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Celine fans rejoice — former creative director Phoebe Philo is returning to fashion! After a more than three-year hiatus, the designer is launching a clothing and accessories label under her own name. And not only will Philo be the label’s lead designer, but its majority owner. Philo’s new brand will have a minority backing from […]

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Happy World Kindness Day!

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Update: There will be 11 scents on offer.

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When I asked stylist Lea-Anne Baxter and art director Alex Gosse about the difference between the female gaze and the male gaze, they looked at me blankly. It took some time before we figured out that the confusion was a matter of homophones: They thought I’d asked about the difference between female “gays” and male […]

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2018 will no doubt go down in popular memory as a very, very bad year. Political headlines tended to dominate the news, and most of them were bleak: Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court despite allegations of sexual misconduct, mass shootings were disturbingly common, and the Toronto van attack hit close to home. […]

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@oldceline first appeared on the internet on September 3rd, the day after the official Celine Instagram had been wiped clear to make way for the vision of incumbent creative director Hedi Slimane. Since then, @oldceline has become an online sanctuary where disciples of Phoebe Philo’s Celine come to indulge in collective nostalgia for the label’s […]

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As if this day couldn’t get any worse, as if women around the world weren’t already feeling simultaneously enraged and deflated after Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh’s testimonies in Washington yesterday, and nursing an emotional hangover the likes of which we haven’t collectively experienced since November 9, 2016, today Hedi Slimane presented his first […]

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On September 2, the official @celine Instagram account got a, um, makeover. Removing all traces of the brand under its former creative leader—yep, it’s been wiped clean of all things Phoebe Philo—the account now has just 19 posts to its name, all of which signify the beginning of the Hedi Slimane reign, starting with the […]

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These days, turning on the news or scrolling through Twitter comes at a price—it feels as if everything we hold dear is under attack. There’s a war on equality, on feminism, on science, on facts, on sanity. In response to this barrage of daily torments, designers the world over are seeking an escape from reality, […]

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In a parallel universe, here’s how this article would have started: with Hillary Clinton winning the United States presidential election. A woman would have broken what many perceive to be the ultimate glass ceiling. Segue from the White House to French fashion houses, and 2016 was a breakthrough year for female designers. Christian Dior and […]

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We can credit the genius of Phoebe Philo for bringing back the Birkenstock out of grandpa’s closet and onto our must-have shopping lists for spring. Céline’s fuzzy, fur-lined sandal kicked off the third coming of the comfort shoe legend last year. After a year in the spotlight, Birkenstocks have returned for a second year with […]

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First Phoebe Philo, now Ralph Rucci. Luxury line Chado Ralph Rucci announced today that it is cancelling its upcoming Fall 2012 runway show, and opting for more intimate showroom appointments instead.

The designer (who you may remember from his diva-esque cameo on Kell on Earth) was set to show on February 12, during the same time slot as Tommy Hilfiger (an undeniable NYFW staple). Of course, this has people questioning whether the Rucci camp moved the show to avoid press and buyer competition with Hilfiger.

Of course Rucci’s sister, Rosina Rucci, shot down all those rumours, telling WWD, “Tommy’s audience is decidedly not ours.”

Others are speculating that this is all about finances, citing Ungaro’s recent decision to cancel its Pre-Fall and Fall shows. But given that Ungaro also sent models with heart-shaped nipple pasties down the runway at the behest of Lindsay Lohan, we find it hard to compare the two.

We hope this isn’t a sign of difficulties (monetary or otherwise) in the Rucci camp. Whatever the reason may be, we just hope we can see snaps of the collection online. We love us some American couture.