Tonight’s 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards will take place at 6:30PM EST at THE POOL + THE GRILL, the iconic venue housed within the landmark Seagram Building on Park Avenue. The evening will include awards for American Womenswear, Menswear, Accessories and Emerging Designer of the Year; along with International Women’s and Men’s Designer of the Year. Click here to explore the full list Meet the Evening’s Host and Presenters American fashion’s starriest night wouldn’t be complete without an exciting list of celebrity and industry leaders to present awards to the evening’s honorees and designer nominees. The Host: Emily Blunt The award-winning actress and star of Jungle Cruise and in A…
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Instagram fashion and beauty blogging sensation, Dana Rae Johnson, is a young woman of influence. At just 20 years of age, she has created a loyal following of 227,000 fans and her number of followers increases every week. Dana actively works on her photoshoots and Instagram account while studying full-time. Modelling everything from sportswear, beachwear and casual wear to wedding dresses, Dana’s stylish posts attract worldwide attention. Can you describe your journey from school to what you are doing now? I opened my Instagram account a couple months after I graduated from high school and started doing photo shoots about…
Elie Saab created another gorgeous haute couture collection this season. Entitled “Buds of Hope,” the brand’s fall/winter 21-22’ collection presents the most magical designs. With fantastic floral details and masterful beadwork, Elie Saab presents an exquisite collection. Immaculate drapery and stunning silhouettes adorn the collection with a touch of splendor. Elie Saab’s exceptional quality is showcased through the most pristine cut outs that are as smooth as brushstrokes. The most magnificent hues enhance the collection in beautiful pops of color. With all Elie Saab’s brilliant design choices, the brand clearly communicates a budding message of much needed hope in the…
LONDON – Christie’s Handbags Online: The London Edit will present the rarest and most coveted handbags, luggage and accessories. The online auction will be open for bidding from 9 to 23 November, with highlights available to view at Christie’s King Street from 18 to 22 November. Leading the auction is a rare Matte Béton Alligator, White Togo & Swift Leather Faubourg Sellier Hermès Birkin 20 (estimate: £80,000 – 100,000). The style is modelled after the façade of the Hermès flagship at 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and comes complete with orange awnings and a clochette designed after the house’s iconic…
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), are joining forces under the framework of the 2X Climate Finance Task Force to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in climate finance investments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xRrgI-rrc The international partners presented their new toolkit, the Gender-Smart Climate Finance Guide, on behalf of the 2X Collaborative, a new global industry body for gender-lens investing, at the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow today. Alignment with the Paris Agreement presents an estimated US$ 23 trillion of climate investment opportunity in developing countries, according to…
British Wheelchair Basketball has today announced the line-up of the four teams competing in its inaugural Women’s Premier League. The British Wheelchair Basketball Women’s Premier League will be the first of its kind for women’s wheelchair basketball, and the very first professional para-sport league in the UK. The season will begin in January 2022, with Cardiff Met Archers, East London Phoenix, Loughborough Lightning and Worcester Wolves competing for the inaugural title. The franchises are linked to four universities which will be centres of excellence for wheelchair basketball in the UK for both men and women. These High-Performance Partnerships will develop and…
UK fashion brands unite to walk the GREAT Campaign runway at COP26 for urgent action on climate change Leading British brands Burberry, Phoebe English and Stella McCartney are coming together with the British Fashion Council and the UK’s GREAT campaign at COP26 to showcase the UK’s commitment to climate action through fashion innovation. With estimates suggesting the clothing and footwear industries are responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, British fashion brands lead the way in innovation to address the industry’s climate challenge. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “The GREAT campaign showcases the best of the UK’s creativity and…
The multi award-winning documentary Piano To Zanskar follows 65-year-old London piano maker Desmond O’Keeffe as he endeavours to deliver a piano from his piano repair shop in Camden Town, London, to the village school in Lingshed, a remote community high up in the Indian Himalayas. Navigating dangerous mountain passes, wayward Sherpas and some of the most stunning scenery in the world, Desmond’s journey to Lingshed captures spiritual resilience, passion for music, the unrelenting progress of civilisation, and the beauty of nature. If successful, the expedition will be the highest piano delivery in the world. More importantly, it will be the…
Trailer and poster released for Icelandic psychological mystery Quake https://youtu.be/U-J-WBV20Po Friday 5th November, London, UK: Ursus Parvus have released the poster and trailer for Icelandic haunting mystery title Quake, which will have its World Premiere (November 20th) at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF). Based on the best-selling novel, Grand Mal/ Quake: A Novel, by Audur Jonsdóttir, which was nominated for the Icelandic Literary prize and picked out by Toronto International Film Festival as one of their 2021 Industry Selects, Quake stars Anita Briem (Journey to the Centre of the Earth, The Minister), Edda Björgvinsdóttir (Under the tree, The Valhalla Murders)…
These queens have had a rough couple years (and centuries), but they are now back and better than ever to reign over the West End! These queens are ‘Six’ – the six wives of Henry the VIII – and are back together again on stage at the Vaudeville theatre. ‘Six’ has had so many starts and stops, all of course due to the pandemic. Originally an Edinburgh fringe show, written by youngsters Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow, it originally started at the Edinburgh festival and then eventually made its way to London’s Arts Theatre in 2019, then on to Broadway…