Category: Fashion & Beauty

IS FASHION ART? The perennial question. Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has said, “I find it extraordinary […] that in this day and age people are still debating it.” Another colleague said to me, “How can you, of all people, question…

OUR PAST GUEST Supermodel Emme has teamed up with ADLarge Media and Hangar Studios to produce a new podcast, EmmeStyle.  It will focus on women’s…

THIS WEEK, MARIE Claire editor-in-chief Anne Fulenwider hosted the magazine’s second Image Makers Awards, a night in Los Angeles that honors the behind-the-scenes talent of makeup artists, stylists and more. She spoke with Hilary Milnes of…

Khuraira Musa's career as a successful make up artist and creator of a cosmetics line that bears her name is a far cry from her humble beginnings in a small village in Northern Nigeria. Life began in an orphanage after her mother died in childbirth. She was later adopted by an aunt, who had very little. They lived in a mud hut with no electricity or running water. What Khuraira says she didn't lack, was a tremendous amount of love.

VALERIE STEELE’S LATEST book, Fashion Designers A-Z, features items from the permanent collection of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology and includes creations from Giorgio Armani to Vivienne Westwood with…