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  • Fashion | Tech At The Met

    I may not be doing round ups anymore but you can bet I’ve been seriously pouring over the red carpet photos from the 2016 Met Gala held this past weekend in New York.

    This year’s theme was (arguably) the easiest (and least controversial) in years. The Gala celebration for the opening of the new Manus x Machina exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art meant attendee’s were expected to honour the bridge between technology, fashion and the future. The exhibition itself not only celebrates the obvious advances in wearable technology, but the future of the clothes manufacturing process itself, sustainability, and fashion’s influence on social (and visa versa).

    Between the multitudes of Blade Runner inspired gowns, metallic accessories and silver make up there were a choice few really awesome pieces that stuck out and perfectly manifested the theme for me.

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  • Five Fashion Moments | Golden Globes 2016

    Gird your loins fashion aficionados cause January award season in now in full swing and it’s high time for a little change of format going forward.

    The Golden Globe Awards were held just over a week ago in Los Angeles and amongst the highs and lows of the ceremony itself came some serious fashion moments. The ladies of Hollywood certainly brought their a-game on the night! Here are my five fashion moments…

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    If there’s one woman who ferociously stole the show for me was the phenomenal Taraji P Henson. The Empire actress picked up the Best Actress in a Drama Series, for her role as Cookie Lyons, whilst hilariously fighting back valiantly against the ‘wrap up’ music. She looked heavenly in an ivory white Stella McCartney caped gown accompanied by beautiful, simple jewelry by Kimberly McDonald. The look was fresh, clean and oozed power (much like Taraji herself).

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  • Opinion | Is red carpet fashion still relevant?

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    *image via Zimbio

    If you’re a pop-culture vulture like me, when January rolls around the one thing that crosses your mind. It’s the start of the most lavishly opulent two months of the year:

    Awards show season!

    Whilst for most people this psycho-analysing the media winning predictions, or eagerly waiting up at 2am to watch the ceremony on live-streams or on TV, for me my awards show experience focuses almost entirely on the red carpet. Yes, call me sad but I live for the red carpet coverage and more often that not the red carpet can honestly be the most entertaining part of the awards show, especially when the ceremonies end up flopping because of awkward hosts or I get frustrated at the winners/losers lists.

    Obviously I’m not oblivious to the criticisms that have amped up in the past few years namely #AskHerMore, controversy over cultural appropriation and the objectification of many of the women on the red carpet. I wrote a post last year about ‘being nicer’ to the attendees who I’ve actively shamed online when I’ve been writing about these ceremonies.

    But with all of these criticisms and more celebrity women fighting back against the inane ‘what are you wearing’ questions, I question myself as to whether ‘red carpet fashion’ is still relevant in 2016? Does it matter and do people care? What is the ‘carpet’s’ value?

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