Month: September 2020

My viewing habits during qu*rant*ne have intentionally steered clear of anything that could be tethered to the current moment. We’re talking Sex and the City‘s non-distanced brunches. High Fidelity‘s unmasked walks through Brooklyn. And Normal People, the complete antithesis of whatever’s going (or not going) on in my love life. But from the start of
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When so many “fashion people” speak in tentative, pre-digested sound bites, Virgil Abloh’s candor and refusal to go along with conventional wisdom is refreshing. For ELLE’s look at the future of fashion, the Off-White founder and artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton talks about how creativity is like a sprint, why brunch is the
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Photograph courtesy of DynamiteWe caught up with the pair to talk fall trends and how they make themselves feel dynamite. By Maddison Glendinning Date September 18, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Today, Canadian retailer Dynamite kicks off its newest campaign with two familiar faces – Jasmine Tookes and Josephine Skriver. The models (who also happen to be
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If there’s one designer who can make his customers feel things, it’s Telfar Clemens. Telfar fans aren’t just shoppers but a community who take pride in flaunting the label’s signature (and always sold-out) “Bushwick Birkin” tote. To carry Telfar is to broadcast your support for a young Liberian-American designer who renounces exclusivity in luxury fashion
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Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesTaylor used her NYFW time slot for an important cause. By Maddison Glendinning Date September 17, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Canadian designer Tanya Taylor opted out of showing her new collection at New York Fashion Week today – a first for the brand. Instead, Taylor, whose brand is based in the city,
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As if 2020 could get any worse. On September 14, reports emerged that immigrants in an ICE detention centre in Georgia are allegedly being coerced or tricked into hysterectomies without their consent. The revelation came from a whistleblower named Dawn Wooten, a former nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center. According to the BBC, the
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Amanda Demme/Courtesy of the Subject Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. When Imitation of Christ began showing in 2000, the press immediately latched on to the sexiest talking points. There was the memorable name, with its hint of sacrilege. The site-specific shows that verged on performance art:
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Photograph courtesy of PangaiaPangaia strikes again. By Maddison Glendinning Date September 16, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Hot off the heels of its collab with Jaden Smith, celebrity- and influencer-loved brand Pangaia is back in the headlines again with the launch of its first ever pair of sustainable sneakers. And given that the brand describes itself as
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Michelle Obama knows the mental gymnastics required to be the only Black First Lady. In the season finale of The Michelle Obama Podcast, she was joined by her 83-year-old mother, Marian Robinson and older brother, Craig to discuss parenting and politics. During the wide-ranging conversation, she spoke about the need Black people often feel to
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