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6 Jul

Thompson’s Armani First, Zegna and Mr Porter Rejoice, Holt

Thompson’s Armani First, Zegna and Mr Porter Rejoice, Holt
A FIRST TIMER: It was Emma Thompson’s first fashion show. “I do know, can you think it? Incredible. Nevertheless it’s not my world,” quipped the Oscar winner at Giorgio Armani’s high fashion show in Paris on Tuesday. She was clad in a vivid pink suit for the occasion, and accompanied by daughter Gaia. “I really like Armani, latest inventions and you possibly can be perfection,” she added, breaking into rhyme. Thompson climbed over the seats to hug Kate Hudson amidst the claustrophobic close quarters of the front row frenzy. “It’s so hot, what were they considering?” she said of the tented area where the show was held. But Hudson was keeping cool in a bandeau top and high ponytail. “I believe he’s an...
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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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