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Black women in America have been braiding their hair since there have been Black women in America. And during most of that time, the look was derided or ignored by mainstream culture. Watch our documentary, “Braided: An American Hair Story”

Lupita Nyong'o, Young M.A, Ayana Bird, Lacy Redway, Vernon François and more talk about braids and black hair culture in America.

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NANAWAX

Site de vente flash vêtements et accessoires NANAWAX

http://nanawax.org 

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Elisabeth Hadida (fashion buyer chez Balenciaga) : «Ma passion a débuté dans le magasin Homme de mon père»

C’est à quelques jours de la fashion week masculine à Paris, que nous nous entretenons avec Elisabeth Hadida, acheteuse Europe pour la maison Balenciaga depuis six années. Nicolas Ghesquière, Alexander Wang puis aujourd’hui Demna Gvasalia, Balenciaga figure parmi les premières maisons de couture à ouvrir le bal de la folle semaine de la mode !

http://infos-reportages.com/elisabeth-hadida-fashion-buyer-ma-passion-a-debute-dans-le-magasin-homme-de-mon-pere/

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Nan LU : « Je propose des services de formation dans les magasins de luxe en Chine »

Nan LU a d’abord vécu et étudié à Paris avant de retourner a Pékin pour travailler en tant que formatrice en produits de luxe. Passionnée par l’art et la mode en générale. Elle nous fait partager les objectifs de sa formation, ses souvenirs de Paris et Londres, les goûts de sa clientèle de luxe ainsi que ses futurs projets.

http://infos-reportages.com/nan-lu-i-offer-training-services-for-luxury-boutiques-in-china/

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INFOS-REPORTAGES

Magazine d’actualités sur l’art, la musique, les évènements de Paris et du monde.

http://infos-reportages.com

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EKYRAMAGAZINE

Magazine de mode, beauté et lifestyle.

http://ekyramagazine.com

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Rihanna is now receiving a well-deserved birthday gift from Harvard: the Humanitarian of the Year Award. The renowned pop singer is being recognized for her charitable and philanthropic work with the Clara and Lionel Foundation Scholarship Program. Named after her grandmother and grandfather, the non-profit organization began in 2012 to help provide education and assistance to students in Caribbean and South American countries to attend college in the United States.

Rihanna has also worked closely over the years with the Global Partnership for Education and the Global Citizen Project to help promote educational equity. “Rihanna has charitably built a state-of-the-art center for oncology and nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat breast cancer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados,” said S. Allen Counter, the Harvard Foundation’s director.

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ZWITTER : LOOKBOOK SS15

Photographe: Sébastien Guzik Photographer Modèle: Harryr Mimah Styliste: Zwitter SS15 Musique: RL Grime - Valahalla ft Djemba Djemba Réalistation : Sofia Barandiaran ©ZWITTER 2015.

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After imbuing the clothes with a measure of unquantifiable coolness, Justin Bieber made his next move. He collaborated with upscale retailer Barneys New York, boldly selling a $1,695 leather jacket printed with the same designs from his concert tees.

Never mind that the moto jacket — and many of the other items from the collab — have hit the sales rack; the narrative was written. Headlines breathlessly trumpeted his new high-priced items, and it marked the first time Barneys ever carried an artist’s tour merch. “It is the first time we’ve done it, but it felt right,” Jay Bell, a senior vice president at Barneys, told theThe New York Times.

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Justin Bieber’s merch hit H&M Friday, completing the pop singer’s master plan to get his printed T-shirts and hoodies onto the backs of everyone with $17.99 to spare. Bieber’s nearly year-long strategy played out brilliantly, allowing him to cash in at every point of the trend’s lifecycle.

Bieber got in on 2016’s merch trend pretty early. After Kanye West, the Biebz was one of the first people to make merch that transcended an item typically bought at concerts and worn strictly by fans. He partnered with FEAR OF GOD designer Jerry Lorenzo and with trendy boutiques like NYC’s VFILES, Miami’s Alchemist, and Toronto’s Nomad , and cribbed design tricks from#Vetements . The collaborations, and that you could shop them without even entering one of his concerts, lent him credibility beyond his typical teenybopper fanbase.

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YG Entertainment's focus on hip-hop continued to 1TYM. With more catchy tunes, the four-member group earned popularity among teenagers and expanded the horizon of hip-hop music.

"I don't particularly like hip-hop music, but I was surrounded by hip-hop," [Yang Hyun-suk] said. "That was how Jinusean and 1TYM could be so successful _ we all shared hip-hop in our spirit."

Yang's experiment paid off with BIG BANG, a five-member boy band, which was differentiated with many other "comely" idol groups manufactured by agencies. All the members of Big Bang contributed to the music or lyrics from their first single, making a presence in music as well as performance.

"When Big Bang debuted, it was tricky to introduce them as an idol group or musicians," Yang said. "They were young and danced during the song, so they were often classified as idol. However, some people raised questions regarding their appearance, claiming that they are not ‘handsome,' except for T.O.P."

But Yang believed in their talent and the group truly big-banged, becoming more of a group of artists responsible for their music.

~ Korea Times

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Chanel is pulling out all the stops when it comes to bringing onboard international stars to front its brand. From the likes of French style icon Caroline de Maigret to fresh faces like Lily-Rose Depp and Willow Smith, Chanel has maintained an impressive array of taste markers. It’s latest addition: Korean pop uber-star G-Dragon.

In his most recent stint for Chanel (you may recall that he was part of the house’s F/W 2015 casino-themed couture show), G-Dragon appears in a series of Polaroids, spotlighting the two-tone derby shoes from Chanel's 2016 Cruise collection.

As we have told you in the past, Chanel, under the helm of Karl Lagerfeld, has largely pioneered the fashion industry’s obsession with K-pop and its larger-than-life stars. For instance, before Alexander Wang was casting CL in its ad campaigns and before Moschino began cozying up with Dara and the other members of girl group, 2NE1, the Paris-based design house descended upon Seoul for its 2016 Resort show.

Bruno Pavlovsky, Chanel’s president of fashion, said: “Today, South Korea is the most influential country in Asia, with its energy and creativity, its youth culture and the pop music and TV celebrities, who have become incredibly powerful, even in China and Japan. These are all great sources of inspiration for Karl Lagerfeld." He continued on: "There’s also a business reason. South Korea is a fast-growing market, a very interesting one, now also open to the Chinese and Japanese who like to travel here for tourism. South Korea has become a top destination in Asia. And, finally, there is the venue!”

Source: www.thefashionlaw.com/

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“There is a new guard of designers that represent the luxury culture,” says Bosse Myhr, director of menswear and technology at British department store Selfridges. At the top of the list, alongside Shayne Oliver of HOOD BY AIR and Demna Gvasalia of #Vetements , is Virgil Abloh, the longtime creative consultant to Kanye West, whose streetwear-inspired, Milan-based label Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh has attracted fans from Rihanna to Gigi Hadid and is set to show on the official Paris Fashion Week schedule on Thursday.

But behind the buzzy brand, the 36-year-old creative director has also built a genuine business that’s generated triple-digit growth year-on-year since its 2013 launch. Indeed, according to Myhr, Selfridges has seen sales of Off-White surge by 100 percent between 2015 and 2016.

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UNIQLO USA today announces the fall/winter 2016 launch of the latest Carine Roitfeld collection, a collaboration between the Japanese global casual apparel retailer and the charismatic fashion editor and influencer. The new collection will be available in the U.S. from Oct. 27 at the UNIQLO 5th Ave. Global Flagship store and online at UNIQLO.com.

The Carine Roitfeld 2016 fall/winter Collection was jointly created by Carine Roitfeld and UNIQLO Design Director NAOKI TAKIZAWA DESIGN, and offers a new type of LifeWear with a difference. Bringing stylish elegance to women with active lifestyles, the lineup takes elements of Roitfeld’s typical trend-setting style, such as popular imitation fur and a Chesterfield overcoat, and adds items that help create the ideal wardrobe for career women, from outerwear to knits, suit separates, belts, tights and accessories.

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Ma obtained an M.A. in womenswear from London Central Saint Martins in 2008, interning for designers such as Veronique Branquinho and  Alexander McQueenbefore graduating. While still in school, Ma’s graduate collection was selected to showcase at Vauxhall Fashion Scout during London Fashion Week and was later purchased by B store, a fashion retail store founded by Jose Neves. Ma has been a finalist in multiple competitions that include the Lancôme Colour Designs Award 2006, the Chloé design competition, the Puma CSM Bursary Award and Fashion Fringe in 2009. In September 2009, she participated in the 2009 CCDC China Contemporary Design Contest and won the ‘Mouse Ji Best International Innovation Award’.

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Legendary Pictures has set Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega for the lead role for the second installment of its Pacific Rim franchise. Steven S. DeKnight is directing the film, which will begin production in the fourth quarter of this year, based on the world created by Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham. Boyega will play the son of the character played by Idris Elba in the del Toro-directed original film.

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20 years ago, my predecessor thought they would never get Louis Vuitton or ROLEX in their store and now they are in Galeries Lafayette. We never know what will happen in the future, but we need to have an ambition.

Nicolas Houzé