In the first of our Art Deco Centenary profiles, we look at the Russian-French artist and designer Romain de Tirtoff – better ...
“With ‘quiet luxury,’ it seems like people are drawn towards the same products,” echoes stylist Anny Choi, who is much more ...
The designers spoke on a panel celebrating WWD’s “Black in Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence and Culture” book at the Museum at FIT.
All’s well in the realm of haute couture, where questions of wearability are hardly the most pressing. January’s ...
I’m Blossoming from some strong Black girl roots. I’m standing on some Black girls giants’ shoulders. I’m walking in the way ...
“So I looked at people from that period, like Josephine Baker, and then Madonna ... a lot” thanks to her mother’s job as a set and costume designer. She danced flamenco, then in high ...
Smith’s cultural influence also reached the big screen when he designed the costumes for Spike Lee ... drawing inspiration from everything from Josephine Baker to vintage Black memorabilia.
Glamour, though, is not a costume one can put on ... Famous performers like Josephine Baker, Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, and Marilyn Monroe seemed to have ascended beyond the humdrum ...
A custom sculpted Harris Reed gown for the London premiere was a nod to Deetz’s sculptures: “I low-key died when Colleen ...
Choose Your Own Adventure Spies: Josephine Baker by Deborah Lerme Goodman ... ISBN 978-1-64595-286-2). Costumes for Time Travelers by A.R. Capetta (Candlewick, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-5362-3371-1).