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Nearly 20 years ago, Jennifer Lopez stepped out in a sheer, barely-there, navel-baring Versace dress at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, and the moment instantly went down in history. She didn't exactly break the Internet that night in 2000, but she eventually did: J.Lo and that gown are the reason why Google Image search exists. Now, at 50, Jennifer Lopez wore the dress to close the jungle-themed Versace Spring 2020 runway show at Milan Fashion Week. Technically it's a re-imagined version, but it looks quite similar—and it's clear J.Lo hasn't really changed any more than the plunging garment has.

Androgynous Inception

From his gray flannel suiting to avant-garde coifs, we’re well-versed in the visual appeal of Thom Browne’s fantastical world. But what does it smell like? Making his first foray into fragrance with a new collection of six unisex scents, the American designer has answered that question. Created in collaboration with storied Swiss fragrance maker Givaudan, each perfume is named serial number–style with the date of Thom’s birthday, 09.27.65, followed by the numbers 01 to 06, and is laced with smoky vetiver, the through-line note that binds the range together. Thom Browne Fragrance leads with Vetyver Absolute, the most “pure” and highly concentrated of the collection’s guiding vetiver blend.

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Bringing Heritage to the World

Luxury has a new destination as the prestigious Fashion House, The House of Angadi, announces the launch of India’s most luxurious multi-designer destination dedicated to the concept of Indian Textiles and Luxury. Aptly named 'Angadi Heritage', the landmark at Ashoka Pillar Road, Bengaluru is spread over a lavish space of 18,000 square feet and draws inspiration from Indian heritage architecture and design.

A brainchild of K. Radharaman, the Founder, CEO and Design Head of The House of Angadi, the destination marks another pioneering effort by the Textile Designer and Fashion Entrepreneur, who has earlier taken the 600-year-old textile legacy of his family forward with famed retail brands such as Angadi Galleria and his limited edition design label “ADVAYA”.

Luxury Redefined

The pursuit of better value for consumers remains at the heart of Frederique Constant’s vision. The brand presents two new Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture timepieces. These new additions highlight a grey dial with sunray decoration and applied indexes featuring Perlage and circular Côtes de Genève decoration on the movement, all in a refined polished stainless steel, or rose gold-plated polished stainless case.

As a Perpetual Calendar, this timepiece not only indicates the lunar cycles but also the minutes, hours, date, day, month and year in four digits; each placed strategically to offer an aesthetically pleasant and easy-to-read dial. The date is indicated at 3 o’clock, the day of the week at 9 o’clock, the month at 12 o’clock as well as the leap year, in a sub-dial at 6 o’clock.

Anniversary Soirée

Bojana Sentaler has achieved a milestone with Canadian luxury outerwear brand Sentaler. The designer celebrated the brand’s 10-year anniversary at the EY Tower in Downtown Toronto, where she unveiled the Sentaler X campaign with Canadian model Danielle Knudson and revealed the launch of men’s outerwear. A few of the different women Sentaler is referring to include British royals Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle and Canada’s First Lady Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, who have been spotted in the brand in recent years. Sentaler is developing the new styles and said they will stay true to the brand’s DNA. Although men have shopped a few of the brand’s oversize styles, ponchos and capes, this particular offering will be designed exclusively for men. It will hit retailers for the fall 2021 season.

Imitating Nature

For Australian designer Toni Maticevski, designing around a theme is no longer working out. What he thought about instead is how good a spring morning feels — clear skies, bright light and the scent of dew-saturated earth.

He embodied the latter as touches of sheen or darker tones; the bright light in flattering pinky-beiges, and the breeze in fabrics meant to obscure without hiding the skin. Given his proclivity for architectural draping, the result could have easily felt too formal. Here, his sculptural approach was reined in by softer fabrics and felt more relatable, especially with new daywear options.

Atelier à la mode

Givenchy is introducing a new capsule collection for the 67-year-old French fashion house. Called Givenchy Atelier, the men’s and women’s line of separates, bags, and shoes is a mash-up of Givenchy’s couture codes and that of its ready-to-wear. Think, expert tailoring, lace, embellishment, and embroidery on hoodies, T-shirts, and dresses, as well as crisp, clean shirting and trousers. A nylon backpack is decorated with a sculptural bow, and patent leather boots are punctuated by a silver chain. There is also an elegant column gown in black velvet and a body-con cocktail dress.

Dressing Vows

Jessica McClintock, the eponymous designer of special occasion fashion, accessories, fragrance and home décor, has chosen Clarisse Inc. to develop and produce her special occasion collections, including a destination bridal collection. The new Jessica McClintock special occasion collection by Clarisse for destination bridal will launch online and in stores Fall 2019, with additional special occasion segments to be introduced to the consumer in Spring 2020, all of which will embrace the Jessica McClintock signature of modern and fresh design with a fearless attitude that never goes out of style. Jessica’s fashions range from girls’ social dressing to the complete spectrum of prom, evening, bridesmaid, casual bridal and mother-of-the-bride for women.

Expanding Horizons

Jen Atkin is officially leaning into body care. The hairstylist and beauty entrepreneur has dabbled in the category before, launching a scrub that could be used on the scalp and the body, a shine mist you could spritz on your hair and your skin, and of course a line of fragrances that had fans going crazy. But now she's bursting into the body category with two new products that are only meant to be used from the neck, down: the Ouai Body Cleanser and Ouai Body Crème, and we got a sneak peek of the beautifully scented duo. As with her other products, scent was a key part of the formulation which led to a partnership with Givaudan to develop signature scents for each of the products.

Makeup Mogul x King of Fashion

Kylie Jenner Cosmetics has teamed up with all of her sisters and the Kardashian-Jenner matriarch, Kris Jenner. For her latest trick, Kylie is stepping out of the KarJenner family tree to collaborate with close friend and Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing. Inspired by the custom baby pink Balmain jumpsuit the beauty mogul wore to Grammys earlier this year, the KyliexBalmain range follows the same pink theme. The collection includes a Kyshadow palette ($42) with playful colors, including orange mint green, bubblegum pink, silver and more, as well as the High Gloss ($16), and her signature Matte Lip Kit ($29) in a soft pink shade. If you want to treat yo' self to the full collection bundle, you'll only have to cough up $75.

Successor of Quality

Véronique Courtois, the 49-year-old brand general manager of Parfums Christian Dior and member of the label's executive committee, is taking over as CEO of Guerlain from 1st November 2019. Guerlain's current CEO Laurent Boillot will take the helm of cognac brand Hennessy in early 2020 as part of an internal reorganisation process being undertaken by French luxury conglomerate LVMH.

Fantasy Force

If Marc Jacobs has anything to say about it, the days of identical models stomping down the runways in a singular hair-and-makeup look are over. At his Spring 2020 show — held in his favorite Fashion Week haunt, The Park Avenue Armory — Jacobs assembled the superstar beauty dream team of Redken's Guido Palau, Pat McGrath, Jin Soon Choi and Mei Kawajiri to create completely unique looks for each of his 60-plus models. The hair, makeup, and nail pros were tasked with bringing to life what Guido described as "a cast of characters representing a mix of everything Marc likes."

Nails were similarly all over the place with Mei creating 14 distinct nail-art looks on gel tips, including tweeds and a "super Kawaii," while Jin used Marc Jacobs Beauty Enamored Hi-Shine Nail Lacquer in various shades, including limited-edition Baby Jane and Midnight in Paris.

Couple Goals

Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams and her boyfriend Reuben Selby were sported wearing coordinating outfits right down to the perfectly mismatched socks to matching makeup at Thom Browne's show at Paris Fashion Week. This is the second time this year that the pair has adopted the same glam look – when Maisie dyed her hair pink earlier in the year, Reuben followed suit. Furthermore, the couple is also known for their coordinated sartorial efforts, having previously rocked his-and-her ensembles at Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas’ wedding.

Sparking Foray

Giorgio Armani is planning to launch the first high jewelry collection under his namesake brand. The unveiling will coincide with a pre-fall show to be held here at his theater on Via Bergognone. The event is scheduled for November and will be followed by a dinner. Giorgio said," it felt like the right time to dedicate my energy to fine artisanry jewellery.

Made to Last

Estée Lauder India launches the new Fall 2019 global campaign for Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup featuring global brand spokesmodel and Bollywood actress, Diana Penty. This is Diana’s first global campaign since signing with Estée Lauder India in December 2018 and features Diana alongside fellow Estée Lauder global spokesmodels, Grace Elizabeth, Joan Smalls, Anok Yai, FeiFei Sun and Carolyn Murphy. The campaign highlights the concept of ‘Wear Confidence’ by showcasing Double Wear’s extensive benefits and shade range and will launch in India in September.

First introduced in 1997, Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup remains Estée Lauder’s #1 liquid foundation, providing women with the unstoppable confidence to be flawless all day. With over 40 shades for every Indian woman, this cult-favorite liquid foundation is proven to deliver 24-hours of long-wear for flawless, even coverage and a natural matte finish.

Child's Play

Actor-producer Michael B. Jordan confessed his love of anime, saying that his fondness for Japanese animation dates to his childhood days in New Jersey, when he watched shows such as Dragon Ball Z.

Now, his passion has made the leap to fashion, as Jordan (also the global face of Coach menswear) introduces his first foray into design in the form of a collaborative unisex collection with Coach creative director Stuart Vevers. The 26-piece Coach x Michael B. Jordan collection ($95 to $2500) includes jackets, sweatshirts, T-shirts, utility pants, bags and footwear that take the 78-year-old label in an edgier streetwear direction. There will also be one limited-edition T-shirt launching Thursday at New York Comic Con.

The pieces feature patterns and functional elements inspired by the Naruto Japanese anime and manga franchise, another Jordan favorite, starring a ninja who strives to be the best.

Double Attack

It’s a rare treat to find a technology product that is entirely innovative, wholly unique – and that I would buy in a heartbeat. Square Off, is a telerobotic chessboard – a rosewood-finished game that plays against you, moving pieces around like a ghost player. You can pit your skills against the machine’s own AI brain, which has 20 difficulty levels, or online against an opponent with a Square Off board – or just the free Square Off app – anywhere else in the world.

Stealing the Spotlight

If anyone knows how to put on a show, it’s Rihanna. The fashion and beauty mogul and singer hosted her second annual Savage x Fenty lingerie collection, with a 40-minute show that included some of today’s buzziest musicians and models, making it the most highly anticipated event of New York Fashion Week.

The show also included special appearances by 21 Savage, Alek Wek, Aquaria, Bella Hadid, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Joan Smalls, Laverne Cox, Normani, Paloma Elsesser and Christian Combs, among others, who modelled looks from the Savage X Fenty fall 2019 collection.