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CNN  —  WNBA player Angel Reese has landed a Vogue cover, posing for a story about how the worlds of fashion and sport have collided. With interviews from Reese, tennis player Frances Tiafoe and Olympic sprinter Gabby Thomas — the last of whom also received a separate cover — the story delves into why fashion brands are tapping athletes as some of their biggest stars. Though luxury labels have often tapped fashionable athletes in the past for campaigns and on-court collaborations, the relationship has been hypercharged as of late. NBA, WNBA and NFL “tunnel walks” have turned arenas into highly…

CNN  —  Coco Chanel, possibly apocryphally, once said: “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off,” establishing the idea that, in her eyes, to be overdressed was a fashion faux pas. It’s a commandment that has informed many fashion houses for decades; take the monochromatic styling of Issey Miyake, or the clean leatherwork of Hermès. Muted, neutral tones, simple silhouettes and chic fabrics have previously found favor in the fashion world thanks to the “quiet luxury” aesthetic, made even more visible by shows like HBO’s boardroom drama “Succession.” (HBO and CNN are owned by…

CNN  —  Zendaya was a picture of old Hollywood glamour at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening, arriving in an elegant Louis Vuitton gown with a pleated train that swept behind her as she walked the red carpet at LA’s Beverly Hilton. The actor, who was nominated for her performance in “Challengers” (though she eventually lost out to Demi Moore), also sported a new bob haircut — part of a look her stylist, Law Roach, said was inspired by Black entertainment industry pioneers like Joyce Bryant. But some fans were more interested in Zendaya’s jewelry — in particular, the…

CNN  —  Every time a celebrity poses on a red carpet, countless cameras flash, forever immortalizing their outfit, preserving the hundreds or even thousands of hours it has taken to create. Sunday night’s Golden Globes were no different, with Zendaya channeling old Hollywood glamor in a saffron Louis Vuitton gown, Angelina Jolie wearing a dazzling crystal chain McQueen dress and Tilda Swinton donning a custom embroidered Chanel jacket. Online, such red carpet outfits have long afterlives as they are shared around social media, dissected by influencers and journalists alike. But the real-life fate of the garments themselves is less well-publicized.…

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. CNN  —  Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet renewed their status as one of Hollywood’s most discussed couples after an affectionate appearance at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday. It was Jenner’s second time at the ceremony supporting Chalamet, who was nominated for Best Actor in Musical or Comedy for his turn as Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.” Last year, the couple made a somewhat lowkey official debut, Chalamet…

Milan CNN  —  Italian designer Rosita Missoni, co-founder of the eponymous fashion house known for its bright and patterned styles, died on Wednesday at the age of 93, a company official said on Thursday. She had launched the business in 1953 with her husband Ottavio Missoni, developing a brand which became popular for its colorful knitwear featuring geometric patterns and stripes, including the signature zigzag motif known as fiammato. Born into a family of textile artisans close to the northern Italian town of Varese, Rosita studied modern languages. On a trip to London in 1948 to improve her English, she…

CNN  —  For many of us, 2025 stretches ahead as a giant unknown. For trend forecasters, it’s already mapped out — or some of it, at least. Those in the business of predicting our next style choices have spent the fall collecting data they believe could foretell the months ahead. Fashion forecasters at WGSN, Heuritech and Pinterest Trends have been scouring catwalk shows, reading e-commerce data and analyzing social media posts to figure out what our wardrobes might look like in 2025. From the surprising resurrection of the Gen Z-maligned skinny jean to an uptick in sophisticated sleepwear, here are…

CNN  —  Jocelyn Wildenstein, the Swiss-born socialite famous for the surgery-enhanced feline features that earned her nicknames in the American press like “Catwoman” and the “Bride of Wildenstein,” has died. Her partner Lloyd Klein told AFP she died of a pulmonary embolism in Paris. Wildenstein, who sometimes spelled her name “Jocelyne,” was a staple of New York tabloids for much of her adult life, due to her tempestuous love life, drastically changing appearance and the hefty payout she received in her divorce from an art world bigwig (though she eventually claimed she’d gone bankrupt, having depleted her billions). Wildenstein often…

CNN  —  If fashion is a language, Arianne Phillips, costume designer on James Mangold’s latest film “A Complete Unknown,” is a polyglot. In 2005, she mastered the visual lexicon of Johnny Cash’s style for Mangold’s “Walk the Line,” dressing the Rockabilly legend in Western work shirts and all-black stagewear. For 2019’s “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood,” Phillips perused Sharon Tate’s real wardrobe to outfit Margot Robbie in the same snakeskin trench coat and yellow hot pants that the actor and model wore before her harrowing death in 1969. But for the last five years, Phillips has been studying Bob…

Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes is a new series investigating how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. CNN  —  Red velvet suit, white fur trim, tall black boots, cozy (if not indulgent) pom-pom hat. Santa Claus’ uniform may have some variations, from Tim Allen’s off-duty outfits in “The Santa Clause” as he slowly transforms into the legendary gift-giver, to The Plastics’ spaghetti-strap-dress versions in “Mean Girls,” but his signature look is ingrained in pop culture and popular imagination older than anyone living today. His dress codes ensure uniformity across…