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After having presented many of his works at Cannes Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar has been chosen to be the president of the jury of the 70th edition of the competition, which will take place in the French sea city from May 17 to 28.

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Movies set in dystopian worlds are very popular nowadays. After The Hunger Games series and The Lobster, another science fiction drama is about to hit the big screen, starring IBW favourite Kristen Stewart next to About a Boy and A Single Man star Nicholas Hoult.

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After having launched a guitar for girls with room for breasts, feminist musician (and Cara Delevingne’s girlfriend) Annie Clark – aka St. Vincent – has just unveiled a new project: she is, in fact, working on her first movie.

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Woody Allen’s career knows no bounds. The 80-year-old American director, who has always been more celebrated in Europe than within his own country, is ready to conquer Cannes Film Festival – again.

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The term Renaissance Man seemed to be invented for Luca Guadagnino. Born in 1971, the Italian has made his mark on the world of cinema, opera and fashion. His new film, A Bigger Splash, inspired by the 1969 pyscho-sexual drama La Piscine and starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts and Dakota Johnson will be out tomorrow.

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James Franco is ready for a new adventure. After having written a book about singer and friend Lana Del Rey and worked as a film teacher at Palo Alto High School, the American polymath goes back to his first love: acting.

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Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise have been one of those couples Hollywood will never forget. Something like Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder, or Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, just to give you an idea.

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Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee are two (very) different directors, that’s a matter of fact. What only a few know is that the two have been in a secret fight since the mid-90s, when they worked together during the shoot of “Girl 6” (1996).

According to Johnny Depp, he and his daughter Lily-Rose have a wonderful relationship. Contrary to what happens in many other (more traditional) families, there are no secrets between them.

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What do Rihanna and Cara Delevingne have in common? First of all, they are super popular. Secondly, they are both going to star in Luc Besson’s next movie: “Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planets”.

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There is a story which strongly marked the crime news of America at the end of the 19th century. It’s the one of Lizzie Borden, who was tried and then acquitted for the axe murders of her father and her stepmother.

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All David Lynch fans out there listen. The master of mystery is going to write a memoir about his life, because apparently nobody has ever really understood him.

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With SPECTRE premiering worldwide in the beginning of November, we talked to Lea about her heroine Madeleine Swann, reinventing the image of the Bond girl, insecurities and her path to acting.

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"You can take obvious things out but it’s a little harder to add obvious things in." With her deeply experimental and original movies, indie actor-director Josephine Decker is the talk of the moment. We met her to discuss her next sci-fi web serie, TV, feminism and apps for dating.

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Tim Walker has been chosen to shoot the 2018 Pirelli Calendar. For those who’ve been cherishing and following the British photographer’s surreal work over the years, this might sound like an odd match, but recently The Cal – that’s how its founders like to call it – has been experimenting with new, different styles.

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After creating Dismaland, a dystopian theme park in Weston-super-Mare, and a permanent art bunker in East London, Banksy is back with a new, unconventional project.

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Sometimes, a runway show is not just a mere presentation of clothes and accessories on a glamour stage. Sometimes, it is about telling a story, and making powerful statements.

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Ever since his appointment at the helm of Calvin Klein last August, Raf Simons has never hidden his desire to bring the American house back to his original splendour.

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On the year of the 20th anniversary of his death, Notorious B.I.G. will be the protagonist of the first official documentary about his (short) life.

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Fashion and politics have never been so close: during the latest edition of Paris men’s fashion week, Demna Gvasalia brought on his Balenciaga’s fall-winter 2017 runway a logo which immediately recalled the blue, red, and white one used by Bernie Sanders for his US presidential campaign last year.

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After Lily-Rose Depp, Kaya Gerber and Iris Law, there’s another famous child who’s entered the fashion system these days.

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Now that Hedi Slimane is out of the fashion circle focusing on photography, Demna Gvasalia is the one carrying on his research of fresh and cool faces from the art world for his shows.

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Last November Loewe threw a huge party for the inauguration of its the new, massive store on Calle Serrano in Madrid.

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Almost a year has passed since Hedi Slimane said goodbye to Saint Laurent to leave his place to Anthony Vaccarello.

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She had been hinting at it on her Instagram account over the past 24 hours and now we finally have the confirmation: FKA Twigs is the new face of Nike Women.

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On the opening day of London Fashion Week Men’s, which debuted last Friday, January 6th, a male model in particular captured the attention of the press and public during Topman Design’s AW17 show.

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Satirical and realistic at the same time, Martin Parr is the photographer who’s probably best represented the British society’s habits (and flaws) over the past 40 years.

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After choosing Bella Hadid for his latest FW16 campaign, J.W. Anderson has tapped the mother of all it girls for his freshly released SS17 campaign: Chloë Sevigny.

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Although the Hedi Slimane’s era feels so far away now, one of its latest faces is back in the brand’s business. After having walked for Saint Laurent’s SS16 show and having posed for Hedi’s iconic online diary alongside her brother Misha, Staz Lindes has just been named Yves Saint Laurent Beauté’s new face for Makeup.

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Last July the music world was surprised by the release of a new song by Justice, “Safe and Sound”, the lead single from their new studio album “Woman”, which was officially released last November 18th.

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Who better than Juergen Teller, one of the most provocative photographers of our time, could have been picked to curate an exhibition about Robert Mapplethorpe, whose sexually-explicit work has indelibly marked the history of fashion photography?

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Only a couple of weeks ago British photographer Harley Weir made the news for having had her Instagram account deleted after posting a picture portraying a young woman posing naked while on her period.

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If you live in Paris or are a usual reader of independent magazines, you have surely heard about the Gucci Gang. Thaïs Klapisch, Crystal Murray, Annabelle Ferrera and Angelina Woreth – these are the names of its members – are four 15-year-old girls making their way in the fashion industry thanks to their bold style, made out of vintage pieces, men’s wear and some Gucci items, of course.

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Alessandro Michele has been the latest, in chronological order, to be chosen to curate an issue of the prestigious A Magazine Curated by, the annual magazine founded by Belgian designer Water Van Beirendonck which lets the reader into the minds of the most inspiring fashion insiders of our time.

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One of the most charming and mysterious singers of all time, Nico will always be remembered as the blonde angel who accompanied the Velvet Underground in their debut album, namely The Velvet Underground & Nico.

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Remember “La Haine”? The 1995 French movie directed by Mathieu Kassovitz which depicted the life and daily fights of three young friends living in the suburbs of Paris? The black and white drama, starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, is the main inspiration behind A$AP Rocky’s latest endeavour: “Money Man”.

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It happened again. Another (famous) fashion designer has left the House he was working for in search of a new adventure. The latest news comes from Florence: Peter Dundas has left Roberto Cavalli’s creative direction after only 19 months from his appointment.

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Despite her premature death, Janis Joplin will always be remembered as an emblem of female rock’n’roll worldwide. It is no coincidence that, in 2016, Canadian director Sean Durkin is working on a movie dedicated the iconic ‘60s singer.

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Quirky French trio Naïve New Beaters kicked up a storm on YouTube in 2007 with the music video for their first single “Bang Bang”, a string of EP’s followed along with their highly-acclaimed debut album “Wallace” hitting our iPod shuffles in 2009.

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If you were wondering where the Justice had been for all of this time, you may finally receive the answer you were looking for.

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Looking at Pierre Hardy’s shoe collections you wouldn’t believe the eclectic French designer has been at the helm of Hermès’ footwear department since 1990.

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Ever since David Bowie died at 69 last January, the music world has never stopped commemorating his myth. While his music repertoire has been played unrelentingly in every corner of the globe, only few celebrated his other talent: acting.

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Willy Vanderperre is one of the most-wanted photographers in the fashion industry nowadays. His CV includes cover shots for the most prestigious magazines worldwide and works for brands such as Raf Simons – the first to believe in his talent –, Dior Homme and Prada.

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At a time when the men’s fashion business is facing a crisis and brands are increasingly opting for co-ed shows, Demna Gvasalia debuted today in Paris with the first Balenciaga’s men’s wear runway in the history of the House.

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#YSL01. That’s the hashtag chosen by (Yves) Saint Laurent to accompany the first images and short videos which announce Anthony Vaccarello’s work for the House.

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15 Place Vendôme, 75001 Paris. This is an address you should note down. It is that of the Ritz Paris, iconic hotel which has just reopened its doors after four years of renovation works.

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Derek Ridgers is a photographer whose work is an emblem of British (sub)culture. Born in Chiswick, London, in 1952, he documented London’s music and clubbing scene throughout his career, with a focus of the punk movement.

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What happens when the most fashion-addicted American rapper of all times meets the wunderkind of avant-garde British fashion? You can find it out by looking at the capsule collection JW Anderson is about to launch in collaboration with A$AP Rocky.

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Last Monday all eyes were on Louis Vuitton’s creative director, Nicolas Ghesquière, who set up an amazing Cruise show at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro.

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20-year-old pop-prodigy, YouTube sensation and Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan, has emerged as the next big voice in music and a 21st century style icon. We caught up with him to talk fame and influence, weird encounters with fans, and what the future may hold.

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If you work in the fashion system, or gravitate towards it, Lotta Volkova’s name is probably one you have often heard about lately.

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We met Ezra Petronio the founder and creative director of Self Service Magazine and half of the brains behind the 'visual laboratory of advertising design' Petronio Associates (founded in 1993 with former partner Suzanne Koller) to discuss progressive thinking, inspirations and the notion of time.

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Last August Antonio Banderas enrolled in a bespoke programme at the most prestigious fashion school worldwide: London’s Central Saint Martins. He shared the news through his Instagram account, defining his new experience “Intense, exciting, serious and fun at the same time”.

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All good things come to an end. It may be the case for Vetements’ success: after a year of extraordinary achievements – culminated last October with the appointment of Demna Gvasalia as Balenciaga new Creative Director – the brand seems to have already ‘bored’ some fashion insiders, but not only.

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Xavier Veilhan is a multifaceted artist. Born in Lyon in 1963, he moved to Paris to pursue his art studies and never stopped dealing with his creative skills ever since.

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Few people know that François Pinault, in addition to being one of the most powerful men in the luxury industry, is also a passionate art collector. He already owns Palazzo Grassi in Venice (iconic building which regularly hosts art exhibitions) and has just announced he will showcase part of his own art collection at the Bourse de Commerce de Paris.

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Besides being probably the most iconic contemporary French actress worldwide, Léa Seydoux has always been courted by the fashion world.

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As many young designers of his generation, Gosha Rubchinskiy has become famous for the peculiar faces he puts on his runway shows. Many come from Moscow, his hometown, matching the strong post-Soviet aesthetic of his collections.

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Following Vetements’ success, for his debut at Balenciaga Demna Gvasalia decided to keep his casting original – which means including peculiar, often street-casted, faces. One of them was Ukranian model Iana Godnia, chosen among hundreds of candidates to be part of this major event.

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“Stylist-entrepreneur and model at request”. This is how Luka Sabbat describes himself in the caption of his 193k Instagram account – an ambitious portrayal for an 18-year-old guy. Yet it’s all true. So true that The New York Times has just labelled him as “the coolest teenager on the Internet”.

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Every time Chloë Sevigny wears something, it becomes a hit. It’s been like that since the very beginning of her (brilliant) career, since when she was a troubled adolescent walking around New York’s suburbs for Larry Clark.

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One month after the end of fashion month, Azzedine Alaïa presented yesterday in Paris his collection for next fall/winter. He did so at his rue de Moussy headquarters, in the heart of the Marais district.

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At a time where racial issues are the order of the day, Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent life companion and former business partner – expressed a very strong opinion about the matter, criticising those fashion brands producing items dedicated to the Muslim market.

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In the digital era, it is not rare to see news (or characters) transformed into viral phenomena. Some of them become so widespread over the web that people start making “memes” out of them – literally: “ideas that spreads like a virus by word of mouth, email, blogs etc”.

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It’s a real chance when someone like Jonathan Anderson notices your work and decides to do business with you. This is basically how his collaboration with British photographer, artist and illustrator Ian David Baker was born.

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After Marni, Hood By Air, Moschino and Juun.J, Gosha Rubchinskiy will be the menswear guest at the Summer edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, slated for June 14 to 17 in Florence.

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If you’re a Vêtements fan – as well as a Jacquemus, Courrèges and now Balenciaga one – her face is probably extremely familiar to you. Clara 3000, born Deshayes, is the DJ – don’t call her “DJette”! – who’s shacking the Parisian music landscape nowadays.

How does it feel to be the daughter of the most iconic pop star of all times? There’s only one person who supposedly knows the answer, and is of course Lourdes Maria Leon.

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After Lily-Rose Depp, chosen as the face of Chanel Pearl Eyewear campaign last July, another Hollywood’s child is ready to conquer the storied French House.Willow Smith – besides being a promise of the music industry – has just been nominated Chanel’s new Ambassador.

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Last Sunday ratified a very important moment for the fashion system. Demna Gvasalia presented in Paris his very first collection for Balenciaga, following his appointment as creative director of the House last October, after Alexander Wang’s departure.

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Belgian-born designer Glenn Martens, an Antwerp graduate, has been shaking things up at artisanal Paris based label Y/Project since 2013.

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Carla Sozzani is the founder behind the much-lauded concept store, 10 Corso Como - a longtime fashion editor and the Sister of Italian Vogue’s Ed-in-Chief Franca - Sozzani’s vision for a living magazine evolved into a trendsetting gallery-cum-lifestyle emporium which has become the destination for global cool.

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It all started on December 2014. Frida Giannini and her husband Patrizio di Marco – back then Gucci's CEO – left the brand after three quarters of declining sales. In January 2015, Alessandro Michele led the team who designed Gucci men’s AW15 collection and shortly afterwards was nominated new creative director of the Florentine House.

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Damien Hirst is a living example of artist-star. Born in Bristol in 1965, he became popular as part of the YBAs – Young British Artists – collective, a group of visual artists that achieved considerable fame during the ‘90s. His work has always been drenched with paradoxes and provocations, including his latest project: a very peculiar restaurant in the heart of London.

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Take Michel Gaubert – the most iconic sound director in the fashion industry. Add Chloë Sevigny – indie muse all over the world. Mix them up and you’ll obtain the soundtrack of the season.

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After learning the news that Florence Welch has been named Gucci’s new Jewelry and Timepieces ambassador you could easily wonder why this hadn’t happened before. Florence and The Machine’s lead singer is the perfect incarnation of Alessandro Michele’s 70s inspired, Bohemian and ethereal style.

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Formed in mid-2013 by lead singer and bassist Julia Cumming guitarist and singer Nick Kivlen and drummer Jacob Faber, the band is currently considered as one of the most promising project in the indie scene.

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In an era in which fashion is facing a big creative and economic crisis – and technology has drastically changed the way people perceive it – brands have gradually started to think of new ways to make their fashion shows more prolific.

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From the Wild West to the youth subcultures of the high street and hyped-up catwalk variations, denim has become the timeless and normalised uniform of the masses - chameleon-like in its transformations and DIY customisations over the years from worker to rebel fabric - the blue stuff is ingrained in our collective consciousness as an era-defying and identity-defining wardrobe staple.

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If you search for Robert Mapplethorpe’s self-portraits on the internet you will bump into the black and white photographs of a charming young man, with piercing blue eyes, dark thick hair and a black leather jacket. As The Guardian points out, he looked like a modern James Dean, and someone actually decided to make him the protagonist of a movie.

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These days FKA Twigs has appeared among the protagonists of Calvin Klein’s #mycalvins SS16 campaign, shot by Tyrone Lebon.

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Good news coming for all the (Yves) Saint Laurent fans all over the world. Next year, the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation in Paris will be turned into a permanent museum.

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It’s a new era for Christoper Kane. The British designer, whose eponymous brand is owned by Kering, has unveiled his very first advertising campaign.

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If you’re a fashion insider, his name is probably very familiar to you. If you’re not, some of his shots will certainly be.

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On January 10 this year, the death of David Bowie shocked the whole world. It left us without one of the most rich and emblematic music figure ever seen, and touching tributes to the artist started to proliferate in every single art field.

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Only a few days ago we talked about J.W.Anderson’s brilliant idea to broadcast his AW16 show live on Grindr. Today the Irish designer released the (only) image of his SS16 campaign, and it’s no less surprising.

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A few days ago American model Hari Nef landed in Milan, Italy, on the occasion of men’s fashion week. Shortly afterwards Gucci spread the news from its official Instagram account, announcing the girl was going to take over the brand’s Snapchat.

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Never underestimate the power of breasts, they can shutdown Instagram for one thing. And it’s probably fair to say that bouncing around in a bikini on the beach (in Baywatch), or as a Playboy bunny, definitely helped make Pamela Anderson’s breasts (and her), a powerful household name.

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If once publishing a book represented the achievement of a whole career – in writing, precisely – recently we learnt that, especially in fashion, anyone can make it.

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Only a few days after the (retracted) rumours about his departure from Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane is back with a new music project.

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How many times you’ve watched a music video by Hole and whished you were one of them? Four years after their final split, the 90s female group headed by Courtney Love remains a (grunge) style reference all over the world.

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Since his debut with his eponymous fashion label back in 2008, J.W. Anderson – born Jonathan Anderson – has been identified as an avant-garde and forward thinking designer.

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When you’re just 17 and your very first fashion campaign is for a brand like Prada, you can probably say you made it.

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A couple of months ago we talked about Willow Smith’s exciting music career. Now it’s time for her brother Jaden, making his fashion debut with no less than Louis Vuitton.

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Believe it or not, 21 years after Kurt Cobain’s death, Grunge is still the main trend on Tumblr. It has been, in fact, the most reblogged fashion trend of 2015.

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Ever wondered what the Christmas of your favourite fashion designer looks like? Recently, they all became particularly social and did not hesitate to post the pictures of their Christmas trees, dinners and presents these days.

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After The Garden twins, the Swim Deep and the Slow Hollow’s singer Austin Feinstein, Hedi Slimane tapped another interesting (indie) music duo this season.

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If once being a successful brand (also) meant creating a strong and unique universe around a logo and choosing the most popular models of the moment for a runway show or a campaign, today, thanks to Vetements, we are assisting to an authentic revolution.

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When you’re music star like Nicki Minaj, you might feel protected from any kind of injustice in this world. In a recent interview released to Billboard, the American rapper has confessed instead her fears in terms of racial behaviours in the United States.

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Nowadays we are surrounded by female artists people started to consider as authentic icons. Think of the music world: Rihanna, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and of course Lady Gaga lead the international charts and get extraordinary wages.

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When you are the daughter of a famous actor-sex symbol, fame comes easy – we recently learnt it from Lily-Rose Deep, the 16-year-old child of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis.

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Marc Jacobs loves celebrities. From Kate Moss to Sofia Coppola, from Cher to Kim Gordon, the American fashion designer has always been surrounded by the coolest people of the show biz.

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Since her debut in 2012 Tahliah Debrett Barnett – aka FKA Twigs – has conquered both the fashion and the music world at once. The first one for her bold look recalling the style of the Chola girls (isn’t it, Riccardo Tisci?) and the second one for the experimental atmospheres of her sounds.

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When Alber Elbaz left Lanvin last month the whole (fashion) world was shocked. Everyone appeared extremely worried about the future of the Parisian house in terms of design, but no one really considered that Elbaz was also the owner of a part of the company’s shares.

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She started her music career when she was just 17 and these days she’s been elected most streamed female artist of 2015 on Spotify.

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Being a media personality is not easy sometimes. If you are a woman it probably gets tougher, or at least this is what happened to American singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira.

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“I am always more interested in tomorrow than in yesterday,” says Masoud Golsorkhi, founder and creative director of Tank magazine, which since its launch in 1998, has become essential reading spanning the worlds of art, fashion, design, music and current affairs.

Nominated by Antonella Viero
Interview by Kate Lawson

What happens when your childhood icon grows up and gets married? It happened last weekend in Manhattan when one of the iconic Olsen twins – Mary-Kate – married her fiancé Olivier Sarkozy.

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Being a couple playing in the same band has its pros and cons. Judging from Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore 27-year marriage (ended on October 2011), we can say it’s not that bad. But what it is like to be the daughter of such an iconic music duo?

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Following the release of the latest collectible volume about the German photographer – “Helmut Newton: Pages from the Glossies” – a new exhibition celebrates his long-lasting relationship with the printed page.

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Hari Nef is one of those girls who’s helping the world finally realize what it means to be a young trans nowadays.

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When Sarah Andelman, founder and creative director of Colette, met her neighbour, Jeremy Bernstein, in the Catskills region of New York a new creative fusion was born.

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Interview by Kate Lawson

Looking at the leadership the Prada Group currently exercises in the fashion system, you wouldn’t believe its founder – the iconic Milanese dame Miuccia Prada – wasn’t really interested in entering fashion in an earlier stage of her life.

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If you think Instagram’s (and Facebook’s) anti-nudity rules are too strict, you’re not alone.

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The photographer's knack for exploring the fascinating reality around him traces the alternative and unusual, the sexually provocative and the hedonistic boldness of youth, where people dare to be themselves without boundaries.

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INTERVIEW BY KATE LAWSON

Petra Collins is a fresh talent in the photography field. Now her relationship with art has gone further with her latest project: “Feelings: Soft Art”, a book edited by Rizzoli which gathers some of the most interesting names in photography and art nowadays.

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Today the polymath announced a new artistic plan: he’s working on a music album with the “Daddy”, his band inspired by The Smiths. They have just signed a worldwide deal with Kobalt.

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Since his death at the age of 27 in 1994, Kurt Cobain has become an icon worldwide. His music career lasted only 5 years, but his myth remains eternal.

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Jacques Doucet and Yves Saint Laurent have more than one thing in common: they both have been amazing couturiers and passionate art collectors. Pierre Bergé, Saint Laurent life’s companion, has always known that and decided to show it to the world.

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INTERVIEW BY ZSUZSANNA TOTH

Karl Lagerfeld is a multi-faceted artist, we know that for sure. He started his fashion career in his early 20s and since that moment, he never stopped drawing and creating amazing clothes and accessories.

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If you think of Rick Owens you probably think of provocation, long hair and… black. Have you ever wondered what the house of your favourite fashion designer looks like?

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Mykki Blanco is a performance artist, activist, poet and queer rapper, who redefined the NY rap scene. Having publicly admitted being HIV positive, Mykki announced back in March 2015 that he was quitting music and giving investigative journalism a shot. Now he’s back.

INTERVIEW BY KATE LAWSON

Lily McMenamy has inherited a lot from her iconic mum Kristen. It is sufficient to have a look at her (popular) instagram account to understand that she’s redefining the beauty standards of our times also thanks to her acute irony.

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On the occasion of Frieze Art Fair in London, Scottish fashion designer Christopher Kane is hosting a life-drawing class at his Mayfair store.

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Idea Books is once again promoting the work of an iconic artist of our times. The publisher is about to release a limited edition of Gosha Rubchinskiy’s “Youth Hotel”.

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Bad times for Eleven Paris. Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Rihanna have accused the French apparel brand of using their images without authorisation.

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When last June it was announced that Alexander Wang’s contract at Balenciaga was not going to be renewed, everyone was very uncertain about the future of the Parisian fashion house.

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For Paris Fashion Week, we asked photographer Alfredo Piola to capture backstage moments of Jacquemus’s latest show.

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Photos by Alfredo Piola

Text by Valentina Nuzzi
Photos by Alfredo Piola

For Paris Fashion Week, we asked photographer Alfredo Piola to capture backstage moments of Anthony Vaccarello's latest show.

Text by Valentina Nuzzi
Photos by Alfredo Piola

The visual diary by photographer Willy Vanderperre gathers exactly 635 pictures over 220 pages.

By Valentina Nuzzi

Lena Dunham, the fiercely curvy creator of the HBO tv series “Girls” recently decided to quit using her Twitter account because she felt it wasn’t safe for her anymore.

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Frances Bean Cobain is the mirror reflection of her father. Same features, same style, when you look at her for a second you imagine Kurt is still alive.

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The magic of Simone Rocha’s work couldn’t remain expressed only through her fashion collections.

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When two eclectic minds like Matthew Stone and Gareth Pugh meet, you know that something great is going to happen.

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As a prodigy child himself, American photographer Ryan McGinley has always loved to portray youth in his dreamy photographs.

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Charlie Siem gets as much attention for being super handsome as he does for his virtuoso violin playing skills – his talent seems to be from another planet and he travels easily between the worlds of fashion and the realm of classical music.

NOMINATED BY ANNE-SOPHIE BERBILLE
INTERVIEW BY ALEXANDRA KRUSE