London UK, February 2022 – Fashions Finest made an electrifying return to the runway, this London Fashion Week. A die-hard fashion crowd weathered storm Eunice to attend the show at St Johns, Hyde Park on Saturday the 19th of February 2022. With designers traveling from Europe, the Uk, Scotland, Canada India, and Africa, defiant guests were determined not to miss out. Amongst the attendees were actress and confidant of Simon Cowell, Jackie St Clair, flying in from her home in Norway singer Aurora, British songwriter and singer Girli, photographer Charlie Philips OBE, luxury designer Nina Naustdal, actor-singer Oscar Duke, actress Lindsey Peel, TV personality Sandi Bogle,…
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DIDU presents Lost in Transition for Autumn/Winter 2022 with a collection film and live presentation during Paris Fashion Week on February 2nd. DIDU is a Shanghai-based womenswear brand by designer and Royal Academy Antwerp alumni Di Du founded in 2019 and showcasing jointly at both Paris and Shanghai Fashion Weeks. Collections become a series of visual poems transporting the audience away from reality, every shape, detail, fabric and fastening become words and symbols, ordered and layered to tell stories which go beyond fantasy to express Di Du’s deepest contemplations and emotions. Lost in Transition began with the designer’s internal conversations,…
LOS ANGELES, March 2, 2022 — Billboard, a global music media brand with renowned authority among artists, fans and the industry at large, announced Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, as its launch partner for ChartStars, a non-fungible token (NFT) based project of curated digital collectibles that will leverage the environmentally friendly Flow Blockchain. The launch of ChartStars marks Billboard’s first scalable NFT product geared toward music fans. ChartStars will be a collection of artist-focused digital artwork that commemorates achievements and milestones on the Billboard Charts. These collectibles will feature officially licensed art and creative including short visual clips from music videos, album…
After graduating from Central Saint Martins (where he won the LVMH Grand Prix Scholarship), Benjamin Benmoyal, 31 years old has worked at Alexander McQueen and Hermes before founding his eponymous label in 2020. The brand presents its collections on the official Paris Fashion Week calendar since 2021, as well as at the FHCM’s showroom: Sphère. As a former commando paratrooper, he wanted to transcribe in his work the will to recover the naivete lost during his military service. Therefore, he has created very unique fabrics, woven out of his childhood VHS and audio cassette tapes. He has industrialized this weaving…
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, Moving The Needle (MTN) – the educational support group – will co-host a ‘Change The Record’ event with The Ministry and Cactus City Studio at The Ministry SE1, from 5.30-11:30pm on Wednesday 9th March. The event is designed to meet this year’s IWD theme to help #BreakTheBias on gender in the UK music industry. Cocktails provided by Shake Baby Shake. Performing live will be upcoming female artists, Izzi de-Rosa, Rosa Cecilia, Vimbai-Rose and Sophie Frear with DJ sets from Siggy Smalls and Sarah Bo Parker. The event will celebrate MTN’s achievements to date, and underscore…
Environmental organisation WWF (Worldwide Fund for Nature) has today appointed Patrick Aryee to its Council of Ambassadors. As well as his inquisitive scientific mind and an infectious passion for the natural world, Patrick brings to WWF over 10 years’ experience of wildlife filmmaking, and with it, an ability to create engaging stories that showcase the wonder of nature as well as the threats it faces. As an Ambassador, Patrick will bring his professional experience and a fresh perspective to support WWF in creating new and compelling content, helping the organisation to tell vital stories about wildlife, landscapes and people. Patrick…
Wishing to unveil the distinctive features of a fashion in full mutation, Khaoula Régragui “KMD” is organising a great Gala in honour of the Moroccan Caftan in the city of Lyon, in order to instigate a new dynamism in the fashion field. Khaoula Régragui “KMD” is inviting us to discover the charms of the Caftan through a great Gala and oriental fashion show in this European metropolis. This ceremonial costume, associated with the most ancestral traditions, is experiencing an unprecedented vogue thanks to the audacious imagination of a new generation of Moroccan designers including this young and ambitious fashion designer.…
After being roommates at Miss World in Puerto Rico last December, Pamela Uba (26) Miss Ireland & Rehema Muthamia (25) Miss England were reunited in London. The pair were invited to stay at The Hotel Rafayel & Spa on the Left Bank by the owner Iqbal Latif over the weekend and were treated to a special cocktail party with family and friends & supporters. Iqbal said “The Hotel Rafayel is proud to welcome & host the party at our beautiful restaurant Banyan on the Thames. We wish the inspiring ladies the very best of luck.” The glamourous pair took part…
At the House of iKons Fashion Week London runway on February 19, 12-year-old British-Vietnamese designer Anna Hoang (Brand Love Collection) introduced a new collection called “Green Dream” including more than 20 designs with green tones. The collection promotes environmental awareness and encourages others to plant trees to help the environment. At the same time, in response to the campaign to plant more trees “Queen Green Canopy Campaign”, which made the Queen herself cry in celebration of the 70th Platinum Anniversary of the Queen’s enthronement. Meaningful meanings and elegant ao dai designs have been much liked by the audience. Designer Anna…
A new version of Cyrano hits the big screens this weekend, and it’s a wonderful retelling of a very familiar story. Peter Dinklage is actually very fine as the Romeo who secretly loves Roxanne (Haley Bennett) but has to put up with, and feed lines to, Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr. – who is not quite particularly good in this role). Cyrano has been told and re-told many many times (there is also actually a hip hop version in the West End starring James McAvoy that is super fabulous), but this particular remake is magical, and I can’t quite put my…