Nuéra Bar and Restaurant – Glyfada, Athens, Greece
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Zac Posen Knows How to Dress a Mobster
In the new film The Outfit, the designer brings a touch of Savile Row to the underworld.
What’s a gangster without his suit? In the new movie The Outfit, out now, Mark Rylance plays Leonard, a 1950s Savile Row suit cutter who has relocated to Chicago, where his shop serves as an outpost for the activities of a local organized-crime outfit. Over the course of director Graham Moore’s tightly constructed mystery, Leonard and his apprentice Mabel (Zoey Deutch) find their operation occupied by a local mob boss’s son (Dylan O’Brien) and one of his lieutenants (Johnny Flynn) during one very eventful night.
While the bulk of the drama plays out in a cat-and-mouse game among the characters holed up over the course of the evening, it’s impossible to ignore the importance of another major player on screen: the costumes. Not only are all the characters impeccably outfitted in ways that reveal bits of their true nature, but Rylance engages in on-screen suit making. It’s no wonder, then, that the responsibility of creating the clothing for The Outfit fell to an actual master of the craft, designer Zac Posen, who worked alongside costume designer Sophie O’Neill. Here, he explains how The Outfit came together.
The Dropout’s Naveen Andrews Compares Sunny Balwani To Lady Macbeth
The actor gets candid about portraying a real person currently on trial, questioning unbridled power, and those “oddly sensual” dance scenes.
Naveen Andrews had heard snippets of Elizabeth Holmes’s story in the media prior to working on The Dropout, but when he first read the script for the Hulu series, which recounts the infamous Theranos saga, he realized just how dramatic it all was. “When I saw the script, I thought that it had Shakespearean dimensions,” he tells ELLE.com. “I thought it was Macbeth, to be honest.” So, who did he think was whom?
“Obviously I’m emotionally involved with Sunny,” he says, referring to Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the businessman, former Theranos COO, and Holmes’s ex-boyfriend, who Andrews portrays in the show. “So I’m gonna say Lady Macbeth for Sunny.”
What’s It Like To Be Latin American In Fashion?
Designers and industry leaders—from Clarissa Egaña to Alexandre Birman—sound off.
When Samantha Tams was working as a buyer for Saks Fifth Avenue Mexico, she was hounded by Latin American designers desperate to sell in the store. “The product was beautiful, but the majority of them didn’t have a structured business model in place, so I had to turn them down,” she says, regretfully. “I realized there was a need for education on key strategies in order to better prepare them for opportunities.”
Fast-forward a few years, and Tams teamed up with entrepreneur Estefania Lacayo to launch the Latin American Fashion Summit (LAFS), an annual conference and networking community that aims to bridge the gap between emerging designers and industry leaders and introduce Latin American fashion to the rest of the world on a global stage. “We noticed there was a lot of undiscovered talent in our community that needed access to resources that would allow them to grow, and a platform to allow their voices be heard,” Lacayo says.
Ukraine’s President Thanks Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher for Their Donation
The actor couple raised more than $30 million to help those in need in the war-torn country.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is grateful for Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher.
On Twitter Sunday, the leader shared a photo of himself in a Zoom meeting with the actor couple.
“@aplusk & Mila Kunis were among the first to respond to our grief. They have already raised $35 million & are sending it to @flexport & @Airbnb to help refugees. Grateful for their support. Impressed by their determination. They inspire the world. #StandWithUkraine,” he wrote.
Congress Just Passed a Bill to Ban Race-Based Hair Discrimination
The CROWN Act, which would render racially motivated bias against hairstyles including locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros illegal, failed to pass the House last month; now, though, it is headed to the Senate, where it has been sponsored by New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker. The Biden administration released a statement last week expressing support for the CROWN Act, saying, in part, “The President believes that no person should be denied the ability to obtain a job, succeed in school or the workplace, secure housing, or otherwise exercise their rights based on a hair texture or hair style.”
My Indigenous Aunties Taught Me to Champion Our Culture Through Style
Growing up on Nipissing First Nation—my Indigenous territory in Ontario, Canada—someone in my big, crazy family was always creating. My mother is Ojibwe and one of 18 siblings, and when we weren’t all gathering for a gigantic Sunday breakfast at my grandmother Leda’s home, you would find my aunties either cooking, sewing, or beading on their own accord. Walking into any one of my auntie’s houses, you’d always see a project in action—they could be making my sister’s jingle dress for the summer powwow, or crafting a pair of fur-lined moccasins for my cousin’s upcoming birthday. Though my reservation is remote and hours away from any big city, witnessing this constant designing-in-action on the rez is what, as I would later realize, ignited my love for fashion. After all, I was witnessing special, handmade creations come to life almost on the daily.
An Ode to Cheez-Its
These salty, cheesy squares are snacking at its best.
Look, I’m a snacker. If you go into my pantry at any given time, you’ll find at least four different snacks. I usually have a bag of pita chips, whittled down to the crumbs, or a big bag of trail mix picked clean of all the M&M’s (yes, I’m that monster). A family-sized bag of Smartfood popcorn often makes an appearance, and maybe a package of Oreos, too. But while those snacks come and go, there’s one thing I make sure to always stock up on at the grocery store: a big red box of crispy, flaky, irresistible Cheez-Its.
Olivia Colman – who played Her Majesty in The Crown – is set to become her Sandringham neighbour
The actress is selling her London home to return to the county she grew up in
Olivia Colman, the actress who played the Queen in seasons three and four of The Crown, clearly shares the same regional tastes as her royal counterpart, as made evident by her choice to move a mere stone’s throw away from Her Majesty’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Colman, who also played Queen Anne in The Favourite – a performance that won her an Oscar in 2019 – is well versed on royal customs and palatial homes, and has now opted for her own luxurious country seat to enjoy in all its regal glory.
Our Top Tips for Turning Snacks Into a Meal
Let snacks save dinnertime.
We’re big snack people here at Food & Wine — we’re a group of people who love to crunch, dip, and graze throughout the day. I mean, if you looked at just our Slack threads and desks (especially the snack sampling station), you’d think the magazine was called Snacks & Wine. We’ve done taste tests to find the best gourmet popcorn, celebrated some of our favorite snacks from around the world, and even created a menu for “The Throwback Holiday Snack Party of Your Dreams” (hello, cheese ball!) And while snacks are obviously perfect for enjoying in between meals, we strongly believe that they’re also worthy of being the whole dang meal. Because who has the time or energy to turn out a full-on main course and side dish every single night?
Netflix’s Password Crackdown Will Be Tougher Than It Seems
Netflix is looking to increase average revenue per user.
The streamer suggested that last week when it announced two new options aimed at generating revenue from consumers who currently access Netflix on someone else’s dime.
Over the next few weeks, Netflix will allow subscribers of its Standard and Premium plans in three countries (Chile, Costa Rica and Peru) to add accounts for (up to two) people they don’t live with. The streamer will also allow subs on its three plans (Basic, Standard and Premium) to transfer their profile information to an entirely new Netflix account or Extra Sub account (i.e., the new accounts meant to monetize Netflix freeloaders).
Ben & Jerry’s Is Bringing Back a Fan Favorite Flavor, with a Mission
Resurrected from the Flavor Graveyard, Ben & Jerry’s booze-inspired Dublin Mudslide takes aim at food waste with the help of a distiller.
Over 30 flavors can be found in Ben & Jerry’s “Flavor Graveyard,” the ice cream brand’s virtual cemetery where retired flavors are “buried.” But Ben & Jerry’s isn’t afraid to play Frankenstein and bring flavors back from the dead, sometimes in an altered form. They even include a link where fans can request a flavor’s return.
Last week, the brand once again exhumed the remains of a deceased flavor to give it a second life, but this time, the booze-inspired offering received a more environmentally-conscious makeover. The Irish cream-tinged ice cream Dublin Mudslide is back, this time using a spirit produced with leftover whey from the cheesemaking process.
The Gilded Age: The Real-Life Ball That Inspired Bertha’s Extravagant Finale Event
Gilded Age creator Julian Fellowes tells us about the over-the-top society ball that inspired Bertha’s first-season finale soiree.
Gilded Age creator Julian Fellowes knows a good story. The screenwriter earned an Oscar for Gosford Park, scores of awards and nominations for Downton Abbey (with another movie on the way this May), and growing interest in his latest upstairs-downstairs endeavor airing on HBO. So when the writer stumbled upon the tale of Alva Vanderbilt’s historic 1883 ball—and her astonishingly shrewd machinations, which essentially forced New York’s queen bee Caroline Astor into attendance—he knew he wanted to spotlight that real-life incident in the The Gilded Age’s season one finale.
Daisy Edgar-Jones: “We need to unlearn the conditioning we’ve received from romantic comedies”
Daisy Edgar-Jones talks sisterhood, a shift in Hollywood endings and her new thriller Fresh….
“In the rom coms that we’ve grown up on, so often the man is basically just incredibly persistent until the woman says yes, which seems to be a real common thing. So interrogating that has given us a really skewed idea of how real love works. Real love isn’t like in the movies – there isn’t a recipe for it. It isn’t just glossy and shiny and also, nor should it be. I think it’s nice and refreshing to sort of unpick that and try and unlearn some of the conditioning that we’ve had based on the films we’ve grown up watching. We need to unlearn the conditioning we’ve received from romantic comedies.”
Jean Harlow And Ginger Rogers Inspired Anya Taylor-Joy’s Peaky Blinders Beauty Looks
Peaky Blinders has returned for its final season, and with it Tommy Shelby – inhabited by the exceptional Cillian Murphy – and his nefarious gang of flat-cap wearing crooks. But it’s the show’s supporting female characters, Gina Gray, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, and Lizzie Shelby played by Natasha O’Keeffe, who have generated the most discussion in the Vogue office – at least on the beauty desk. The epitome of Old Hollywood glamour, with her chin grazing platinum curls and bold red lips, Taylor-Joy is the visual opposite to the dark-haired, pared-back beauty of O’Keeffe’s Lizzie. Vogue spoke to the show’s leading hair and make-up designer, Julie Nightingale, to unpack their beauty looks.
Should Leopards Be Paid for Their Spots?
Style-setters from Egyptian princesses to Jackie Kennedy to Debbie Harry have embraced leopard prints. Proponents of a “species royalty” want designers to pay to help save endangered big cats.
When Jacqueline Kennedy was living in the White House, in the early sixties, she relied upon the taste of Oleg Cassini, the costume designer turned couturier, to supply her with a wardrobe that would befit her role as First Lady, one of the most photographed women in the world. In 1962, Cassini provided her with a striking leopard coat. Knee-length, with three-quarter sleeves and six buttons that fastened across the chest, the coat was not made from a synthetic leopard-patterned fabric. Rather, it consisted of the pelts of several formerly wild, living leopards, which had been hunted and slaughtered for their alluring, treacherous skins. Fashion-wise, the garment was a great success: the demand for Jackie-style leopard coats soared. For leopards, the trend was a disaster. It has been estimated that a quarter of a million leopards died to satisfy consumers wanting to dress like Jackie. A decade after Cassini made the First Lady’s coat, the U.S. government placed leopards on the endangered-species list, making it illegal to import their skins.
Kodi Smit-McPhee on His Red Carpet Style: “I’m Completely in Love With Surrealism, the Avant-Garde, the Abstract”
‘The Power of the Dog’ supporting actor Oscar nominee, styled by Just Jared’s Jared Eng, has become a breakout fashion star on awards season red carpets.
First-time Academy Award nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee, 25, has a style that is difficult to neatly distill, and that’s by design. This awards season, the Power of the Dog actor has been a standout on red carpets, wearing whimsical suits and subtly surprising accents, which wink at the philosophical dreamer that exists within the equally complex actor seen onscreen. Smit-McPhee’s looks — like the slouchy Louis Vuitton suit he wore at the BAFTAs with a Cartier Panthère brooch and the moody, cloud-print Alexander McQueen suit seen at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon — are grounded, yet playful, occupying space somewhere in the gulf between professional seriousness and the enchanting curiosity of youth.
Does the Academy Favor Male-Driven Stories for Its Top Prize?
This year, no actress is nominated for her performance in a best picture contender. It’s hardly a fluke, but rather follows a trend.
While it’s actually somewhat rare to see best picture and best actor triumphs go to the same film (it has only occurred twice since 2011, with The King’s Speech and The Artist), it’s still rather common that a best actor nom in particular will accompany a best picture nom.
The gender divide between what stories we value and what performances we value is stark. Throughout Oscar history, 27 best actor victories occurred in movies that also won for the top prize. By contrast, only 12 best actress victories came in films that took best picture. To put it in simpler terms, the past 11 consecutive best actor champions worked in films nominated for best picture.
English Tea, Dalgona Candy and Hikes in the Scottish Highlands: Favorite Shows Inspire Trip Ideas
TV-themed itineraries are on the rise, taking travelers on adventures with familiar shows during a time of uncertainty.
With 70 percent of Americans watching more TV in 2021 than they did in 2020, binge-watching has skyrocketed during the pandemic. Now, as borders reopen, restrictions ease and travel restarts, tour advisers are fielding an increasingly popular request: immersive, TV-themed itineraries that allow travelers to live out their favorite shows’ story lines.
In Britain, where all travel restrictions are now lifted, hotels in London have partnered with Netflix to offer Lady Whistledown-themed teas inspired by “Bridgerton” high society. In Yellowstone National Park, travelers are arriving in Wyoming not for a glimpse of Old Faithful, but for a chance to cosplay as John Dutton from the hit drama “Yellowstone.”
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