अक्षय कुमार उन ऐक्टर्स में से एक हैं, जो अपने कपड़ों और रोल्स से पुरानी सोच को तोड़ते नजर आते हैं। वह जिस तरह की वैरायटी ऑफ फिल्म्स करते हैं उससे उन्होंने साबित किया कि एक ऐक्शन हीरो कॉमिडी भी कर सकता है। वहीं जंपसूट जैसे कपड़े और पिंक कलर, जिन्हें लड़कियों के साथ जोड़ा जाता है, उनमें इस ऐक्टर को न जाने कितनी बार स्पॉट किया गया है। इस वर्सटाइल ऐक्टर को तो स्क्रीन तक पर लड़कियों के कपड़ों में दर्शकों ने देखा है। पोस्टर में साड़ी में दिखे अक्षय खिलाड़ी कुमार जल्द ही फिल्म 'लक्ष्मी बम' में नजर आएंगे। इसका पावरफुल पोस्टर कई मायनों में खास था। एक तो अक्षय के एक्सप्रेशन्स किरदार की स्ट्रेंथ को दिखा रहे थे, तो वहीं इस पोस्टर में वह साड़ी पहने नजर आए। उनके बालों को चोटी में स्टाइल किया गया था, माथे पर बिंदी लगाई गई थी और यहां तक कि हाथ में चूड़ियां तक पहनाई गई थीं। जिसने भी इस पोस्टर को देखा वह अक्षय का मुरीद हो गया, क्योंकि सभी इस ऐक्टर के अपने रोल को लेकर डेडिकेशन को इसमें महसूस कर पा रहे थे। स्कर्ट टॉप में भी दिखे हैं अक्षय वैसे इससे पहले अक्षय कुमार फिल्म 'खिलाड़ी' में भी फीमेल क्लोद्स में दिख चुके हैं। मूवी के एक पार्ट में कॉमिक रिलीफ ऐड करने के लिए ऐक्टर को लड़कियों के कपड़े पहनाए गए थे। इसके लिए अक्षय को लॉन्ग ड्रेस से लेकर स्कर्ट ऐंड ब्लाउज तक पहनाया गया था। उनके बालों को भी विग से स्टाइल किया गया और साथ में बो तक लगाई गई थी। किरदार को परफेक्शन से निभाने वाले अक्षय इन सीन्स में जरूरत के अनुसार फनी टच ऐड करने में कामयाब रहे। खासतौर से उनके और दीपक तिजोरी के डायलॉग्स ऐंड ट्यूनिंग ने इसमें और जान डाली। वैसे मेल होते हुए भी अक्षय ने फीमेल क्लोद्स में खुद को जितना सहज दिखाया था, वह तारीफ के काबिल है।
As the space between "home" and "outside" clothes closes faster than video-rental chains in 2010, loungewear has stepped in to become our sartorial everything. But after months of lax and laxer dressing, is it so wrong to long for some elegance? And dare we say it, some prettiness?
Inspired by off-duty ballerinas, Lunya's Prima collection has all the ease of your tie-dye trackies while being far more seemly — and fashionable, as dance references have been a massive influence for designers in recent seasons. Picture this: A raspberry silk chiffon dress that drapes around you when you get up to do the dishes for the third time that day, or a cropped, ribbed pullover that almost feels like physical touch. Ahead, see every piece from the launch, and definitely feel free to interpret this as a cue for your sweats to exit stage left — at least temporarily.
Lunya Prima Washable Silk Pant, $, available at Lunya
Lunya Prima Supportive Modal Bodysuit, $, available at Lunya
Lunya Prima Silk Chiffon Set, $, available at Lunya
Lunya Prima Silk Chiffon Scrunchie, $, available at Lunya
Lunya Prima Silk Chiffon Robe, $, available at Lunya
Lunya Prima Silk Chiffon Pant, $, available at Lunya
Lunya Prima Silk Chiffon Overlay Dress, $, available at Lunya
If 2020 had gone differently, thousands of buyers and sellers looking to strike a deal would be en route to Massachusetts today for the Brimfield Antique Show, the East Coast’s premier antique show and flea market. Due to the pandemic, though, all three of its scheduled events were canceled this year. Flea markets on the West Coast faced the same fate, with Pasadena’s beloved Rose Bowl Flea Market — which offers pieces ranging from mid-century furniture to hard-to-find vintage garments — also calling off the entire summer’s calendar of events. Since then, in an effort to preserve some semblance of the summer flea market season, both the Rose Bowl and Brimfield have gone virtual.
On August 25, after being shut down since March 25, the Rose Bowl Flea Market announced a collaboration with Free People that would bring some of its vendors online. The partnership is set to last six months and involves 18+ vendors — including Foundation Vintage, Ritual Vintage, and Nomad Vintage — taking their assortments of one-of-a-kind vintage clothing items to FreePeople.com. “When you buy a piece of vintage, you’re ensuring that the history of that piece continues on,” says a representative from Free People, adding that the partnership was designed “to ensure that those unique items might still find their way into a forever home.” As part of the partnership, Free People also interviewed some of the flea market’s top sellers for its website in an effort to bring the IRL experience of scouring a booth, chatting with the owner, and potentially finding a hidden gem to (virtual) life for the shopper.
Brimfield went the Facebook Live route for the first event in May, and, has since, continued hosting virtual events. The choice to go digital was made by Klia Ververidis, of Hertan’s Antique Shows, who suggested bringing in a few vendors to sell virtually. “This is not the Brimfield any of us were expecting,” she said on Facebook Live prior to the first digital show. It proved successful. “It’s turned into a massive, massive thing that none of us saw coming,” she said to Architectural Digest following the event.
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On Tuesday morning, Ververidis was back on location at Brimfield, preparing for the show’s third and final digital event of the season. “There is, of course, no show, and the fields are empty as they have been this year,” she said in the video, illuminated only by the light on her phone and headlights from trucks passing by the grounds. “The sun isn’t quite up yet, but if this were a normal Brimfield show, these fields would still be loaded with people right now — people buzzing around looking for their special treasures.”
Despite taking place primarily outdoors, the innate closeness of flea market culture makes keeping your distance hard. In fact, at Brimfield, vendors and shoppers alike often camp together in close quarters, with events going on at all hours of the day. Add to that the Who knows where this has been? mentality associated with secondhand shopping, and flea markets face another obstacle.
“I see a lot of successful virtual events happening since the pandemic,” says Jenni Williams, the founder of vintage brand Market Vintage LA and a long-time flea market seller. “I have been selling regularly at the Rose Bowl Flea for the past seven years.” Over the last decade, she’s also sold frequently at the Silverlake Farmers Market and the Santa Monica Antique Market, as well as at trade show markets like Pickwick Vintage. But Williams’ annual flea market tour screeched to an abrupt stop when the threat of COVID-19 shut down most of her regular spots in February. “I think the most devastating [loss] was A Current Affair,” says Williams referring to a community of over 200 vintage vendors who gather three times a year in L.A. and San Francisco, and twice a year in New York. “Most of us were anticipating a good time, but with New York being hit so hard by the pandemic, it seemed there was no chance of things going back to normal.” (A Current Affair recently launched an e-commerce platform when shows in all three cities were canceled.)
Like many, Williams’ brand was shut down, too. “I thrive mostly doing those markets, and without the crowd, there was nothing. Plus, my ability to source product was limited with stores closing. Without that, I have no business.” Building up her e-commerce presence following the pandemic allowed Williams’ Market Vintage LA to stay afloat. The same goes for other vendors. Jeanne, the owner of Owl’s Nest Emporium, an antique store in Bennington, Vermont, shared during Brimfield’s Facebook Live coverage on Tuesday morning that “it’s been a very hard year because of coronavirus,” she said. “[Going digital] has helped so many vendors to still manage to get some sort of an income for the year.”
But all agree that it’s not the same as IRL events. A regular Brimfield vendor and shopper named Ryan Black says he’s missed the interaction between strangers the most. “I also miss camping out, setting everything up just to break it down again, and the overall touch and feel of the vintage items,” he says.
“When the day finally comes, I expect the crowds will spill over and the people will return with vigor.”
Jenni Williams, Founder of Market Vintage LA
It can’t be argued: Even with their many beneficial aspects, digital flea markets will always come second to the real thing. “We all miss seeing each other, and want that [in-person] option in the future, 100%,” Williams says. “When you’re selling next to each other year after year, you develop strong bonds and friendships with your customers and other vendors.”
In many ways, summer season was lost for the flea market scene. Still, when asked about the future of flea markets, Williams appears hopeful. “When the day finally comes, I expect the crowds will spill over and the people will return with vigor,” she says. “The classic flea market will prevail.”
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Back in May, images of one of the Olsen twins (with the mask on, it was hard to tell which sister it was) wearing a leather-like face mask surfaced. While we noted the look back then, with hot, summer weather fast approaching, leather face gear of any kind seemed like a step too far for even the most committed of leather fashion fans. Now though, as temperatures drop and the first signs of fall begin to appear, the concept of wearing a leather face mask doesn’t seem quite so, well, sweaty.
And we’re not the only ones who are intrigued by the idea. According to Google Trends, the search for “leather face mask” is on the rise. This may also have something to do with Lady Gaga wearing a leather mask — hers was hot pink, and one of the nine face masks she donned! — during the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. And now that demand from the consumer is on the rise, so, too, are the number of brands designing iterations in the popular cold-weather material, leaving us with plenty of options to choose from should we dare.
See some of the leather face mask currently on the market by clicking through the slideshow ahead.
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Anez Copy of Fitted Leather Face Mask, $, available at Anez
Rannka Dark Gray Soft Faux Leather Face Mask, $, available at Etsy
Sarah Chofakian Face Mask, $, available at Farfetch
TheAnnieFoxShop Vegan Faux Leather, $, available at Etsy
Isaac Sellam Experience Stitch Detail Face Mask, $, available at Farfetch
DistilledUtopia Vegan Leather Face Mask, $, available at Etsy
Rannka Just Black Soft Faux Leather Face Mask, $, available at Rannka
blackflameoddities Faux Leather Face Mask, $, available at Etsy
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Ever since the pandemic took hold, a number of interesting fashion trends have come to light. There was the #QuarantinePillowChallenge, which involved influencers swapping out mini dresses for pillows and accessorizing with Gucci and Chanel belts and bags. Next up: #JacquemusAtHome, a strangely satisfying viral trend, coined by designer Simon Porte Jacquemus, that involved making bras out of croissants and heels out of tropical fruit and toilet rolls. Then there was the nightgown dress trend, as if we needed yet another excuse not to get dressed in the morning. But the latest fashion item to garner attention during the pandemic is not entirely surprising: mask accessories.
If you’ve spent time on Instagram lately (or kept up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's style choices), you’ve probably noticed an uptick in face masks that aren’t just protective and fashionable, but also feature additional accessories, from éliou pearl chains reminiscent of Croakies to oversize ribbons that come with Collina Strada's version. Scrunchie-like "ties," chunky acetate chains, and beaded designs that go over the masks are some of the other accessories that have come to decorate this essential item lately.
Ahead, see accessories that are giving masks — that we should all continue to wear to curb the spread of the virus — a stylish twist. And while you're at it, shop AOC's mask, which comes with the chain accessory, designed by Second Wind.
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Second Wind Detachable Gold 10mm Cuban Link Chain, $, available at Second Wind
Over the holiday weekend, newlyweds Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney were spotted hand-in-hand in New York City. For the outing, Lawrence donned a green mini dress with spaghetti straps and mirrored cat-eye sunglasses. Her dress, which was designed by British model and fashion designer Harley Viera-Newton, was printed with tiny tennis players on it. She kept it on-theme — an ode to the US Open, which is currently taking place in New York, perhaps? — by pairing the frock with a pair of white Dior tennis shoes. Not only was her Tennis Mini Nora Dress adorable and perfect for summer, but it was previously also worn by the Duchess of Cambridge.
In July, Kate Middleton wore a very similar iteration during a Zoom call with young tennis players from a London school. Unlike the Silver Linings Playbook actress’ version, Middleton’s dress, called the Tennis Long Maria Dress, is short-sleeved, falls below the knee, and has buttons all the way up the front.
What’s even better, both silhouettes are still available for purchase — Lawrence’s on HVN’s website and Moda Operandi, and Middleton’s at Net-A-Porter. But if we’ve learned anything from trying (and failing) to buy up any look that Middleton — not to mention her sister-in-law Meghan Markle — has ever dared to wear, it’s this: they won’t last long. With that said, check out both of the celebrity-approved dresses, below.
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सुहाना खान भले ही सुपरस्टर शाहरुख खान की बेटी हों, लेकिन उनकी खुद की भी जबरदस्त फैन फॉलोइंग है। इस बात से यह स्टारकिड भी अच्छी खासी परिचित है। सुहाना, जिसके न जाने कितने लोग दीवाने हैं, वह असल में किसी और की ही दीवानी हैं।
