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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Janet Jackson Brings Modern Tailoring in Stella McCartney Suit to ‘Cabaret' Milestone Gala
Janet Jackson embraced power dressing in a monochrome white look by Stella McCartney for the 'Cabaret' 1500th gala performance in London on Monday. The 'All for You' singer opted for tailored and striking lines in her attire. She wore high-waisted, white trousers with a streamlined silhouette, which complemented her white, button-down collared shirt and a coordinating blazer. When it came to her accessories, Jackson wore a pair of statement hoop earrings in metallic silver and rings. Her makeup included bold brows, lined eyes and a glossy lip. Her hair was braided and styled in a bun. More from WWD Sienna Miller Embraces Summery Allure in Floral Alessandra Rich Minidress at Wimbledon 2025 Dakota Johnson's Mugler Dress and Sparkling Diamonds Command the 2025 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Red Carpet Serena Williams Embraces 3D Florals in Farm Rio, Ashlee Simpson Ross Wears Little Black Slipdress for Cocktail Reception in London Jackson's attire spotlights a major trend in women's tailoring that surged in recent years. Thanks in part to the likes of such public figures as former Vice President Kamala Harris, who styled several suited looks during her presidential campaign in 2024, suited styling and tailored attire for women is having a moment. 'This renewed focus on women's tailoring aligns with broader cultural shifts toward sustainability, individuality and the rejection of fast fashion,' said Hannah Bond, the womenswear representative for 203-year-old bespoke tailor Norton & Sons, in an interview with WWD's Hikmat Mohammed. 'As more women ascend to leadership roles and seek professional attire that embodies confidence and style, the demand for high-quality, tailor-made clothing has grown.' Tailored suits for women have a rich history and experienced a resurgence in the 1980s, notably with the late Princess Diana's styling of a Catherine Walker suit paired with a Hackett waistcoat for an event in April 1988. Queen Letizia of Spain, Kate Middleton and more royal women favor suited styling, while across the pond, Kamala Harris, Tessa Thompson and more have styled suited looks. View Gallery Launch Gallery: Janet Jackson's Best Fashion Through the Years [PHOTOS] Best of WWD A Look Back at Fourth of July Celebrations at the White House Princess Diana's Birthday Looks Through the Years: Her Sleek Black Jacques Azagury Dress, Vibrant Colors and More Lauren Sánchez's Fashion Evolution Through the Years: From Her Days as TV News Anchor to Today
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nicole Kidman Gives Preppy Menswear a Chic Summer Twist at Wimbledon
Nicole Kidman put a preppy twist on power dressing while stepping out at the Wimbledon on Sunday, July 13. The Australian actress appeared to take inspiration from her Babygirl character as she showed off an all-white suit. Kidman could be seen mingling with Anna Wintour, Keira Knightley, and other celebrities while sitting season might be over, but Nicole Kidman is embracing a menswear style streak that's reminiscent of her Babygirl wardrobe. In addition to swapping out her red carpet gowns for tailored jacket and slack combos, the Australian actress has been keeping fans guessing with different iterations on the classic suit. Just days after ditching her shirt in a plunging black blazer that exposed her bare midriff, Kidman went preppy in a white menswear power suit while stepping out at Wimbledon on Sunday. Sitting next to Vogue 's Anna Wintour, Keira Knightley, and her husband James Righton on July 13, the Perfect Couple actress was among the day's best dressed attendees watching the Wimbledon Men's Final matches courtside. Kidman leaned into Wimbledon's signature elegant and tailored aesthetic in a crisp cream double-breasted blazer jacket with black buttons and structured shoulders. A demure white dress shirt, which the star wore underneath buttoned all the way to the collar, added a subtle neutral contrast. The Nine Perfect Strangers actress kept the cream colorscape going by decorating her fingers and ears with pearl baubles. A chunky menswear-inspired silver watch added some shine to her right wrist. Kidman paired her office-ready staples with matching cream slacks, a taupe leather shoulder bag, vintage-style black sunglasses, and a white straw hat trimmed with black-and-white ribbon. Taking off her headwear during the matches, the Big Little Lies alum showed off her sleek and straight strawberry blonde hair. A matte berry lip, bold brows, and black eyeliner finished off her tennis day glam. Kidman's Wimbledon outfit was a 180 from the plunging black Balenciaga suit she wore a few days earlier at Paris Fashion Week. While sitting front row at the Balenciaga Haute Couture show on July 9, the Balenciaga ambassador forgot her shirt while wearing a low-cut blazer with nothing underneath. Kidman paired the chest and midriff-baring jacket with low-rise black pants, pointy-toed black leather boots, and rectangular black sunglasses. Read the original article on InStyle
The Sun
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
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The Guardian
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Jess-Cartner Morley: Boom boom – the new vibe rewriting the rules of fashion
B oom boom is this year's new vibe. It's a vibe, not just a trend, meaning it takes tectonic rumblings in culture and gives them expression in what we wear and say and drink and watch on TV. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Boom boom is a new weather system that is sweeping away pretty much everything we thought we knew about modern fashion (gender fluidity, quiet luxury, elevated basics, ethical brands) and replacing it with ambitious power dressing for day, and traditional tropes of feminine and masculine sexual allure for evening. It is fur (real or fake), gold watches, big hair, wearing ties, sexy dancing. It is a silhouette that has inflection points at the shoulders (big), the breasts (important) and the waist (tiny) instead of worshipping a peachy bum or flat abs. Boom boom is a real marmalade-dropper, a clunky thwack of a key change. Which in itself is very 2025. Climate chaos has come for the cultural environment at the same time as the meteorological one. Living in the world right now feels a lot like living through one extreme weather event after another. Boom boom is clothes designed to turn heads, rather than the if-you-know-you-know wink to camera of quiet luxury But let's cut to the chase: if this is the age of boom boom, what's the dress code? There is a lot of heavy stuff to unpack here, but we also need to figure out what boom boom means for our actual wardrobes, right? Perhaps this sounds like a shallow, atavistic way to approach a cultural vibe shift. To which I would say: actually, I think you'll find it's a very boom boom way to approach a cultural vibe shift, so get with the programme, grandma. (Being confrontational to the point of a bit rude is very boom boom.) Boom boom is bright colours: jewel-box shades of emerald, ruby and sapphire, or confident, gum-snapping Cher Horowitz pastels. It is satin shirts not linen ones. It is clothes designed to turn heads, rather than the if-you-know-you-know wink to camera of quiet luxury. It is designer kaftans, not Dryrobes. It is movie-star-in-a-convertible sunglasses and baseball caps with provocative slogans, not floppy sun hats. It is lace bras rather than T-shirt ones, short skirts instead of midi dresses. skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to Inside Saturday The only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine. Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. after newsletter promotion The more you look for boom boom, the more you see how much of it is around us already. Boom boom is there in the bold blue-and-white banker-striped cotton shirts that the hip young things in your office are wearing with their horseshoe jeans. Boom boom is there in how jewellery for men has become mainstream – not just the clumsy flex of a chunky gold watch, but the return of the signet ring and the glint of a silver necklace, a chain that links Paul Mescal in Normal People to Harris Dickinson in Babygirl. It was there in last year's 'mob wife' trend and is there in pleated trousers with belts killing off tracksuit bottoms. It is there in how wearing a full face of makeup, which skipped generation X entirely, has returned with a vengeance for younger women. It is there in how much we all loved Rivals on TV even though most people didn't expect to like it at all. It is there in the mirrored-ceiling visual erotica of Sabrina Carpenter, and in Chappell Roan singing about her Playboy Brigitte Bardot. It is there in our fascination with television that lets us overidentify and overthink the psychological quirks of the 1%, which started with Succession back in 2018 and was alive and kicking in this year's third season of The White Lotus. Hmm. Makes you think, doesn't it? Perhaps boom boom isn't something that's just been landed on us by people who voted for Trump. Perhaps boom boom speaks to more of us than we might think. But I'm letting myself get dragged back into the cultural weeds here, and away from what the new vibe means for what you wear on Monday to work and on Friday night to the pub. And that's what matters. Sean Monahan, the trend forecaster who coined the phrase boom boom, says he likes that 'it's fun to say'. Whisper it: it's also fun to wear. Model: Teesta at Milk. Styling assistant: Sam Deaman. Hair and make up: Delilah Blakeney using Mac. Dress, £285, Marciano by Guess . Necklace, £179, Anisa Sojka
