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Summary Boots Riley’s sophomore feature film is a a comedy about a group of girlfriends who steal and resell clothing to make ends meet. Oscar-nominated costume designer Shirley Kurata is behind the film’s vibrant wardrobes. The movie stars Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie and Demi Moore. AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor. In Boots Riley’s “I Love Boosters,” color serves as its own character, fueling the full-throttle chaos of his latest eccentric comedy about a group of girlfriends who steal and resell (or “boost”) clothes to make ends meet. Starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige – who play…

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. What better way to honor one of fashion history’s most famously spontaneous moments than with an elaborate custom gown that took 130 artisans a combined 22,160 hours to produce? If only irony always looked this glamorous. At Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, supermodel Bella Hadid attended the premiere of Antonin Baudry’s new Charles de Gaulle biopic, “La Bataille de Gaulle,” in a form-fitting ivory gown by Schiaparelli. From its…

At the Cannes Film Festival, a historic annual celebration of cinema, American supermodel Alton Mason has been demonstrating a different type of artistic mastery: The art of the open shirt. It’s a delicate craft with many varied and intricate elements. For example, how many buttons should be left undone? How much chest should be exposed? Do you dangle a pendant necklace in between the clavicles or leave the sternum bare? Outside the 5-star establishment Hotel Martinez on Wednesday, Mason — who has modeled for Gucci, Diesel, Rick Owens and Louis Vuitton and was celebrated by GQ in 2023 for having…

Questions around what to expect at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival have so far largely focused on two things: The Hollywood-shaped hole in the official selection and “The White Lotus.” This year, the storied celebration of film held on the French Riviera will look a little less “Mission: Impossible,” which premiered on the Croisette in 2025, and a little more international as European and Asian directors such as Pedro Almodóvar, Nicholas Winding Refn and Ryusuke Hamaguchi take center stage. Out of 22 films in competition to win the Palme d’Or, just two are from US auteurs — Ira Sachs’ “The…

Going on a big trip and struggling to pack the right balance of chic and practical pieces? CNN’s Rachel Tashjian takes Eva Longoria out to Michael’s Luxury Consignment in New York to find the clothing that can be both.Watch more exploration of culture, history, and cuisine in CNN Original Series Eva Longoria: Searching for France, streaming now on the CNN app.

New York —  Hundreds of stars ascended the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Met Gala on Monday evening, bringing a range of interpretations to this year’s dress code, “Fashion is Art.” The theme mirrored an accompanying exhibition titled “Costume Art” at the Met’s Costume Institute, for which the gala is a major source of income. This year, the Met Gala raised a record $42 million, up from last year’s record of $31 million, the museum announced at a press conference before the event. The night’s co-chairs included Vogue’s Anna Wintour, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman and Beyoncé…

Chloe Malle is American Vogue’s Head of Editorial Content – a role she took on last year, after the legendary Anna Wintour stepped away from editing the magazine day-to-day. With at least a decade of Met Galas behind her, this is Malle’s first in a role that has turned her into one of fashion’s most visible figures. CNN’s Rachel Tashjian met Malle in the days leading up to fashion’s biggest night of the year.

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. When Beyoncé was announced as a co-chair of this year’s Met Gala, it signaled the end of her decade-long hiatus away from the annual Costume Institute fundraiser — which became a globally watched phenomenon in the 2010s thanks to appearances from superstars like her. It wasn’t a surprise then that the singer arrived at the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a look that combined the illusion…

Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan explains why she thinks Jeff Bezos skipped the Met Gala red carpet. She says people are protesting his involvement because “all of those billionaires sort of taking over” isn’t sitting well with people… Whether it’s at the Met, in government, or in the tech we use daily.

Extreme visibility has historically been the name of the game on the Meta Gala’s celebrity-packed red carpet, but this year some guests hid (or at least obscured) their biggest asset: Their faces. It started with the eye masks. Rachel Zegler, dressed in Prabal Gurung and referencing Paul Delaroche’s 19th century painting of Lady Jane Grey, wore a gauzy recreation of the young queen of England’s execution blindfold. Then in a more obvious act of provocation, wearing a frayed tulle ball gown, Sarah Paulson arrived “blinded by money” — her eyes covered with leather dollar bill designed by avant garde Parisian…