Magazines are dead. That was the top take-away from the Condé Nast NewFront presentation on Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan. Legacy print products have been supplanted by social video streams from parties (GQ Sports’ inaugural Super Bowl soirée this year) or events like Vogue’s Met Gala and Vogue World or the Vanity Fair Oscar Party or … Read more
Actress Rosario Dawson and and Abrima Erwiah, the founding director of the Gromek Institute for Fashion Business at Parsons School of Design, are motivated by people, they told Fairchild Media Group editorial director James Fallon at FMG’s Wear House event during SXSW. The duo cofounded Studio One Eighty Nine, a direct-to-consumer, African-inspired lifestyle and fashion … Read more
The CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund, established by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue to help emerging American design talent find continued success, on Thursday opens the application process for the 2024 program. The Fashion Fund will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. “Little did we know that when we launched the CFDA/Vogue … Read more
Workers at Condé Nast staged an Oscar-themed picket line on Tuesday — complete with a makeshift red carpet, and a step and repeat — outside of the company’s One World Trade Center offices in Lower Manhattan. The 24-hour work stoppage came on the same morning that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced … Read more
As one of a handful of U.S. designers invited to show on the Paris Fashion Week Men’s calendar, Angelo Urrutia is in an enviable position, but one that comes with its share of conflicting emotions. On the one hand, his 4SDesigns label is gaining in visibility and prestige. On the other, he still struggles with … Read more
On April 30, 1945, the photojournalist Lee Miller took a bath in Hitler’s tub. A correspondent for British Vogue, Miller had posted up in the Führer’s abandoned apartment in Munich along with a group of G.I.s from the 179th Regiment. That morning, she had been among the first to enter the newly liberated Dachau. Her … Read more
Raúl Martinez is returning to Vogue as global creative director. His appointment is effective Feb. 5. He will be based in New York and will report to Anna Wintour, editorial director of Vogue and chief content officer of Condé Nast. Martinez will oversee creative direction for the brand globally and Vogue’s visual approach on … Read more
In November, Popular Science revealed that it would stop publishing its digital magazine. The news came three years after the 151-year-old magazine discontinued its print issue in what turned out to be a futile stab at “sustainability,” a euphemism for our grim era of legacy media bloodletting. The demise of the PopSci, which debuted in … Read more
At one time, you would not be caught dead in them. Now, New Balance ranks as one of the fastest-growing sneaker brands on resale platform StockX. A model holds New Balance 580 sneakers. The “dad shoe” was in this year. Photo: New Balance 2. Age is no barrier At 91 she’s one of the oldest … Read more
Ayesha Kanga, renowned for her portrayal of the headstrong and spirited Yashika in the series Class, has become the latest sensation among the Gen Z crowd. She captivated audiences with her performance as a scheming character in Class. Ayesha Kanga shines bright with Class and Vogue recognition; says, “The overwhelming love that Class received gave … Read more
