Gen X can thank Wham!’s music manager Simon Napier-Bell for the neon, bold statement t-shirts and a Fila obsession.
Clad in some of the shortest shorts of the 80s, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley burst onto the scene with Wham!’s upbeat poppy tunes and a new brand of fashion. Napier-Bell said that Michael was the heart and soul of Wham!’s music side, whereas Ridgeley was the one with an eye for fashion.
But when it came to some of the most important fashions that shaped the era, Napier-Bell was behind driving that all the way to MTV.
Wham!’s fashion stemmed from money problems
“There was an early stage when Wham! got their first hit and then we were planning a first tour and they didn’t have any money because they’d signed a terribly bad record deal,” Napier-Bell recounted to Showbiz Cheat Sheet.
George Michael...
Clad in some of the shortest shorts of the 80s, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley burst onto the scene with Wham!’s upbeat poppy tunes and a new brand of fashion. Napier-Bell said that Michael was the heart and soul of Wham!’s music side, whereas Ridgeley was the one with an eye for fashion.
But when it came to some of the most important fashions that shaped the era, Napier-Bell was behind driving that all the way to MTV.
Wham!’s fashion stemmed from money problems
“There was an early stage when Wham! got their first hit and then we were planning a first tour and they didn’t have any money because they’d signed a terribly bad record deal,” Napier-Bell recounted to Showbiz Cheat Sheet.
George Michael...
- 7/27/2023
- by Gina Ragusa
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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The skies over Mallorca last summer were so busy that only the banking hub of Geneva bested them for private jets. So says Elliot Krauze, who runs the high-end local concierge firm Milagro. Since moving to the island from the U.K. seven years ago, he’s watched it transform from a fly-and-flop spot for package-holidaying Brits and Germans to the Mediterranean’s discreet, elite island, equal parts Sardinia and Capri. “It’s a real mixture of new and old money,” Krauze explains. “Our business is catering to all those people.” Just don’t go there for a showy getaway, cautions London-based fashion exec Daisy Hoppen, who has long had a family home in the countryside. Mallorca is upscale, chic and understated. “It’s not flashy here...
The skies over Mallorca last summer were so busy that only the banking hub of Geneva bested them for private jets. So says Elliot Krauze, who runs the high-end local concierge firm Milagro. Since moving to the island from the U.K. seven years ago, he’s watched it transform from a fly-and-flop spot for package-holidaying Brits and Germans to the Mediterranean’s discreet, elite island, equal parts Sardinia and Capri. “It’s a real mixture of new and old money,” Krauze explains. “Our business is catering to all those people.” Just don’t go there for a showy getaway, cautions London-based fashion exec Daisy Hoppen, who has long had a family home in the countryside. Mallorca is upscale, chic and understated. “It’s not flashy here...
- 5/13/2023
- by Mark Ellwood
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fashion Reimagined director Becky Hutner on Pedro Otegui with Amy Powney: “We met Pedro, whom we call the grandfather of Uruguayan wool, the David Attenborough of Uruguay.”
Another highlight of the 21st edition of the Tribeca Film Festival is Becky Hutner’s documentary on Mother of Pearl fashion designer Amy Powney’s journey with brand manager Chloe Marks in search of building a sustainable collection. Along the way Becky introduces Amy to her idol Katharine Hamnett, one of the first fashion designers to raise awareness about the responsibility of those involved with clothing, which means: all of us. Andrew Morgan’s documentary The True Cost, featuring Livia Firth was an early alert on the devastating impact fast fashion is having on the environment.
Becky Hutner with Anne-Katrin Titze (in Batsheva) on connecting Katharine Hamnett with Amy Powney: “It was wonderful to get the two minds together.”
Fashion Reimagined begins in...
Another highlight of the 21st edition of the Tribeca Film Festival is Becky Hutner’s documentary on Mother of Pearl fashion designer Amy Powney’s journey with brand manager Chloe Marks in search of building a sustainable collection. Along the way Becky introduces Amy to her idol Katharine Hamnett, one of the first fashion designers to raise awareness about the responsibility of those involved with clothing, which means: all of us. Andrew Morgan’s documentary The True Cost, featuring Livia Firth was an early alert on the devastating impact fast fashion is having on the environment.
Becky Hutner with Anne-Katrin Titze (in Batsheva) on connecting Katharine Hamnett with Amy Powney: “It was wonderful to get the two minds together.”
Fashion Reimagined begins in...
- 6/16/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Set against the backdrop of London’s early-1980s cultural renaissance, British auteur Joanna Hogg’s exquisitely sculpted and critically acclaimed “The Souvenir,” which A24 has been widening in platform release for the past month, follows film student Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) and her gradually destructive romance with the magnetic Anthony (Tom Burke). “We didn’t want a film that screamed ’80s,” says costume designer Grace Snell, who, instead of browsing fashion magazines for secondhand ideas, mined Hogg’s old Polaroids and Ray Roughler Jones’ “3000 Hangovers Later,” a pictorial examination of Notting Hill decadence in the ’80s, for inspiration. The result is a softly nostalgic film that avoids the stereotypical shoulder pads and lamé of the era.
Snell distilled Julie’s artistic spirit, her preppy or “Sloanie” fashion sense (cashmere/silk instead of wool/polyester) and her chameleon-like desire to mimic Anthony to create an aspirational closet. For the couple’s first date,...
Snell distilled Julie’s artistic spirit, her preppy or “Sloanie” fashion sense (cashmere/silk instead of wool/polyester) and her chameleon-like desire to mimic Anthony to create an aspirational closet. For the couple’s first date,...
- 6/19/2019
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Photographer Terry Richardson’s portfolio includes countless magazine editorials, celebrity collaborations and fashion campaigns, but the industry veteran’s character has been called into question once again. Richardson, 52, has recently been blacklisted from working with a number of publications and companies after past sexual harassment allegations are being brought to the forefront of public conversation, in light of female mistreatment in the fashion and entertainment industries.
Richardson’s own past has now been associated with the ongoing sexual assault scandal facing disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Earlier this week The Telegraph reported that Condé Nast International has informed its staff...
Richardson’s own past has now been associated with the ongoing sexual assault scandal facing disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Earlier this week The Telegraph reported that Condé Nast International has informed its staff...
- 10/25/2017
- by Colleen Kratofil
- PEOPLE.com
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