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19 May

Draya Michele Is The Gardening Guru We Didn’t Know

Draya Michele Is The Gardening Guru We Didn’t Know
Demetrius Ward Draya Michele is a girl who wears many hats. She’s an actress, a TV personality, a designer behind the successful swimwear brand Mint Swim and a boy mom of two. Certainly one of her newest hats though, is one that appears far different from any she’s worn before. She’s a gardener. The sweetness began testing the green in her thumb throughout the pandemic, when many went looking for activities that would spark joy in bleak times. “During COVID, I used to be at home loads and decided to explore other hobbies. I used to be gifted a house plant and I feel it began there,” Michele tells ESSENCE. “I had space outside my previous home for some plants so I began...
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19 Apr

Jennifer Foyle, Michele Parsons to Be Honored by LIM

Jennifer Foyle, Michele Parsons to Be Honored by LIM
The LIM Fashion Education Foundation, or LIM FEF, will present Jennifer Foyle, president and executive creative officer for American Eagle and Aerie, and Michele Parsons, chief merchandising officer of Kate Spade, with the organization’s first “Fashion Forward” awards. Foyle and Parsons can be honored at an event celebrating LIM FEF’s forty fifth anniversary on May 10 at 6 p.m. at a rooftop location in Latest York. The evening will feature a cocktail party and a silent auction. Foyle and Parsons are being recognized for his or her commitment to empowering the subsequent generation of retail leaders. Each women serve on the LIM FEF board of directors and have shown their dedication to the nonprofit organization’s mission to lift and administer funds for...
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24 Nov

Alessandro Michele says arrivederci to Gucci

Alessandro Michele says arrivederci to Gucci
Alessandro Michele ‘Alessandro Michele May you usually live by your passions, propelled by the wind of freedom,’ the designer said after seven years on the helm of the fashion house Alessandro Michele’s madcap reign at Gucci has officially come to an end. Having spent greater than 20 years plugged-in at the posh behemoth – seven of which were as its creative director – the designer broadcasted his exit on Instagram this evening. “There are occasions when paths part ways due to different perspectives each one in all us can have,” he said. “Today a rare journey ends for me, lasting greater than twenty years, inside an organization to which I even have tirelessly dedicated all my love and artistic passion.” He didn't announce any...
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23 Nov

Alessandro Michele Is Exiting Gucci, Sources Say

Alessandro Michele Is Exiting Gucci, Sources Say
MILAN — Could a significant change be happening at Gucci? Well-placed sources here say that creative director Alessandro Michele is exiting the brand. A press release is anticipated as early as Wednesday. Gucci didn't reply to repeated requests for comment late Tuesday Milan time. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity told WWD that Michele “was asked to initiate a powerful design shift” to light a hearth under the brand, however the designer didn't meet the request. One other source said François-Henri Pinault, chairman and chief executive officer of Gucci’s parent Kering, is a change of pace for the group’s star brand. This may not be the primary time Pinault has shaken up certainly one of Kering’s key brands. Last November, in...
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