Month: July 2020

Highs and Lows of First Paris Digital Couture Week

Highs and Lows of First Paris Digital Couture Week

Paris taxi drivers usually know when it’s Paris Fashion Week. Not this time, with participants in their homes or offices behind computer screens or hunched over their phones to discover creative films dedicated to the fall couture collections. Said films ranged from rapid-fire teaser clips clocking in at less than […]

Mercury Retrograde Is Over — But Retroshade Is Here

Mercury Retrograde Is Over — But Retroshade Is Here

The second Mercury retrograde of 2020 comes to a close on 12th July — phew. And the next one doesn’t start until 13th October. While having a break from the miscommunications and travel mishaps, and other mayhem a Mercury retrograde can bring is surely a relief, astrologers are warning that it’s […]

Technically, Characters In Stateless Are Only Inspired By Real People

Technically, Characters In Stateless Are Only Inspired By Real People

A German flight attendant, an Afghan father, a security guard, and a bureaucrat all cross paths at an Australian immigration detention centre in Stateless, which premiered on Netflix July 8. The Australian series focuses on the horrors that can occur for refugees, for immigrants, and in detention centres. While the […]

For Lebanese Fashion Designers, Couture Must Go On

For Lebanese Fashion Designers, Couture Must Go On

Following the COVID-19 outbreak, fashion has been hit hard. From factories forcing to close due to stay-at-home orders and brands shutting their doors for good to fashion weeks being cancelled, the pandemic has left the industry struggling. The impact is still apparent months later during an event like Haute Couture […]

A photograph of Ghislaine Maxwell and Kevin Spacey sitting on the Queen and Prince Philip’s thrones is going viral

A photograph of Ghislaine Maxwell and Kevin Spacey sitting on the Queen and Prince Philip’s thrones is going viral

The royal family has once more been dragged into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Getty Images British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested by the FBI last week, with her charges in relation to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell’s ex-boyfriend. The 66-year-old multimillionaire businessman and registered sex offender died in an […]