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Kevan Hall: A Distinctive Vision of American Glamour

From the revival of Halston to his own celebrated design house, the Los Angeles designer has spent decades refining a vision of fashion built on impeccable tailoring, modern elegance and the art of dressing with confidence. True glamour is rarely accidental. It comes from an understanding of proportion, movement and the details that make a garment feel extraordinary. For American designer Kevan Hall, these principles have defined a career spanning more than three decades. Raised in Detroit, Hall discovered his…

Fashion June 12, 2020

A Deeper Look | Fashion Brands Who Truly Support Equality

Black lives matter rally in Canada - by Matthew Sichkaruk - Source: Unsplash

Image Credit: Matthew Sichkaruk Across the US, protests have erupted in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died in police custody during an attempted arrest on May 25. What began with protestors calling for police reform in Minneapolis, has ricocheted to countless other cities. The four Minneapolis police officers involved in the attempted arrest of Floyd have been arrested. Taking notice of the protest’s persistence and increasing influence, many luxury fashion brands have issued…

Art & Culture Fashion November 6, 2019

Frank Gehry and Peter Marino’s Louis Vuitton Maison in Seoul, South Korea is a masterpiece of modern architecture

A modern masterpiece designed through a collaboration between Peter Marino and Frank Gehry for Louis Vuitton has now opened in Seoul, South Korea. The new boutique located in the Gangnam district and situated on Cheongdam-dong avenue opened its doors on October 30th. The result of Frank Gehry and Peter Marino’s collaboration is a unique structure that pays respect to Korean architectural heritage while sharing elements with Louis Vuitton’s Paris flagship boutique. Although Peter Marino is no stranger to South Korean…

Fashion August 14, 2019

Digital Clothing: Fashion of Future

The wave of digitization hits the fashion industry this time. As the world’s first piece of digital couture created by The Fabricant was sold for $9,500 in May, the rise in digital fashion has received a lot of attention. This new trend, however, does not come unexpected. Two luxury icons, Prada and Balmain, launched their digital fashion campaigns last year, both of which feature digital models who wear tailored styles. By breaking the wall between physicality and virtuality, digital fashion…

Fashion Women's Style July 17, 2019

The Story of NY Vintage | The Most Extravagant Vintage Clothing Boutique

With a museum-worthy collection of luxury vintage clothing that dates back to the 1860s and having dressed a wide-range of celebrity clients like Lady Gaga, former first lady Michelle Obama, and Beyoncé, New York Vintage is unlike any other clothing store in New York City. But for owner and founder Shannon Hoey, it’s all about preserving history and making it readily available to the public. Having founded the store in 2002, when she was only 26 years old, Hoey says…

Beauty Fashion July 17, 2019

Summer’s Luxury Cosmetic Launches

Summer has officially begun and what better way than to kick off yours by picking up some products from this summer’s most highly anticipated luxury cosmetic launches. From highlighter duos to bronzer, these products will become essential to your makeup routine this summer. CHANEL CRUISE 2019 COLLECTION LUMIÈRE ET CONTRASTE Global Creative Makeup and Colour Designer, Lucia Pica, drew inspiration from the effects of shadow and light for Chanel’s 2019 summer makeup collection to create a contrasting palette of subtle,…

Fashion June 9, 2019

Dover Street Market New York: Get Ready for an Unconventional Adventure

Standing at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 30th Street, Dover Street Market New York (DSMNY), a high-end retail branch of Rei Kawakubo’s international fashion empire, counters basically everything I expect from a fashion boutique. Words like timeless and classical would do a just description of the building based on its temple-like facade. However, a wild fashion experiment, or “beautiful chaos” in Karakubo’s words, is actually going on underneath the surface. Together with five other stores around the globe…

Fashion People May 6, 2019

Yun Qu: Fashion Designer, Musician, and Futurist

Yun Qu, the Founder of the NYC based brand Videmus Omnia, which was founded in 2016, let me know that she was listening to Nirvana when she got the inspiration for her A/W 2019 collection, “Enigma”. The collection, which features grunge fashion and Renaissance art debuted at the A/W 2019 New York Fashion Week. “Enigma” marks Yun’s third collection. When I entered Yun Qu’s studio in New York on a Sunday afternoon, the first thing that grabbed my attention was…

Fashion People Travel Women's Style April 24, 2019

Leaf Greener: “Fashion Industry Needs to Slow Down”

Liberty, Enthusiasm, Aesthetics, Fantasy. Unlike traditional print magazines, the LEAF WeChat magazine doesn’t follow rules in terms of format and frequency. Nor does the magazine discuss fashion trends and gossip. “It’s about design theories, [and] about ethics,” Leaf Greener said in our interview. “We believe in slow fashion and publish articles whenever we find right angles and themes.” Leaf Greener, the former Senior Fashion Editor of Elle China and Founder of LEAF WeChat Magazine, is a Chinese fashion influencer and…

Fashion Women's Style March 1, 2019

A Tribute to Karl Lagerfeld: Fendi Women’s Fall/Winter 2019/2020 at Milan Fashion Week

A Tribute to Karl Lagerfeld: Fendi Women’s Fall/Winter 2019/2020 at Paris Fashion Week

The House of Fendi unveiled Karl Lagerfeld’s final collection on February 21st at Milan Fashion Week. The heartwarming runway display was a breathtaking tribute to one of our generation’s most celebrated designers. Silk foulard, a favorite of Lagerfeld, was a prominent material recurring throughout the show. Lagerfeld was the maison’s Creative Director since 1965, which is widely regarded as one of the longest collaborations between a fashion house and a designer. “The bond between Karl Lagerfeld and FENDI is fashion’s…

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