After a breakneck couple of years, Brandon Maxwell has learned the value of slowing down. The 2019 CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year award winner and Project Runway judge spent the height of the pandemic at his Brooklyn home and studio, where he rediscovered his love of the design process. As part of ELLE's look at the future of fashion, he tal…
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Maria Grazia Chiuri Wants Fashion to Abandon «Shameful Wastefulness»
For Dior's artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri, the lockdown was a time for reflection on everything from sustainability to the renewed importance of craft (something she showcased in the house's artisan-centric cruise show in July.) As part of ELLE's examination of the future of fashion, the designer shared her thoughts on the "shameful wastefu…
Stella McCartney Is Realistic But Hopeful
During the height of the pandemic, one of fashion's foremost eco-warriors found ample reason to be hopeful for the future. As part of ELLE's look at the future of fashion, Stella McCartney shared why she continues to raise the bar and why sustainability cannot exist without solidarity. You’ve been a champion of sustainable design from your brand…
A Complete List of the CFDA Fashion Award Winners of 2020
While this year's CFDA Fashion Awards lacked the pomp and circumstance offered by its usual star-studded red carpet (we will never forget Jennifer Lopez' abs or Rihanna in Adam Selman), the show went on in order to celebrate America's top fashion designers of the year. The event was originally scheduled for June 8th, 2020, but was canceled in resp…
Lanvin Unites With Ballroom House of Xclusive-Lanvin For Ongoing Partnership
To understand ballroom culture is to know the inner workings of the house. In the ball community, "houses" refer to the collective group of individual performers. They are typically presided over by a central figure, called mother, and named after high-fashion brands or pioneering figures. But very rarely do said fashion labels collaborate with th…
Franzia’s Wine-Dispensing Backpack Is Your New Picnic BFF
We all wish to be as fearless and unbothered as Rihanna carrying a glass of wine (sometimes even a bottle) out of restaurants, hotels, and on vacation. But if you can't muster up the cajones to pull it off, everyone's favorite boxed wine company Franzia just created the perfect happy medium: a wine-dispensing backpack. "Here at Franzia, we've alwa…
Kerby Jean-Raymond and Kering Launch Your Friends in New York
Ian West - PA ImagesGetty Images Kerby Jean-Raymond and Kering are looking to empower the next generation of innovators. Today, the founder of New York fashion label Pyer Moss and the French luxury conglomerate unveiled the next phase of their Your Friends in New York (YFINY) partnership, a platform that launched quietly earlier this year whe…
Normal People Are Our New Muses
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Style Points is a new weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world.Jeannette Wei. Sabrina Pilkati. Ioana Ciocan. These may not be household names, but they’ve all played a big part in fashion recently. Wei is designer Joseph Altuzarra’s grandmother, and her wardrobe helped ins…
Marc Jacobs Releases a Polysexual Collection
Courtesy of Larissa Hofmann/Marc Jacobs Adding to the conversation about gender and sexuality in 2020, Marc Jacobs just dropped a new collection that celebrates polysexuality. (For those not familiar with queer identities, a polysexual person is someone who attracted to multiple genders and identities.) Titled "Heaven," the collection draws o…
Victor Glemaud Enters the Tech World With New Fitbit Collection
Fitbit's ongoing partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America has already produced collaborations with Kim Shui, PH5, Public School and more to produce comfortable bands for the brand's best-selling smartwatches. You can't talk comfort without mentioning the knit connoisseur Victor Glemaud, who is the latest designer to join forces…