It Is the centennial of legendary American fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon’s birth in 1923. His work and life are being feted in several different Galleries across the globe, the biggest and best being at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. They are presenting a selection of the photographer’s most innovative … Continue reading
It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of the celebrated international fashion Journalist RICHARD BUCKLEY. We met in Paris in the early 1980s (which I have just discovered was the same time he met and fell in love with his future husband Tom Ford). Richard was then the European Editor … Continue reading
Whatever happens at the Oscars tonight, it will be hard to beat the heartfelt emotional speech from Brit actor (born in Swaziland) Richard E Grant when he won the Best Supporting Actor at the Indie Awards last night. Grant has been nominated for every major award this season (and for the very first time) and … Continue reading
Movies and politics are very similar in the way that to really succeed then timing is everything. This is certainly the case for Richard Gere and his new movie that is about to be screened as the Gala Opening Night at Miami Film Festival on March 3rd 2017. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a … Continue reading
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD) houses many of Elsa Schiaparelli’s seminal fashion items. After staying dormant for decades, the label was re-launched in 2014 thanks to couturiers like Christian Lacroix and SHOCKING ! THE SURREAL WORLDS OF ELSA SCHIAPARELLI Bertrand Guyon. Since 2019, when Daniel Roseberry was appointed artistic director, the name Schiaparelli is once … Continue reading