Designers

2 men found dead at former Gianni Versace mansion on Miami Beach day before anniversary of designer’s death

By Keisha P. Crabtree 2 weeks ago

Police are investigating after two bodies were found Wednesday at a South Florida hotel that was once the mansion of the late fashion designer Gianni Versace.

Miami Beach police and fire rescue responded Wednesday afternoon after housekeeping at The Villa Casa Casuarina found the dead men in a room, officials said. The scene was contained to the hotel room and detectives have launched a death investigation, police said.

Officials didn’t identify the men or how they died.

Thursday marks the 24th anniversary of Versace’s fatal shooting outside the South Beach landmark.

On the morning of July 15, 1997, Versace was returning

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How fashion designers flipped to athleisure during Covid

By Keisha P. Crabtree 1 month ago
Leon Elias Wu

Leon Elias Wu has pivoted from making bespoke suits to sporty leisurewear

Fashion designer Leon Elias Wu says that when the pandemic first hit he felt as if he was “a character in a zombie apocalypse film”.

“I went into autopilot… my first real thoughts and feelings were concern about my family and loved ones,” says the Los Angeles-based 42-year-old.

“And then I thought about the economy, and how that would impact my business. We had to think quickly… to keep the business afloat during the challenging times ahead.”

Mr Wu is a designer of bespoke suits beloved by a number of Hollywood actors, including Laverne Cox, Beth Dover, and Jake Graf.

Actor Jake Graf wearing a Leon Elias Wu suit

Leon Elias Wu suits are worn by actors including Jake Graf, pictured

Like most high-end fashion bosses, he suddenly found that with no-one able to go out to big events, such as film premiers, or even just to

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The Best-Dressed Models, Editors, and Designers at Men’s Fashion Week Share the Stories Behind Their Looks

By Keisha P. Crabtree 2 months ago

Does this represent a typical look for you, or do you like to try new things during Fashion Week?

I’m pretty chill when it comes to getting dressed: a pair of shorts, a simple T-shirt, a sweater, a jacket. Lots of layers. I’m very much a West Coast dresser, and this is the amped-up fashion version of that. I bike, walk, scooter, and run from show to appointment to show, which is how I get around [the city] at any time of year. So with anything I’m wearing, I have to make sure it’s functional. That said, there have been reports of me biking around in a Thom Browne skirt…

Do you remember when this photo was taken, where you were going, or the shows you saw that day?

This was taken right outside Kim Jones’s spring 2020 show for Dior Men, the one when he worked with Daniel Arsham.

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Fashion Designers

By Keisha P. Crabtree 2 months ago

Marc Jacobs despatched down fashions sporting dreadlocks in his spring 2017 New York Fashion Week present, additionally dealing with immense criticism. Since the Seventies, fashion Fashion & Shoppings of colour, particularly black men and women, have skilled an increase in discrimination within the fashion trade.

Are leggings out of style 2020?

Leggings seem to yo-yo in and out of favour within fashion circles, but in 2020, the chicest of dressers are revisiting black leggings. Stop thinking about leggings as something you wear for weekends, but as an alternative to a smarter pair of black tailored trousers or jeans.

For Yazzie, words are weapons that may encourage individuals to assume harder concerning the truths of historical past, and T-shirts are an reasonably priced, daring outlet for expressing opinions and flaunting individuality. Jamie Okuma (Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock) began beading on the age of 5, and at 22 turned the youngest winner of Santa … Read More