जैसे ही पोल्का डॉट्स का नाम आता है तो आपके दिमाग में 80 और 90 के दशक की ऐक्ट्रेसेज का स्टाइल सामने आता होगा ना। लेकिन जैसा कि हर स्टाइल वापस लौटकर आता है। ठीक वैसे ही पोल्का डॉट्स की भी फैशन में वापसी हो चुकी है और करीना से लेकर कंगना तक हर ऐक्ट्रेस इस ट्रेंड को फॉलो करती नजर आ रही हैं। अगर आपने भी अब तक पोल्का डॉट्स को ट्राई नहीं किया है तो इन ऐक्ट्रेसेस से टिप्स लेकर आप भी एक पोल्का डॉट वाली ड्रेस खरीद ही लें। कियारा का यूनीक लुक बीते दिनों एक मैगजीन के फोटोशूट के लिए रेड कलर की इस ड्रेस में बेहद खूबसूरत नजर आयीं। फैशन डिजाइनर गौरी ऐंड नैनिका द्वारा डिजाइन की गई कियारा की इस रेड कलर की शॉर्ट ड्रेस में ब्लैक कलर से पोल्का डॉट्स बने हुए थे। ड्रेस की खासियत थी शोल्डर्स के पास ड्रमैटिक फ्रिल्स और hem के पास फ्रिल्स। करीना की ब्लैक ऐंड वाइट पोल्का ड्रेस बॉलिवुड की फैशनिस्ता खान भी अक्सर पोल्का डॉट ड्रेसेज में नजर आती हैं। ये शायद करीना का भी फेवरिट फैशन ट्रेंड। वैसे करीना 1 से ज्यादा मौकों पर ब्लैक ऐंड वाइट पोल्का ड्रेस में ही नजर आयी हैं। फिर चाहे शॉर्ट शर्ट स्टाइल फ्रॉक हो, लॉन्ग गाउन हो या फिर हॉल्टर नेक स्टाइल ड्रेस। कंगना की पोल्का वाली मिडी ड्रेस इन दिनों भी अपनी आने वाली फिल्म पंगा के प्रमोशन्स में बिजी हैं। इस दौरान कंगना ने लाइट पिंक कलर की फ्रॉक स्टाइल मिडी ड्रेस पहन रखी थी जिस पर रेड कलर से पोल्का डॉट्स बने हुए थे। साथ में रेड कलर की चौड़ी वेस्ट बेल्ट। बिना अक्सेसरीज के इस लुक में खूबसूरत लग रहीं थीं कंगना। सोनाक्षी सिन्हा का अलग स्टाइल दबंग गर्ल सोनाक्षी सिन्हा भी में कई बार नजर आ चुकी हैं। उनकी ये रेड कलर की लॉन्ग ड्रेस पर वाइट कलर से पोल्का डॉट्स बने हुए हैं। ड्रेस की खासियत है इसकी ड्रमैटिक स्लीव्स और फ्रिल वाली चौड़ी वेस्ट बेल्ट।
कर्वी फिगर वाली गर्ल्स अक्सर अपने लुक्स को लेकर बहुत अधिक कॉन्शस रहती हैं और लो फील करती हैं। लेकिन विद्या बालन को अपने इन्हीं कर्व्स से प्यार है। विद्या कई बार इंटरव्यूज में यह बात दोहरा चुकी हैं। हालांकि विद्या साड़ी और सूट पहनना अधिक पसंद करती हैं लेकिन गाउन और वन-पीस ड्रेस भी वह उतने ही कॉन्फिडेंस से कैरी करती हैं... मैटल का मैजिक इस मेटेलिक कलर की ड्रेस में विद्या किसी क्यूट डॉल की तरह लग रही हैं। इस गाउन के साथ विद्या ने जरी वर्क का दुपट्टा कैरी किया है। यह सूदिंग कलर कॉम्बिनेशन विद्या पर खूब जंच रहा है। ब्लैक डायमंडयह भी पढ़ें: नेट केप और रफल ब्रेस्ट डिजाइन के इस गाउन में विद्या बेहद हॉट और सेक्सी लग रही हैं। अपने कर्व्स के अनुसार ड्रेस का सिलेक्शन करना विद्या से सीखा जा सकता है। फर-फैदर और ट्रेंड इस मिड स्लिट फ्रंट ओपन गाउन में विद्या बेहद हसीन और कॉन्फिडेंट लग रही हैं। कोई भी कर्वी फिगर वाली लड़की इस फैशन स्टाइल के साथ खूबसूरत दिख सकती है। अंगरखा स्टाइल अंगरखा स्टाइल लो फ्लोर ड्रेस में विद्या बहुत प्यारी लग रही हैं। आप अगर विद्या के ड्रेसिंग सेंस पर गौर करेंगे तो पाएंगे की विद्या डीप कलर्स की ड्रेसेज अधिक कैरी करती हैं। दरअसल, ऐसे कलर्स हेवी फिगर को शेप-अप दिखाने में मदद करते हैं। ऑफ वाइट और गोल्डन स्ट्राइप इस ऑफ वाइट और गोल्डन स्ट्राइप ड्रेस में विद्या बहु प्यारी लग रही हैं। फुल स्लीव्स के साथ आर्म्स को इन-शेप दिखाना और कॉन्फिडेंस के साथ किसी भी लुक को कैरी करना विद्या को खूब आता है। यह भी पढ़ें:स्लीव्स मैनेजमेंट आपने इस बात पर शायद ही कभी गौर किया हो कि विद्या के ज्यादातर ड्रेस और ब्लाउज की स्लीव्स वन-फोर्थ लेंथ में होती हैं। इससे उनकी आर्म्स टोन्ड नजर आती हैं और खूबसूरती निखरकर आती है। गाउन विद श्रग आप स्लीवलेस गाउन को लॉन्ग श्रग के साथ टीम-अप कर सकती हैं। इससे आप फैशनेबल भी लगेंगी और कर्व्स भी हाइलाइट नहीं होंगे।
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Project Runway and The Great British Bake Off collide in the form of Netflix’s latest show, Next In Fashion, starring Queer Eye’s Tan France and model-turned-fashion-designer Alexa Chung. The high-stakes competition show, which premieres January 29, will include guest judge appearances by Instagram’s Eva Chen; designers Tommy Hilfiger, Kerby Jean-Raymond, and Prabal Gurung; model Adriana Lima; Net-A-Porter’s Elizabeth von der Goltz; and celebrity stylist Elizabeth Stewart.
In the trailer, co-host Tran France asks contestants, “Who amongst you is a household name?” Crickets follow. “That’s exactly why we’re here today,” Chung responds. The duo scoured the far reaches of the world in a quest to find the designers who will make up fashion’s next generation. But unlike Project Runway, most of the contestants on Next In Fashion have already worked for the greats, including Alexander Wang and Stella McCartney. Just because you’ve worked for top designers, though, doesn’t mean that you have what it takes to be one. That is, not before you get the Tan France-Alexa Chung stamp of approval. On the 29th, you’ll meet the 18 contestants who fit the bill.
Here’s how it works: Each week, contestants will go head-to-head for a chance to receive $250,000 from Net-A-Porter as well as the opportunity to retail their debut collection at the luxury designer e-tailer. Like the competition shows before it, the 18 designers introduced in episode one won’t last forever. Instead, the rotating panel of judges will assess each designer’s work in trend and/or design-based challenges and decide who deserves another chance and who, well, doesn’t. Talk about pressure.
So sit back, relax, and set a reminder for January 29th. All there is to do now is prepare for Mary-Janes and French tucks from the hosts, tons of highs and lows from the contestants, and some serious critique (constructive and probably otherwise) from the judges. What else could you ask for from a fashion competition show?
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In the spring of 2008, I spent all the money I had saved and bought myself a cross-country plane ticket from San Francisco to New York City to see if I wanted to move there. Armed with thick stacks of MapQuest print-outs, I traversed Manhattan, determined to see every landmark on the deranged list of places that I considered to be the heart and soul of a place I read about obsessively on gossipy, local blogs I devoured like Gawker and The Cobrasnake. I was a lost Goldilocks who hated the Bay Area. By the time I reached the end of the list, I had hoped that I could tell whether the city would be my new home.
As someone who studied photos of every single regular at a Misshapes party, but only knew one person in real life who had actually lived in New York (a family friend, whose dorm room floor I was crashing on), the list had zero overlap with an average tourist’s. Mine included the nightclub Don Hill’s, which looked far less exciting at 2 p.m. in the afternoon, and the juice bar Liquiteria, a place I heard served single-serving bottles for the price of a meal. But at the very top of the list was what, to me, felt like the epicenter of the most exciting, best stuff the city was about: 35 Howard Street, the home of the original Opening Ceremony flagship.
That store will be closing its doors this year. On Monday, Opening Ceremony founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon sent out a statement announcing that after its recent acquisition by fashion platform New Guards Group, the brand would halt selling any merchandise from other designers other than its own label, move its business online, and shut down its retail locations, without concrete plans to continue a brick-and-mortar business. In a letter that was addressed to their family of employees, collaborators, and fans, the duo wrote: “We are stepping back from multi-brand retail, for a moment, so we can come back with an experience that is just as inspiring, filled with love, and relevant for the years ahead as Opening Ceremony has been.”
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With Barneys’ stores closures last year, there are only a handful of high-fashion retailers left that can say that they’re devoted to fostering new indie brands. Dover Street Market and its global fleet of stores is a clear leader. Certain local gems like Alara in Lagos or Totokaelo in Seattle offer a more curated, but still delightful, playground to get lost in. But there’s less appetite — from both investors and customers — to take a chance on clothing that demands a sense of imagination. As consumers shop to fulfill functional needs, companies that provide superlative products — the longest-lasting jean, the most ethical cashmere sweater, the best white T-shirt — are edging out magpie retailers.
What started as a marketplace modeled after the Olympics, that picked designers and makers from one country at a time to introduce to New York customers, Opening Ceremony was founded on the idea of taking big chances on unproven, unestablished, and unstable designers. Many of the items I’ve bought there have outlasted the brands that first made them. The same things that made it so entertaining to shop there — the never-ending merchandise, the small quantity of each designer — were likely the same qualities that made Opening Ceremony a risky business.
Today, these emerging designers can sell directly to consumers. The internet and social media has made middlemen retailers like Opening Ceremony irrelevant as a marketplace. But “discovery” platforms — influencers and Instagrammers — don’t exactly foster newness. Clicking ‘like’ on one photo of a lime-green turtleneck leads me to become inundated with photos of other electric-hued tops. That is not discovery. That’s the fashion equivalent of being fed last week’s leftovers when you asked for something new. When our keystrokes and clicks are monitored to instantly feed us back whatever we just consumed, shopping can feel like a never-ending cycle of deja vu. It takes a lot more effort to end up somewhere strange and unfamiliar. When Opening Ceremony was in its heyday, it was as simple as walking through its doors.
In 2008, Opening Ceremony was thriving, because that kind of dressing — experimental, brave, sort of unhinged — was how every young, ambitious, and creative person dressed. It was every downtown It-girl’s favorite store. It was where every fun-looking person found their favorite thing to wear. Every artist, musician, and designer I admired was shooting, designing, ideating, or collaborating with Opening Ceremony. The store’s name aside, Opening Ceremony was the main act: It was what people came to see.
Cracking what Opening Ceremony was seemed like the key to cracking what New York City was all about. And cracking that meant finally going to Howard Street.
Opening Ceremony was on a shaded, quiet street lined with cast-iron storefronts, but the entrance to the store itself was strewn with people sitting on an expansive stoop, like they were waiting for a portrait photographer. Each person was dressed with a singular sense of humor and character, as if they had randomly drawn a bizarro archetype from a hat: Sports But Make It Showbiz, Goth Schoolgirl Orphan, Kids By Way Of PBS. It was so perfectly eclectic; I had the distinct feeling that I had stumbled across some kind of Fashion Sesame Street.
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Inside, a sales clerk stopped me to ask me who my jacket was designed by. She didn’t flinch when I told her it was from the clearance bin at Urban Outfitters, and instead said that it reminded her of this new designer they had gotten in late last year from, she was super into it, and, Would I like to see?
I followed her through a maze of painted plywood, and down the rickety set of peeling stairs to a rack of clothing by Tsumori Chisato. I could see that she was right. My jacket — a cropped little thing in thin-wale corduroy, covered in a confetti sprinkle of ditsy flowers — looked like it would have belonged on that rack along alongside oversized sack dresses covered in ‘70s storybook illustrations, gigantic paints in prints that felt both garish and glamorous to me, and fringed tops that looked like a three-dimensional mesa sunset.
I was scared of the price tags — three figures, well above what I could afford. But the salesperson pulled out a top and handed it to me. And this one? She leaned forward. This one’s on last mark-down, although I’m not sure why. It was a cotton-jersey blouse that looked like it was made from a tangle of sailor’s rope and sun-softened muslin. It was $45. I spent the last of my cash, wore it the next day, and decided that New York was a place where I could find both comfort and joy. I still have it, and wear it often.
I had always liked fashion in the sense that I liked buying clothes and enjoyed putting them together in outfits for myself. But after that day in Opening Ceremony, I began to live fashion. It became a language, a community, and a purpose. Fashion, as celebrated by Opening Ceremony, was about enthusiastic self-expression, discovery and curiosity as life principles, and seeing how far you could stretch the limits of taste, and the boundaries of definitions.
Opening Ceremony played by their own rules. They were among the first to turn fashion shows into actual shows, showcasing dance performances, short films, and quixotic plays instead of a catwalk. They were a talent incubator; you could literally clock the amount of time it took for a store employee like Darlene and Lizzie Okpo or Anna Gray to go from model, to writer, to soon after, the founders of their own companies, heads of others, and artistic powerhouses in their own right. They were a creative studio, among the first retailers to collaborate with heritage companies like Pendleton and Tevas, and willingly extending their overflowing cache of relevance to what people without imaginations might have considered deeply uncool companies. They were pioneers of inclusivity during a time when advertisements believed having a redhead in a fashion campaign was considered “diverse.”
“As children of immigrants who grew up in the suburbs, looking through magazines to learn about what was happening in fashion and culture, we feel incredibly lucky to have been able to even start this company,” Humberto and Carol wrote in the statement announcing the closure of their stores. Strays, transplants, and people like me were lucky to have the store, too. We were underemployed kids of the recession from all backgrounds, many of whom were also children of immigrants who moved to New York without jobs nor connections, but with juiced-up ambition and a knack for spotting opportunity. We came here because we wanted to be the best at something many of us couldn’t even name yet. And we orbited the Opening Ceremony universe because it seemed like a place that cared so much about seeing people like us make it on our own terms, in our own ways, however ineffable they might be.
As the brand grew bigger, the brand added stores across the world. But the NYC store itself expanded in spurts and additions, as if the shop were an avatar for the company. The store was labyrinth, with narrow staircases in the backs of small rooms, and chambers and antechambers that opened up into expansive arenas of clothing. At a certain point, you had to exit onto Howard Street in order to enter into another section of the store. There was one time when I got so lost, I had to call a friend for help.
Shopping without a singular purpose, but rather just to explore, was as much about learning about clothing as it was learning about myself. It was frustrating, and sometimes lonely, but deeply thrilling when came across something you had almost overlooked, but reflected yourself back to you in a way that glowed.
We were lucky to have had Opening Ceremony for as long as we did.
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If you happen to be in (or heading to) Paris in the coming months, prepare for a very special welcome. Sure, you can check out the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, or the Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (the site of many a Chanel runway show). But, if you ask us which sights are most important to check out during your Parisian tour, we’d have to instead suggest the new LOEWE billboards that will be scattered across the city — all of which star soccer phenom, women’s rights activist, and queer icon Megan Rapinoe.
The FW20 campaign, which combines character, fashion, and product images, includes a headshot of the World Cup-winning athlete shot by renowned fashion photographer Steven Meisel. In it, Rapinoe — or as her fans call her, Pinoe — is seen showing off her signature pink crop (which is now slightly more magenta than it was during FIFA season), smizing Tyra Banks style, and wearing a tough yet inviting facial expression that you might recognize as her go-to after a big win.
We preview the first of ‘For Real’, a series of short films from our next advertising campaign featuring @mPinoe, the American professional soccer player and captain of the winning US team during 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.#LOEWE#LOEWEFW20#MeganRapinoepic.twitter.com/sXWXQWjFOe
In addition to her close-up, Rapinoe also stars in For Real, a two-part series of short films directed by Benn Northover. “Use your voice. Speak from your heart. Be honest. Find the truth — and it’s uncomfortable sometimes, but — find it, live in it, be it,” she says passionately, while looking straight into the camera. “Just don’t think that you can underestimate the power of saying the words, of actually saying it, of putting a name on it, of getting it out there,” she continues in the second installment. “We have to talk about everything — we have to show that we are here.”
Her statements in the videos follow an Instagram story that the athlete posted last Friday in which she wrote, “So much being done about the protests [surrounding the International Olympic Committee banning athletes at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics from protesting]. So little being done about what we are protesting about. We will not be silenced.”
Rapinoe has always been outspoken, often to the point of pissing people off. But public opinion hasn’t stopped her yet, and it isn’t stopping her now. In an industry like fashion, where brands — especially ones as high profile as LOEWE — often shy away from conflict and politics, it’s a breath of fresh air to see someone like Rapinoe be given the opportunity to speak her truth in this way.
Megan Rapinoe’s ability to captivate us with her words is just one aspect of the three-part FW20 campaign. In the trilogy, there is also a landscape crop of three very similar-looking male models, two of which are wearing what look like chainlink skirts, while a third splays on the floor of a gray set, donning a tailored coat of the same color. The last shot is of LOEWE’s ubiquitous Puzzle bag in a cognac colorway. Wrinkles and folds in the leather went untouched in an effort to show that the handbag hasn’t gone unused, according to the press release.
As we predicted, the campaign, and specifically Megan Rapinoe’s inclusion in it, is garnering its fair share of attention on Twitter. Check out what industry professionals and fans alike have to say about the campaign below.
In the immortal words of one Megan Rapinoe, I DESERVE THIS*
Following a slew of leaks and teasers, Beyoncé’s inaugural Ivy Park x Adidas collaboration has been gaining a lot of buzz this week leading up to its official launch on January 18. First, we got a look at the sneakers in the collection, and they do not disappoint. Then, after teasing some images of the collection on her own Instagram account, Bey sent Cardi B a closet of clothes and sneakers. Cardi excitedly shared a glimpse on Instagram, saying in a video, “I’m feeling special!”
Yara Shahidi also shared a snap of herself in a head-to-toe cranberry-colored look from the gender-neutral clothing line on Instagram. The outfit features track pants with a wide leg, and a jacket with utility pockets and zip-off sleeves. Shahidi, whose show Grown-ish will have its third season’s premiere on January 16, accessorized the look with big gold hoops and of course, some attitude. She captioned her photo “This ain’t no intro..this the entreeeee.”
Make sure you save your coins: The entire collection is set to drop at Adidas stores and select retailers on January 18.
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This week, Lizzo, our blessed queen of not giving a damn, performed at the FOMO Festival in Auckland, New Zealand wearing a turquoise harness on top of a graffiti-inspired bodysuit covered in her famed lyrics, “Good as Hell.” A day earlier, Lizzo shared a TikTok video on her Instagram in a version of the same bodysuit, but with a pink harness, showing us all the goodies inside her tiny Jacquemus bag. This included a pencil, TV remote, chips, a bottle of wine, a wig, and a neon dress. Only the necessities, of course!
The “Truth Hurts” singer is no stranger to harnesses (and corsets, too). In fact, they’ve become a mainstay of her wardrobe, which is comprised of pieces that accentuate her body — an affirmation of fat positivity and a rejection of the constant criticism she receives for flaunting it.
The wearing of harnesses—a trend that has come in and out of style over the last thirty years but is distinctly linked to BDSM—sends a message from Lizzo and other celebrities who have been spotted wearing them. For example, in 2019, Timothée Chalamet,Michael B. Jordan and Chadwick Boseman all wore harnesses on the red carpet, nodding to cultural discussions over masculinity. Meanwhile, in November 2019, Dua Lipa wore a version of a harness to the MTV EMA’s in Seville, Spain. Though women wearing harnesses is nothing new (Rihanna donned one in 2011), when worn in public, especially by someone in the spotlight, a harness is an intentional gesture that makes us question society’s rigid stances on sexuality and gender.
By refusing to hide or change her body in order to fit into outdated cultural expectations, Lizzo shows the world that fat black women are worthy. The harness seems to be the perfect accessory in this mission.
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