Celebrities like @SonamKapoor, @ChomisMaterialGirl @ViolettedUrso @NadiaTereszkiewicz @_AntoniaGentry_ were present to witness this prestigious fashion event of Dior Couture Autumn-Winter SS 23 - 24.
Swati Bhat
Updated: Jul 4, 2023
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The autumn film festivals are approaching under the shadow of a writers' strike and the possibility of actors joining the strike. Nonetheless, the 2023 midway point has been reached, and there is still plenty more promise ahead.
Swati Bhat
The lineups are already making their way around. So far, we know that Venice will host Yorgos Lanthimos' "Poor Things" starring Emma Stone, the pair's follow-up to the Oscar-nominated "The Favourite" (2018). The Searchlight film, a surrealist science-fiction romance based on an adaptation of Alasdair Grey's novel, stars Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Christopher Abbott, and Margaret Qualley. It may be their season's pony.
Meanwhile, two highly awaited biopics will be released at the Lido - director Michael Mann's take on Italian racing driver Enzo Ferrari, dubbed "Ferrari" and starring Adam Driver has aroused attention. Simultaneously, Sofia Coppola returns with "Priscilla," an adaption of Elvis Presley's biography starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi.
Pablo Larrain's buzzy Chilean contender "El Conde," rumored to be an all-around contender, has sparked interest, especially as his first picture since "Spencer" (2021), which garnered a nomination for Kristen Stewart.
We are already tracking best picture contenders such as Sony Pictures' animated "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," A24's love story "Past Lives," and Amazon Studios' immensely entertaining "Air" beginning in the first half of 2023.
Of course, there are the Cannes standouts — Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," Jonathan Glazer's "The Zone of Interest," Todd Haynes' "May December," and Justine Triet's Palme d'Or-winning "Anatomy of a Fall" — already in the running.
The updated overall best picture charts are available on the Oscar prediction page, along with revised charts prior to the autumn festivals.
Jessica Chastain, fresh off two Tony nominations and in the midst of an Emmy campaign in which she is presently the front-runner, will make a stop in Italy with "Memory," writer and director Michel Franco's first English-language movie. With an unclear plot and a cast that includes Peter Sarsgaard, Merritt Wever, and Josh Charles, it's an eagerly anticipated watching.
The Museum at FIT (MFIT) has announced a 'Food & Fashion' exhibition that will explore the impact of food and food culture on fashion design.
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The show, co-curated by Melissa Marra-Alvarez, MFIT's curator of education and research, and Elizabeth Way, the museum's associate curator of costume, will feature over 80 garments and accessories, including outfits by Chanel, Moschino, and Stella McCartney.
The exhibition's commentary is heavily centred on culinary themes and motifs, which are utilised to investigate topics such as luxury, gender, consumerism, sustainability, social action, and body politics.
An introduction exhibition spans from breakfast to supper time in the form of intimate tableaus, as well as delving into social media as a venue where food and fashion collide.
The main gallery is supposed to resemble a 'food hall,' with stalls focusing on 10 different themes, such as haute couture/haute cuisine, dressing to dine, and a feast for the eyes.
Other themes, such as 'Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice?' investigate the relationship between food and gender identities, using a pearl and dessert-print dress by Junya Watanabe as an example.
The show is expected to run from September 13 to November 26, 2023, and will be accompanied by a book and a symposium on November 3.
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