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Elle
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Elle
Marc Jacobs's Latest Show Proved That Sometimes, Bigger Is Better
In the gap between men's fashion week and couture, Marc Jacobs reminded the industry that New York has still got it. Tonight, the designer gathered everyone inside the New York Public Library's main branch for his 2026 runway presentation. Guests, including Julia Fox, RHONY's Sai De Silva, and Tina Leung, looked playfully voluminous in last season's runway collection, taking care to mind the foot-long toes of their high heels as they slapped up the marble steps. The beauty of a Marc Jacobs show lies in his ability to choose. Will he wipe last season's slate and begin anew? Or will he continue to percolate on design ideas and see how far he can push them? This evening was a combination of both. True to his word, the show began at 7:30 P.M. sharp. By 7:36, 19 looks later, it felt like it had all been a dream. It's no secret that Jacobs has played with proportion and dimension over his past few collections. His models often look doll-like, their exaggerated silhouettes and cartoonish beauty frozen in time like a high-fashion Flat Stanley. This season, those ideas expanded—quite literally—offering further iterations of these bulbous shapes through round, pinup-like silhouettes, plumply padded hips, boxy drop waistlines, and vacuously large puffed shoulders. The haunting aura of these twisted bodies was emphasized by music that can only be described as the ambience to an abandoned antique doll house. Via both material and styling, there was a noticeable added element of destruction that pointed towards a more punk-rock attitude, even within the still-picturesque silhouettes. Where his previous collection felt like a study in dressing classic American icons, this one was more like its rebellious younger sibling who grew up all too fascinated with the spooky eccentricities of A Series of Unfortunate Events. In true punk fashion, Victorian and romantic silhouettes were constructed, twisted, and then undone before our very eyes. The necklines were high; the heels were higher. Bows were blown up (in case anyone thought the motif had gone away), lace was erratically layered over undergarments, and pearls were draped across a bullet bra-esque bustier. What this season offers is a master class in deconstruction, as Jacobs has now portrayed two sides of the same doll-like coin. All that's left is for you to choose. Alexandra Hildreth is the Fashion News Editor at ELLE. She is fascinated by style trends, industry news, shake-ups, and The Real Housewives. Previously, she attended the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Following graduation, she moved back to New York City and worked as a freelance journalist and producer.
Glasgow Times
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Actor Neil Patrick Harris spotted in Glasgow restaurant
Neil Patrick Harris delighted staff in the Japanese sushi spot as he posed for photos. The actor, 51, is best known for his roles in the hit TV show How I Met Your Mother and films like A Series of Unfortunate Events. Maki & Ramen posted the snap of the star with a staff member and said: "Legendary! What a privilege to welcome Neil Patrick Harris to Maki & Ramen Byres Road over the weekend!" Fans were quick to show their love for him in the comments, one said: "Omggggg I love @nph." Neil Patrick Harris. Credit: PA (Image: PA) Another praised him for a film role: "Fabulous in Lemony Snicket." READ MORE: Billy Connolly reveals his favourite moment as a Celtic fan And a third quoted his catchphrase from a certain TV show: "Legen- wait for it.... dary. LEGENDARY!!!" Neil's husband, David Burtka, whom he married in 2014, posted photos of the pair in London last week. They've also been pictured travelling to Lisbon and Fiji with their family in the past few months. Maki & Ramen, inspired by Japanese ramen shops, is a traditional Asian restaurant chain with multiple locations across Glasgow. READ NEXT: Retail giant set to open huge new Glasgow store with freebies Neil could have tasted their signature ramen broths or many sushi options. He's rumoured to be starring in an upcoming romcom with Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning and Last of Us star Bella Ramsay.
BBC News
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Noah and Olivia top baby charts as Andrew drops out
Noah and Olivia have topped the charts for the most popular baby names in Scotland in Andrew - the name of Scotland's patron saint and the third most popular name of the last 50 years - has fallen out of favour and is no longer among the 100 most common names for boys' in the previously took top spot in 2023, while this is the seventh time Olivia has been the most popular girl's National Records of Scotland data showed that names such as Reggie, Myles and Callan were increasingly common for boys, while Eliza, Romy and Nora jumped in popularity for girls. Olivia was registered 266 times, exactly the same number as 2023, while Noah was picked 366 times, an increase of 30 on the previous year. NRS figures also revealed trends and popularity from the past 50 years, with David the top boys' name from the past half century with more than 40,000 babies and Emma leading the list for girls with over 24,000. Risers and fallers Other names to have remained popular in every decade include James, Thomas, George, Alexander and Andrew, which was registered 1,327 times back in 1979, has steadily declined over the years and was only used 49 times last year. Last year's top boys' name Luca - believed to have been boosted by the Disney film of the same name - fell six places in the 2024 rankings to seventh, while Isla slipped from top to second for this year's top 10, Muhammad moved nine places to second in the top boys' names, and Sophia rose 10 places to sixth within the top girls' while Olivia and Noah were the most common names for mums aged under 25, mothers aged 35 and over preferred Finn and Emily. The figures indicated that pop culture continued to play a prominent part in the names first appeared in 2018, when it was used three times, Atlas was registered 20 times in 2024, which NRS said was possibly due to it being the name of a character in drama film It Ends With appeared in the top 100 for the first time - the NRS suggested this could be because of fans of singer George Ezra, as the name first gained traction in 2015, when he released his first album. Violet rising 31 places was linked to the character Violet Baudelaire, the oldest child in the A Series of Unfortunate Events books that inspired a recent Netflix a smaller scale, the likes of Loki and Leia also appeared, presumably inspired by the Marvel and Star Wars films. Some well-known political figures do not seem to have affected the list - there were seven Keirs, one down from the previous year, and just three Nicolas - the same as Donald Trump's election victory in America, Donald was in single figures, at was slightly ahead of his political ally Elon Musk, whose name was chosen three times - the first time it has featured in the NRS historical data also provides a guide to certain cultural moments. While Kylie was only used three times last year, it featured more than 100 times back in 1988, the same year singer and actress Kylie Minogue had audiences glued to their screens in Neighbours. And in 2017 there were seven Corbyn's, likely inspired by the then Labour leader - with it never reappearing since. A record number of boys names were registered in 2024, which the NRS said continued a trend for more names being used in recent Executive Alison Byrne said: "It's fascinating to look at the data for the past five decades and see the growing range of names in use. It is much easier now for a name to rise in the charts compared with previous generations. "In 1974 more than 1,700 baby boys were called David, but 50 years on, Noah topped the chart with only 366."Names continually growing in popularity include Clara, Mara and Arlo - which the NTS said could be linked to the title character in Pixar animation The Good Dinosaur, released 10 years ago. A total of 4,673 different first names were given to girls and 3,925 different first names given to boys in 2024.
