Vidya Balan Dazzles At Padma Shri Awards 2014
2014 April 1. | Szerző: shannon
Vidya Balan is one of the few women in Bollywood who can carry herself well in a saree. The Indian beauty who received the Padma Shri Awards 2014 along with South Indian actor, Kamal Haasan, looked dazzling in the cheery yellow saree, the gold jewellery, the red lips and severe hair to go along with the South Indian look. At the ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan, Vidya Balan was honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri award 2014, which is India’s fourth highest civilian award. Actress Vidya Balan carried herself to perfection in this heavily decked up saree. The bright colour of the saree and the makeup she wore along with the look was perfect. In the recent past, Vidya Balan has stepped out into the limelight wearing a series of Westernised attires which caught a lot of negative attention.
However, when the actress adorns herself in a saree, she looks breathtaking. At the ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan, Vidya’s smile on her face was all the more beautiful as she received the Padma Shri award from President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. On receiving the Padma Shri award 2014, Vidya Balan said that she never imagined to receive such an honour, “With a film award, there is a nomination process, so you know there’s a possibility. Here, there was nothing of that sort. It was a wonderful surprise.” Here are some of the most stunning moments of Vidya Balan when she received the Padma Shri award 2014:
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In Yellow
At the ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan, the beautiful Vidya Balan looked amazing in a bright yellow saree. The saree which she wore for the ceremony to receive the Padma Shri was just about perfect. The border of the saree which had a touch of pink and bottle green caught our attention the most.
Her Makeup
Vidya is one actress in tinsel town who does not like heavy makeup. The actress applied a slight pink blush and cherry lips which made her look outstanding. The red bindi and the mark of marriage made her look just perfect.
Indian Style Earrings
The golden jhumkas which she wore along with the saree was a perfect choice. The entire set of her jewellery is from Jaipur Gems.
Golden Necklace
We loved the golden necklace wrapped around her neck. Though it was a bit too glitzy, it went well with her South Indian look.
Simple Hairstyle
The simple hairstyle she wore to the the ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan to receive her Padma Shri award 2014 was traditional. The bun hairstyle was wrapped up with fresh sweet smelling flowers adding to her Indian look.
Nail Art
The actress Vidya Balan applied a simple nail polish to her clean manicured nails. Opting for transparent nail polish was just the right pick.
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan was the other South Indian actor who received the Padma Shri award 2014 along with Vidya Balan from the president, Pranab Mukherjee. The actor looked dapper in a black formal suit.
Graphic designer Peter Saville still rocks the fashion world
2014 March 22. | Szerző: shannon
Fashion finds it difficult to get over Peter Saville. References abound to his work, past and present. His aesthetic stamp chimes constantly with fashion’s offerings. That’s because Saville isn’t just fashionable. His work is a style unto itself. He’s the original. In Factory cataloguing lingo, Saville would be FAC-0.
Maybe that’s because Saville’s aesthetic imprint is vast. His Factory work seismically shifted popular culture, the graphics he devised have been ripped off on every level – especially in fashion.
Saville doesn’t mind that, though. He’s been involved in fashion for years, working with Nick Knight on ground-breaking catalogues for Yohji Yamamoto which, like his album covers, became design fetish objects. The Yamamoto catalogues were supposed, ostensibly, to show clothing to sell clothing. It did the latter often by eschewing the former.
Even before Saville began working with fashion, he was fascinated with it. “From back when I was at college, I was always more interested in the other disciplines that were going on at art school than the one I was doing,” he says. “Graphic design was a way of communicating something about the things I did find more interesting. I always found architecture, fashion, product design and furniture more interesting.”
That fluidity of medium has become a way of working for many – fashion designers direct films, architects create clothes. Saville pioneered it. “Over the past 25 years, we’ve moved closer and closer to a common ground between these disciplines,” he comments. “There is very much a converged aesthetic now, and a converged audience.” Does Saville realise the fundamental role he played, by creating product design that became a product in itself? You can’t really chart the influence and dispersion of Saville’s ideas, because they’re everywhere. Ubiquitous. Saville changed the lot.
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Arguably, the designer who chimes the loudest with Saville’s work is the Belgian, Raf Simons. In 2003, Simons delved into the archive of Factory Records, selecting works from Saville’s back-catalogue to integrate into his winter collection. That show was called ‘Closer’ – after a Joy Division track, but also underlining that Simons was closer than ever before to Saville’s universe. The collection was dedicated to Saville. Simons’s work has been obsessed with youth culture, with the graphic details and decals of logo-ed band T-shirts, and with underground music scenes. In short, with Saville.
Ten years later, in summer 2013, Saville sat front-row at Raf Simons’s spring 2014 show. It was an ode to youth, and music, and rave. The rave culture Saville’s work so marked with its bright, two-dimensional colour and reappropriated imagery. Simons’s models bounced out on hefty rubber-soled rave trainers, like chopped-up chunks of the Haçienda’s interior. Saville seemed keen.
“Clothing is perhaps our most instant personal expression of individuality and sense of place. It can be an indicator of zeitgeist. I object to the commodification of spirit in the business of fashion.” That’s more Saville-ism. He evidently doesn’t mean Simons. The spirit of Saville, and Simons, raves on.
‘The Face’ Recap: Dinner & A Runway Competition Brings Out The Tears
2014 March 20. | Szerző: shannon
The Face opened with Naomi calling out Lydia and Anne V, saying, “How dare you put up two women of color for elimination?” as she speaks of the emotional results of the last round — and it doesn’t look the tensions between the mentors are getting any better. As we look forward to the next competition, this time it is all about the runway.
‘The Face’ Recap — Season 2, Episode 3 Runway Competition:
The models are tasked with walking a difficult runway, (hello, steps!), in restrictive clothing — and it really shows which girls have gotten more comfortable and developed their model walk! Famed model Tyson Beckford sat in to help judge, and it was interesting to see how the latex clothing and the sky-high pumps interfered with their walk. Some girls with an amazing walk faltered, while others had just the right amount of confidence to totally own it! “Kira’s painful to watch….this is the worst walk so far,” Naomi explained as she came down the runway.
Tyson named Tiana from Team Anne the winner, and she couldn’t be happier — and we’re sure it will come in handy come campaign day! Kira admits she is so nervous and doesn’t think Naomi likes her — but after seeing her try to rock the runway, we kinda understand where all her doubt is coming from…(no offense, Kira!).
Campaign Day:
Fashion designer Pamella Roland, (who is gearing up to launch her Pamella line), is present on campaign day and the models must model a cocktail dress and a glam red carpet gown on a dinner table — and that’s not all! The gals will also have to walk as seated guests are present. Team Anne V has an advantage, as they will get to select their dresses first — and the wrong dress can definitely do a gal in!
Naomi gives her team advice, and tells them practice makes perfect — and she’s definitely right! Kira is not happy when her model mentor tries to give her constructive criticism — and you do not want to snap back to Naomi! Kira definitely needs to tone down her attitude, especially cause her walk can use all the help it can get.
In the end, it is Team Anne V who takes home the big win — and it is a total game changer as it is their first win! Naomi and Lydia both have to put someone up for elimination, and Lydia’s team is looking like the weakest link.
Elimination Round:
Lydia sends Ray back into the elimination room, and it is because Lydia thinks she really needs a push to get focused — if she doesn’t find her voice she won’t make the cut. Kira is sent in by Naomi, and she says she wants her to fight, (not beg!), to come back. Unfortunately, Kira gets in front of Anne and starts crying and blaming Naomi for not giving her proper directions — ouch. Kira’s bad attitude sends her packing, but not before Naomi breaks the rules and comes after Kira after she hears her crying. She calms her down and tries to comfort her, and you can tell seeing her go is breaking Naomi’s heart. Ray somehow makes it past her second elimination round and sent back to Lydia’s team.
Fashion forward
2014 March 17. | Szerző: shannon
Recently, Alannah Hill likened the end of her partnership with her eponymous brand to “a death”. Kit Willow, who was ousted from the label she began, said “my heart was broken”. Collette Dinnigan and Ksubi have shut their shops. Lisa Ho’s company collapsed spectacularly (although it is set to revive in a different incarnation). Is this any climate in which to hold the rebranded Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival?
Well, yes. Behold, Melbourne’s new fashion saviours, a group of up-and-coming designers, models and innovators who offer the promise of change and new invention. VAMFF’s Graeme Lewsey, the chief executive of the festival, recognises the challenges facing the fashion industry, but has responded by shaking things up. A breakfast called “I will survive: the challenges in establishing and protecting your business” is a sign of the times. There is still the usual fabulous glitz afoot: Eva Longoria is the hostess of a Vue de Monde cocktail party, wearing her L’Oreal Paris Global Ambassador hat, and Cara Delevingne is rumoured to be flitting around events as an unofficial guest following her girlfriend Michelle Rodriguez’s visit to the Grand Prix. But what should get fashion-watchers really excited is the range of new blood that will be seen on the runway.
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This year’s VAMFF will introduce previously unheard-of fashion figures. Adele Varcoe is an artist who creates faux fashion performances to explore the psychology behind fashion. Thea Baumann is an inventor who has created ”appcessories” – fashion accessories that work with social mobile apps. And then there are the initiatives designed to showcase new talent. Future Runway presents the work of year 11 and 12 students, while tertiary students strut their stuff at the National Graduate Showcase. The Tiffany & Co National Designer Award is the most prestigious of the bunch, presenting a new designer with a kick-start that includes a $10,000 cheque and pop-up store at Westfield Doncaster. Past winners include Dion Lee, Josh Goot, Toni Maticevski and Yeojin Bae.
One of this year’s entrants, Christina Exie, is an RMIT graduate who won reality TV show Project Runway. What she does differently with her “luxury avant-garde” brand is to host a global store from Melbourne. Via the internet, she sells her garments to Kuwait and Russia. She hasn’t restricted her brand’s sales to Australia because, “I use heavier fabrics, and also the price point of my clothes – $80 for a basic top to $3000 for a customised jacket – means that there’s a very small amount of Australians who are willing to invest in the garments I make”. She represents the new breed of designer who prefers to make investment pieces for a greater good. “A lot of people want to produce, cut and sew garments whose only use is to make women feel better, but the garments are ultimately useless – they go into landfill. We need to be smarter, and ask if these garments have another use. Can they be recycled or re-used? There are a few designers who’ll produce things that will never be thrown away.” Exie plans to be one of them.
Another of the Tiffany & Co award finalists is Strateas. Carlucci. Mario-Luca Carlucci and Peter Strateas started their Australian label unconventionally – by debuting their collection in Paris. “We’ve been focusing on the international market,” says Carlucci. So far, that includes selling to stores in Russia, Ukraine, Finland, Italy and China. “We wanted to give it a red-hot shot, and thought, ‘Why build it locally and slowly? Let’s go straight overseas and see how it fares.'” To do so, they “steered away from what was known as the Australian ‘look’ – people think of Australia as being a surf culture, and relaxed, easy and lighter”. ”We use Australian merino wool, a lot of leatherwear, a lot of suiting.”
They attribute their success to the internet, because “back in the day, people had to be in the front row of a fashion show or see it printed in a magazine six months later [to know what was in fashion]”. ”Now you can watch a show in New York on your iPhone at the same time. A brand like us in Melbourne can be seen as an international brand, even though it just happens to be based out of a Brunswick studio.”
That said, there are still up-and-coming designers who prefer their wares to look Australian. Pageant (also Tiffany & Co award finalists), a men and women’s sports luxe label, is the brainchild of Amanda Cumming and Kate Reynolds who display their nationalist pride through using local factories and also teaching fashion design classes at RMIT. “In the Australian fashion industry, everybody’s trying not to reference where they’re from, but celebrating that is really important to us,” says Reynolds. Their innovative approach sees them collaborating with unexpected partners, such as local filmmakers and videomakers, and referencing art through their designs. Art and fashion seem to be closer bedfellows than ever: even the well-established designer Megan Park, whose label has been going for 18 years, collaborated with photographic artist Nairn Scott and illustrative artist Dylan Martorell in 2013 to develop her prints.
But all these designers recognise that their audience has changed. And expanded, no pun intended, according to plus-size designer Kate Millett, whose Bombshell Vintage label will be showcased in VAMFF’s Curvy Couture Roadshow. At that event, customers can meet designers who focus on size 14 upwards. Millett’s retro-looking label began when “my plus-size friends said that they couldn’t find vintage anywhere for their size”. She realised that vintage lines – promoting hourglass shapes – often suited plus-size customers. But it’s her inclusion in VAMFF that makes her realise that times really are changing. “There are so many beautiful women out there of all sizes. On the catwalk, there’s a resurgence of body diversity that I’m glad to see,” she says, adding that runways still need to embrace women who might be larger and shorter than the traditional model. “If the majority [of current plus-size fashion] is in dark colours and act as a hiding mechanism, people draw the conclusion that those women want to hide and be concealed. But I’ve met so many women who want to wear bright colours and glitter and spandex and be noticed. I want to change the perception of what plus-size fashion means, and what a plus-size woman is. It’s about loving your body and not reflecting what other people think your body should look like.”
The modelling world is changing, too. Melbourne high school student, Shanali Martin, 17, was the runner-up of the most recent Australia’s Next Top Model TV show. With an Australian father and Fijian-Indian mother, her looks are exotic. “I’m not as diverse as a brunette who can go for a few more things for me, but when I get a job, it’s because they want me for my look,” Martin says.
Even that, though, is no longer enough. “A model isn’t just a coat hanger any more. With the advancement of technology and Instagram, people are personalities now.”
That’s a sentiment shared by Georgia Geminder, 20, a student of criminology at university. She is the official ambassador of the 2014 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix, and will also be walking in VAMFF. “The internet has changed the face of modelling worldwide. I know a lot of girls at the agency who get booked weekly because of Instagram.” She says that it’s hard to strike a balance between being a public face and a private person, especially as she’s the granddaughter of the late billionaire businessman, Richard Pratt. “You want to put yourself out there and promote what you’re doing, but … as I’m getting more exposure, I have to be careful with things I post and how I present myself to the world, because people can manipulate [those images].”
Melbourne-raised and New York-based model Paris Roberts, 20, will appear exclusively on the Mimco runway during VAMFF as its campaign’s new face, and says that social media doesn’t just keep people being interested in you; it almost supersedes the way you look. “It’s not just about being physically attractive; you have to have something that other people can connect to. If you can connect with people, you may not be the most amazingly beautiful person, but you can still attract [consumers], and clients will find that attractive.”
The key to success in fashion, it seems, is to not let others define you. Take Stef and Jess Dadon, sisters in their 20s whose blog, How Two Live, has defied expectations. What began as a clothes diary has translated to 93,000 followers on Instagram, landing them prestigious advertising campaigns with the likes of Mimco.
Stef and Jess will talk about blogging at a VAMFF workshop. And this, perhaps, is how the future of fashion will evolve. Industry insiders are no longer content to play particular, confined roles. They see themselves as change-makers, rather than trend-setters.
Porsche Polo Diaries: where fashion meets sports
2014 March 13. | Szerző: shannon
With the Porsche National Polo Open for the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup underway at the Lahore Polo Club, Porsche Centre Lahore presented the Porsche Polo Diaries Fashion Show featuring 17 of Pakistan’s leading design houses.
HSY opened the night with structured black, sequined jackets over long dresses. He brought a rugged sensibility to his outfits and paired riding boots under his maxi dresses. Cropped jackets and riding pants were all the rage for men throughout the night. Wish HSY had added more colour to his collection to make it pop for a daytime sporting event though.
Tony & Guy kept up with international make-up trends and gave the models popping bright orange lips. Ladies, orange lipstick is a must have this spring, be it daytime or night time; there is a shade out there for everyone. It was also interesting to see Shamaal Qureshi take inspiration from the Polo pony tail for the hair dos. Flattened out, rolled up braids gave the styling a truly sporty feel.
Maheen Karim went retro chic with her capsule collection and psychedelic prints on silk. She used greens, whites, blues and the occasional pop of red in her prints. From classic Parisian dresses to rompers and harem pant jumpsuits, Maheen Karim brought her own sensibility to the sport.
The House of Kamiar Rokni made preppy sexy with his capsule collection. His silhouette, based collection had a very dominatrix feel to it with sheer net and organza backs, paired with bustiers peeking out.
Sonya Battla missed the memo on what Polo fashion is all about and her collection failed to show anything even remotely close to preppy chic aura around the sport.
Nida Azwer was a breath of fresh air as she reinvented herself and brought to us sports day chic. Embellished hats added the oomph factor while the best piece of the collection would have to be her white belted jacket.
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Munib Nawaz is a costume designer at heart and his entire collection focused on the riding pants he had designed. While the velvet jackets were a bit much, they added a bit of drama to the evening.
Fahad Hussayn showed structured pleated dresses styled with fur baleros. The highlight of his collection would have to be the Carrie Bradshaw-inspired feathered head dresses.
Faraz Manan upped the game with sheer embellished capes that are perfect for the Lahori spring. Sania Maskatiya, however, sadly missed the mark. The collection seemed too haphazard and not well put together. The collection lacked the design house’s sport signature sensibility.
Trust Ali Xeeshan to add some much needed drama to the evening. While his Faberge prints that have been a bit overdone around the globe, his creative head gear is what made his capsule stand out.
Wardha Saleem’s 1970s-inspired polka dotted collection had one or two fun elements and a whole lot of problems. While her motif of a bird carrying a polo stick was cute, the ill-fitted outfits just did not hit the spot.
Zara Shahjahan’s decision to pair floppy beach hats with blinging evening gowns was a creative choice that we just did not understand. Deepak Perwani’s capsule exuded his natural style and sensibility. The beautiful prints took the runway by a storm, and with actual polo players walking down the ramp in sleek tailored velvet jackets, this collection was very Deepak and extremely Polo-centric.
Forever 21 Bohemian Dreams 2014 Lookbook
2014 March 11. | Szerző: shannon
Festival season is upon us! The Forever 21 Bohemian Dreams 2014 lookbook brings several chic options for the occasion and beyond, focusing on colorful, head-turning ensembles with a cool effortlessly chic flair. As usual, the label knows exactly what makes young fashionistas tick and the newest set of images beautifully prove it once again. The label focused extensively on cool tribal prints and brought many youthful pieces inspired by Morocco into the spotlight, making us more than willing to indulge in a little harmless daydreaming in the process, especially given the fab summer vacation themed background the label chose for the new ads.
The new Forever 21 festival inspired lookbook has many cool affordable pieces with a huge statement making potential, which is why it can serve as a great source of inspiration for those looking to revamp their festival ensembles and experiment with a fresh style perspective. What can fashionistas indulge in for the new season? Lots of cool pieces: printed jumpsuits and chic rompers, cool maxi dresses and flirty short dresses, fringed cardigans, harem pants, ripped denim shorts and open knit vests are just some of the cool items the high street retailer suggests for the upcoming days.
No less impressive are the accessories that the brand is highlighting in the new lookbook. Fun bangles, metallic rings, cool statement necklaces, floppy hats, flat gladiator sandals or funky round sunglasses are among the elements which can give a stunning allure to any casual look for spring or summer. The coolest thing about the new looks presented in the Forever 21 Bohemian Dreams 2014 lookbook is that they are remarkably easy to put together.
If there’s one style lesson the new Forever 21 bohemian inspired lookbook brings, it’s definitely having the courage to experiment with vibrant tones, conspicuous prints and contrasting textures as it is almost always a surefire recipe for memorable and attention-grabbing looks.
Nasty Gal Anti-Prom 2014 Lookbook
2014 March 8. | Szerző: shannon
The Nasty Gal Anti-Prom 2014 lookbook is filled with edgy suggestions for those who aren’t too fond of the traditional idea of prom and all the typical cliches it involves. The brand continues with its anti-prom tradition proving that even the most seemingly innocent motifs can have a cool edgy vibe with the right accents and a bit of creative, outside the box thinking. If last year’s anti prom lookbook from the label brought edgy leather accents and plenty of casual staples with a casual flair, the new line adopts a more interesting approach, taking cool dresses and styling them into fun but unexpected outfits.
The new Nasty Gal anti-prom dresses are bolder than your average dresses for the occasion as they feature bold cutouts and deep necklines, so they are definitely not for the fainthearted. However, even girls who aren’t comfortable with revealing dresses can find plenty of cool ideas worth experimenting with in the new line. The cool accessories featured in the new ads are another easy way to add a touch of edginess to your prom look without too much effort.
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Cool lucite earrings, rose adorned clutches, oversized bows, black lug sole boots or an everyday black foldover clutch might not be the first accessories that come to mind when thinking about prom outfits but they can sure be a great pick if you’re striving to win the spotlight. Plus, many of them can easily be worn long after prom night is over, which is a definitely plus. The beauty looks the label put together are no less worthy of careful analysis.
Simple but chic manis, cool purposely messy hairstyles paired with sweet, feminine makeup looks which create an almost ironic effect or bold brows paired with even bolder makeup tones are just some of the ideas that can help you explore a chic tough girl vibe for the big night. One last thing we can’t help but love about Nasty Gal is that the brand has the coolest party slogans: “Prepare to dance, scream, laugh, raise hell, and have the best night of your life in Nasty Gal Prom Collection 2014!”
Normcore: the next big fashion movement?
2014 February 28. | Szerző: shannon
Fashion, by its very nature, is a peacock of an industry – it is bright, extrovert and likes to show off. There is, however, always a minority that take a different approach to dressing – one that avoids the print-clashing, kerazy shades and artful poses of street-style photographer bait. They go for something that is – well, there’s no other way to put this – boring.
New York magazine ran an article this weekend defining the look as Normcore – clothes that are so anonymous that, as the article says, from the back their wearer could just as easily be “art kids or middle-aged, middle-American tourists.” Think unbranded jeans, plain sportswear, chunky white socks. With the increasing fame levels of fashion’s exponents of eccentricity – the likes of Anna Della Russo or blogger Bryanboy, both of whom wear full runway looks – this is the ultimate about-turn. Fashion insiders are rejecting the razzmatazz that has become a fashion norm and, instead, they’re blending into the crowd.
Clothes that were once dismissed as everyday or unremarkable have been touched by fashion’s stardust. The humble pool slide – the flip-flop cousin typically seen dangling off a bored lifeguard’s foot – is set to be the shoe of the summer. London designer Ashley Williams – part of a crowd that numbers Pixie Geldof and Harry Styles – is rarely out of them, and put them on her catwalk. New Balance trainers – a bit of a dad favourite – are enjoying a moment. Cult front-row style icon Veronika Heilbrunner, a buyer at mytheresa , regularly wears running tops, perhaps the ultimate in norm clothes, and Nike socks as part of her low-key look. For the latest round of shows, the Fisher-Price colour scheme of Air Max last season has been replaced by something discreet: Celine black satin skater shoes.
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With the once exclusive world of fashion now open to all through social media, this trend makes sense. Those in the inner circle are rebelling against a “fashion” look and, instead, are adopting a uniform, one that is a blank canvas without easy-to-read semaphores. Della Russo’s hot-off-the-runway Moschino look is a neon sign flashing “fashion” even to the uninitiated. A Normcore look of sweatshirt, jeans and trainers keeps people guessing. Only those truly in the know will get it – and even then they might confuse you with a tourist. What a sartorial lol that would be.
Normcore recalls the early 90s, when a mix of slacker and skater cool made white T-shirts, Birkenstocks and cut-off denim skirts a high-fashion look seen in shoots by Corinne Day. But this takes the anonymity to the next level. New York magazine namechecks Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Jobs as the unlikely icons of fashion’s latest look – and you might also add Larry David. With a wardrobe of khakis, black polo necks, polo shirts and classic Levi’s, there’s a gawkiness verging on the ugly. You could never call any of these men fashionable – their clothes are purely functional. This is an attribute of fashion that those working in it – who have spent the past 10 years at the bleeding edge of “fashion as art” – sometimes forget about. The flipside – function over art – feels new and a bit subversive.
Welcome to fashion, 2014 – where normal is the new cool. Good luck telling the tourists and top stylists apart.
Costume designers honor ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘Behind the Candelabra’
2014 February 25. | Szerző: shannon
The Costume Designers Guild members honored their own at a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom on Saturday night, handing out awards for outstanding costume design in seven categories as well as a handful of honorary recognitions.
Among the high-profile attendees (many of them tapped to awards) included Mindy Kaling, Tony Hale, Bill Hader, Jonah Hill, Debra Winger, Kerry Washington, the evening’s host Joshua Malina (“The West Wing,” “Scandal”) and a va-va-voom Raquel Welch, who recognized the importance of costume design by quipping: “Face it, if [costume designer] Sir Carl Toms hadn’t put me in that fur bikini in ‘One Million Years B.C.,’ I wouldn’t be here — there wouldn’t be a Raquel Welch.”
In a possible preview of Oscar night, Patricia Norris won for excellence in period film for her efforts on “12 Years a Slave,” a category that included fellow 2014 Academy Award nominees Michael Wilkinson for “American Hustle” and Catherine Martin for “The Great Gatsby.”
Norris’ son took to the stage to accept the award on her behalf. “She said, ‘Go have a good time, I’m not going to win,’” Robert Norris said before reading a brief just-in-case list of thank-yous from his mother. “I can’t wait to give this to her. Thank you.”
The night’s other categories and winners included:
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Suzy Benzinger for “Blue Jasmine”
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Trish Summerville for “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”
Outstanding Contemporary Television Series
Tom Broecker for “House of Cards”
Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series
Caroline McCall for “Downton Abbey”
Outstanding Made for TV Movie Or Miniseries
Ellen Mirojnick for “Behind the Candelabra”
Excellence in Commercial Costume Design
Nancy Steiner for “Call of Duty: Ghosts Masked Warriors”
April Ferry, whose costume design credits include “The Big Chill” and this year’s “RoboCop” remake, was the recipient of a career achievement award, Sharon Day received the distinguished service award and Judd Apatow was honored with the guild’s distinguished collaborator award.
After a montage of film stills and behind-the-scenes photos from his various movies and TV shows (“The Ben Stiller Show,” “Bridesmaids,” “Superbad” and “Girls” among them), Apatow noted that he had been wearing a Lacoste shirt “in every single shot.” “If that doesn’t get me a free box of [expletive] I don’t know what does,” he joked.
Amy Adams was the final honoree, receiving a crystal award in the shape of a crocodile (the iconic Lacoste logo), which was presented to her by “American Hustle” costar Jeremy Renner.
“My daughter’s obsessed with alligators right now,” Adams said, “so I’m going to put this in her room while she’s asleep and she’s going to freak out.”
Adams went on to share a light-hearted laundry list of things she’d learned from costume designers over the years, from “the actual start date of a movie” to “always wear undergarments to a fitting,” ending with profuse thanks to costume designers, costume house Western Costume “and [‘American Hustle’ key costumer] Honah Lee [Milne], who helped me keep my dignity when, at the end of the day,” Adams said, “there wasn’t a shred of it left.”
7 Style Lessons to Learn from Doris Day
2014 April 4. | Szerző: shannon
Happy Birthday, Doris Day! The timeless Hollywood icon turns 90 today — and according to People, she’s still going strong. Perhaps its her chipper outlook on life or her supreme love of animals that has kept her young at heart. When asked what she’s learned over the years, Day answered: “Live life to the fullest … It’s not coming back again.” Whatever her secret may be, one thing’s for sure: we’ve got a lot to learn from the celebrated superstar. Here are 7 lessons to learn from Ms. Day herself.
Go Bright and Bold
No matter the era, Day was never afraid to wear something bright and bold, like this super mod polka dot dress and matching head scarf. The next time you reach for your all black ensemble, consider adding a pop of color to brighten your (Doris) day.
Channel Your Inner Parisian Girl
If ever in a style conundrum, it’s always a good idea to ask yourself: what would a French girl do? Even Doris Day knows the importance of capturing that enviable je ne sais quoi those French girls just ooze from their Riviera-sun-soaked bodies.
Wrap Dresses Never Go Out of Style
Especially in sweater dress form. With a killer cowlneck.
Accentuate Your Eyes with a Matching Ensemble
Even if your eyes aren’t brilliantly blue, learn how to dress to highlight your pretty peepers. Blue, green and hazel-eyed-gals, consider wearing green, blue and teal tones. Brown-eyed-girls — you don’t have to stick to brown sweaters and shirts. Opt for gold tones or accessories to help accentuate your eyes.
Menswear is Always a Good Idea
Borrowing from the boys will always be in fashion, but that doesn’t mean you can’t add your feminine touch to it, like this pink bow tie.
Don’t Be Afraid of Sequins and Sparkle
Sequins and sparkle embellishments aren’t just for grandmas. They’re perfectly stylish as long as you keep it tasteful.
Diamonds Will Always Be a Girl’s Best Friend
No matter what they say about diamonds, do not be ashamed to admit that they’re your favorite accessory of choice.
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