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Documentaries centered around the fashion world — in particular, the often-enigmatic designers that power it — have become a powerful subgenre in the nonfiction space for a decade and more.

Designer Thom Browne has long been admired as an American classic, but has more recently become a red carpet fixture and the object of obsession of Hollywood’s A-list. Two-plus decades after his very short pants suit provided a menswear companion to the iconic Dvf wrap dress, Browne is seemingly everywhere — from the kitchens of “The Bear” to the ubiquitous stairs of the Met Gala.

This year marks his own turn in the doc seat with “Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams,” which premiered as a special presentation for last week’s DocNYC film festival. The film, currently seeking distribution, is directed by Reiner Holzemer. No stranger to the high fashion world, Holzemer has turned in nonfiction projects on designers Dries Van Noten and Martin Margiela.

In Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams, German documentarian Reiner Holzemer, whose recent work has included films on the fashion houses of Dries Van Noten and Martin Margiela, tackles a designer with an instantly recognizable aesthetic but an aversion to introspection. That makes Browne a somewhat distant subject, an enigma, as one friend and colleague describes him. He prefers to keep the creative spark tucked away inside his head and let his garments speak for themselves.

But wow, can those clothes talk. In workrooms and especially in extensive footage of runway shows that freely mix the oneiric with the whimsical — all of it coordinated down to the most minute detail — this great-looking doc spotlights collections that fuse impeccable construction with eccentricity and cheeky humor to beguiling effect.

Holzemer seems aware of the potential imbalance between personal and professional access, which makes it a smart strategy to begin by blitzing...

Hermann Vaske on Isabella Rossellini in Can Creativity Save the World?: “That was a set-up interview when she presented Casablanca at MoMA. It had to do with an Ingrid Bergman anniversary …” and Isabella at La Grenouille for David O. Russell’s Joy luncheon in the same Dries Van Noten outfit Photo: courtesy of Hermann Vaske and Anne-Katrin Titze

In the first instalment with Can Creativity Save The World? director Hermann Vaske, we were joined by music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman. In the second instalment we touched upon Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker with a new crop of climate activists, including Luisa Neubauer and Lakshmi Thevasagayam, the power of hope, a couple of Albert Einstein quotes, Garry Kasparov, AI challenges, interesting doublings with Günter Grass and Salman Rushdie, John Cleese, Nick Cave, Slavoj Žižek, Quentin Tarantino, Hans Zimmer, meeting the great Oscar Niemeyer at the Copacabana, Le Corbusier,...

Death has been on Elizabeth Olsen’s mind lately. It started — or, rather, became much more acute — on a recent helicopter ride. The actress was on an East Coast press tour for her new movie, His Three Daughters, and Netflix scheduled a junket day in New York City, followed by a screening out in the Hamptons. The tight turnaround meant that Olsen, her co-star Natasha Lyonne and a studio rep had only one way to get there in time.

“I’ll never do it again,” she says. “It was 45 minutes straight of me creating a narrative about how I’m going to die.” As she’s telling this story, she divulges that, actually, she thinks about her own death all the time. The notion of the chopper hurtling over greater Long Island takes its place in line behind car accidents and random acts of violence.

“Whenever I’m stopping at a red light,...

The Last Show by Dries Van Noten: The End of the Belle Époque in Fashion Xmag UK Xmag Editorial

Dries Van Noten Marks the End of a Golden Era in Fashion with His Final Show, Celebrating Innovation…

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Kelly Ripa from Live with Kelly and Mark always takes the time to promote her friend Andy Cohen and his various projects.

Recently, Andy was on Live to share the exciting news that Watch What Happens Live has been on the air for a whopping 15 years.

One of the things that excited Andy about this appearance was the chance to try to play an informal game of Stump Mark against Mark Consuelos.

The last time Andy co-hosted with his best friend, Kelly, he seemed to love beating a call-in contestant in the game that Mark usually hosts.

Perhaps Andy’s thoughts were on that game when Kelly thought she committed a big faux pax with Andy’s interview.

Kelly’s a professional at doing interviews with her guests, but then, so is Andy, so when Kelly felt she messed up, she had to comment about it.

Kelly felt that she...

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend are unstoppable! They’ll have an empire before we know it! The entrepreneurial couple run different businesses of their own—Chrissy has her Cravings cookware and baking mixes, while John has established his skincare line, Loved01, and wine brand, Lve. Now, the pair is expanding their wealth with the launch of their first-ever joint business venture, Kismet, a pet food and merchandise brand.

Legend and Teigen, dressed in chic ensembles, toured the media circuit on Thursday with two of their four dogs in tow to promote their new venture.

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen visit the media circuit to promote their first-ever joint business venture, pet food and merch brand, Kismet, in New York City (Credit: Roger Wong / INSTARimages)

A Leggy Display in Knitted Briefs

Never one to shy away from flesh-baring outfits, Chrissy Teigen embraced underwear as an outerwear trend, parading her long model...

Dogwoof has boarded international sales for “Thom Browne: The Man Who Fell to Earth,” the first feature documentary about the fashion designer. Dogwoof will present the film to buyers in Cannes this month.

“Thom Browne: The Man Who Fell to Earth,” a working title, marks Dogwoof’s third collaboration with director Reiner Holzemer and producer Aminata Sambe following 2016’s “Dries,” an intimate portrait of the fashion designer Dries Van Noten, and 2019’s “Martin Margiela: In His Own Words,” about one of the most revolutionary and influential fashion designers of his time.

“Thom Browne: The Man Who Fell to Earth” follows the ascent to fashion stardom of Browne, whose career is based on the unconventional single concept of the tailored gray suit. His fashion line has garnered A-list collaborators and fans on the way such as Michelle Obama, Billie Eilish, Zendaya, Cardi B and David Bowie, who famously wore Browne’s...

What celebrities wear to awards shows is, at this point, pretty predicable. The protocol of Hollywood legacy demands they dress at least relatively tame.

But fashion people going to an awards show where they’re the celebs? There are no decorum dictates there! From gowns to shorts, heels to moto boots, fur to chiffon, minis to maxis, trad plaids to 3D florals, it was all on show at The Daily Front Row’s Eighth Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards on Sunday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel — on ladies and gentlemen.

At this awards show — where honorees included the legendary Bob Mackie, A-list hairstylist Adir Abergel, makeup artist Rachel Goodwin, models Elsa Hosk and Amelia Gray, and The Hollywood Reporter co-editor-in-chief Maer Roshan — the dress code “anything goes” is an understatement.

The Daily, for those who don’t know, is a two-decade-old broadsheet magazine full of supermodels, designers and editors,...

One of the world’s most beloved fashion figures announced Tuesday that he’s stepping down from his eponymous brand. Belgian designer Dries Van Noten, 65, made the announcement in a letter sent to friends of the label.

“In the early 80’s, as a young guy in Antwerp, my dream was to have a voice in fashion,” Van Noten wrote. “Through a journey that brought me to London, Paris … that dream has come true. Now I want to shift my focus to all the things I never had time for.” This means his exceptionally well-reviewed fall 2024 women’s collection, shown in Paris weeks ago, will be his last. His fall menswear show in June 2024 is his official finale.

The uniquely Dries look — dubbed “audacious everyday” by Wwd — combined Boho flowy fits with avant-garde prints. Singularly stylish Cate Blanchett donned Dries on the carpet many times. As did Maggie Gyllenhaal, including at the 2010 Oscars,...

Kim Kardashian, Hailey Bieber, and Salma Hayek were just a few of the stars to attend the 2023 Baby2Baby Gala Presented By Paul Mitchell on Saturday night (November 11) at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif.

So many other celebrities stepped out to celebrate the event, including the likes of Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana and Jessica Alba. In fact, more than 50 stars were on the guestlist.

Since it was such a big event, we pulled together photos of everyone who attended. That way you can see what they were wearing and who was there!

Head inside to see all of the photos from the 2023 Baby2Baby Gala…

Keep scrolling to see all of the photos from the 2023 Baby2BabyGala…

Baby2Baby co-CEOs Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein

Fyi: Norah is wearing Andrew Gn, and Kelly is wearing Chanel SS23 Rtw.

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Jenna Dewan and Steve Kazee

Fyi: Jenna is wearing Monique Lhuillier.

Genius conductor. Illustrious composer. Author. Professor. The magnificent (and very much fictional) Lydia Tár — the tricky virtuoso at the center of Todd Field’s masterful psychodrama “TÁR” — is all of those things and then some, dwelling in the wealthy and privileged corners of the international classical music community with impeccable style, both understated and powerful.

Played by a haunting Cate Blanchett, Tár inhabits an exclusive intersection of art, expertise, and intellectualism that is rooted in Berlin but spans continents, one that the film’s renowned costume designer Bina Daigeler and production designer Marco Bittner Rosser bring to life with upscale finesse, through the glories and fault lines of the problematic master’s legacy as she falls from grace.

To Daigeler, minimalism was one of the vital keywords of Tár’s wardrobe, a quality she put front and center, contrasting some of the dazzlingly maximalist work she’s made her name with,...

Dancer Rebbi Rosie, who has performed with Beyonce, Pharrell, J. Lo and Nicki Minaj, among others, has been cast in the new installment of Starz’s re-imagined Step Up series. Keiynan Lonsdale (The Flash) and Power alum Enrique Murciano also are set as series regulars in the series, joining Christina Milian and Ne-Yo. Additionally, Terayle Hill (Cobra Kai) has been upped to regular in the series which hails from creator and executive producer Holly Sorensen, Starz and Lionsgate Television. Starz will air the first two seasons of the series beginning Friday, March 5 across all platforms.

Inspired by the Step Up Lionsgate film franchise that grossed over $600 million at the worldwide box office, the original series centers on Sage Odom (Ne-Yo) as the legendary founder of Atlanta’s famed High Water Performing Art School. Collette (Milian is the Queen of High Water and Sage Odom’s partner in art, business, and love.

The reimagined Step Up series is starting to take shape at Starz.

The premium cabler announced today that Rebbi Rosie, whose credits include dancing with the likes of Beyonce, Pharrell, J. Lo and Nicki Minaj, has joined the cast of the series along with new series regular cast members Keiynan Lonsdale, and Power alum Enrique Murciano.

Additionally, returning favorite Terayle Hill has been upped to series regular.

Step Up is produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television.

Beginning March 5, the first two seasons of the hit series will be available on Starz across all platforms and airing on Starz Fridays at 8Pm Et/Pt.

Inspired by the Step Up Lionsgate film franchise that grossed over $600 million at the worldwide box office, the series centers on Sage Odom (Ne-Yo) as the legendary founder of Atlanta’s famed High Water Performing Art School.

Collette is the Queen of High Water, and Sage Odom’s partner in art,...

You may have heard his name uttered by Kanye West or Migos in songs but Martin Margiela isn’t necessarily a household name when it comes to fashion — but it should be. One of the most elusive designers in the fashion industry, there are barely any photos of him on the internet, but his work speaks for itself. In the Oscilloscope documentary, Martin Margiela: In His Own Words, filmmaker Reiner Holzemer takes us behind the scenes of the career of the titular avant-garde.

With the docu, Margiela breaks his no-interview policy and aversion to being in the public eye as Holzemer puts the spotlight on the “Banksy of fashion”. He worked as Jean Paul Gaultier’s assistant and was the creative director at Hermès before he started his own fashion house. For the first time, Margiela reveals his drawings, notes, and personal items in this intimate profile of his vision...

The nominees for the 2020 Cfda Fashion Awards are here! The Council of Fashion Designers of America announced on Monday that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are among the designers up for an accolade this year. The stylish sisters have been nominated in two categories for their chic fashion label, The Row. Tom Ford, Gabriela Hearst and Dries Van Noten also received multiple...

As Oscilloscope Laboratories’ Dan Berger says, “Documentary….but make it fashion.” O-scope is set to send innovative fashion designer Martin Margiela down the cinematic runway. The company founded by Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch has acquired the North American rights to the documentary Martin Margiela: In His Own Words which puts the spotlight on the elusive Belgian designer. O-scope will release the feature later this year.

Directed by Reiner Holzemer, the docu premiered at 2019 Doc NYC. The film features interviews with Margiela — a man who almost never appeared in public let alone talked to press. From Jean Paul Gaultier’s assistant to creative director at Hermes to leading his own brand, stayed considerably hidden as he reinvented fashion with his radical style for over twenty years through 41 provocative collections. His pieces are defined by a tag that features a grid of numbers and he has been dubbed the “Banksy of...

Ciara and husband and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson pulled out complimentary silk suits on October 31 in honor of longtime friends Beyoncé and Jay-Z. The couple styled themselves after Bey and Jay’s iconic Dries van Noten look in the artists’ collaborative Apes**T music video. View this post on Instagram From the Wilsons to the […]

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Elias Ronnenfelt holds a colorful bouquet as he and his bandmates perform on a stage of flowers in the new Iceage video for “Under the Sun.” The track is the new single from the Danish rock band’s fourth album, Beyondless.

The video was shot in Tokyo during Iceage’s “Opening Nights” residencies, an inter-continental exhibition that was staged in several cities including NYC and Los Angeles. In this clip, the band collaborates with famed floral artist Makoto Azuma, whose famous frozen flower sculptures set the backdrop for the dramatic tune.

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from Season 1 of “Killing Eve,” except for the finale.]

Actress Jodie Comer loved her patterned “Killing Eve” suit so much, she wanted to take it home with her and wear it. The only problem? It’s so indelibly linked to her assassin character Villanelle that she’d just end up looking like the killer herself. That’s perhaps not the impression she’d like to make in real life.

“It was super comfortable, I actually really wanted it but then by the time it got to the end of the show I was like ‘It’s too much,’” she said in an interview with IndieWire. “If I wore it on the streets I’d feel a bit weird. People would be like, ‘What the hell have you done?’ So better not, better just give that one up.”

The suit is one of the many iconic looks that Villanelle wears on the BBC America...

The story of Martin Margiela will be traced in “Without Compromise,” a new feature doc that is being made with the cooperation of the influential Belgian fashion designer. Margiela changed the fashion world. He was part of the avante-garde Antwerp movement and founded the Maison Margiela fashion house.

Film-meets-fashion project “Without Compromise” is in production for a 2019 release. It will be the first doc on the complete career of Margiela, a man so elusive and private that no official photograph has ever been released and who has been dubbed “the fashion world’s answer to Banksy.”

The feature comes from Reiner Holzemer, whose previous work includes “Dries,” the film about designer Dries Van Noten. That was sold by Dogwoof, which has also boarded “Without Compromise.” It will present the project to buyers at Cannes.

Aminata Sambe is producing the Margiela film. “Dogwoof has an incomparable slate of world-class quality documentaries...

This is the diary Angela Schanelec wrote when she visited Marseilles in March 2002 in preparation to making her film Marseille, released in 2004. Originally translated and published as a complement to the fifth issue of Fireflies, which celebrates the cinema of Angela Schanelec and Agnès Varda. Angela Schanelec's Marseilles. Courtesy of Schramm Film.Marseilles, 1-10 March 2002 My mood was free of all desire.—Walter Benjamin, Hashish in MarseillesFriday. Marseilles, Provence. At the airport you can choose your destination: Aix, Marseilles, the sea or the mountains. You can see the mountains, light and craggy, beyond the airfield. The highway passes through urban canyons in the middle of the city. The houses are the same colour as the mountains. Le Corbusier’s Cité radieuse. In Marseilles there are innumerable buildings like this one, unit agglomerations designed with varying degrees of passion, each unit a cell housing life. The hotel is on the third floor,...

Sneak Peek footage, plus images of actress and former "Victoria's Secret" model Caitriona Balfe, aka 'Claire Randall' in the Starz romantic adventure series "Outlander":

Aside from her Victoria's Secret work, Balfe has represented many top European fashion brands including...

...Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Michael Kors, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Dior, Burberry, Kenzo...

...Louis Vuitton, H&M, Marc Jacobs, Valentino...

...Cacharel, Roberto Cavalli, Hugo Boss, Dkny, Moschino, Prada, Fendi, Armani...

...Dries van Noten, Calvin Klein and Chanel.

Balfe's fashion magazine covers include "Vogue", "Harper's Bazaar" and "Elle".

Her film acting career includes "Super 8", "Now You See Me" and "Escape Plan".

She continues to play 'Claire Randall (Fraser)' in the "Outlander" TV series, adapting the novels by author Diana Gabaldon.

In the series, Claire is an Irish, married World War II nurse visiting Scotland, who finds herself somehow transported from 1945 back to 1743. 

There she finds adventure, war and...

Over the course of her brief, yet insanely high-profile modeling career, Gigi Hadid has proven she is a woman of many talents. Of course, she can stomp the catwalk with the best of them and has enough iconic faces to put Derek Zoolander to shame, but she also has a number of gifts outside of the field of wearing clothing professionally. For example, she almost became a pro volleyball player instead of a world famous model, she’s a whiz in the kitchen, she designs entire collections for Tommy Hilfiger, and she and her sister Bella are certified karaoke champions.

Take another look @ former "Victoria's Secret" model Caitriona Balfe, aka 'Claire Randall' in the romantic adventure TV series "Outlander":

Aside from her Victoria's Secret work, Balfe has represented many top European fashion brands including...

...Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Dior, Burberry, Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, H&M, Marc Jacobs, Valentino...

...Cacharel, Roberto Cavalli, Hugo Boss, Dkny, Moschino, Prada, Fendi, Armani...

...Dries van Noten, Calvin Klein and Chanel.

Balfe's fashion magazine covers include "Vogue", "Harper's Bazaar" and "Elle".

Her film acting career includes "Super 8", "Now You See Me" and "Escape Plan".

She continues to play 'Claire Randall (Fraser)' in the "Outlander" TV series, adapting the novels by author Diana Gabaldon.

In the series, Claire is an Irish, married World War II nurse visiting Scotland, who finds herself somehow transported from 1945 back to 1743. 

There she finds adventure, war and romance with the dashing Highland warrior 'Jamie Fraser'.

Sneak Peek former "Victoria's Secret" model Caitriona Balfe, aka 'Claire Randall' in the "Barry Lyndon"-inspired Starz romantic adventure TV series "Outlander":

Aside from her Victoria's Secret work, Balfe has represented many top European fashion brands including...

...Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Dior, Burberry, Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, H&M, Marc Jacobs, Valentino...

...Cacharel, Roberto Cavalli, Hugo Boss, Dkny, Moschino, Prada, Fendi, Armani...

...Dries van Noten, Calvin Klein and Chanel.

Balfe's fashion magazine covers include "Vogue", "Harper's Bazaar" and "Elle".

Her film acting career includes "Super 8", "Now You See Me" and "Escape Plan".

She continues to play 'Claire Randall (Fraser)' in the "Outlander" TV series, adapting the novels by author Diana Gabaldon.

In the series, Claire is an Irish, married World War II nurse visiting Scotland, who finds herself somehow transported from 1945 back to 1743. 

There she finds adventure, war and romance with the dashing...

Exclusive: Documentary company closes sales on 78/52, Dries, and Citizen Jane: Battle For The City.

UK documentary specialists Dogwoof has racked up a series of deals on its European Film Market slate.

Alexandre O. Phillippe’s 78/52, which Dogwoof acquired in Sundance, has gone to Scandinavia (Non Stop Entertainment) and Spain (A Contracorriente). The film is a close-up look at Alfred Hitchock’s iconic shower scene from Psycho and had its Efm market premiere on Friday (Feb 10).

Reiner Holzemer’s Dries, an intimate portrait of the fashion designer Dries Van Noten, has gone to: Japan (New Select), Hong Kong (Edo), Belgium (Dalton); Australia and New Zealand (Madman); with an in-flight world deal (excluding United Kingdom and Australia) signed with Jaguar.

Matt Tynauer’s Citizen Jane: Battle For The City, the story of journalist and activist Jane Jacobs and her battles with New York town planner Robert Moses, has sold to: Hong Kong (Edko); Commonwealth of Independent States (Beat Films); Italy...

Avoiding wardrobe malfunctions and slip-and-fall mishaps are not the only concerns celebrities have on the red carpet.

While the Golden Globes are one of the biggest nights of the year for the entertainment industry, it’s also one the biggest night for fashion houses hoping to land their designs on the Best Dressed lists. But for some designers, their foreign or unconventional names don’t always roll off the tongues of the famous faces donning their apparel. And the difference between making a fashion statement and making the wrong statement affects both the reputation of the wearer and the recognition...

We love seeing Barack Obama mingle with celebrities, but the one thing that always tops it all is when he's being cute with Michelle. On Tuesday, the couple stepped out together at the Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony in Washington DC. In addition to holding hands and flashing their winning smiles, Barack and Michelle were dressed to the nines. The president looked dapper in a black suit, while Michelle dazzled in a Dries Van Noten silk robe dress and gemstone earrings that perfectly complemented the look. The event, which honors individuals who have made "especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors," brought out all 21 recipients, including Diana Ross, Tom Hanks, and Ellen DeGeneres, who almost didn't make it inside because she forgot her ID. Related:25 Hilarious GIFs That Prove Barack Obama...

Sneak Peek images of actress and former "Victoria's Secret" model Caitriona Balfe, aka 'Claire Randall' in the "Barry Lyndon"-inspired Starz romantic adventure TV series "Outlander", recently renewed for a third and fourth season:

Aside from her Victoria's Secret work, Balfe has represented many top European fashion brands including...

...Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Dior, Burberry, Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, H&M, Marc Jacobs, Valentino...

...Cacharel, Roberto Cavalli, Hugo Boss, Dkny, Moschino, Prada, Fendi, Armani...

...Dries van Noten, Calvin Klein and Chanel.

Balfe's fashion magazine covers include "Vogue", "Harper's Bazaar" and "Elle".

Her film acting career includes "Super 8", "Now You See Me" and "Escape Plan".

She continues to play 'Claire Randall (Fraser)' in the "Outlander" TV series, adapting the novels by author Diana Gabaldon.

In the series, Claire is an Irish, married World War II nurse visiting Scotland, who finds herself somehow transported from 1945 back to 1743. 

There she finds adventure,...