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12 May

THE TRUCKER HAT’S INEVITABLE RETURN HAS ARRIVED (NYLON)

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Cast your mind back to the early 2000s. Lindsay Lohan is wearing a “Drama Queen” trucker hat ahead of the MTV VMAs, and paparazzi shots of Britney Spears show the pop star out and about in a Von Dutch cap. Although Paris Hilton recently said she wouldn’t engage in the return of the early-aughts fashion trend — despite wearing one often on The Simple Life — the trucker hat is back, in a big way. With Bella Hadid recently securing Von Dutch’s return to relevance, and Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, and Gigi Hadid all stepping out in the vintage-inspired accessory, it was only a matter of time before the infamous style began trending again. These days, however, nostalgic thrifted brands are met with modern versions from new designers like Mowalola, whose popular...
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11 May

How Rastah Champions Pakistani Culture Through Streetwear (VOGUE)

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Streetwear is growing up. Once relegated to the wardrobes of hypebeasts, new labels are using their graphic hoodies or jackets to grab your attention and to make a powerful statement about politics or culture. It’s a global movement, too. Mobilize, for instance, uses its drops to educate others about Indigenous life and traditions. There’s also a new streetwear label out of Pakistan who is also championing South Asian culture—and its pieces are just downright cool, too. Rastah was founded in 2018 by cousins Zain, Ismail, and Adnan Ahmad, who are based out of Lahore, Pakistan. Zain, the creative director of the label, grew up in London, Toronto, and Vancouver as well, but is consistently inspired by the city. “Lahore is an incredibly...
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11 May

The Metaverse’s First Runway Show Is Coming—And Collina Strada, Mowalola, and Gypsy Sport Are Headlining (VOGUE)

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The online metaverse and social networking site IMVU grew by 44% during the pandemic; it now attracts 7 million active users a month, most of them female or female-identifying and aged from 18 to 24. If you aren’t one of those millions, here’s a primer: On IMVU, users create personal avatars and dress them in clothes designed by fellow users—creators, in site parlance—bought with credits paid for with real money. The point of IMVU is to connect virtually with friends and to potentially make new ones, but shopping is no small part of the site’s attraction. IMVU’s virtual store features 50 million items made by over 200,000 creators. Fourteen billion in credits, or $14 million, exchanges hands over 27 million...
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10 May

7 APPI Designers On Fashion, Personal Style, & Launching A Small Business (NYLON)

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Launching a business can be daunting, whether you’re a college sophomore studying for exams, while dreaming up sustainable and whimsically chic outerwear, like Dauphinette’s Olivia Cheng, or putting your own name on your devastatingly cool footwear concepts, after a decade of designing for an established brand, like Labucq’s Lauren Bucquet. Because either way, interpreting one’s self-expression, individuality, and vision through distinct fashion designs — and sharing it all with the world to hopefully embrace — can feel like a massive risk. Plus, success takes hard work and business acumen, not to mention crucial lessons learned on the job, as a few designers will happily share, sans ego. For this group of AAPI creatives, designing and running their own labels also offers an opportunity...
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10 May

Nicole and Sofia Richie Teamed Up on a Groovy New Collection (VOGUE)

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You’d expect siblings stuck together for a year of quarantine would end up embroiled in family squabbles, but for Nicole and Sofia Richie, the time spent together resulted in a brand new fashion project. Back in April 2020, the two sisters made the decision to join forces on a new spring collection for Nicole’s House of Harlow 1960 line. Over a year later, it’s releasing today on Revolve. “In between watching Netflix and eating, we started talking about our goals for the future, and wanting to create together,” Nicole tells Vogue. Sofia adds that she’s always wanted to work with her bigger sister. “I watched Nicole build up House of Harlow to where it is today, and I admire her for that,” says Sofia....
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10 May

In Celebration of Mother’s Day: The Best Street Style Moments of Moms Gigi and Yolanda Hadid (VOGUE)

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As we celebrate another Mother’s Day and show love to all of the special ladies in our lives, it feels like the perfect moment to also show our gratitude and appreciation for two very chic moms: Gigi and Yolanda Hadid. Both mothers have consistently been a source of style inspiration over the years, whether it’s Yolanda in a sophisticated monochromatic outfit as she strolls out for a coffee or Gigi showcasing how sweats can, in fact, look polished while pushing a pram. Bring them together, and they’re a street style match made in heaven. Take a walk down memory lane, and shop some Gigi and Hadid’s best street style looks together, below.   The Opposing Views There are two easy ways to make a fashion statement: wear head-to-toe-white, like Yolanda,...
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6 May

This Nigerian Designer’s Work Reflects His Obsession With Books (VOGUE)

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Every designer has unique inspirations and references that ground their work. For Taofeek Abijako, the recurring obsession that fuels all of his designs is books. With his Brooklyn-based menswear label, Head of State, Abijako constantly imagines clothes that some of his favorite novel characters would wear, and then brings them to life. “It’s a combination of the characters in the books, and the author’s approach to writing, that inspire me,” Abijako says. Before moving to Albany in the U.S. from Lagos, Nigeria in 2010 (his family won the Visa lottery), Abijako first got interested in fashion by watching his father, a fashion designer, work in his studio. “People from all ethnic backgrounds were welcome in this space, and I saw this space where there...
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5 May

Chanel Beauty Gets a Punk Makeover on the Resort Runway (VOGUE)

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Free-spirited beauty took a decidedly punk turn at today’s Chanel resort 2022 show in the village of Les Baux-de-Provence. Inside the cavernous chambers of the Carrières de Lumières, which were once the setting of Jean Cocteau’s The Testament of Orpheus, artistic director Virginie Viard presented a collection inspired by the iconic black-and-white film, sending miniskirts, fringed dresses, graphic suits, and abbreviated capes down the runway with toughened-up accessories such as fishnet stockings, dog collars and leather holster belts strapped to the thigh. The punk references were all the more distinct above the neck. Most strikingly, the late Stella Tennant served as inspiration for lip piercing jewelry, with a handful of models flashing double Cs along their lower lip. Makeup artist Lucia Pica played up the punk attitude with sculpted...
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5 May

The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards Grants to 10 Independent Designers (VOGUE)

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If there is one thing that fashion has learned over this pandemic year, it’s that business as usual doesn’t work in times of extreme struggle. With that in mind, the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund has rethought its structure; instead of presenting one top prize and two awards to runners-up as it has in the past, the fund is offering grants to 10 American brands. The designers receiving the grants and a year of mentorship from industry leaders are: Batsheva Hay of Batsheva; Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta of Eckhaus Latta; Anifa Mvuemba of Hanifa; Rebecca Henry and Akua Shabaka of House of Aama; Kenneth Nicholson; Jameel Mohammed of Khiry; LaQuan Smith; Abrima Erwiah of Studio 189; Edvin Thompson of Theophilio; and Willy Chavarria. “After an...
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23 Apr

Massive Fuzzy Bucket Hats Are 2021’s Tiny Bags (VOGUE)

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Welcome to Pattern Recognition: a column about fads for the trend-obsessed. Like so many trends, this one starts with Rihanna. A few weeks ago the singer made headlines for a look she sported to go to the bookstore: feathered vintage jeans from Tom Ford’s reign at Gucci, and a massive, furry hat by London designer Benny Andallo. The proportions were on par with Marc Jacobs’s hat for his fall 2012 collection. That is to say: substantial. Rihanna has worn Andallo’s hat, a pistachio green one from British milliner Emma Brewin back in early 2020, and, most recently, a zebra-print number from R13. But she’s not the only one on board. Hailey Bieber wore a yellow furry hat in March (along with a matching patent-leather suit), they...
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