When 29-year-old Manish Singh realised that his growing weight is preventing him from running the way he wanted to, he decided to do something about his growing weight.
This biography tells the story of Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapanm, better known as Sridevi, the much-loved Bollywood actress and producer who has an iconic status in the Indian film industry.
Weekend—two days of relaxation is here! Saturday and Sunday are filled with brunch outings, family get-togethers and some lazy walking around the streets. And, this weekend is all about chill vibes after back-to-back parties in December last year.
Bringing some minor changes to your home can do wonders to bring some positivity in your life. But if you like to shop online, you can pick up some really interesting stuff to add to your home.
Fashion illustration is en vogue again. Since Vogue magazine published the first color photograph on its July 1932 cover, no Vogue magazine in any country has ever gone to print without one — until now. On Thursday, Vogue Italia announced all seven of its January 2020 covers were illustrated by both well-known and emerging artists who “told the story of fashion, giving up traveling, sending entire wardrobes, polluting. The challenge is to demonstrate that it is possible to tell the clothes without photographing them.”
Because Vogue Italia saved so much money working with illustrators instead of producing entire cover shoots, the magazine will donate what it would have spent on production to the restoration of the Querini Stampalia Onlus Foundation in Venice, which was damaged by a flood in November 2019.
David Salle’s cover features Lili Sumner in a silk Gucci dress with a contrasting collar. Vanessa Beecroft drew a model wearing a Gucci organza pleated dress. Cassi Namoda illustrated model Ambar Cristal Zarzuela in a striped sweater and houndstooth wool pants (both Gucci). Milo Manara’s cover is Olivia Vinten in a Gucci leather and lace top, leather choker, latex gloves, and a whip with a Gucci handle. Delphine Desane drew a portrait of Assa Baradji in an oversized Gucci organza jacket. Paolo Ventura’s illustration features Felice Nova Noordhoff in a sleeveless dress and a Gucci fringed top. Finally, Yoshitaka Amano drew Lindsey Wixson in a Gucci silk and leather choker dress.
This is a pretty big deal. In 2008, Laird Borrelli, author of Fashion Illustration by Fashion Designers, told Business of Fashion that when Vogue began to champion color photographs on its covers, it was a turning point for fashion illustration. Borelli notes that fashion illustration has gone from “being one of the sole means of fashion communication to having a very minor role.”
Last December, Condé Nast announced “Vogue Values,” a statement that will act as a guide for editorial teams globally, which all of Vogue’s editors-in-chief have signed off on, including Anna Wintour, British Vogue’s Edward Enninful, Vogue Paris’ Emmanuelle Alt, Vogue China’s Angelica Cheung, and Vogue Italy’s Emanuele Farneti. As the titles pivot for a new decade of mindful inclusivity, Vogue Italia may have just found a way to make magazines more sustainable, and works of art.
You might not know Aya Kanai’s name — yet — but you’ve definitely seen her work. Over the past two decades, she’s written, edited, and styled for some of the biggest names in fashion and lifestyle, including Teen Vogue, Nylon, Shopbop, Seventeen, and Cosmopolitan. In between all of her behind the scenes work, she also served as a memorable judge on Project Runway: Junior. In January 2020, she will take on her biggest role yet as editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, a challenge she plans to approach with creativity, optimism, and a deep respect for the brand’s roots. Oh, and she’s made it clear that she’ll be wearing jeans while doing it.
“An election year with an extremely controversial political climate, coupled with a historic celebration of the women’s right to vote, that to me means that we, as women in America, have to find big ways to celebrate and highlight the voices of women,” Kanai tells Refinery29 global editor-in-chief Christene Barberich on this week’s episode of UnStyled, adding that her dream cover star would be none other than Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
That’s saying something, given that Kanai has styled some of the most famous women in entertainment, including Katy Perry, Jennifer Lawrence, and Scarlett Johnansson, while working as Cosmopolitan’s fashion director, and most recently, as Hearst’s Chief Fashion Director. “I’m the person who is back in the changing room when they’re taking off their clothes, frankly,” she says. “And that is a really intimate, vulnerable space and it is my job to make that person feel confident to step in front of a camera.”
Kanai comes by her visual nature and eye for style honestly. Both of her parents, who emigrated from Japan in the 1960s, had artistic professions — her father was a graphic designer and her mother worked for the legendary Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake. She was raised in New York before decamping to Oberlin for college, where she studied art, eventually winning a fellowship to study puppet theatre around the world. (Yes, there’s more than one career path to becoming a big-time magazine editor.)
In 2018, she gave birth to her daughter, Rei, via in vitro fertilization, after years of thinking motherhood wasn’t something she wanted, but it brought her back to her truest self. “I’m so lucky to have the one daughter that I have…so I feel a strong pull, I feel like I need to be more myself than I was before.,” she explains. Ultimately, Kanai’s story is one that reminds us that it’s never too late to go for what we really want and that we don’t have to be anyone but ourselves in order to make it happen.
Hear the rest of Kanai and Barberich’s conversation by listening to UnStyled and subscribing via Apple Podcasts today. And thanks for listening!
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Sale season has been fun, but after scouring the discount sections of every retailer in sight and online, it can be a breath of fresh air when something new comes around. Luckily, our favorite trend-focused, affordable fashion brand is offering just that. This week, alongside its own epic winter sale (which we couldn’t help but shop as well), Zara introduced its first new collection of the year — and as with most Zara drops, we want everything.
For the 2020 winter collection, Zara pulled out all the stops, offering some of today’s most-wanted trends before anyone else. Oversized dickeys? Check! Pearl-encrusted sweater vests? Check! Puff-sleeve mini dresses? Check! ‘90s heels, leather pants, and even a Mickey Mouse cardigan (for all you Disney fans out there) — when it comes to building your perfect winter wardrobe, Zara’s new collection is a one-stop shop.
But with so many options comes a lot of pages to sort through. So to help you tackle Zara’s latest drop, we’re rounding up the 18 new items that we’re shopping from the collection. See what made the cut by clicking through the slideshow ahead. At Refinery29, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our market picks are independently selected and curated by the editorial team. If you buy something we link to on our site, Refinery29 may earn commission.
The headphone market is booming. No wonder then we find most people with headphones plugged in their ears. It is incidental that the same device that many use to block out outside sounds is making you vulnerable to hearing issues. Listening to loud music and loud sounds through earphones can lead to hearing loss and tinnitus.
साल 2020 का पहला सावा यानी शादियों का सीजन 15 जनवरी मकर संक्रांति से शुरू हो रहा है। ऐसे में जो युवा इस सीजन में दूल्हा बनने जा रहे हैं उनके दिमाग में अपने बिग-डे के लिए ड्रेसिंग और स्टाइलिंग को लेकर बहुत उधेड़-बुन चल रही होगी। चलिए इस उलझन को दूर करने में हम आपकी कुछ मदद कर देते हैं। ट्रेंड में जो है नए नवेले दूल्हों के लिए इस समय ट्रेंड में शेरवानी है। ...सिर्फ शेरवानी नहीं, दुल्हन के वेडिंग लहंगे से ट्यून-इन करती शेरवानी का चलन पीक पर है। इसमें दुल्हन के लहंगे के बॉटम या दुपट्टे से मैच करते हुए फैब्रिक की शेरवानी दूल्हे के लिए डिजाइन की जाती है। मैंचिंग नहीं चाहिए अगर आप ट्रेंड से अलग हटकर कुछ यूनीक चाहते हैं तो आप अपनी शेरवानी के लिए दुल्हन की ड्रेस को कॉम्प्लिमेंट करता कलर चूज कर सकते हैं। कंट्रास्ट लव आप दूल्हन के लहंगे से एकदम कंट्रास्ट कलर की शेरवानी भी चूज कर सकते हैं। लेकिन यह कंट्रास्ट तभी ज्यादा जमेगा, जब दूल्हन का लहंगा अधिक ब्राइट कलर में हो। पेस्टल या डार्क कलर्स में नहीं। उनका लहंगा और आपका साफा आपकी स्किनी और ब्यूटिफुल दूल्हन अगर किसी लाइट मटीरियल जैसे, नेट या शिफॉन में अपना लहंगा डिजाइन कराना चाहती हैं तो आप अपनी शेरवानी का नहीं बल्कि अपने साफे और चूड़ीदार का कलर उनके साथ ट्यून-इन कर सकते हैं। लहंगे से मैच करता दुपट्टा और पगड़ी यह कॉम्बिनेशन आपको सबसे अधिक खूबसूरत और कंप्लीट कपल का लुक देगा। इसमें शेरवानी के साथ लिए जानेवाले आपके दुपट्टे या शॉप का मैच आपकी दुल्हन के लहंगे के रंग से होना चाहिए। साथ ही आपकी पगड़ी या साफा भी उसी रंग का होना चाहिए। वहीं, दुल्हन का दुपट्टा आपकी शेरवानी के रंग को कॉम्प्लिमेंट करते हुए होना चाहिए। ऐसे करें कॉम्प्लिमेंट जरूरी नहीं कि आप लोग एक-दूसरे की ड्रेस के कलर्स को अपनी वेडिंग ड्रेस में ऐड करके ही बेहतरीन लगेंगे। आप चाहें तो दूल्हन के लहंगे के रंग की मोतियों की माला कैरी कर सकते हैं। यह बहुत ऐलिगेंट लुक देगी।
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When 29-year-old Manish Singh realised that his growing weight is preventing him from running the way he wanted to, he decided to do something about his growing weight.
This biography tells the story of Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapanm, better known as Sridevi, the much-loved Bollywood actress and producer who has an iconic status in the Indian film industry.
Weekend—two days of relaxation is here! Saturday and Sunday are filled with brunch outings, family get-togethers and some lazy walking around the streets. And, this weekend is all about chill vibes after back-to-back parties in December last year.
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Bringing some minor changes to your home can do wonders to bring some positivity in your life. But if you like to shop online, you can pick up some really interesting stuff to add to your home.
The headphone market is booming. No wonder then we find most people with headphones plugged in their ears. It is incidental that the same device that many use to block out outside sounds is making you vulnerable to hearing issues. Listening to loud music and loud sounds through earphones can lead to hearing loss and tinnitus.
There are many disadvantages and health hazards of being overweight but it seems a man’s sex life is an exception to this. According to a recent study, overweight men or those with higher BMI have more sex than those who are on the lighter side of the weighing scale.