7 d. ago Designer Olivier Rousteing leaves Balmain after 14 years fusing couture craft with pop

Designer Olivier Rousteing is stepping down as creative director of the Balmain fashion house after 14 hugely visible years

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2 w. ago ‘When I told him I’d secretly seen his films, his eyes filled with tears’: Isabella Rossellini remembers her father Roberto

The Italian director’s career was briefly derailed when his ‘scandalous’ affair with the Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman hit the headlines in the 1950s. Their daughter Isabella remembers a devoted parent and a brilliant film-makerIn June 1977, Roberto Rossellini died suddenly of a heart attack, home in Rome, less than a week after serving as jury president of the Cannes film festival. The director’s daughter Isabella – the fourth of his seven children – was then in her mid 20s. She remembers her mother, Ingrid Bergman, saying: “Dad left us quickly, just as quickly as he drove his Ferrari.”The story of Roberto’s last two decades is told in Living Without a Script, a new archive-based documentary, which premieres this week in Rome. While the film serves as a reminder of its subject’s status as one of the greats of world cinema – the key figure in postwar Italian neorealism – it also shows his life beyond movies. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Grace Wales Bonner: British designer behind rise of Sambas to lead Hermès menswear

Founder of eponymous brand worn by Duchess of Sussex becomes first black woman to lead a major fashion houseIn 2019, the designer Grace Wales Bonner told an interviewer that it was a dream of hers “to work with a brand like Hermès”. Six years later, the 35-year-old Briton was named creative director of menswear for the French luxury company, becoming the first female black designer to lead a major fashion house.Wales Bonner will succeed the French designer Véronique Nichanian, 71, who has headed the men’s division for 37 years, and her debut collection will be shown in January 2027. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago British designer Grace Wales Bonner named creative director of Hermes menswear

She is the first black woman to lead a European luxury fashion house.

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3 w. ago Russia seizes on Pete Hegseth's 'coded message' at Zelensky peace talks

Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Investment Fund and Special Envoy to Vladimir Putin, took to X to celebrate Hegseth's controversial fashion choices in the White House this week.

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4 w. ago Tottenham confirm Fabio Paratici decision more than two years after worldwide football ban

Fabio Paratici is set to become Tottenham's co-sporting director in the new year, with the Italian leaving Juventus to return to north London

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4 w. ago 'Don Fabio is back!' Tottenham announce Fabio Paratici return as part of 'evolution'

Italian returns to Spurs as sporting director to work alongside Johan Lange

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4 w. ago Fendi names Maria Grazia Chiuri as creative director of Italian fashion house

Fendi has named Maria Grazia Chiuri as its new creative director after Silvia Venturini Fendi stepped aside to become honorary president

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