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Stars sparkle on Golden Globes red carpet

A year ago, the Golden Globes red carpet was a total blackout as Hollywood's A-listers drew attention to the problem of sexual harassment in entertainment and other industries. On Sunday, the message remained, but the sartorial choices were far more diverse. Here is a look at some trends from the Globes, the first showbiz awards gala of 2019:...

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The Met Gala: this year and past editions

Celebrities and major designers flock to the red carpet each year on the first Monday in May to attend the Met Gala fundraiser for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City and to mark the opening of the museum's latest fashion exhibition. This year’s gala, co-chaired by Amal Clooney, Rihanna and...

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Met Gala 2018 red carpet - catholicism and fashion collides

If there was ever a fashion industry red carpet event to rival the Oscars it is the Met Gala, the annual fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, brings out all the major designers and celebrities to celebrate the museum’s latest fashion exhibition, and this year had an extra buzz as singer Rihanna and designer...

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Celebrity Dressing: Behind the scenes of a Met Ball gown

The email from Stylist X arrived sometime early March. Would Designer X be interested to dress Celebrity 1 and Celebrity 2 for the Met Ball in New York? There was, of course, no decision to consider. Designer X, jubilantly, accepted the opportunity without hesitation. The Met Ball gala, as we all know, is not your average fundraising gala. It is...

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Oscars 2018: All the red carpet trends

Last night saw the final red carpet of the awards season at the 90th Academy Awards in Los Angeles and it was a riot of bold colours, bows, sparkles and understated activism, with the Time’s Up buttons still going strong. Unlike the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs, where the unwritten dress code was black to show solidarity with the Time’s Up...

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Golden Globes 2018: The ‘Blackout’ red carpet

“Tonight is about women wearing the pants,” explains actress Alison Brie, as Hollywood turned up to the 2018 Golden Globes red carpet in black to show solidarity with the Time’s Up initiative to combat systemic sexual harassment, abuse and discrimination across all industries. While the prospect of all all-black red carpet suggested a funeral...

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White wins the night on Emmys red carpet

< From teen stars Millie Bobby Brown to Kiernan Shipka, comedian Kate McKinnon or Indian mega-star Priyanka Chopra, it was a dazzle of white on the Emmys red carpet on Sunday night. New York's Fashion Week wrapped up days ago in a whirl of color, but for television's big night in Los Angeles, monochrome was the name of the game -- and white was...

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Israel minister's Jerusalem dress sparks online storm

Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev triggered a social media storm on Thursday after she attended the Cannes film festival in an evening dress featuring a Jerusalem Islamic shrine. Several tweets altered what one called the "provocative" garment which shows a panorama of the walled Old City in Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem, including the Dome...

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Chanel and Meryl Streep in celebrity dressing controversy

The glamorous season of award ceremonies reached its climax on Sunday evening at the Academy Awards red carpet for the Oscar's, Hollywood’s most important fashionable event. The morning following the Oscar’s is a media frenzy of releases, with ‘who wore what’ stories circuiting the globe and dominating our newsfeeds, as designers, brands and...

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Grammys Red Carpet: Red, Cutouts, Pantsuits and... Trump?

The music world's hottest stars strutted their best stuff down the Grammys red carpet at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday. Here are the top moments from the A-list fashion parade: Ladies in red Nothing makes a statement like fire-engine red. Beyonce avoided the red carpet spotlight but later sat in the audience in a sleek,...

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Lots of pink -- and women in tuxes -- on Globes red carpet

Hollywood's A-listers basked in the afternoon sun as they strode up the red carpet in Los Angeles for Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony. Here are a few key takeaways from the first major fashion parade of Tinseltown's awards season: Pretty in pink Pink was definitely one of the colors of the night. Emma Stone, who took home the best actress in a...

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Emmys red carpet: red, black, yellow - and plunging necklines

Los Angeles - Hollywood's A-list sparkled in the California sunlight on the red carpet Sunday for the Emmy Awards, television's top honors. Bright colors -- red, yellow and emerald green -- dominated the annual fashion parade, but basic black was still a winner. Unusual dress cutouts provided visual allure, and plunging necklines were plentiful....