Fashion Models

Zendaya Is the CFDA Awards Fashion Icon; Anya Taylor-Joy and The Model Alliance Will Also Receive Honors This Year

By Keisha P. Crabtree 17 hours ago

Those of us plugged into red carpet style have known it since the Vivienne Westwood look she wore to the 2015 Oscars, since the 2020 Tom Ford breastplate at the Critics’ Choice awards, since literally yesterday when she attended a premiere of Dune in a cascade of pearlescent Rick Owens sequins: Zendaya is a fashion icon.

Finally, her status will be recognized this November 10 when she receives the CFDA Award for Fashion Icon. At just 25, Zendaya will be the youngest person ever to receive the honor from the CFDA; she follows in the footsteps of former Fashion Icons Rihanna, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Prince, Pharrell, and David Bowie.

The actress and musician will pick up the award at the first in-person CFDA Awards ceremony since 2019—and she’ll have plenty of friends with her when she does. Her stylist Law Roach, with whom she has worked since her teen years,

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Model dies days after being shot at in Patna, criminals still at large

By Keisha P. Crabtree 3 days ago



Model shot dead in Patna while returning with daughter from Durga Puja pandal


Model shot dead in Patna while returning with daughter from Durga Puja pandal

A fashion model from Patna, who was shot by unidentified miscreants, succumbed to her injuries on Sunday morning.

36-year-old Mona Roy was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city after she was shot on Tuesday night while returning with her 11-year-old daughter from a Durga Puja pandal.

The incident took place in Ramnagar Colony under Rajiv Nagar Police Station at around 10pm when two motorcycle-borne men fired at her right outside her home. Her daughter escaped unhurt in this incident.

Soon after the incident, the police reached the spot and rushed Mona to a nearby hospital.

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According to doctors, she had suffered a bullet injury in her waist because of which her liver was damaged.

On Sunday morning, her condition deteriorated and she

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Fashion Week Istanbul: A Creative State of Mind | Sponsored Feature

By Keisha P. Crabtree 5 days ago

For its latest season, Fashion Week Istanbul returns with a hybrid creative showcase of Turkish talent from October 12 to 17, 2021. A curated experience running between October 13 to 17 mixes the work of Turkey’s artists, from photographers and designers to performance artists and actors, conceptualised across two performance spaces: the public and private.

The multidisciplinary exhibition revolves around the theme Istanbul State of Mind, through which event organisers — Istanbul Apparel Exporters Association, or İHKİB, Turkish Fashion Designers’ Association (MTD) and Istanbul Fashion Academy (IMA) — sought to celebrate the multicultural city and its art scene, united as the world moves into a post-pandemic reality.

The immersive experience engages viewers in performances by artists dressed in Turkish designs, interacting directly with scenes unfolding around them in street settings to private apartments. For those unable to experience the events in-person, the majority of fashion shows within the curation were

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Balenciaga Drops ‘The Simpsons’ Collection of Hoodies, T-shirts

By Keisha P. Crabtree 7 days ago

NO PLACE LIKE HOMER: Demna Gvasalia dropped a big hint about Balenciaga’s relationship with “The Simpsons” several months before he screened a bespoke 10-minute episode during Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 2.

A hoodie depicting the cartoon family dressed in recognizable Balenciaga pieces from past seasons was part of the “Clones” collection unveiled via an online film last June.

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It landed on Balenciaga’s online boutique today, priced at 750 euros, along with T-shirts at 495 euros, a ball cap at 295 euros, and leather goods ranging in price from 195 to 775 euros.

“The Simpsons Balenciaga” episode has already been viewed more than 8.4 million times on the fashion brand’s YouTube channel. The hilarious short depicts Homer Simpson struggling to pronounce the French label (“Balun, Balloon, Baleen”); Marge strolling through Springfield in a sharp-shouldered gown, and the whole town flown to Paris for fashion week

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