Anne Hathaway taking inspiration from Gen Z as she embraces variety in fashion

OHMYGOSSIP — Anne Hathaway is inspired by Gen Z after learning to take more risks with her style.
The 40-year-old star has started to embrace more variety in her fashion, and a big part of that has been taking influence from Gen Z, the generation born between the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Speaking to Vogue magazine, she said: “I know this sounds like I’m super-pandering, but I’m really switched on by Gen Z.
“It’s a fun generation when it comes to fashion.
“They really hit it just right where they have a great time with it, but they define themselves by themselves.”
The ‘Devil Wears Prada’ actress is also embracing the idea of “having a lot of fun” with style, and she admitted she finally feels “ability to enjoy it” now.
She added: “I feel like designers are having a lot of fun. I feel like people are enjoying it.
“Maybe it was always the case, and maybe I was the only person in the corner watching everybody else have fun.
“But just the ability to enjoy it feels like it’s more available to me now than it ever was before.”
It took a long time for Anne to realise she didn’t have to stick to “one” style, whereas now “something clicked” and she is willing to be more of a chameleon.
She explained: “I thought that I could only have one. I felt really lost because I didn’t know what that was until I realised I have so many styles.
“Once I realised that, then I felt like something clicked. But that’s just me. It’s different. Some people are like, ‘Nope, black turtleneck every day.’ ”
When it comes to putting her newfound confidence into practice, her stylist Erin Walsh has helped the ‘Princess Diaries’ star get out of her comfort zone.
She said: “Her style has really rubbed off on me, and the way she wears things, whatever it is, she always wears it in the most effortless way possible.”

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Naomi Campbell acknowledges ‘fast fashion’ critics

OHMYGOSSIP — Naomi Campbell wants to be a “changemaker” even if it means embracing “fast fashion”.
The 53-year-old fashion icon is teaming up with PrettyLittleThing and two emerging designers in a bid to bring about change in the industry.
As quoted by Women’s Wear Daily, she said: “I’m looking at myself as a changemaker. As a changemaker, I thought this was something that was a good thing to do.
“I know that it’s fast fashion, and that people have their criticism. I’m not denying them.
“But as a changemaker, I felt this was a great way to effect change in the industry in getting my emerging designers recognized and seeing them on a global platform.”
The supermodel is keen to see the industry open up “all boarders” and not “discriminate”, by allowing everyone to “to come in and shower in whatever country”.
She added: “If their dream is to show, then let them show.
“Giving them the support that they need is the most important thing, whether that is how they manufacture or produce. That’s why I started Emerge [in 2021].”
She is preparing for the unveiling of the PrettyLittleThing by Naomi Campbell on September 5 in Manhattan, which will see her joined by designers Victor Anate and Edvin Thompson.
She was drawn to them through their respective heritage – Nigerian and Jamaican – and also by the possibility of discovering how “a whole different audience” looks at fashion”.
She said: “I’m 53. It’s [a matter of] getting to know a whole different audience that I didn’t know before or I thought I didn’t know, or I thought they didn’t know me.”
However, she wasn’t going be drawn on assessing the “diversity” of the current fashion landscape.
She explained: “’I’m so over the word. This is my point – I feel like so many people just use that word to tick a box, to make sure that they’re not called out or anything like that. I don’t use that word.
“For me, it’s not about using the word or ticking a box — it’s about doing the action, the pure action. It’s giving a part of your platform and sharing it with someone, who is talented.”

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Trinny Woodall created one of her highest-selling products after she thought she looked like ‘s***’ during Covid

OHMYGOSSIP — Trinny Woodall created one of her best-selling products after she thought she looked like “s***” during Covid.
The TV presenter-turned beauty entrepreneur, 59, launched her Trinny London cosmetics range in 2017, which expanded to skincare in April 2022, and which now has 222 employees and sells in the UK, Australia and America.
She told The Guardian about creating one of her most popular products, the De-Stress tinted serum foundation: “This is a very unscientific way of explaining, but it reduces the level of cortisol in your skin.”
Trinny produced it while her firm’s lab was unable to test widely because of Covid restrictions and she became her own guinea pig.
The Guardian profile on her said: “One morning she looked in the mirror and thought, ‘God, I look like s***’ and slapped on the prototype.”
Trinny added after trying it out: “I really looked great. I was like, ‘F***! We have it!’”
Her company is now working on 14 other ideas, including one for the neck.
Trinny said: “We have tons of muscles on our face and tons of opportunities for tightening up slackness. But when you get menopausal, your epidermis and dermis separate in the neck.
“I’m thinking: ‘What ingredient can literally glue those two back together?’
“A crazy idea, all right. At the moment you can spend £200 on Le Mer or Sisley or whatever, but is it going to change your neck?
“I’m thinking: ‘Could I be the person to invent something that works?’”
A bottle of Trinny’s BFF Skin Perfector, costing £39, sells every 30 seconds – and was selling every 15 when it launched.
Trinny also posts to her four million-plus social media followers multiple times a day.
But she insisted about her make-up tutorials being spur of the moment: “I slap it on. I don’t always have my glasses, so it’s not always perfect. But I’m saying to people: ‘It doesn’t matter. Just try something new.’”

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Jewellery industry braces itself for new sanctions from G7 nations to block imports of Russian diamonds

OHMYGOSSIP — The diamond industry is bracing itself for new sanctions from the G7 nations that would block the import of jewels mined in Russia.
Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and America’s looming blockade on the gemstones is part of further Western sanctions set to be imposed on the pariah nation amid president Vladimir Putin’s ongoing bombardment of Ukraine.
It is likely to cause havoc in the diamond industry as jewellery shoppers may see prices soar if there is a shortage of non-Russian diamonds after more sanctions are imposed.
Paul Zimnisky, a diamond industry analyst based in the New York City, told the New York Times: “The current US sanctions only covered rough Russian diamonds or those cut and polished inside Russia.
“Given 90 per cent of diamonds are cut and polished in India, and can therefore be classed as Indian gems, the current regulations aren’t as strict as you might think.”
But he added some responses were “far more stringent than the government regulations required” with numerous high-profile luxury jewellery players, including Richemont and LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, telling suppliers they wouldn’t buy Russian stones – putting the onus on suppliers to disclose the provenance of their gems.
Brad Brooks-Rubin, a senior adviser in the Office of Sanctions Coordination in the US State Department, said consumers in the G7 nations account for almost 70 per cent of all diamond purchases.
He added: “By cutting off most of their demand, if an import ban were to be agreed, Russian diamonds would have a narrower lane through which to work their way into the marketplace.
“The focus of all discussions is how to target Alrosa and Russia’s diamond revenues that could then be funnelled to their war efforts.”
The formal announcement of G7 sanctions is expected in September, and negotiators are still finalising the exact terms for tracking and tracing individual gemstones and accompanying customs paperwork.
The expectation is that these new sanctions would come into effect in January, after the Christmas retail season.
It’s been 19 months since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Russia is the world’s biggest diamond exporter by volume, with a state-owned company, Alrosa, mining almost one third of all diamonds produced in 2021.
To prevent funds from flowing into the country’s war effort, America – which is the planet’s largest market for finished diamonds – took action last spring when President Biden banned the import of rough diamonds from Russia.
Other countries imposed sanctions including Britain, which early this year announced a total ban on Russian diamonds.
The European Union repeatedly tried in 2022 to enforce sanctions on Russian diamonds, but was prevented by Belgium because of protests from Antwerp, the Belgian city that is a leading trade hub for precious stones.

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Vogue at centre of gender row for naming trans cyclist Emily Bridges as only sportswoman in its list of top 25 ‘powerhouse’ women

OHMYGOSSIP — Vogue magazine is at the centre of controversy after the only sportswoman in its list of the world’s top 25 “powerhouse” women was transgender cyclist Emily Bridges.
The 21-year-old athlete has campaigned against a British Cycling ban on trans competitors taking part in the female category of the sport, and as a result has been featured in the league table included in the publication’s September issue.
Other women in the rankings include pop singer Raye, 25, BBC breakfast host Naga Munchetty, 48, and 55-year-old Kylie Minogue and Queen Camilla, 76.
Among the critics of the lack of other sportswomen in the fashion Bible’s list were campaigner and former Olympian runner Maya Yamauchi – the 50-year-old British long-distance track and road running athlete who currently holds the third fastest time by a British woman over the marathon, behind former world-record holder, Paula Radcliffe.
She said on social media: “Right now there are numerous fabulous female athletes in Budapest competing at the World Athletics Champs.
“In other sports too, thousands of fabulous female athletes British Vogue could have chosen.”
Fiona McAnena, director of Fair Play for Women, told the Daily Telegraph: “Emily Bridges is not yet a successful international cyclist so it’s hard to see why Bridges is there.
“Katarina Johnson-Thompson became the World Champion in the heptathlon– she is a world champion in a really tough event. She should be in there, not Bridges.”
British Cycling’s ruling that bans transgender women from racing in the female category was made in May and has caused uproar among trans activists but a wave of support among gender critical activists.
At the time of the decision, Emily branded the move as “genocide” against trans athletes.

The ‘Vogue 25’ List
Raye – Singer
Patricia Scotland – Commonwealth secretary-general
Kylie Minogue – Singer
Raine Allen-Miller – Director
Naga Munchetty – TV host
Louise Casey – House of Lords member
Sandra Igwe – Maternal health advocate
Carol Vorderman – Former ‘Countdown’ host
Victoria Jenkins – Fashion designer
Jodie Comer – Actress
Sarah Burton – Fashion designer
Eva Langret – Director, Frieze London
Kruti Patel Goyal – Depop CEO
Alice Oseman – Author
Cora Corre – Model
Queen Camilla
Alva Claire – Model
Heather Hallett – Chair, UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Tori Tsui – Activist and writer
Marcia Kilgore – Beauty Pie founder
Penny Mordaunt – MP
Emily Bridges – Cyclist
Indhu Rubasingham – Theatre director
Lila Moss – Model
Emefa Cole – Jewellery designer

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Nike honouring Latino Heritage Month with some of its most vibrant sneakers

OHMYGOSSIP — Nike is honouring Latino Heritage Month with special edition sneakers.
The sportswear giant is putting out its Air Max 1 ‘Familia’ on the heels of the release of its ‘Puerto Rico’ pair in June, which dropped in time for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade.
It’s Latino Heritage Month (LHM) edition is painted in vibrant colours to reflect the energy and festivity of the Latin American population.
GQ said about the upcoming release, expected around 15 September when LHM kicks off: “Working on top of a ‘Sanddrift’ leather base, this is contrasted with bold yellow accents and fiery red piping throughout.
“Green corduroy and pink suede wrap around the mudguard section, extending all the way towards the Swoosh and heel.”
‘Nike Air Max’ and ‘Familia ’23 text features on the left and right tongue tags of its LHM edition, and the insole features a palette that is as vibrant as the rest of the trainer.
It is also packed in a special shoebox painted in bold shades, and it comes with exclusive laces and accessories.
The new Air Max 1 is also a celebration of Día de Muertos – a holiday that takes place in early November that pays homage to lost loved ones.
While Día de Muertos (known as Day of the Dead) is mainly linked to Mexico, other countries including Ecuador, Guatemala, the Philippines, El Salvador, Brazil, and Spain also take part in the day.
Pricing is yet to be officially confirmed for the LHM release, but it is expected to be around £120.

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Elle Fanning makes Alexander McQueen campaign debut to promote Joan of Arc-inspired range

OHMYGOSSIP — Elle Fanning has made her debut in an Alexander McQueen campaign to promote a new Joan of Arc-inspired range.
The actress, 25, fronts a collaboration between the late designer’s brand and photographer David Sims for an autumn 2023 collection.
She features alongside models Naomi Campbell, 53, Liu Wen, 35, and 43-year-old actress Eva Green.
The new collection draws inspiration from the figure of patron saint of France Joan of Arc and includes striking pieces such as a double-breasted blazer, an oversized leather coat, jumpsuits and a variety of accessories.
Images accompanying the campaign feature simple, solid backgrounds with the models at their centre.
Elle, who is also a Cartier ambassador, stars in the campaign wearing a monochrome tailored suit, with an embroidered evening gown as another of her looks.
Naomi is seen wearing a sparkling red sequin dress and a strapless jumpsuit.
Alexander McQueen’s creative director Sarah Burton said about the ethos of the brand still being about presenting a cutting edge but brutally simple style: “Anatomy, anatomy of tailoring, anatomy of clothing…where (Alexander) started on Savile Row, revisiting construction of garments then tearing it apart and subverting it and turning it upside on its head.
“It feels smart in the times we live in – you want to feel put together and strong against such chaos.”
Eva is seen in the campaign wearing a shimmery outfit with statement silver jewellery in a black-and-white shot, and a pinstriped black-and-white suit in another.
Liu wears a long belted leather coat in her photoshoot with a white shirt and leather tie, holding a Seal quilted bag in black.
In another, she’s in a white shirt with a black tie with a strapless button-down bodice.
At the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Elle wore a custom version of a crystal-encrusted dress from the McQueen brand’s fall 2023 collection, but added her own touch by adding a voluminous pale-pink tulle skirt to the screening and opening of ‘Jeanne du Barry’, in which she starred alongside Johnny Depp.
In June, McQueen expanded its offerings into candles to sit alongside its ready-to-wear, accessories and fragrances.
The candle collection is made up of three scents – Ghost Flower, Pagan Rose and Savage Bloom – taking inspiration from juxtaposed ideas such as “light and darkness, innovation and tradition and strength and fragility,” according to the brand.
Also in June, the late Lee Alexander McQueen, who hanged himself aged 40 in 2010, was honoured with a blue plaque at his childhood home in east London.

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Rugby star Antoine Dupont teams up with Ami for capsule collection to toast spirit of the sport

OHMYGOSSIP — Rugby star Antoine Dupont has teamed up with Ami for a limited-edition capsule collection that aims to celebrate the spirit of the sport.
The 26-year-old scrum-half is considered one of the world’s top rugby players and his collaboration comes as France gets ready to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Ami founder and creative director Alexandre Mattiussi said about how teaming up with the athlete was a way to celebrate rugby’s values and competitiveness: “Rugby is a sport that wholeheartedly mirrors the values of Ami: it advocates friendship and inclusion, respect and team spirit.”
Antoine has led France’s squad to a number of victories, including winning the Grand Slam at the 2022 Six Nations championship.
Alexandre pointed out the number of items in the capsule collection – nine in total – matched his lucky number and the brand’s rugby star ambassador’s shirt number.
Antoine said Alexandre and the brand had “integrated (him) at the heart of the project” and given “the word collaboration its full meaning”.
He added: “Rugby brings people together, it unites them, it teaches and encourages solidarity, integrity and loyalty.
Available in ivory and navy, the Ami Paris x Antoine Dupont capsule will be priced between €130 for a cap and up to €480 for a coach jacket.
It will be available from Monday on Ami Paris’ e-commerce platform as well as select points of sale in France, Britain and Japan.

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Kim Kardashian’s Skims bosses insist building a mega-money celeb brand isn’t “easy”

OHMYGOSSIP — The husband-and-wife team who run Kim Kardashian’s Skims insist building a lucrative celebrity-based brand isn’t easy.
Jens Grede, 45, and his partner Emma, 41, who have four children together, are the multimillionaire co-founders and co-owners of Kim’s lingerie and loungewear business, already worth £3 billion – which is more than designer label Tom Ford or outdoor-wear brand Patagonia, even though it is just four years old.
But Emma told The Observer newspaper: “Talent can bring you to a product once, but you don’t come back time and time again.
“You have got to be offering superior product at a price and value people really understand.”
Jens added: “If it were easy, every celebrity would have a billion-dollar brand.”
Skims was named one of Time magazine’s most influential companies last year.
Reality TV star Kim, 42, is the co-owner, fitting model and creative adviser to the shapewear brand.
Jens is Skims’ chief executive, and together with Kim controls a majority stake in the business.
The Observer reported Emma’s personal fortune is more than £275 million.
Jens said he believes Skims, which now employs 200 people, “deserves” to be publicly listed on the stock market, but added there is no rush to float.
Skims says it aims to combine body-sculpting technology with comfort and the kind of style that makes customers bold enough to put their underwear on show.
The Grede team joined forces from different worlds as Jens is the son of a film director and an artist and grew up in Sweden.
Emma’s dad was an engineer for phone company BT and her mum worked on the Swiss trading desk at Morgan Stanley, and she was raised in east London. She dreamed of becoming a fashion designer from her school days, but dropped out of the London College of Fashion in order to work, initially in public relations.
Emma said: “I was hustling seven days a week from 15 to 18. Before I got a job at a fashion show production company, I did the rounds.
“I went around crossing off the jobs I didn’t want to do.”
She helped put together London fashion week shows and linked designers and other well known names with high street brands and events.
Jens started out working at men’s magazines in Sweden before coming to London for the launch of Tyler Brûlé’s Wallpaper* magazine in 1996, then moved into consulting with GQ Style and Vogue and worked on campaigns for Calvin Klein and Louis Vuitton before co-founding the marketing agency Saturday Group in 2003.
Emma joined the agency in the mid-00s, and the pair worked together for about a year before becoming a couple and her talent partnership deals included linking actor Natalie Portman with Dior.
She said: “In my career I was fortunate to have a front-row seat with an address book of celebrity brands and talents.
“We were building ideas and creating value for other companies all the time, and I thought, ‘Let’s take what I know and go and create value for myself.’”

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Pharrell Williams has recording studio in his clothes design hub to keep him inspired: ‘I go back and forth all day!’

OHMYGOSSIP — Pharrell Williams has a recording studio in his clothes design hub to keep him inspired.
The 50-year-old rapper debuted his first collection for Louis Vuitton in June after being appointed the brand’s creative director of menswear, by turning Paris’ oldest bridge the Pont Neuf into a catwalk during this year’s Paris Fashion Week.
He told The New York Times Style Magazine about how he constantly flits between his music and clothes design: “Being a producer and a creative director are similar. I can go from apparel to drums, from trunks to melodies.
“Within my design studio, I have a section allocated to music, so I go back and forth all day.”
He added about his Louis Vuitton appointment: “It’s like I’m a perpetual student. If I’m the king of anything, it’s the king of being a pupil… being surrounded by so many talented people is the best.
“I mean, I’m an Aries, so I’ve always been super impulsive.
“But without the resources and the people, I’d be just like every other person with a great idea.”
He said about where he draws his inspiration from for designs and music: “Japan is my favourite place. On my 50th orbit, I had a birthday party organised by Nigo (the Tokyo-based artistic director of Kenzo and hip-hop producer.)
“One of the most amazing gifts is his presence in my life. Twenty years ago, I needed to go to Japan to record something, so Nigo arranged for me to come to his studio, which is basically a compound on five floors of a building.
“One floor is a showroom, one is a photo studio, another is a recording studio, and I was like, ‘Wow, this guy lives what’s in his head.’
“That changed me. I was so used to bragging because that was the world I came from. And then I met Nigo, who barely said anything. He didn’t have to. Humility is in the Tokyo air like the humidity in Virginia.”
He added: “I love watching movies to escape. But the funny thing is, I couldn’t tell you from what. My favourite movie is ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’. I relate to Richard Dreyfuss’s character and the alien.”
Since taking the Louis Vuitton job, Pharrell – born Pharrell Lanscilo Williams – has been working out of a studio in the LV headquarters across the street from the Pont Neuf in Paris’ 2nd arrondissement.
He previously told GQ about being given carte blanche at the fashion house to produce whatever work he wanted: “They just gave me the keys.
“You never really hear, ‘No.’ And if it’s ‘no’ it’s because something is not possible.
“But then they’re off in the distance trying to figure out how to engineer around it, or make something bigger.”

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New census aims to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in fashion

OHMYGOSSIP — A new UK-wide census is aiming to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in the fashion industry.
London Fashion Week organiser the British Fashion Council (BFC) has teamed up with non-profit group The Outsiders Perspective and consultancy Fashion Minority Report to launch ‘The Fashion DEI Census’.
Caroline Rush, chief executive of the BFC, told Vogue Business: “The last few years have been a wake-up call that we have the power to change the landscape rather than accept the status quo, and while many organisations have taken the time to reflect, creating an inclusive culture and improving workforce DEandI (diversity equity and inclusion) has not been high enough on the industry’s agenda.
“This census is an urgent plea for the whole industry to stand for progress.”
A link accessed through the BFC’s website which has been sent to brands and key industry leaders will allow them to input data to allow the trio to measure demographics across all jobs in the business – from retail workers and freelance stylists to luxury brand executives.
The voluntary survey closes on 18 September and includes questions on age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality and social mobility, as well as evaluating feelings of “belonging” and how individuals feel their company is progressing in DEandI.
In the UK, data regulations prevent companies from gathering such information unless it is given voluntarily.
Jamie Gill, founder of The Outsiders Perspective – which helps people from underrepresented backgrounds working outside the industry access networking and employment opportunities in fashion – who is also chair of the BFC’s diversity and inclusion committee, said: “There have been small nuggets of data captured here and there (on diversity in British fashion), but nothing on an industry-wide level.
“We want to take stock of where we are as an industry and analyse that against other existing data like the UK census, London data or data from other industries.”
The data will feed into a review of the state of DEandI in the UK fashion industry and will be published later this year.

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Alexa Chung ‘happy’ she inherited glossy locks from her Asian dad and English mum

OHMYGOSSIP — Alexa Chung is “happy” she’s inherited glossy locks from her Asian dad and English mum.
The 39-year-old presenter, model and fashion designer is the daughter of Phillip, who is of three-quarters Chinese descent, and British Gillian, but says no one taught her how to style her naturally wavy hair growing up.
She told Vogue about her early looks: “They weren’t my finest hour. No one really told me how to style my hair properly.”
But she added about getting used to her thick tresses: “I’m relatively happy with it because it’s usually quite glossy.”
Vogue said Alexa told them she has “only recently learned how to elevate her hair’s natural texture” and her current hair care routine is all about maintaining a “slight wave” and “working with what she’s got”.
Detailing her hair care regime, Alexa said the first product she uses is a hair scrub that gently gets rid of any build-up and a scalp massager brush for extra exfoliation.
Once a week, she uses a Sephora Collection Cleansing Salt Scrub to feel like she’s “really cleansing it properly”.
Alexa added she prefers to avoid products that weigh down her hair, as in her modelling days, some stylists would clog her hair with mousse.
Her current go-to shampoo and conditioner is Ouai’s lightweight Fine Hair Shampoo, which is enriched with biotin (vitamin B7), followed by its Fine Hair Conditioner.
The former model says she tames her tresses with a bristle and nylon hairbrush to help detangle her fine hair, adding about how she is currently growing it out: “I’m in the growing process, so I have to be more mindful.”
She went on about recently dyeing her hair: “I dyed it because my hair has a bit of auburn to it.
“In the summer, I don’t really like it when it gets too brassy, so I made the colour colder.”
To keep her hair hydrated, she uses Kérastase Nutritive Masquintense a few times a week, and once her hair has been left to air-dry Alexa opts for Color Wow’s One-Minute Transformation Styling Cream to define her waves.
If she is in more of a rush and doesn’t have time to air dry, she uses Dyson’s Supersonic Hair Dryer, diffusing her hair at the lowest velocity but the highest heat to “kind of mimic a natural climate”.
For the finishing touches, Alexa said she massages a miniscule amount of Gisou’s Honey Infused Hair Oil into the ends of her hair for added hydration. She added her “saviour” product is Olaplex’s No4D Clean Volume Detox Dry Shampoo.
Alexa said: “My worst nightmare is having crispy hair.”
She added about looking forward to going to beauty firm Sephora’s famed Paris location: “I trust everything Parisian, basically, so I’m sure it’s the most delightful one.”

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Pharrell reveals his biggest inspiration for first Louis Vuitton collection is himself

OHMYGOSSIP — Pharrell Williams has declared he was the biggest inspiration for his first Louis Vuitton collection.
The 50-year-old rapper debuted his launch range for the luxury brand in June after being appointed the brand’s creative director of menswear, by turning Paris’ oldest bridge the Pont Neuf into a star-studded catwalk.
He told GQ Style about how his personality is central to his design process: “I look at myself like I’m the real customer.
“So I design for what it is that I want and what I’m going to need.”
Pharrell landed the coveted LV job after it was offered to him by the luxe brand’s CEO Pietro Beccari.
The producer and rapper said: “It wasn’t an interview or anything. It was like, ‘Will you accept this position? Will you accept this appointment?’
“I’m looking at the water and I’m just like, ‘What?’”
Pietro, 56, said about choosing Pharrell: “It’s the first time someone has had the daringness to pick a real worldwide star to helm a house.
“He has 13 Grammys and even Oscar nominations. One could say he has a Midas touch. So, as a creative director, while it’s an experiment, I think it will be a successful one.”
Pharrell titled his first collection for the fashion house ‘LVERS’ in tribute to his roots in Virginia, and before his star-studded June show, performed a test run of his creative concepts for the lush clothing line in Virginia Beach during his annual three-day ‘Something in the Water’ music festival.
He offered T-shirts costing $860 and hoodies at $1,310 that would be representative of his LV style.
Pharrell said: “From Paris to VA, VA to Paris. That’s literally the narrative. All of this is seeding that. It’s a part of my story.”
In a separate chat, Pharrell has revealed he has a recording studio at his clothes design hub to keep himself constantly busy and inspired.
He told The New York Times Style Magazine about how he constantly flits between his music and fashion design: “Being a producer and a creative director are similar. I can go from apparel to drums, from trunks to melodies.
“Within my design studio, I have a section allocated to music, so I go back and forth all day.”
He added about his LV appointment: “It’s like I’m a perpetual student. If I’m the king of anything, it’s the king of being a pupil… being surrounded by so many talented people is the best.
“I mean, I’m an Aries, so I’ve always been super impulsive.
“But without the resources and the people, I’d be just like every other person with a great idea.”

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Pamela Anderson: ‘I always say money can’t buy taste’

OHMYGOSSIP — Pamela Anderson believes that “money can’t buy taste” when it comes to fashion.
The ‘Baywatch’ babe has seen her ’90s looks making a resurgence and she has been praised for her style choices throughout that decade with #Pamcore appreciation posts going viral on TikTok.
Whilst Pamela’s style has evolved from the “wild ’90s” to more minimalist attire , the former Playboy cover girl reminisces of her old looks and takes pride in her newfound status.
Speaking to ELLE, she said: “I always say, money can’t buy taste. When you see someone head to toe in [runway] designs, you’re just like, ‘Well, that’s easy.’ But Vivienne Westwood was the first one to tell me, ‘Buy one thing a year. Don’t buy a lot of stuff.’”
Apart from her famous Baywatch high-cut red swimsuit, Pamela’s other notable fashion moments during that era include her denim cut-offs, slip dresses and her penchant for oversized hats.
Whilst Pamela didn’t give her style any thought, often describing it as “wild and uninhibited” it’s no doubt iconic and over the years has landed her ad campaigns.
Most recently Pamela starred in Canadian brand Aritzia’s new campaign for their 2023 Babaton Fall collection, which was shot inside the garden of her house.
She said: “When I was younger, I never thought that I would be in any campaigns, especially really recognizable ones. I always felt like I was an outsider, a little bit rebellious. So I’m laughing to myself, going, ‘Wow, I feel really in the zone and accepted by my peers lately.’”
But then I thought, ‘I know where I want to wear a suit: when I’m mowing the lawn and when I’m in the garden.’ I thought it was a great juxtaposition, because this is my office. They loved the idea, and said, ‘We’ll come to you.’ And I said, ‘Well, it’s going to be kind of rustic…'”

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Kaia Gerber: ‘Sunscreen is not a myth it is real’

OHMYGOSSIP — Kaia Gerber scolds her older brother Presley for calling sunscreen a “myth”.
The 21-year-old model – who is the daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber – has followed in her mother’s footsteps when it comes to her beauty regime.
Kaia, who often sports glowing, clear skin, pressed on the importance of wearing sunscreen after her older brother Presley – also a model – disregarded the importance of its use.
Presley, 24, took to Instagram on Saturday (19.08.23) where he shared topless photos of himself on a sandy beach with the caption “Sunscreen’s a myth”.
Little sister Kaia was quick to school her brother on the subject by offering some guidance on skin protection.
She wrote: “Hi Presley! It’s me, your sister.
“Remember me from childhood? We share the same parents I actually wanted to share with you that sunscreen is not a myth!! It is real!! I actually use it myself!”
Whilst both siblings have managed to forge a successful modelling career thanks to their mother, Kaia weighed in on the nepo baby debate stating that it’s still hard to make it even if your mother is Cindy Crawford.
In a previous interview with ELLE, she said: “I won’t deny the privilege that I have.
“Even if it’s just the fact that I have a really great source of information and someone to give me great advice, that alone I feel very fortunate for.
“My mom always joked, ‘If I could call and book a Chanel campaign, it would be for me and not you.’
“But I also have met amazing people through my mom whom I now get to work with.”
The ‘American Horror Story’ actress added: “With acting, it’s so different.
“No artist is going to sacrifice their vision for someone’s kid. That just isn’t how art is made, and what I’m interested in is art.
“Yes, nepotism is prevalent, but I think if it actually was what people make it out to be, we’d see even more of it.”

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Alexa Demie loves vintage fashion

OHMYGOSSIP — Alexa Demie in inspired by vintage fashion.
Whilst the ‘Euphoria’ star – who plays Maddy Perez in the hit HBO series – admits her style changes based on the characters she portrays, her biggest inspirations come from the golden age of Hollywood.
She told W magazine: “When I do a project, I embody that character for all of the press. I want to fulfill this vision and fantasy of the character. So, I correlate the clothing during the press cycle, and then after that, I’m back to me.
“It changes all the time, but starlets like Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo and María Félix are huge inspirations to me. Cher, too, with all of her Bob Mackie pieces. I love when designers would team up with actresses and singers and do really beautiful, custom looks in collaboration with them. I think I gravitate toward that because it’s more individual.”
Most recently, the 32-year-old actress stripped down to her skivvies for a racy new Calvin Klein campaign, which was shot with a particular mood board in mind.
She added: “There were photos of Marilyn Monroe and Béatrice Dalle.
“Funny enough, Inez came to me and said, ‘You remind me of a young Béatrice.’”
Alexa was excited to be joining ambassador Kendall Jenner and K-Pop stars Jennie and Jung Kook for the brand’s fall 2023 campaign as she admires the brand for their consistency.
She said: “I don’t know if this is weird to say, but I think of consistency. Calvin Klein has always been so consistent in their vision, and that’s something I admire because, as much as I love change and growth and evolving, I think consistency says a lot about their intentions as a brand. You don’t see that consistency with a lot with commercial labels.”

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