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Read MoreQuarantined Celebrities Send Their Support
This time of confinement has not been so easy as this new reality is changing our usual days and ways. We are spending more time with our loved ones, we’re cooking, baking, playing games, bonding, celebrating birthdays and even weddings via Zoom.
Without a doubt we get tired of the same routine, get tired of each other at times which is only natural when spending time together 24/7.
It is important to remember that this time is not only an opportunity to connect with our families, but it’s an opportunity to connect with ourselves. During this time of change, celebrities are sharing their positive thoughts to remind us that we are all in this together.
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Letter from the Editor - How to adjust to the new pandemic reality.
How do we now live, survive and exist in the era of Coronavirus? How do we adjust to this new reality?
Sit down, relax, take a deep breath, don’t panic, don’t run. Mankind wasn’t created to run, it was created to sit. What I mean is sit down and think about what kind of life it could have become with what we have today.
And then there is life in which you begin to understand why you are on this earth and what your mission is.
Not the one where you run around your whole life, chasing things, then collapse and die.
We don’t know where Coronavirus came from. It’s not even important for now. But this pandemic in a way is a great deal. The virus came to stop humanity from our doing. The virus is telling mankind to pause, look around and understand what we’ve done to our planet. The virus is here to help us understand how we are destroying everything that helps us to exist. We are destroying the nature that developed us, gave birth to us, and help us grow.
Our world was moving towards the World War. There is a certain condition in life, even in our individual lives, when once we enter it we can longer exit out of it. Essentially it will drag us into a horrible state of mind. And that is the state of mind we got our world into.
If it wasn’t for this virus, there would be World War in the nearest future. Mankind is egoistic today and we came to the point where only war can help us renew our markets, renew everything. And we’ll start running again, after destroying it. As weird as it may sound, give gratitude to this virus.
Nature is so powerful and has amazing abilities. This virus is a global problem. Think about it…What a powerful, yet calm way to send the message globally. In the past there were fires, earthquakes, volcanoes across the world. We watched the news, we prayed for those who were affected and then we would go on with our lives.
This virus touched all of us and look how all of us kneel down and demonstrate readiness.
We need to understand the otherwise different mission of this virus. Don’t talk about this pandemic, talk about us. No need to think about how to defend ourselves against it, but think about how to transform ourselves with the help of this pandemic.
While you’re sheltering in place, find a minute alone and think about why this virus distanced us from each other. Today you’ re in your home with your wife, your husband, your children, your loved ones. Although you live with them and see them every day, you forget about their existence, their role in your life. Perhaps now you’ll find out what your loved one is really doing for work and how important their role is, or realize that your child is in fifth grade and about to go to middle school.
“Wow, kid, you grew up too fast!”
Precisely now you will start to actually see your children, your husband, your wife, your loved ones, etc.
But what about fear? Fear of getting infected or infecting others? Think about it, there were plenty of viruses in the past. A lot of people were dying. We just didn’t talk about it. We are used to the fact that every year there is a virus and the number of people get sick and infect others, some die. So what? We are raising panic in natural to us situations.
Logicians say that more people die in car accidents and flu, yet they write about it while sitting at home, keeping away from getting infected. Why? Because this virus transfers through our brains, through our inner sensation. That’s the kind of virus Coronavirus is. It manipulates our minds and our hearts and therefore we treat it differently. From people as high as presidents to working class, we all bow down to it.
It isn’t because the virus-infected someone or killed someone, it isn’t because mass media is creating the panic, the virus is here to shake humanity and open its eyes so we could see clearly.
This is a very important restructuring of the world, financial or psychological, but ideological. The spiritual wisdom begins to think about why we exist. Everything that happens on the material level gets forgotten in maximum, a century. This virus will too be forgotten if we allow it.
For a moment forget that this is a virus at all. What this really is kindness, supreme kindness, and mercy which is simply demonstrating to us what a horrible world we developed and how we struggle in it. We don’t see how we became slaves of our lives. Our existence looks like this; Every morning we get inside our car, drive hours in traffic to work, then work so that we could fill up the gas in our car, then drive hours back home after work. By the time we come home, it’s evening. We get to see our family for a short period of time, then we sit down to watch some stupid tv show and go to sleep. Same repeats tomorrow. Then our husbands or wives, then our kids. Where are our kids? They are doing some extracurricular activities for which we pay to work, and we work to pay for these extracurricular activities and so on.
This is terrible and we created it! Let’s work on changing this and the only fear we should have is the misuse of the present moment. That’s all!
The correct conclusion is our thoughts. Let’s think about why do we live? How can we build our lives differently? We suddenly see how some viruses can calm us all down. We are sitting at home, quietly, we don’t need millions or billions, they will disappear right now. We created all that money, all the riches to brag about it in our infinite egoism.
Now all the businesses will struggle and some will close. Airports are empty, ships are in ports, nothing to trade, nothing to do. And it’s ok! Provide yourself with the most necessary and that is all that you need.
I just hope this virus lasts long enough to completely clear humanity’s vision and teach us to live for ourselves.
We can’t exist forever. The whole lives we try to run away from the fact that one day we all die. The virus is a message not to run away from death because no one escapes it. Let's try to overcome this imaginary line of death. It's possible to be immortal and the virus can help us.
How? Rise higher above your egoism. It is what’s killing you. Learn to feel the world through your soul and you’ll see a different world. And believe me, this has nothing to do with religion, it is simply you feeling yourself within. Develop your soul and you can become the happiest person. Nature will guide you through it.
by Giulia Juliet Belkin
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Louis Vuitton Hand Sanitizer Anyone?
Companies who once made liquor and perfume are now will be making hand sanitizer to help the world disinfect and save ourselves from coronavirus pandemic.
The French-based perfume maker LVMH recently announced plans to convert its cosmetics factories into hand sanitizer producers while distilleries in the U.S.
LVMH, which produces scents for companies like Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton, said in a press release Sunday that it intends on producing hand sanitizer at its factories in France for distribution across 39 hospitals in the region.
“LVMH intends to help address the risk of a lack of product in France and enable a greater number of people to continue to take the right action to protect themselves from the spread of the virus,” the company said in a press release, which was also posted on Twitter.
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COVID-19 PANDEMIC BUT WHERE POSSIBLE KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
Keep calm and carry on.
Read MoreNew Fashion Concept With Jean-Paul Gaultier's Lead
Jean-Paul Gaultier @jpgaultierofficial announces that the Haute Couture will continue with a new concept.
Jean-Paul Gaultier will each season invite a designer to interpret the codes of the House and give the vision of the Haute Couture.
Chitose Abe from Sacai @sacaiofficial will be the first designer to participate in the project and will present the next haute couture collection in July 2020.
“(Chitose Abe) will present the next Haute Couture collection in July 2020,” Jean-Paul Gaultier house said in a statement.
“The idea of different designers interpreting one Haute Couture brand came to me in the nineties,” 67-year-old designer Jean-Paul Gaultier also said.
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Invitations to Kanye West's Yeezy Season 8 Show Arrived At Sunday Service During Paris Fashion Week
Can you say Halleluja?!
Read MoreRaf Simons joins Prada As Co-Creative Director
Beginning April 2nd, Belgian designer Raf Simons will be joining Prada as co-creative director alongside Miucia Prada .
“This partnership, encompassing all creative facets of the Prada label, is born from a deep reciprocal respect and from an open conversation — it is a mutual decision, proposed and determined by both parties,” the Prada label said in its announcement. “It opens a new dialogue, between designers widely acknowledged as two of the most important and influential of today.”
Raf Simons has become one of fashion’s most central when he entered the industry in 1995 as a creative director at Jil Sander and Dior and as a chief creative officer at Calvin Klein. Through fashion Raf Simons often communicates with youth and artistic minds. At Jil Sander, he referrenced Picasso, at Dior paid tribute to Flemish masters and Andy Warhol, at Calvin Klein his largest project to date had to collaborate with Andy Warhol Foundation.
“I have to feel the artwork stands for something that is important to me,” Mr. Simons said.Credit...2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Clement Pascal for The New York Times
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PHOEBE PHILO LONG-AWAITED RETURN
FASHION VERDICT Oscars 2020 by Mao Padilha
Cynthia Erivo arrived in her Spaceship.
Charlize Theron in a safe black dress with slit...the necklace says it all, but she has to return it so who cares.
Maya said “ I don’t need a dress just give me a few yards of sequin fabric and roll me in it!”
Scarlet Johannson - The most Beautiful girl and dress at the Oscars!
Valet or moviestar?
Regina King looked gorgeous
Greta looks like the giant olive that escaped my martini
Beautiful face and hair but always in the wrong dress
Renee in white looking perfect!
Sandra Oh swimming in a dress that looks like it was made for Ginger Rogers. It’s just too much fabric and overwhelming on Sandra.
Natalie Portmant super chic with this tuxedo jacket cape
Rooney trying to convince us that she has big boobs lol
Rebel looking fantastic in her dress! This is as good as it gets!
There are a lot of secrets going on in this dress, I see it yet I’m not sure what’s going on...flaps and folds and buttons and colors and non colors ???
Saoirisa wearing a dress that is perfectly designed for hiding a pregnancy or a fatty tummy or a shelf to hold her keys.
Janelle not wearing black and white for once and she looks gorgeous! Medieval chic!
Billie eilish looking Horrible in Chanel. I know she’s a huge star right now but still this isn’t right she needs a shower.
Salma looking like a Goddess!
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Extra Extra!!! The Latest in Fashion! Gucci comes to San Francisco?
The Gucci Cruise 2021 collection will take place in San Francisco on Monday 18 May 2020. This was announced by the creative director of the maison Alessandro Michele.
Moncler Genius welcomes JW Anderson
Italian brands, large and small, begin to deal with the impacts of Coronavirus.
According to Fashion Networks, he Calzedonia group closed 2019 with a turnover of 2,411 million euros, up + 4.7% at current exchange rates (+ 4.4% at constant exchange rates) compared to the 2,303 million euros in 2018. export, which reached 56% of total sales, and e-commerce.
Giorgio Armani dedicates an exhibition to Peter Lindbergh , the famous German photographer who passed away last year. The exhibition, entitled 'Heimat. A Sense of Belonging ', will be set up in the spaces of Armani / Silos and inaugurated by the designer on the occasion of the Milanese fashion shows in February.
Tiffany’s shareholders have given their approval to the acquisition of the American jeweler by the luxury giant LVMH, for the record figure of 16.2 billion dollars, according to a statement from the group of Bernard Arnault.
The government provides rules to protect the tanning sector. "The Italian tanning industry is the best in the world for the quality of the product, but unfortunately it is suffering from various factors that mainly concern the crisis in the footwear and automotive sector. To help this industrial sector so important for the country, the Government will approve the next council of ministers a legislative decree in transposition of the 2018 European law that provides new provisions for the use of the terms leather, leather and fur to protect the Italian tannery and consumers who will thus have certainty about the real composition of the materials used ". This was announced by Alessia Morani, Undersecretary of Economic Development.
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Remembering Kobe Bryant
The world mourns one of the greatest basketball players today. Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, an aspiring basketball player,died today in a helicopter crush on their way to his daughter’s practice. Kobe’s S-76 helicopter crashed Sunday morning near Calabasas, Calif, roughly 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles, with five passengers on board.
Bryant, 41, retired from basketball after the 2016 season, his 20th in the NBA -- all spent with the Lakers.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was drafted into the NBA straight out of high school at the age of 17.
Bryant was selected to an NBA record 18 consecutive NBA All-Star Games. He also won two gold medals while representing the USA in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Kobe is survived by his wife Vaness and three daughters Natalia 17, Bianca 3 years and Capri 7 month old.
Kobe and Vanessa married in 2001. According to E! True Hollywood Story, Kobe proposed to her six months after they met, and they did not sign a prenuptial agreement.
Barack Obama reacts to news of Kobe Bryant’s death
Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 26, 2020
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remembers Kobe Bryant
Most people will remember Kobe as the magnificent athlete who inspired a whole generation of basketball players. But I will always remember him as a man who was much more than an athlete. pic.twitter.com/9EZuwk8wrV
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) January 26, 2020
There’s no words to express the pain Im going through with this tragedy of loosing my neice Gigi & my brother @kobebryant I love u and u will be missed. My condolences goes out to the Bryant family and the families of the other passengers on board. IM SICK RIGHT NOW pic.twitter.com/pigHywq3c1
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) January 26, 2020
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Spike Lee, first Black President of the Jury at the 73rd Festival de Cannes
The American director Spike Lee is to serve as President of the Jury at the next Festival de Cannes.
At 62, the filmmaker, who is also a screenwriter, actor, editor and producer, has made numerous films that have become cult objects, and he brought the questions and contentious issues of the times to contemporary cinema. But he’s never lost sight of the public, setting out to raise their awareness of his causes in film after film.
Surrounded by his Jury, which will be announced in mid-April, Spike Lee will award the Palme d'or at the close of the 73rd edition, which will take place from 12 to 23 May 2020.
He’s the one raising his fist. It was he who paid tribute to Robert Mitchum with the words "love" and "hate" engraved on his rings when he made his remarkable entrance into the great hall of the Palais des Festivals in 2018.
“In this life I have lived,” he wrote in a long statement (see full version below), “my biggest blessings have been when they arrived unexpected, when they happened out of nowhere. When I got the call that I was offered the opportunity to be President of Cannes Jury for 2020, I was shocked, happy, surprised and proud all at the same time.
[...] To me the Cannes Film Festival (besides being the most important film festival in the world - no disrespect to anybody) has had a great impact on my film career. You could easily say Cannes changed the trajectory of who I became in world cinema.”
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Don't Get Me A Candle - Giulia's Guide To Christmas Gift Ideas
Nothing says, ‘I don’t care’ like a candle. Ouch. Don’t get me wrong, candles are a great addition to a gift. Christmas shopping is a task we both love and hate. Giving gifts is one of my personal favorite things to do, but choosing one is always tough. It requires attention because you want them to love, especially when it comes to someone who appreciates fashion and beauty. Hopefully, my guide below can help you choose gifts wisely and make your friends and family happy. Just click on the item and enjoy! Merry Upcoming Christmas Friends!
With love,
Giulia
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LVMH confirms it will acquire Tiffany for $16.2 billion
The rumors are true as confirmed by LVMH and Antoine Arnault who posted on Instagram. Arnault’s latest post features Tiffany colored square with quote, “ Welcome!” which sounds like Tiffany is to become a member of LVMH.
LVMH has built up a large portfolio of luxury brands like Moët & Chandon, Dom Perignon, Givenchy and Louis Vuitton.
Founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in Brooklyn, Connecticut, as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium", the store initially sold a wide variety of stationery items, and operated as "Tiffany, Young and Ellis" as of 1838 at 259 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.
The transaction is suppose to finalize in the middle of 2020. According to CNBC LVMH said in a statement that “the acquisition of Tiffany will strengthen LVMH’s position in jewelry and further increase its presence in the United States.” It said it would also “transform LVMH’s Watches & Jewelry division and complement LVMH’s 75 distinguished Houses.”
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Collaborations Of The Season
Prada x Adidas and Acne x Mulberry
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Zac Posen Closes His Fashion Label
Fashion is a tough business, I tell you. First Barneys New York reports of bankruptcy and now beloved fashion designer Zac Posen has announced his fashion label, House of Z is ceasing business. According to Vogue, the company is beginning the process of disposing of its assets, all the employees were let go and the current website now points to Shopify.
Zac’s House of Z dressed many iconic red carpet guests, who could forget 2019 Met Gala’s 3D dresses worn by Katie Holmes, Nina Dobrev, Jourdan Dunn, and others. Zac made big, lavish ball gowns. The richest and famous wore his dresses, he received many awards.
On Friday, the announcement came on Zac Posen’s Instagram where he thanked his entire team.
But perhaps this end marks the beginning of something fresh and wonderful. Meanwhile team Joliegazette wishes him the best of luck and almost positive that Zac will be Back!
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Alber Elbaz Is Back
The former Lanvin designer has a new deal with Richemont and a new brand.
“It’s going to be about things I believe are relevant to make,” Alber Elbaz said about his new partnership with Richemont.Credit...via Richemont
Talk about come back! ALBER ELBAZ LAUNCHES AZFASHION, LABEL OWNED BY LUXURY CONGLOMERATE RICHEMONT.
The Swiss luxury group, Richemont, announced that it had entered into a partnership with Mr. Elbaz, the former Lanvin designer. The company, AZFashion, promises to have a whole new approach to fashion.
“I am very happy to partner with Richemont and to establish my 'dream factory', which will focus on developing solutions for women of our times," Elbaz said. "I am extremely excited to collaborate with good people, talented and smart individuals and look forward to also having a lot of fun with this new adventure.”
Elbaz who arrived in New York in 1984 took a job designing dresses. In 1989 Elbaz met with Gucci’s Dawn Mello, which led to an introduction to Geoffrey Beene. Beene offered him a job and the classic couturier became his mentor. In 1996 Ralph Toledano who was the head of Guy Laroche hired Elbaz. Elbaz presented his first collection the following year. In 1998 Yves Saint Laurent hired Elbaz to design his Rive Gauche women’s collection. Receiving mixed reviews for his Rive Gauche collections, Elbaz was replaced in 2000 by Tom Ford. The same year he launched a new collection for Krizia.
Elbaz then took a sabbatical travelling through India and the Far East. However, his trip was cut short when he was offered the role of creative director at Lanvin. His first collection in 2002 received critical acclaim as he fused the label’s rich heritage with a unique twist.
In 2005 Elbaz was recognised by the Council of Fashion Designers of America with the International Designer Award. The same year Vogue featured him in a piece featuring seven of fashion’s most innovative designers.
To celebrate Lanvin’s 120th anniversary, Elbaz created two stamp designs for France’s postal service in 2009. The following year he designed a one-off Lanvin collection in collaboration with H&M.
Elbaz’s spring 2010 collection for Lanvin received a great deal of praise. Taking influences from Christian Lacroix, the collection showed brightly coloured short dresses in a couture style that were suitable for the ready-to-wear market.
by Ella C.Ross
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Murder can be most foul, but that doesn't mean it can't also be thoroughly fabulous. We talk to Plum Sykes, the Author behind Party Girls Die in Pearls.