Fashion & Trend

Vivienne Westwood , who died December 29 in London at age 81, is widely credited for being the “high priestess of punk.” But she was so much more than that. Westwood was a visionary whose designs always led, never followed. She was a wit who could skewer aristocratic snobbery with a shrewdly mangled plaid. She was irreverent and provocative, receiving her Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace panty-less and putting the Queen with a safety pin through her lip on a T-shirt. But beyond being fashion’s foremost provocateur, Vivienne Westwood is the reason corsets , crinolines, rubber, leather and latex are accepted aspects of modern dress. Dame Vivienne Westwood after collecting her insignia from the Prince of Wales during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London in June 2006. (Photography by Getty Images) “She was revolutionary in so many ways,” says George Antonopoulos, FASHION ’s creative and fashion director. “She took historical elements like corsets and...

“Life isn’t black and white; it’s gold.” If you’re a beauty history buff, then you likely know that famous tag line from the original 1999 Christian Dior J’adore fragrance advert starring Estonian supermodel Carmen Kass walking through a pool of liquid gold (actor Charlize Theron has taken over as the face since 2006). With its signature gilded bottle inspired by the figure-eight (a nod to Christian Dior’s 1949 cyclone dress) and adorned with what looks like fine, golden jewellery around a women’s neck (derived from one of John Galliano’s Maasai-style gold chokers from fall 1997), Dior’s J’adore is arguably one of the most well known perfumes out there. Ushering in a new era of opulence and optimism for the new millennium at the time, the initial fragrance, which was created by French master perfumer Calice Becker, was a robust, classic floral that smelt nothing like your grandma’s bedroom: think a cluster of ylang-ylang, rose and jasmine for a sensual, magnetic spritz. And even tho...

This year, runway makeup trends 2022 were two things: expressive and extra . Metallics lined models’ eyelids, brows were bleached to a barely-there state, and faux lashes and kohl black eyeliner were taken to gothic extremes. As far as runway makeup trends are concerned, designers and makeup artists are the vanguards of what beauty looks are considered “in” or “out” for the upcoming season. With each look sent down a catwalk, there’s the potential to birth the next beauty trend du jour. So when face gems appear at both Peter Do and Halpern — or statement blush debuts at both Gucci and Christian Cowan — we take note of a makeup trend on the rise. To sum up 2022 in beauty looks, we’ve rounded up the top five runway makeup trends of the year below. Glam goes goth Photography courtesy of Imaxtree Photography courtesy of Imaxtree Photography courtesy of Imaxtree Photography courtesy of Imaxtree Photography courtesy of Imaxtree 1/...