Playful – Beautifaire

29 Sep

Motherland: This exhibition is a playful celebration of pubic

At the guts of Motherland, a recent exhibition in Paris which opened last night, is a playful and celebratory approach to the topic of pubic hair – women’s, particularly – that could be very much lacking in most cultural discussion. Across a series of images, models’ pubes are braided, dyed, bedazzled and styled. There’s cotton candy-coloured pubes tied into twin ponytails, pubes fashioned into flames, a rhinestone Marie from The Aristocats. They're daring images, but all the time fun, and done with a way of humour that brings the ladies in on the joke, slightly than making them the butt of it, as is so often the case with a subject still treated with discomfort, if not outright disgust, by...

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22 May

Mango and L.A.’s Simon Miller Collaborate on Daring and

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Mango and L.A.’s Simon Miller Collaborate on Daring and

Mango has partnered with Simon Miller, unveiling a 73-piece collection. Dropping Monday and available in Mango stores, shop.mango.com and simonmillerusa.com, the road offers 37 colourful garments and 36 accessories ranging in price between $35.99 and $249. “What led us to collaborate with such a creative brand like Simon Miller is their refreshing, young and colourful aesthetic, and mindset,” said Justicia Ruano, creative director of womenswear at Mango, in an announcement. It was the Spanish retailer that reached out to the Los Angeles-based brand. “The gathering is crammed with fancy and fun colours that we discover so inspiring and wealthy. Moreover, summer is a key moment for Mango commercially speaking, so we desired to collaborate with a brand that shared this with us....

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18 Apr

Revolve Festival Draws Celebs, Plus Balenciaga’s Recent Hamburg Store

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Revolve Festival Draws Celebs, Plus Balenciaga’s Recent Hamburg Store

Revolve Celebrates: Revolve Festival returned this weekend. A more intimate affair, the e-tailer was celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a much smaller guest list this 12 months. The production, though, was just as big. Performers on day one included Don Toliver, Ice Spice, PinkPantheress, Siobhan Bell, Amaarae and Honey. Day two brought out City Girls and 21 Savage. “We’ve been form of reminiscing so much, truthfully,” said Raissa Gerona, chief brand officer. “And we’ve activated within the desert now — with Revolve Festival it’s been officially six years — but bringing influencers, that is going to be our tenth 12 months. Looking back at the way it’s evolved a lot, it’s really incredible.” It was a mixture of big-name influencers, music and Hollywood...

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27 Jan

Sindiso Khumalo to Take Her Colourful, Playful Textiles, Designs

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Sindiso Khumalo to Take Her Colourful, Playful Textiles, Designs

LONDON — Sindiso Khumalo, the Cape Town-based sustainable textile designer, is ready to bring her punchy colours and retro designs to high streets worldwide through a collaboration with & Other Stories, WWD has learned. The limited-edition collection of dresses, swimwear and accessories has been constructed from materials including organic cotton, recycled cotton and linen. It's going to launch in April in chosen & Other Stories stores, and online. The prints, as at all times, are based on Khumalo’s hand-painted watercolors and collages, and inspired by the designer’s South African heritage. The sun-drenched images for the campaign have also been shot in South Africa. Khumalo said the start line for the gathering “was the materials themselves, and ensuring they were sourced in a more sustainable way.” She added...

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