Melania Trump Dons Gucci Dress Just After Brand's Pro-Choice Fashion Show - Hollywood Reporter |
- Melania Trump Dons Gucci Dress Just After Brand's Pro-Choice Fashion Show - Hollywood Reporter
- Brandon Maxwell takes home top CFDA Awards prize, a win for inclusive fashion - USA TODAY
- Boater Hats and Rhinestone Belts: Melania and Ivanka Trump’s Bonkers State Visit Fashion Is Pure ‘Dynasty’ - The Daily Beast
- Fashion Nova pulls 'disrespectful' shirt appearing to reference California Camp Fire - Fox News
- PETA, Stephen F Hold Vegan Fashion Show - WWD
| Melania Trump Dons Gucci Dress Just After Brand's Pro-Choice Fashion Show - Hollywood Reporter Posted: 03 Jun 2019 12:40 PM PDT The First Lady's dress paid homage to London with its pattern featuring city landmarks, but some deeper political meanings were lost.Clothes do send a message, despite protests of first lady Melania Trump's press secretary and communications director Stephanie Grisham and her fashion stylist Hervé Pierre, who once told WWD that her looks are "not that complicated" and that "if you start to intellectualize everything, it's hard" as he referenced a quote by fashion designer Carolina Herrera: "Fashion is to please your eye." But the first lady's decision to wear a $4,400 Gucci dress (that many reporters have pointed out is patriotic with its London-inspired pattern) while on the State visit to London with her husband, President Donald Trump, makes a much larger statement in light of the pro-abortion rights message at Gucci's cruise 2020 fashion show in Rome last week — a clear contrast to the Trump administration's anti-abortion messaging. (Last Thursday, while in talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Vice President Mike Pence repeated Trump's comments that abortion rights activists support "infanticide.") Just a handful of days ago, Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele made an overt political statement with the brand's latest collection, shown at the Musei Capitolini in Rome on May 29 in front of a crowd that included Saoirse Ronan, Elton John, A$AP Rocky, Salma Hayek, Zoe Saldana, Naomi Campbell and brand face Harry Styles. The offerings included a purple jacquard jacket emblazoned on the back with the phrase: "My Body, My Choice" and a cream dress embroidered at the midriff with the image of a sparkly uterus blooming with pink flowers. Other pieces bore the date "22.04.1978," marking the day the Italian law protecting legal abortions went into effect, and some models wore scarves over their mouths as if to signify their voices being silenced. Additionally, the Chime for Change logo in support of gender equality was featured on T-shirts. During a post-show press conference, Michele said, "Women have to be respected…they should be free to choose what they want; I wanted to point out the idea that to interrupt a pregnancy does not wipe out the garden, the flower, that is the uterus of every woman." And he acknowledged that the collection was a response to "recent news" — pointedly the laws effectively banning abortion passed recently in Alabama, Ohio, Missouri and Georgia that aim to challenge the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Given the luxury brand's buzzy position in the fashion world, the headlines were pretty much impossible to miss. As were recent stories charging Gucci with cultural appropriation and racism for selling a $790 "Indy full turban" that resembled a Sikh headdress and $890 "blackface sweaters" with a pull-up balaclava and red lips. In March, in response to the sweater controversy, Gucci created a new Gucci Changemakers program to support diversity in fashion after apologizing for the fashion faux pas. In another political move, the company contributed $500,000 to the gun violence prevention organization March for our Lives last year. Some have chalked up the first lady's past, politically rife sartorial selections to coincidence or naiveté — from the irony of the $1,000 fuchsia "pussy bow" blouse, also by Gucci, she wore to a presidential debate in October 2016 following her husband's viral hot mic-captured "pussy" comments on Access Hollywood to her army green jacket with the phrase "I Really Don't Care Do U" on the back while on a trip to McAllen, Texas, last June in the midst of the family separation crisis at the border. ("It's a jacket; there was no hidden message," Grisham responded on the latter matter.) But there was likely careful thought put into the messaging (as a political representative of the U.S. in the U.K.) of wearing a shirt dress by Gucci imprinted with images of iconic London landmarks, from Big Ben to the Houses of Parliament and the city's signature red buses. And more thought went into her in-flight change-over to a pussy-bow blouse from the spring 2019 collection of British heritage brand Burberry with a pattern that featured a trio of military-like medals on the chest. Regardless of political affiliation, one has to question not making that next leap to the political significance of the First Lady's wardrobe, particularly after her past wardrobe controversies. The Gucci shirt dress, reportedly available exclusively through online luxury fashion platform Farfetch.com, seems to be another out-of-pocket purchase and not a loan from the Italian design house. While some designers (such as Christian Siriano and Tom Ford) have spoken out about their refusal to dress the first lady and others (such as Dolce & Gabbana and Ralph Lauren) have chosen to dress her, Michele has taken a neutral stand. In a 2017 interview with The Washington Post, Gucci's creative director said on the subject: "We have all kinds of customers. Everybody is free to do what they want." Free indeed. That's why sartorial choices matter. We might point Grisham, Pierre and Trump's other style advisors to a quote from renowned fashion editor Diana Vreeland: "Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes."  |
| Brandon Maxwell takes home top CFDA Awards prize, a win for inclusive fashion - USA TODAY Posted: 03 Jun 2019 10:13 PM PDT If the 2019 CFDA Fashion Awards had a "most emotional acceptance speech" category, the prize would go to Brandon Maxwell, who was awarded womenswear designer of the year. Maxwell was named the CFDAs' top emerging womenswear designer in 2016, but Monday night's ceremony was the first time the 34-year-old won one of the annual awards show's top prizes. He was overcome with joy and nerves when he took the stage, admitting to the crowd that he would've laid off the event's open bar had he known he was going to win. In addition to dressing Michelle Obama and Duchess Meghan and recruiting fashion weeks' buzziest supermodels to walk for him, Maxwell has also proven his commitment to diversity and inclusion, casting women of different races and sizes in his runway shows. Winning one of the night's most prestigious awards is an important co-sign of his work, and proof that, as outgoing CFDAs chair Diane Von Furstenberg said earlier in the night, that the council is "aware" of the progress needed in fashion when it comes to inclusive casting and sizing alike. "To the nominees in this category, you cannot imagine what it feels like to be in your company for me," he addressed the crowd onstage. "It is an absolute pleasure...this is really once-in-a-lifetime, this is never going to happen to me again." More: Jennifer Lopez tears up as she thanks her family, fashion icons at CFDA Awards In addition to thanking all those who taught him that "making a woman feel good, and making someone happy, is valid," Maxwell saluted his peers in the CFDA Awards audience, honoring his industry's many hard workers. "I have worked for ten years as a stylist before I started my company with almost every single person in this room," he said. "And I know that you're kind people and you work hard, and we scrubbed off tonight and put on a suit but the other 364 days of the year we are trying to pay the light bill and make it happen." The night's other winners included Rick Owens for best menswear designer and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's The Row for best accessories design, as well as Jennifer Lopez with the fashion icon award. Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/06/04/brandon-maxwells-cfda-awards-prize-win-inclusive-fashion/1336338001/  |
| Posted: 03 Jun 2019 03:19 PM PDT  On Monday morning in London, Melania Trump stepped off of a Marine One helicopter and into the year 1981, and specifically the moment that Joan Collins made her Dynasty debut as (then) Alexis Morell Carrington in a dramatic courtroom scene. On day one of the Trumps' state visit to Britain, dressed in a white pencil dress, black collar, and belt by Dolce & Gabbana, the first lady seemed to be channeling Collins—especially when it came to the matching Hervé Pierre hat pinned over her bun. FLOTUS only needed black-rimmed sunglasses (and veil) to complete her Alexis metamorphosis. Melania's boater hat sat sharply tilted to the left, shielding her eyes from photographers, even though her usual deadpan never gives much away. The loss of her peripheral vision may explain why Melania gripped her husband's hand while attending a remembrance ceremony at Westminster Abbey. (The first lady has previously evaded—or even swatted away—her husband's attempts at public intimacy.) Melania's buttoned-up silhouette is nothing new. When she's not traipsing through Africa in colonial-era pith hats, FLOTUS gravitates towards Art of the Deal-era power dressing. She rests big coats on top of her shoulders to bulk up her silhouette, and displays remarkable agility when it comes to walking in skin-tight pencil skirts and four-inch Louboutins. "Staring out from behind a sheer curtain like some villainous American cousin in 'Downton Abbey,' Ivanka managed to out-'80s Melania." When photographed alone, the absurdity of her costume-like garments can be forgotten. But when pictured with others, as she was today with Camilla in a simple white sheath dress, Melania's joyless, Nancy Reagan cosplay came off as all the more extreme. Ivanka Trump watched the pomp of her father's arrival at Buckingham Palace from a window above the palace's lawn. Staring out from behind a sheer curtain like some villainous American cousin in Downton Abbey, Ivanka managed to out-'80s Melania in an (also white) peplum pleated skirt and blazer by Alessandra Rich. The puff-sleeved style came with a gaudy rhinestone belt. It really felt like we were back in the 1980s, and the boxy-meets-flouncy silhouettes Diana wore in her early royal years. While Melania played Queen Nancy, Ivanka channeled her mother, Ivana, with her more-is-more getup. As if her human doily look was not enough, Ivanka added a bizarre fascinator for the Westminster ceremony, leading the writer Paul Rudnick to imagine a Harry Potter scenario. Ivanka's tiny hat was unfairly compared to a maxi pad by Twitter critics, though it resembled less of a sanitary napkin and more of a half-assed balloon animal slapped onto her pin straight hair. Still, the 37-year-old "first daughter" smiled as she took in the historic church. Ivanka's easygoing, "nothing to see here" performance is all the more impressive considering it was fresh off of her husband Jared Kushner's disastrous Axios interview on Sunday. A few hours later, the entire crew changed for dinner and were back at it again—an inexplicable feat, really, by the gloriously pained looks slapped on each player's face. The color white stayed popular at the night's banquet. The Queen, Camilla, and Melania all tried different takes on the hue, as if starring in an ill-advised First Wives Club reboot. Melania opted for a mesh illusion neckline and feather design at the bust of her showgirl-y gown. She paired the dress with surgical-looking, ill-fitting evening gloves, as if covering nearly every part of her body might will her straight back to Trump Tower. The younger generation—Will and Kate, Ivanka and Jared—smartly stayed away from the deliciously strange photo op Trump, Melania, the Queen, Charles, and Camilla all found themselves in. Once the dinner was underway, Ivanka was spotted in a baby blue collared dress with floral appliqués. Her pearls and the dress' demure silhouette was pure Stepford Wife, though the some bedazzling on the bodice resembled day old confetti. Sitting next to her, a not amused Sophie, Countess of Wessex, looked like she was one champagne flute away from breaking the "Never complain" royal code.  |
| Posted: 03 Jun 2019 09:26 AM PDT  Popular retailer Fashion Nova has spoken out after removing a controversial shirt that received extreme backlash for seeming to reference the devastating California Camp Fire that devastated the town of Paradise. The Los Angeles-based clothing store featured a men's t-shirt with an image of a building burning alongside the words "This must be Paradise." However, the brand said in a statement to Fox News that the shirt originally went on sale in July 2018 and has no connection to the Paradise fire. "We deeply apologize to anyone offended by the redistribution of the 'This Must Be Paradise Tee,'" the statement to Fox News read. "The graphic tee first went on sale July of 2018 and has no connection to Paradise, CA. The structure shown in the image is not a depiction of the town or any structure within the town of Paradise, CA. This is an unfortunate coincidence that we flagged immediately when the fires happened in November of 2018. At the time of the fires, the tee was pulled from our website completely." The statement continues, stating that due to the company's return process, "the tee was relisted on our website through automatic processing." The response from the company comes after those on social media attacked the brand's design, claiming the building was of a home in Paradise, California. FASHION NOVA'S RISQUÉ 'CUT-OUT' PANTS FACE CRITICISM ON TWITTER: 'THOSE AREN'T PANTS. STOP IT' CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS The Camp Fire destroyed more than 153,000 acres and became the deadliest blaze in the state's history, causing 85 civilian fatalities, before it was finally contained over two weeks after it started. The town of Paradise was one of the hardest hit, losing nearly 19,000 buildings — most of which were residential.  |
| PETA, Stephen F Hold Vegan Fashion Show - WWD Posted: 03 Jun 2019 05:20 PM PDT  When was the last time you've said that your style stopped traffic? For Stephen F, that day was Monday. The men's fashion label kicked off New York Fashion Week: Men's with an all-vegan runway show in front of its flagship in the Meatpacking District, in partnership with PETA. Designer Stephen Ferber presented men's tailoring, sportswear and swim looks in lightweight cotton fabrics and velvet, and closed the show with a gray suit crafted from WonderFelt, an environmentally conscious wool substitute made from recycled bottles. The label shut down Little West 12th Street to hold the show and drew a crowd of passersby on the street and distant onlookers on the High Line. "[This collection] is all about education and showing the possibilities," explained Ferber. "I'm definitely going to do more of this in the future, but the good thing is that I was already using some of these fabrics in my collections." Ferber was inspired to produce a vegan collection after meeting PETA's senior vice president Dan Mathews at a store event. Mathews, who works with designers to find wool and leather fabric alternatives and deter designers from using fur, introduced the designer to sample vegan materials and fabrics, and Ferber took the reins of the project and sourced more materials. "I told him there has never been a men's fashion week collection that was totally vegan and he took it upon himself to do it," said Mathews. PETA partnered with Gaelyn and Cianfarani on a leather and fur-free collection in 2005 and with designer Marc Bouwer on a 100 percent cruelty-free collection in 2007, but antifur initiatives were not treated with the same gravitas as they are now. New York's City Council, for example, is pondering a bill to ban the sale of new fur and shearling in the city. Ferber comes from a family of furriers and tailors, which is ironic, yet fitting. "My family has been doing this for 70 years. My grandfather was a furrier, which means it's very strict and we know what's going on," he said. "PETA is open-minded and understands that we can't just cut off those qualities that we've been working with for centuries, but what I think is important is that if you're going to work with materials like fur and leather, they have to be very regulated." Ferber also revealed that this collection is the start of something more. He plans to produce a vegan collection every year and offer it at his flagship and web site. Stephen Ferber, Alex Lundqvist with young model Julian Boujnah and PETA Senior VP of Communications Dan Mathews Corey Sipkin/Courtesy Photo  |
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