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Well, this is just about the best news to kickstart the weekend: Lupita Nyong’o is the new face of Lancôme. The Oscar winning actress announced the news on Instagram this morning (it is the medium of choice for breaking celebrity beauty developments, after all) and fans of both Nyong’o and Lancôme are buzzing with excitement. It’s also a pretty groundbreaking move: Nyong’o will be the brand’s first black ambassador, which makes her speech on beauty and race (from the Essence Magazine Black Women In Hollywood awards) all the more significant. And Nyong’o echoed similar sentiments in the press release announcing the Lancôme partnership: “I am particularly proud to represent its unique vision for women and the idea that beauty should not be dictated, but should instead be an expression of a woman’s freedom to be herself.” We’ll start to see campaign images in the summer, but as for what products she’ll be promoting, that’s still to be revealed. Hopefully something involving colour cosmetics—there was no one better than Nyong’o at rocking bright eyeshadows and metallic lipsticks this past awards show season.
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last fall, it was not the most obvious match. A 43-year-old introverted Turkish Cypriot raised in North London, Chalayan is best known for his highly conceptual architectural experiments that push the limits of what we
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says Hussein Chalayan in his typical even tone, stating the obvious. We’re at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris, just about to take a look at the demi-couture collection he has designed for Vionnet,
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Social powerhouse Goga Ashkenazi has tapped cerebral designer Hussein Chalayan for Vionnet’s demi-couture line.
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G i ve yo u r Spring Wardrobe a L i f t . When you’re opening your largest store to date, it only makes sense to go big or go home. Express, the retail apparel chain that offers a mix of sleek work basics and sexy-meets-stylish casualwear did just that last week. To officially celebrate the launch of their Times Square, New York City location, the store hosted a massive party complete with models, mayhem and a performance by Robin Thicke. While the bustling Times Square strip became even more busy (fans were lined up hours before the event began, hoping to sneak in for the VIP pre-party mingle) Thicke conducted media interviews on the second floor of the three-story Express. Guests sipped on cocktails and glass straw-adorned bottles of Fiji water, while not-so-subtly sneaking a peek at the singer, who was without his signature shades. (Don’t worry: once the performance started they were back on!) Those less inclined to participate in some light celebrity stalking indulged in shopping, as New York’s almost-spring weather was a perfect match for the breezy dresses, embellished tops and statement accessories on display in the store.
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