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Lauren Sánchez Bezos Attends the 2026 Met Gala in Schiaparelli, Evoking the Notorious “Madame X”

Lauren Sánchez Bezos Attends the 2026 Met Gala in Schiaparelli, Evoking the Notorious “Madame X”

Published by Sam Flores

Lauren Sánchez Bezos arrived at the Met Gala 2026 dressed in a message. The former television journalist walked the cream carpet in an off-the-shoulder couture gown by Schiaparelli, with pearl and crystal straps and a corset bodice. It was visually similar to the dress worn in one of the museum’s most famous paintings: Madame X, by John Singer Sargent. The painting notoriously drew derision and criticism when Sargent first showed it in 1884, but he later called it “the best thing I have done.” The Costume Institute fundraiser’s dress code this year is “fashion is art,” and the reference is an intentional one. Schiaparelli’s founder, Elsa Schiaparelli, is also closely tied to Surrealism, the avant-garde, 1920s artistic movement inspired by dreams and the subconscious. The French fashion house is a familiar one to Sánchez Bezos. For her 2025 wedding to Jeff Bezos in Venice, she wore a Schiaparelli haute couture look to their welcome dinner. And this January, she attended the brand’s haute couture show in Paris. Nicole Kidman, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, and Anna Wintour. …

Schiaparelli: The ‘ugly’ designer who rivalled Chanel and is set to dominate this year’s red carpets

Schiaparelli: The ‘ugly’ designer who rivalled Chanel and is set to dominate this year’s red carpets

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more How much would you have to loathe someone to (allegedly) steer them into a candlelit chandelier? According to 1940s Vogue editor Bettina Ballard, Coco Chanel did just that to her main rival, Elsa Schiaparelli, at a costume ball ahead of the Second World War. Dressed as a surrealist tree, Schiaparelli reportedly went up in flames, with guests squirting soda water on her to put out the blaze. It’s fair to say that Schiaparelli – now set to be the subject of a new V&A exhibition, “Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art”, which opens on 28 March – rubbed Chanel up the wrong way to rather epic proportions. The pair were known to exchange insults, with the barely five-foot designer dubbing Chanel “that dreary little bourgeoisie”, while …

Elsa Schiaparelli Gets Her UK Museum Debut at the V&A, in a Show Featuring Dalí, Man Ray, and Picasso

Elsa Schiaparelli Gets Her UK Museum Debut at the V&A, in a Show Featuring Dalí, Man Ray, and Picasso

Published by José Betancourt

The UK has never before seen an exhibition of the legendary Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, and now more than 400 objects are going on view at the V&A, including 100 ensembles and 50 artworks, along with accessories, jewelry, paintings, photographs, furniture, perfumes, and items from the archive. “Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art” encompasses looks from the house spanning from her first designs, from the 1920s, to the present day, under creative director Daniel Roseberry.  “‘Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art’ will celebrate one of the most ingenious and daring designers in fashion history,” said Tristram Hunt, director of the V&A, in a statement. “The V&A holds one of the largest and most important fashion collections in the world, and the foremost collection of Schiaparelli garments in Britain. Schiaparelli’s collaboration with artists and with the world of performance make the Maison and its founder an ideal subject for a spectacular exhibition at the V&A.” Curating the show are Sonnet Stanfill, Lydia Caston, and Rosalind McKever. “Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art” at V&A South Kensington. Photos The show pays special …

Artist, impresario, couturier: V&A to stage Schiaparelli retrospective | Fashion

Artist, impresario, couturier: V&A to stage Schiaparelli retrospective | Fashion

Published by Sam Flores

When Kylie Jenner stood on the marble steps of the Petit Palais in 2023, a fake lion head attached to her off-shoulder dress, even by the standards of the youngest member of the Kardashian clan, the outfit looked a bit much. Kylie Jenner in January 2023, Paris. Photograph: Laurent VU/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock Hand-painted for lifelike realism, the Schiaparelli head and dress were designed by the Texan Daniel Roseberry. Although already four years in the role of artistic director, the look was transformative – earning Jenner front row seats at the biggest shows and propelling the nearly century-old Paris fashion house, long overshadowed by Chanel, Balenciaga, and Dior, into viral ubiquity. As the focus of the V&A’s new blockbuster exhibition about Schiaparelli wants to make clear, this moment-making approach to fashion is not simply a reflection of the social media age but entirely in keeping with the spirit of its Italian founder, Elsa Schiaparelli. “I don’t consider Elsa to be a dressmaker”, says Roseberry. “She was an image-maker, a culture creator, and she has been our north star …

The Whirlwind Voyage of Demi Moore’s Schiaparelli Couture Gown

The Whirlwind Voyage of Demi Moore’s Schiaparelli Couture Gown

Published by Sam Flores

Demi Moore arrived at the 2026 Actor Awards, formerly known as the SAG Awards, on Sunday night wearing a Schiaparelli couture gown by Daniel Roseberry. The look—a skintight black bustier dress with a trompe l’oeil crocodile tail on the front and a bursting cloud of white tulle at the back—first appeared in January on Roseberry’s couture runway for the label. Moore, and her stylist Brad Goreski, sat front row at that show. We are used to seeing dresses go from the runway to the red carpet, and often assume this to be something like a magic trick. That the internet has popularized side-by-side images of these moments has done little to demystify the process. The reality is that getting a look—any look, be that a custom dress or a runway outfit—on a celebrity is a journey that involves a relentless stylist, a willing designer, an effective publicist, and an army of steadfast assistants. Plus, it must be said, some proper mileage and, regrettably so, a certain carbon footprint. But hey, those flights would be happening …

Best Dressed at the Actor Awards 2026

Best Dressed at the Actor Awards 2026

Published by Daniella Wilson

No one should be surprised that only a handful of the men and women attending the 2026 Actor Awards on Sunday night embraced the requested dressing theme, “Reimagining Hollywood Glamour from the ’20s and ’30s.” It’s a fine idea and part of the partnership between Elle magazine and Netflix, also with the thought of perhaps elevating the event’s red carpet so it might rival May’s Met Gala. Unfortunately, there’s a vast difference between the two evenings, one an industry spotlight and the other rooted in artful statements at a museum benefit. At the industry-focused Actor Awards, no one should be faulted for wearing what they prefer, regardless of a requested dress code. Even so, many found ways to channel the requested decades in ways both subtle and artful. From bias-cut slip dresses to double-breasted suits and tuxedos, stars and their stylists opted for old-Hollywood glam without veering into flapper or mobster territory. Beyond the 1920s and ’30s, other decades that likewise cemented the marriage of Hollywood film and high fashion also were much in evidence, …

Bad Bunny Tops Grammys 2026 Fashion Power Rankings

Bad Bunny Tops Grammys 2026 Fashion Power Rankings

Published by Daniella Wilson

One man upended perhaps the biggest trend set over three years of The Hollywood Reporter‘s Red Carpet Power Rankings — but if anyone excels at breaking boundaries, it’s Bad Bunny. At the 2026 Grammys Sunday night, the superstar born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio became the first artist to win album of the year for a project not in English, the Spanish-language Debí Tirar Más Fotos — and anyone who fell in love with what Bad Bunny was wearing surely identified with the album title — which translates to “I should’ve taken more photos” — an understandable sentiment given how well the star and his style performed in the Power Rankings. His Grammy victories and the frenzied interest reflected in these numbers also set him up nicely for his much-discussed halftime performance Sunday at Super Bowl LX. He also busted a key streak in THR‘s annual analysis of how luxury brands perform in earned engagement during the awards season. Simply put, women and what they’re wearing have always performed better than men on the red carpet …

How the Louvre’s Stolen Jewels Turned Up at Paris Couture Week, Courtesy of Schiaparelli

How the Louvre’s Stolen Jewels Turned Up at Paris Couture Week, Courtesy of Schiaparelli

Published by Sam Flores

Roseberry has arguably become the most recognizable couture designer for the Millennial and Zoomer generations. His designs, whether they’re on the runway or on celebrities like Doja Cat or Kylie Jenner, often go viral. (Think of the fascination and controversy, in equal parts, around the animalistic dresses he showed in January of 2022.) An American in Paris, he’s helped re-popularize couture for the fanatics that consume it online as entertainment—plus, he’s conquered a host of outlandishly lavish couture clients who wear his gold bejeweled designs like a badge of honor or a presentation card to the most exclusive of clubs. This level of recognition is also why he has, with his most recent collections, turned slightly inwards, designing still with opulence but less extravagantly so. But not this time. “It feels like the moment to do something extremely turbo-charged,” Roseberry says, walking through a board displaying images of his collection. “The last few seasons have been disciplined, toned down, and very controlled,” he explains, “and this time I wanted to peacock a little bit, and …