NEWS-AND-CULTURE
If Carey Mulligan reaches the Oscar podium on April 25 with her by turns thrilling and devastating lead performance in Emerald Fennell′s subversive feature debut Promising Young Woman, her win would cement her status as one of the most consistently brilliant actors in the industry today. Over the past 16 years, the 35-year-old Londoner has worked with quiet precision, bringing depth, complexity and intelligence to every part she takes on.
The COVID-19 pandemic is by no means over, but more and more people are getting vaccinated by the day, with almost 17% of the U.S. population having received both doses. Combined with the news that vaccinated people are unlikely to carry or spread COVID-19, some vaccinated friend groups are beginning to return to something approximating normal. I’m overjoyed to be able to gather indoors with my friends again, but when one of them suggested an Easter brunch at her apartment, I balked.
First lady Jill Biden recently wore a pair of playfully patterned, fishnet-adjacent tights while deplaning Air Force One in Washington, D.C. This is not a scandal—but because the Biden White House does not tend to produce personal scandal, some conservative talking heads are trying to turn it into one. Hearkening back to the days of fashion-based non-controversies like President Obama’s tan suit and Michelle Obama’s arm-baring sleeveless shifts, various blowhards on Twitter shamed the first lady’s look as racy and “trashy,” likening her to Madonna and Cardi B (actually compliments, in my book), while others decried 71-year-old Dr. Biden as “too old” to be wearing intricate hose.
London′s Fashion and Textile Museum has announced that its winter 2018 exhibition will place a spotlight on the swinging Thirties featuring more than 100 outfits.
London′s Victoria & Albert Museum has announced an exhibition dedicated to British fashion photographer Tim Walker. Set to run between September 2019 and March 2020, it will offer an immersive journey into Walker′s fantastical worlds and creative process. Designed by art director Shona Heath, one of Walker′s closest friends, the exhibition will include photographs, films, photographic sets and special installations, as well as a series of newly commissioned works inspired the V&A archive.
A grey Ferrari comes to a halt in Warsaw and a young woman emerges. Wearing Chanel sunglasses and carrying a little dog, she enters the Raffles Europejski hotel, a symbol of the luxury that has returned to Poland.
Her destination is the historic pastry shop Lourse, which is located at the hotel, where guests pay between 250 and 4,000 euros (290 and 4,700 US dollars) a night and can count on perks like a personal butler.
After mispronouncing Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge at a job interview, Chicago native Elizabeth Flock traded her technicolor dreams for a reporting gig with Forbes India. The writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker came to Mumbai for her first big break
India has an immense creative side when it comes to fashion. Indian fashion stalwarts like Sabyasachi, Anita Dongre, Ritu Kumar are all influenced in some way or the other by our culture and nature practices. The folk prints from India have rampaged across the global market with acceptance and appearance.
