Month: February 2020

The Huff Post Brokers Second Union Contract

As Hearst Magazines staffers are still awaiting a date to vote for their union, another media organization is already on its second contract. Following months of negotiations, news and opinion site The Huffington Post’s 125-strong union, which formed in 2016, just ratified its second collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America, East. This […]

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Frame Taps Model Imaan Hammam for Capsule

A growing number of brands have begun opening doors to guest designers, but it is a practice that Frame says they’ve been using since its inception. The contemporary brand’s latest collaboration is with model Imaan Hammam, who told WWD she’d love to get going on a second collaboration as soon as possible. Erik Torstensson, cofounder of […]

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Kennedy and Cuomo Talk Presidential Race, Well-Meaning Strangers

THAT’S THE TICKET: “We’re very patriotic,” said Kyra Kennedy, wearing a red Chiara Boni La Petite Robe jumpsuit and standing beside her cousin Cara Kennedy Cuomo in a blue one, before the label’s Saturday night show. While Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary will ramp up political conversations nationwide, the Kennedy kin are accustomed to unsolicited election-related […]

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Rooting for ‘Parasite’ From the Front Row at Tory Burch

Sitting in the front row at Tory Burch’s runway show at Sotheby’s Sunday morning were artists Sheree Hovsepian, Rashid Johnson and Francesca DiMattio — whose sculptures were on display throughout the space as models walked by — and seated next to the artistic trio were Lucy Liu, Julianne Moore, Mia Goth, Bel Powley and Adwoa […]

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Penélope Cruz Recalls Oscar Win at Charles Finch and Chanel’s L.A. Bash

When Penélope Cruz took home her Academy Award for best supporting actress in 2009 for Woody Allen’s romantic comedy “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” it was the very first trophy awarded that night. “I remember I sat there and then they said the name, and everything happened so fast,” said the Spanish actress at Charles Finch and […]

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Instagram Brings ‘Cheer’ Stars to NYFW, but Enforces Embargo on Content

“Cheer” stars Gabi Butler and Lexi Brumback made their New York Fashion Week debut at the Brandon Maxwell show on Saturday night, thanks to Instagram. Before taking to their seats in the front row at the American Museum of Natural History, the Navarro College cheerleaders, who shot to mainstream notoriety following the wildly popular Netflix […]

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Backstage at Tom Ford, Boyish Hair Meets Hollywood Glam

Backstage at Tom Ford’s Oscar weekend show in Los Angeles, hairstylist Duffy described the look as “masculine, tight and tailored.” Sleek with a deep side part, the hair is folded, “not rolled” he underlined, “to emulate the shape of a boy’s head.” There was a touch of softness, however; every girl wore a flower created […]

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Romeo Hunte to Incorporate Vintage Hilfiger Into Fall Line

Romeo Hunte has always considered Tommy Hilfiger a mentor, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Brooklyn, N.Y.-born designer turned to his idol as inspiration for his fall collection. The graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology launched his women’s line in 2014 and expanded into a full men’s ready-to-wear collection in 2018. […]

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Inside Tom Ford’s Oscar Weekend Show

“Is that Kylie Cosmetics?” Kylie Jenner was teased as she applied lip liner inside Milk Studios. “Whassup?” she purred in response, clad in a Tom Ford minidress. It was Oscar weekend — perfect timing for the American designer, master of Hollywood glam, to show his newest collection in the city he calls home, Los Angeles. […]

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Drake Stops by Chinese Tuxedo for Frame’s Dinner With Imaan Hammam

Uptown on Friday night, Bergdorf Goodman may have had Rihanna, but Frame’s dinner downtown at Chinese Tuxedo had Drake. And he wasn’t even getting paid to be there. The rapper stopped by — and stayed at, despite keeping his peacoat on the entire time — the lively celebration for the brand’s collaboration with model Imaan […]

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