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28 Jun

Remembering Barbie’s Sugar Daddy Ken Doll Boyfriend’s Palm Beach

Remembering Barbie’s Sugar Daddy Ken Doll Boyfriend’s Palm Beach
Courtesy 2009 marked Barbie’s fiftieth anniversary, with Mattel releasing special-edition dolls like Then and Now Barbie, Generations of Dreams Barbie and maybe essentially the most surprising… Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken. The doll, which was priced at $82, “exemplifies unbelievable Palm Beach fashion,” based on Mattel. Channeling the tropical flair of designers like Trina Turk and Lilly Pulitzer, Sugar Daddy Ken’s get-up included a green damask print blazer, a pink button-up and white pleated slacks. His golden blond hair has began fading gray, and in contrast to many Ken dolls, he comes with an adjunct: a toy dog on a hot pink leash. Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken The Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken was reportedly a part of the adult Barbie Collector Line....
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31 May

Remembering Fashion Designer Pepito Albert

Remembering Fashion Designer Pepito Albert
Friends and fanily are collaborating in a nine-day novena for the clothier Pepito Albert, who died Saturday on the age of 63. Albert, who had studied fashion and began his profession within the U.S., died of cancer at his home in Manila, based on fellow Filipino-born designer Josie Natori. Albert graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles in 1986, and remained Stateside within the U.S. to enterprise into fashion. From the beginning the designer strived to appeal to strong women with a certain gravitas. He was also a fashion resource for the primary family within the Philippines including former first daughter Irene Marcos-Araneta. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. reportedly wore Albert-designed barongs for such key appearances as...
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31 Dec

Remembering Dame Vivienne Westwood: Industry Figures Share Memories of

Remembering Dame Vivienne Westwood: Industry Figures Share Memories of
LONDON — WWD’s legendary late publisher and editorial director John B. Fairchild described Vivienne Westwood as a “designer’s designer” and her peers definitely agree.  Designers and fashion industry figures have been paying tribute to Westwood, who died Thursday at age 81, describing her not only as an iconoclast but as a fantastic teacher and role model. Fairchild considered Westwood one among the world’s six biggest designers, together with the likes of Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld, Emanuel Ungaro and Christian Lacroix. Westwood signed a seven-year licensing agreement with Giorgio Armani in 1984 that gave the Italian designer exclusive rights to her name. But no clothes were ever produced under the agreement and in 1987 Westwood actually sued Armani for failing to pay her....
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3 Nov

Rest In Power: Remembering The Stars We have Lost

Rest In Power: Remembering The Stars We have Lost
(Photo by Margaret Thomas/The The Washington Post via Getty Images) Recent years bring about recent hopes and a number of annual occasions to have fun, from birthdays to anniversaries. But with the passing of the times also comes recent losses, as time spent with those we love and admire turns into memories. As we journey through this 12 months, every day we remember the celebrities and public figures whose lights now shine amongst us otherwise and the impact they’ve had on not only the entertainment industry but as public servants. Listed here are the celebs we’ve lost in 2021. var playerInstance_RE99MZ32 = jwplayer("jw-video-RE99MZ32").setup({ playlist: "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/RE99MZ32", autostart: false, repeat: true, mute: true, aspectratio: '16:9', sharing: { sites: ["facebook","twitter","email","linkedin"] }, cast: {}, floating: { dismissible: true }, autoPause: { viewability: false }, displaytitle: true, displaydescription:...
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