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Another celebrity fashion line, hmm, do we care? Well, perhaps we should care about this celebrity fashion line.
Colombian pop artist Maluma recently announced his fashion line for Macy’s. This collection will be exclusively for Macy’s and feature women and men’s garments. The collection, Royalty by Maluma,” was designed in partnership with Reunited Clothing and has affordable price points ranging from $39.50-$179 with sizes of SX to XXL.
“Royalty by Maluma” is a unique blend of my Latin culture and my love for fashion, with stylish wear-anywhere looks that are versatile for a night out or every day,” said Maluma. “In addition, my partnership with Reunited Clothing for Macy’s represents the American Dream. This will be the first of multiple drops in my collection, that I hope will inspire my fans to dream.”
“Maluma’s impeccable sense of style and inclusive commitment to celebrating the beauty and sexiness of everyone, whoever they are, made him an ideal partner to collaborate with,” added Durand Guion, vice president, Macy’s fashion office, as reported in fashionnetwork.com.
This collection includes bold pops of color and paisley prints. In addition, there are some personal touches from the Colombian pop artists which include his signature crown finishing and patterns inspired by his hometown of Medellin, Colombia.
Most of us would kill to be on the cover of any fashion magazine. But if you are Vice President Kamala Harris, the thrill did not last long.
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Vogue, maybe not
A year ago, VP Kamala Harris graced the cover of American Vogue. Many of us were thrilled to see the newly elected Vice President on the cover of the esteemed fashion magazine. However, a new book, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future,” reveals that Vice President Harris, and her team were not so happy about the images chosen for the Vogue cover.
The February 2021 issue of Vogue has Vice President Harris on the cover in a not-so flattering black pantsuit with Converse sneakers. According to the book, the outfit was self-styled, and Harris received very negative comments on social media about the cover. The Vogue cover was photographer by photographer Tyler Mitchell, who was the first black photographer to photograph a cover for Vogue when he photographer Beyonce for Vogue.
The image that appeared on the cover was leaked out two weeks before the publication of the February issue and many folks felt that the image was beneath the professional character of Harris. Some calling the image “too casual” and too “informal.”
According to the book, Harris was shocked that Vogue chose the “informal” image for the cover. Authors are quoted in the book as saying, “Harris was wounded,” the authors wrote. “She felt belittled by the magazine, asking aides: Would Vogue depict another world leader this way?”
Because of the criticism over the February 21 cover, Vogue released a limited-edition digital issue with Harris in a more flattering powder blue suit by Michael Kors Collection against a gold backdrop. Wagging tongues contend that this was the cover the Kamala Harris wanted and thought this image would appear on the cover.
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Bye, bye Elsa
If you didn’t get the opportunity or were too young to watch Elsa Klensch’s show on CNN’s “Style with Elsa Klensch,” you missed a treat. Elsa Klensch, the host of CNN’s “Style with Elsa Klensch,” died earlier in the month.
“Style with Elsa Klensch” premiered on CNN in 1980. Klensch was of the pioneering journalists of fashion and one of the first to present fashion news and coverage on cable television. Known for signature bobbed hair and Australian accent, Klensch covered runway shows from New York City to Paris to London, Milan, and Tokyo. She also interviewed designers Marc Jacobs, Miuccia Prada, Carolina Herrera, Karl Lagerfeld, and Anna Sui appeared regularly on her show.
“Her show had a tremendous impact on popular perceptions of the fashion industry,” said Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, as reported in thenewyortimes.com. “Prior to this, fashion shows were an industry event, or you had to be a private couture client to be seeing it. Elsa Klensch really opened that up to the public.”
You could see a wide range of designers and not just know their names but their faces and their runway footage, which is now so ubiquitous,” Ms. Steele said. Ms. Klensch, she added, took on the role of intermediary, between the real world and the fashion world. “She looked comfortable but not 100 percent part of it,” added Valerie Steele.
“Style with Elsa Klensch” ended in 2001 after the parent company, Time Warner, laid off 400 employees. “There were corporate changes; it was a good time to go,” she told The Times, adding, “I always said I’d stay at CNN for 20 years, see out the millennium, then find something else.” Elsa Klensch died in her home in Manhattan on March 4. She was 89 years old.
—William S. Gooch
