The rumors were true: Ralph Lauren, born Lifshitz, designed Melania Trump’s Inauguration Day outfit. For this morning’s swearing-in, the new first lady wore a pale-blue cashmere skirt suit designed by the Bronx-bred son of immigrants. He also designed her snow-white election night jumpsuit. According to CNN, the fashion house “declined to comment on how the…
Marc Jacobs, the star designer who turned Louis Vuitton from a staid luggage-maker into a global fashion brand, is leaving to focus on his own eponymous label, a source close to the French company’s parent LVMH said on Wednesday. The move follows a series of leadership changes at Louis Vuitton, LVMH’s cash cow and biggest…
French President Francois Hollande reportedly has stripped fashion designer John Galliano of his Legion of Honor medal because of anti-Semitic behavior. French media reported that a presidential decree published on France’s official journal said Galliano may no longer wear the medal – France’s highest honor – which he received in 2009. Last year Galliano, a…
Another day, another anti-Semitic tirade from a celebrity. This time, the culprit is John Galliano, fashion icon and (until about an hour ago) head designer of Christian Dior. Galliano pulled a Mel Gibson last night at Paris’s trendy La Perle bar and restaurant, where he was arrested for hurling anti-Semitic taunts at a couple dining…
It may have only been a blip in the ironic T-shirt-clad world of hipsterdom, but if culture-tracking websites like Jezebel and Vice see it fit to run images of aleXsandro Palombo’s latest clothing designs, well, who are we to argue? The provocative, arguably iconoclastic, Italian designer and illustrator recently posted a set of politically charged…
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