बॉलीवुड एक्ट्रेस भूमी पेडनेकर (Bhumi Pednekar) इन दिनों अपनी अपकमिंग फिल्म 'दुर्गावती' का पूरे जोर-शोर से प्रमोशन कर रही हैं, जिसके चलते एक्ट्रेस एक के बाद के ऐसे लुक्स में नजर आ रही हैं, जो उनकी स्टाइल फाइल्स को एक नंबर आगे खिसकाने का काम करेगा।
On Wednesday, Google released its annual “Year In Search” report, which outlines all of the top-trending searches of 2020. The election and coronavirus were, of course, at the top of the list, as was the definition of “WAP.” It also included searches for this year’s biggest celebrity fashion moments, some of which many of us are still thinking about to this day.
Remember the Grammys? Music’s primary award show took place back in January when red carpets and crowded arenas were still a thing. For it, two of the year’s most prominent musicians showed up wearing outfits worth remembering, which is why they made it to Google’s list of the top-trending celebrity outfits. Lil Nas X, who was awarded two Grammys for his song “Old Town Road (Remix)” at the ceremony, turned heads when he arrived on the red carpet wearing a hot pink Versace suit that included a matching harness and a cowboy hat and boots. Alongside him on the list is “Everything I Wanted” singer Billie Eilish, who went equally as bold for the occasion in slime green Gucci. She paired the GG-printed two-piece set with fingerless gloves, shiny puff-sleeves, and dad sneakers. (Even her black nails were printed with green double Gs.)
Also on the list is Lizzo, whose tiny bags, “VOTE” ensembles, and more were 2020’s style highlights. The look that trended most on Google, though, was one she wore while courtside at a Lakers game: a simple black, short-sleeved T-shirt dress — or so we thought. Upon the Lakers Girls’ performance of her song “Juice,” the Grammy-winner stood up and twerked to the song, revealing a cutout in the back of her dress that showed off a black thong. (How very 2020 of her!) The look sparked a debate online. In response, she addressed the critics in an Instagram live video: “Negative criticism has no stake in my life, no control over my life, over my emotions. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. I’m surrounded by love, and I just want to spread that love — and also spread these cheeks. And you know what? If you really, really don’t like my ass, you can kiss it. ‘Cause kissing it makes it go away. I promise.”
And we can’t talk about 2020 celebrity outfits without mentioning Harry Styles, whose outfits made the list alongside other standouts like J.Lo’s Super Bowl ‘fit (Shakira’s look from the performance also made the cut) and a Melania Trump outfit. (Due to the buzz surrounding it, we assume Google’s referring to her military-inspired Alexander McQueen suit from the Republican National Convention?) Styles’ most notable looks of the year are harder to pinpoint due to the fact that there have been so damn many of them. From his crochet top and colorful sunglasses in the “Watermelon Sugar” video to the floral headpiece and billowy shirt he wore while singing “Golden” in the Italian countryside, the singer-actor’s style was on-point this year. Oh, and he made history in November when he became Vogue’s first solo male cover star, which he did while wearing a Gucci dress.
In 2019, logos were ubiquitous, with Fendi’s Zucca print being named Lyst’s logo of the year and Off-White — known for its use of its stripe, X, and arrow logos — being named the year’s most searched brand. Now, fashion designer Christian Siriano debuted a logo, too, though it’s not for his namesake brand, but rather for online thrift store thredUP. The Thrift Logo is also the first-ever universal symbol for secondhand clothing.
“Everything that’s happened in our world in the last year has made being more conscious — in the world of fashion especially — super important,” Siriano tells Refinery29. “I’m a designer that has always, in a way, designed like that. I never was a big, mass-market brand. We’re more curated and try our best not to contribute too much waste or over-dye fabrics.” That said, in the 12 years since he founded his namesake brand, despite trying his best to avoid waste, has seen a lot of his garments “go in a box having never been worn or worn once to be archived,” he says. “It started to really bother me.”
“I like the idea that my clothing could have a second or even third life,” he continues. “Often, I’ll try and send out pieces that may be five or six seasons old, because even if they’ve never been worn by a celebrity or an actress, they can still be appreciated. Why can’t they be worn now?”
Siriano recently sent a dress from his pre-fall ‘19 collection to Patricia Field, a longtime friend of the designer and the costume designer for TV shows and films like Sex And The City and The Devil Wears Prada, for the fashion-filled Netflix hit Emily In Paris. The black, off-the-shoulder, tea-length dress appeared on Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) during the opera scene. “‘I need her to be Audrey Hepburn,’ she told me, and I was like, ‘I got it!’” (On Tuesday, Collins shared her support for thredUP’s thrift logo on Instagram.)
When designing his upcoming collection, he also found himself looking back through his archives. “I’m taking pieces that never made the cut, and I’m upcycling them to show that they can still work in a collection,” he explains. For example, after making a suit for the Met Gala that ended up being boxed up, he is now planning on using it. “I was like, No, I’m going to use it. I want to pull it out. I want to update it. So it’s going to go in the next collection,” he says.
So when thredUP approached the designer about designing The Thrift Logo, intended to build a bigger community around thrifting and giving clothing a longer life, he was immediately intrigued. “I love the idea of a universal symbol that can make people feel like they’re a part of something bigger — something more meaningful,” he says. “I think that a lot of consumers are shopping that way more and more [this year]. They want their clothes to mean something.”
“Our hope is that [this logo] is widely adopted by thrifters and resellers to spark conversation about fashion waste and inspire more people to shop sustainably,” thredUP’s VP of Integrated Marketing Erin Wallace tells Refinery29. The logo, a teal-and-blue hanger with the word ‘thrifted’ embroidered on it, is now available on thredUP.com and will be included for free in all orders made this week. Moving forward, the company will be partnering with other thrift stores and resellers, starting with Crossroads Trading.
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