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Disney star, chart-topping singer, award-winning actress, producer, cooking show host, mental health advocate, beauty mogul, philanthropist: no wonder Selena Gomez is the most-followed woman on Instagram, with over 422 million followers.And lately, she’s been on a tear. Her starring role in quirky mob film Emilia Pérez has already earned her a Golden Globe nomination, with a potential Oscars nomination to follow. And amid the awards season buzz, last month, Gomez announced her engagement to music producer Benny Blanco. Announced on Instagram with a photo of a pavé-set marquise-cut diamond ring (a subtle nod to her song ‘Good For You’, in…

During that time there was friction between me and Rick. I was going to quit. I don’t remember if I quite said “It’s him or me,” but maybe I did. So he left, and we didn’t speak for years. In the end it became quite fun being arch-enemies. Everybody called us ‘Good Rick’ and ‘Bad Rick’. It was an amusing rivalry. After Rick left, Michi stayed, and as well as working on the men’s collection while it lasted, I worked with her.I do look back very fondly on it this time. I remember before I moved into Michèle’s house on…

Ahead of Milan Fashion Week Men’s, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) president Carlo Capasa asked the fashion community to “bring the energy” this season, despite the challenges of the luxury slowdown. Brands delivered: Jordanluca staged a surprise fashion show wedding; Prada threw out the rule book; Dunhill threw an opulent, star-studded soirée; and maximalist trends from bold outerwear to fur emerged as key for the season.Here are the key takeaways from Milan Fashion Week Men’s Autumn/Winter 2025.

Back in 2017, it was something of a shock for the New York-based industry to see Ralph Lauren dress Trump. The designer had donated $13 million to the Smithsonian Museum of National History to restore the star-spangled banner at the behest of former President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton. Online, the hashtag #BoycottRalphLauren started trending on Twitter (now X). “The Presidential Inauguration is a time for the United States to look our best to the world,” the label said at the time. “It was important to us to uphold and celebrate the tradition of creating iconic American style…

However, Mintel’s Bartelme warns that companies run the risk of isolating consumers by going too overboard on labelling. “A decade ago, everything was labelled as gluten-free, including bottled water. That was silly and unnecessary,” she says. That’s not to say it’s unimportant for consumers to understand what’s in their food. Rather, when companies label products as being suitable for every currently trending eating pattern, they run the risk of turning off consumers who are not interested in them, she says. “There’s a risk that labelling something as suitable for [weight loss drug] GLP-1 could make some consumers wonder if that…

Formichetti previously founded youthful luxury streetwear brand Formy, known for dark palettes and its association with rappers like Young Thug and Travis Scott. But he decided to close the brand in 2022. Unlike PDF, Formy consisted of more basic streetwear pieces, focused on logos. “My first brand was an important part of my journey, but I felt like I had outgrown it creatively,” he explains. “Closing it gave me the opportunity to start fresh with PDF and create something that felt more aligned with where I am now.”All of PDF’s garments are developed in a village called Marotta, close to…

As consumers focus more on quality, brands are exploring ways to communicate their craftsmanship, heritage, innovation and cultural relevance. This week, the exhibitors at Italian trade show Pitti Uomo rewrote the playbook, as the fair evolves to become more interactive and communicate the stories behind the clothes.Guess Jeans presented a vast exhibition and showroom space in the fair’s main piazza to demonstrate its AirWash denim treatment, which claims to reduce waste and water consumption. Throughout the space, the walls told the Guess Jeans rebrand story and broke down the composition of garments.“Europe is by far our biggest market and Pitti…

Unlike other LVMH Prize alumni, Kuwata didn’t jump at the chance to stage a big runway show with his winnings. In fact, he wasn’t planning on showing at all, but when Pitti approached him last year, he felt the timing was right. “I want to show people how much we have progressed,” he says. “When I applied for the LVMH Prize, it was only me. Now, I have two assistants and a team of interns. The vibe is really good. There’s no ego.”Pitti is a way to boost awareness following the prize win. “When I won the LVMH Prize, [Setchu]…

In a blow to New York fashion, Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez announced today that they’re leaving the label they founded in 2002 as young graduates of Parsons School of Design. McCollough and Hernandez, whose departure is effective January 31, will remain on the board and continue to be shareholders, and the brand’s CEO, Shira Suveyke Snyder, who was hired in October, is heading up the search for a new creative director.“We feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to build such an extraordinary team, some of whom have been with us since day one… We’re confident that…

This article first appeared on Vogue.We’re just two weeks into 2025, but we’re already starting to think about the clothes we’ll be wearing later this year with the Autumn/Winter 2025 shows kicking off at Pitti Uomo in Florence on 14 January. On Tuesday, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) is releasing the New York Fashion Week calendar, which will take place from 6 February to 11 February, and though it’s a tighter schedule than usual, there are a few surprises.After a year-long absence from the runway — and five years away from NYFW — Christopher John Rogers is…