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31 May

The Making of Beyoncé’s Alexander McQueen ‘Renaissance World Tour’ Look

The Making of Beyoncé’s Alexander McQueen ‘Renaissance World Tour’ Look
LONDON — Beyoncé was red-hot in a rouge Alexander McQueen ensemble for the second of 5 London performances of her “Renaissance World Tour.” Inspired by look 41 from the style house’s fall 2023 collection, the custom-made style was composed of an embroidered red dress and gloves, and paired with metallic red boots.  Beyoncé wearing Alexander McQueen for her second London performance. Courtesy of Alexander McQueen Chosen by stylist Shiona Turini, the dress and gloves featured hand-embroidered bugle beading, which twinkled under the stage lights because the singer performed.  This will not be the primary fall 2023 inspired McQueen look Beyoncé has worn for her world tour; previously she wore a heavily silver beaded jumpsuit from the label to the opening of her tour. The autumn 2023...
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13 May

David Koma on Creating Beyoncé’s Iridescent Costume for the

David Koma on Creating Beyoncé’s Iridescent Costume for the
LONDON — Beyoncé’s long-awaited “Renaissance World Tour” kicked off in Stockholm on Wednesday night. The singer-songwriter wore Loewe, Mugler, Alexander McQueen and David Koma. “They reached out a few months ago concerning the tour, and I sort of knew that it was coming. They really wanted something that made sense together with her latest direction for the tour,” Koma told WWD on the phone from Azerbaijan, where he’s touring his own collection to clients. Beyoncé x David Koma The Georgian-born designer had previously worked with Beyoncé on her costume for her Oscars performance last yr — a vibrant neon green number that featured sequins and feathers. “It was quite easy to work together with her because there's a mutual understanding of aesthetics and since I’ve...
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22 Dec

Easy methods to Get Ahead in Washington: Lessons from

Easy methods to Get Ahead in Washington: Lessons from
Editor’s Note: That is the second a part of a two-part series. The primary was published yesterday. This scenario may sound immediately familiar to War on the Rocks readers: within the midst of an animated discussion at a piece function, your interlocutor’s gaze suddenly begins to wander, slowly sweeping across the room, logging faces and names, scanning for somebody potentially more useful to seek advice from. Subtle changes begin to slowly unfold. Your colleague’s expression regularly grows more vacant, their conversational fillers increasingly robotic. After which, within the blink of a watch, they've swept with unsuspected grace and celerity across the windowless conference room to greet the tardy assistant secretary. Hovering across the visiting potentiary with a nervous grin, they nod...
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19 Dec

TS Madison Talks Being Sampled On ‘Renaissance:’ ‘You Never

TS Madison Talks Being Sampled On ‘Renaissance:’ ‘You Never
TS Madison is the queen of hearts. The unfiltered, hilarious thoughts she shares online have gained her a legion of fans and thrust her into virality time and time again. The widely shared moments range from an early Vine of Madison yelling “Latest weave, 22 inches” to a more recent one where she finds out that Selena was, in actual fact, not Puerto Rican. The social media and tv personality has funneled the eye into money-making ventures. Over the past three years, she’s pierced the mainstream with a 2-episode guest slot on RuPaul’s Drag Race and a task within the award-winning 2020 film Zola. She also made history as the primary trans woman to executive produce and host a reality series,...
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