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Vogue will no longer feature “new animal fur in editorial content or advertising,” according to updated guidelines on the website of its parent company, Condé Nast. The guidelines — which allow for “defined exceptions, including byproducts of subsistence and indigenous practices” — will also affect other titles owned by the media conglomerate, like The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and GQ. But it is in its implications for Vogue, long seen as the preeminent arbiter of fashion, that this change is the most profound, representing the shift away from fur within the industry. When asked about the change on its webpage,…

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. Pamela Anderson, blonde bombshell of the 1990s and beyond, is no more. Instead, the actor has gone red. Glimpses of Anderson’s strawberry-colored locks were first spotted at a Vogue magazine party in Paris earlier this week. As the runway shows kicked off across the city — Paris Fashion Week is set to run until 6 October — Anderson’s fiery new look became a front row feature. On Wednesday, at…

Milan  —  Of all the designers to present a debut collection for a major house during fashion week this September, Dario Vitale arguably had one of the lowest profiles. Prior to his appointment as Versace’s new chief creative officer in April, Vitale was rarely mentioned in the press and fairly unknown to the wider public — unlike his predecessor Donatella Versace, who has become synonymous with, if not more recognizable than, the brand itself. It’s in part why Vitale’s first show for Versace has been so highly anticipated by fashion editors, buyers, and enthusiasts. Questions abound about what the Napoli…

Throughout her four-decade career, costume designer Ellen Mirojnick has been lauded for transporting viewers across time and place, from the metaphor-heavy suiting of Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” to the elaborate period pomp of Emmy-winning “Bridgerton.” Her work on the 1995 cult classic “Showgirls,” however, often elicits a very different response: Did it even have costumes? The lead character, after all, spends much of the movie in various stages of undress. “I’ve always found it funny that people think, ‘Oh you did ‘Showgirls,’ that wasn’t very much (work),’” said Mirojnick. “Actually it was quite a lot. That film is chock full of costumes!”…

Milan  —  Dressing for the “female gaze” is a concept that has gained ground in fashion over the past decade, with the term — which first emerged in response to a 1975 essay by the British film theorist Laura Mulvey, who wrote about the objectification of women from a male perspective in film — being more prevalent, historically, within the context of the arts. The need for a female perspective has arguably never been greater — yet, in luxury fashion, it is particularly lacking. The fact that top executive jobs in the industry are primarily held by men is an…

Milan  —  You can usually tell that it’s a Giorgio Armani show. Not least because of the refined designs, but because the models are most often smiling. That wasn’t the case on Sunday night, when the Italian luxury label presented its Spring-Summer 2026 collection — the last by the “maestro” of fashion himself before his passing earlier this month. Models walking the runway — staged at the Pinacoteca di Brera museum — had solemn expressions on their faces. Instead of walking individually, several moved in pairs or small groups. They wore floor-skimming gowns and smart jackets that looked made for…

Milan AP  —  The devil wore Dolce & Gabbana on Saturday, with Meryl Streep taking a front-row seat at the designing duo’s Milan theater in character as Miranda Priestly for “The Devil Wears Prada” sequel. Streep wore Priestly’s customary sunglasses and a Dolce & Gabbana vinyl trenchcoat as she entered the theater escorted by security and trailed by Stanley Tucci, who plays her art director in the film. Throughout the runway show, set to music by Italian singer Patty Pravo, Streep’s character consulted with Tucci, their eyes casting up and down the runway as models passed. The Dolce & Gabbana…

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. Gwyneth Paltrow’s new line, GWYN, is filled with tasteful charcoal and moss green colored chunky knit cardigans, minimalist boat-neck blouses and unassuming mid-length navy pleated skirts. Made for the “dynamic women that do it all,” according to the brand, the clothes are chic, classic and largely unidentifiable — exactly what Paltrow herself often wears. But at Gucci’s Spring-Summer 2026 show at Milan Fashion Week, Paltrow defected from her role…

Burned and stained, these clothes cost up to $200k Robert Wun’s evocative and intricate designs have been upending expectations of luxury since he gained a rare place on the Paris Couture calendar in 2023. CNN visits his studio in east London to see how his creations take shape.

Facebook Tweet Email Link London  —  When couture designer Robert Wun was nominated for the 2022 Andam Fashion Awards, a prestigious French honor for emerging talent previously won by Martin Margiela and Christophe Lemaire, he went to Paris for the ceremony purely as a formality. Convinced he wouldn’t win, Wun stood at the very back of the room, nursing his drink, and barely registered when his own name was called out (albeit in French) as the recipient of the Prix Spécial, the competition’s runner-up prize, which comes with a cash reward of almost $120,000. It took his team two minutes…