Manchester City hospital gowns donated to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital as part of new project Innovative new hospital gowns created from Manchester City shirts have been donated to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, aiming to help, support and improve the experience for children undergoing treatment and care. As part of a new pilot project developed over the last 12 months in collaboration with the hospital, Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University and HMPPS, the gowns have been designed, created and donated to help support children in hospital and allow them to feel like their on-field heroes as they battle some…
Author: FABUK Magazine
Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams — writers, celebrities, geniuses — catapulted to fame in the 1950s, sparking a friendship and rivalry spanning nearly 40 years until their deaths within a year of each other. Inextricably entwined, and fixtures of their age, they were creative powerhouses (and gay men) who dealt with success and its evanescence in vastly different ways. In Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation, filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland (Love, Cecil, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel) brings the two forces together in a unique and fascinating tête-à-tête, comparing and contrasting their trajectories through…
This September, Scoop and Pure London will unite for an exciting buying experience, hosted in the Old Truman Brewery. Designed to offer an exclusive and safe buying experience, Scoop X Pure will now take place on 7th – 9th September 2021, at the Old Truman Brewery in East London. Scoop X Pure will also be co-located alongside the UK’s leading international fashion sourcing show, Pure Origin, bringing the entire fashion supply chain under one roof in the heart of London’s creative district. Curated by Scoop founder and MD, Karen Radley, Scoop X Pure will showcase the “best in show”, highlighting…
The British Fashion Council (BFC) founded the BFC Foundation in 2019, which in its first two years received total donations of £3,200,000 through fundraising efforts of all its talent support initiatives; funds from the BFC surplus generated from the organisation’s activities including The Fashion Awards; and a call to BFC stakeholders to support fundraising to help businesses survive the COVID crisis. The charity (Registered Number: 1185152) supports the future growth and success of the British fashion industry by focusing on education, grant-giving, and business mentoring and aims to raise £2,000,000 per annum to maintain and grow its grant-giving programmes. Creating…
From Hip hop, to rock, and across all other music genres, music has always been a popular medium that further expresses ones’ individuality. Music is all-encompassing and allows us to draw inspiration from, provoke thought, ignite change, and speak a language we can all relate to on a humanistic level. The story of music is as much visual as it sonically – a point of view of familiarity that have ultimately become cultural moments relevant to the sign of the times. With that in mind, the inspiration for TATRAS’ S/S 21’ tee collection was inspired by the archives of posters,…
April 19 through 24, the spring season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia took place in the Museum of Moscow. Fashion shows were arranged in Russia’s capital and 6 other cities, including Milan. Italian brands Hand Picked, Collini, Daniela de Souza, Vuarnet and others introduced their new collections at the Milan-based Sari Spazio Showroom. Other venues were St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Sochi and Chelyabinsk. Designers from Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Cyprus, France, Germany, India, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, South Korea, Spain, UK, USA, and Japan showcased their new collections as video presentations. Right during this season, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week…
Double Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman is back in the new mystery thriller ‘Into the Labyrinth.’ ‘Into the Labyrinth’ is a film with a very strange, and at times confusing plot. A young woman is kidnapped by a rabbit in a van on a road that leads into a very large city. What has happened to her? Who is this rabbit that kidnapped her? These are the questions that are raised in the beginning of the film. But then the young woman – Samantha is in a hospital, bruised and battered, physically but also emotionally and mentally battered. Samantha (played by…
Today 27th April 2021 — British actor, environmentalist, and filmmaker Maisie Williams is appointed as WWF Global Ambassador for Climate and Nature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3usTryGt80&ab_channel=WWFUK In a powerful announcement video, Maisie highlights how vital 2021 is in the fight against climate change, as the UK prepares to host a critical climate summit, COP26, in Glasgow, and global leaders set ambitious targets to cut emissions which will limit warming and its impacts on people and nature. Maisie encourages people all around the world to unite and join her in using their voices and platforms, no matter how big or small, to talk about the need for climate action and apply pressure…
Decorating a home is very similar to putting your outfit of the day together. Your clothing pieces are in a way equivalent to the furniture and everything else you add on are the fashion accessories that enhance the overall look. So, as your fashion taste is a representation of your personal style, your home should also be decorated in such a way that will be a true reflection of you. Fortunately, interior design is very versatile as it offers plenty of styles you can choose from to create a living space filled with character and charm. All you have to…
Théo Mahy – also known by his full name, Théo Mahy-Ma-Somga – has produced and directed a plethora of award-nominated films and TV shows. The French filmmaker is now based in Los Angeles, and his film projects include ‘An American Life’, ‘All We Have Left’ and ‘The Audience’. He tells us about first going to Cannes in his teens, how he was inspired by directors from around the world, and a very personal new project set in Cameroon. Why did you go into filmmaking? I grew up in France as an only child. When I wasn’t playing outside or reading,…