oréal Professionnel Young Talent Award. His collection, titled “On Borrowed Fabric,” centers around sustainability, drawing on his hobby of tinkering to develop recent techniques. Each look from his collection was crafted out of an uncut roll of cloth, a few of which were then airbrushed to create a trompe l’oeil effect. “The...
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17 May

Cannes Film Festival Opens With Michael Douglas Honor, Catherine

CANNES — The Cannes Film Festival opened with words of each exuberance and reverence, because the festival returned to form while keeping its political viewpoint. “I desired to talk in regards to the unique aspect of cinema and that's that we're all watching together. We're sitting in a single room together, and watching one content,” said jury president Ruben Östlund in his opening remarks. The Swedish director recalled gathering around a TV screen together with his parents as a baby, and joked that the one TV show any nation — or any family — still watches together is the Eurovision Song Contest. “All we're doing is scrolling and alone in our rooms.” Östlund said constant scrolling is causing people to desert critical...
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11 May

High School of Fashion Industries to Honor Angelo Baque

The High School of Fashion Industries (HSFI) will hold its student fashion show and fundraiser on May 24 at Gansevoort Plaza within the Meatpacking District. The event will honor Angelo Baque, founder and inventive director of Awake NY, with the Visionary Award, and global logistics provider UPS with its Fashion Equity Award. The thirty fifth annual event is in partnership with the Meatpacking District Management Association. It marks the primary time the event will happen in a community space. The style show will happen at 6:30 p.m. and the awards ceremony will follow at 7 p.m. The show and awards shall be held outdoors, with a rain date of May 25. “I’m grateful for this recognition and the implausible work...
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4 Apr

Mother’s Day Awards Will Honor Three Influential Women in

The forty fifth annual Outstanding Mother Awards will honor three women across retail, beauty and technology on May 11 at The Pierre Hotel in Recent York. They're Monica Arnaudo, chief merchandising officer of Ulta Beauty; Tracey Travis, executive vp and chief financial officer at The Estee Lauder Cos. Inc., and Elizabeth Buchanan, chief business officer at Rokt. Laurie Dowley, chairman of the National Mother’s Day Committee, said, “This 12 months’s honorees are leaders in every sense of the word — navigating impressive careers and supporting their families and communities with grace, compassion and determination. We stay up for recognizing their contributions as moms, executives and role models.” Hosted by mistress of ceremonies Natalie Pasquarella, NBC 4 Recent York anchor, this 12 months’s...
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