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New York City wagging fashion tongues are really wagging as it was recently announced that Peter Do will be the new creative director at Helmut Lang. The Vietnamese designer new gig is effective next Monday.
Peter Do will remain at his eponymous brand will assuming his post at Helmut Lang. His first collection for Helmut Lang, fall 2024, will be seen at New York Fashion Week in September.
“Last year, when I was thinking about the next move in my career, one thing remained consistent even when everything else felt uncertain. I needed to continue doing my part in helping the city I love most regain its stature as the center of gravity for everyone who cares about radical thinking in fashion,” he wrote, as reported in dailyfrontrow.com.
“During the most formative days of my own fashion education, no one embodied this spirit more definitively than Helmut Lang. As such, it is my deep honor to be entrusted with ushering in the next chapter of Helmut Lang’s legacy. I am thrilled to learn from the foundations this house stands on and to continue creating new, energetic clothes that inspire people to challenge their understanding of what is possible when it comes to expressing their individuality,” Peter Do continued.
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Sexy Martha
Who says nothing exciting happens to anyone in fashion who is over the age of 60? Well, Martha Stewart has proven that a life in fashion can extend even past 80. Stewart, aged 81, has landed the cover of the 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimwear Issue.
“When I heard that I was going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated [Swimwear], I thought, ‘Oh, that’s pretty good, I’m going to be the oldest person I think ever on a cover of Sports Illustrated,’” Stewart said, adding, “And I don’t think about age very much, but I thought that this is kind of historic.”
Martha posed for the 2023 swimsuit issue in the Dominican Republic. The 2023 swimsuit showcases Stewart in a total of ten looks.
Martha Stewart started her professional modeling career at age 15. Later, her lifestyle company became an international media sensation. Stewart’s modeling career in terms of longevity now ranks with Carmen dellO’refice, and Maye Musk.
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Timothée Chalamet’s new job
Chanel continues to employ new brand ambassadors. And actor Timothée Chalamet has become one of the new faces of Chanel.
The brand has chosen Chalamet as the new face of men’s fragrance, Bleu de Chanel. Chalamet will film a commercial for the Bleu de Chanel fragrance in New York City. The commercial will be directed by Martin Scorsese.
Though Chalamet has never had any affiliation or connection to Chanel, he has been a red-carpet favorite for many fashion brands. “With a dynamic energy as raw as it is refined, the 27-year-old actor has gained a distinguished worldwide reputation, while still at the dawn of his career. Apart from his audacious style and unapologetic charm, Timothée Chalamet personifies the visionary and edgy spirit of the next chapter of Bleu de Chanel: a man who does not limit himself to the ordinary boundaries life sets and looks beyond what is visible,” explained the brand in a statement, relating to the brand’s reasons for choosing Chalamet, as detailed in a fashionnetwork.com article.
Chalamet rose to fame after his 2017 Oscar-nominated performance in Luca Guadagnino’s 2017 coming of age film “Call Me by Your Name.”
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