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Sidelined last year, the Met Gala is returning — twice

The Met Gala is coming back. Actually, twice. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Monday that the annual high-wattage celebration of both fashion and celebrity — canceled last year because of the pandemic — will return in person, first in September, then again in 2022 in its usual slot of the first Monday in May....

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In this video grab provided by the SAG Awards, Daveed Diggs presents an award during the 27th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on April 4, 2021. (SAG Awards via AP) CAPM718 CAPM718

April 11, 2021 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: (Virtual) awards season continues, leaving us desperate for a red carpet

This screengrab from the April 4 Screen Actors Guild Awards, while unmistakably a product of the pandemic with its socially distanced, telecommuting stars, has its...

Maria Pia Timo as The Snail, Alida Baldari Calabria as The Little Fairy and Federico Ielapi as Pinocchio in “Pinocchio” (Photo credit: Greta De Lazzaris, courtesy of Roadside Attractions)

April 4, 2021 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: Oscar nominee ‘Pinocchio’ piques our fancy with a fantastic snail in a shawl

The dark horse nominee for achievement in costume design at the 2021 Academy Awards is “Pinocchio,” an Italian family film with ornate, painterly costumes and...

Abigail Echo-Hawk, an an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, is the director of the Urban Indian Health Institute and also works with the Seattle Indian Health Board, a community health center for American Indians and Alaska Natives in Seattle. At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the health center put out requests for PPE from federal and local officials, but what they were sent instead was a shipment of body bags. In a moment of sadness, anger and trauma of dealing with the ongoing pandemic and this symbol of death, Echo-Hawk decided to turn a body bag into a ribbon dress, as a symbol of healing and resilience. The artwork that Abigail is standing in front of is called “Guardians” by local artist Louie Gong, who is Nooksack. 216723

April 1, 2021 at 6:00 am

When they gave her body bags instead of PPE, she used them to make a healing ribbon dress WATCH

When the Seattle Indian Health Board requested PPE supplies from state and federal partners and received a box of body bags instead, Urban Indian Health...

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Aeon Elliott models a gown for a fashion shoot while standing on the Edge, an outdoor observation deck overlooking Manhattan, March 2, 2021 in New York. After the virus descended on New York, the only sounds in the streets were wailing ambulance sirens. A year after the pandemic began, the nation’s largest metropolis — with a lifeblood based on round-the-clock hustle and bustle, push and pull — is adapting and showing new life. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) PNA701 PNA701

March 28, 2021 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: A model meets the sunset on a Manhattan rooftop as New York welcomes spring

This photo featuring model Aeon Elliott seems like a metaphor for the COVID-19 pandemic: a person, a see-through barrier, a world on the other side....

Billie Eilish arrives at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) CAPM705 CAPM705

March 21, 2021 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: Matching masks make for high fashion at 63rd annual Grammy Awards VIEW

Masks matched to Grammy get-ups were all the rage at the 63rd annual Grammys ceremony last Sunday in Los Angeles. The outfits provided a pandemic-era...

The exterior of Nordstrom’s new flagship store in New York City on Oct. 21, 2019. The opening is scheduled for Oct. 24. As many other retailers are downsizing, Nordstrom has reportedly spent $500 million on their new flagship store on 57th St. and Broadway. 211855 211855

March 17, 2021 at 10:31 am

Nordstrom launches livestream selling

Nordstrom is getting into livestream selling, the latest U.S. retailer to jump on the trend that has been popular in China. The move is part...

High school students shop for prom dresses at the Jessica McClintock boutique at Tysons Corner Center in Northern Virginia in 2011.

March 15, 2021 at 4:14 pm

Jessica McClintock, dressmaker who outfitted generations of prom-goers and brides, dies at 90 VIEW

Jessica McClintock, a fashion designer who outfitted generations of young women for proms and weddings and thus evoked for many a lace-draped aura of nostalgia,...

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Model Coco Rocha walks the runway during the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2021 show at Gotham Hall during New York Fashion Week on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) GAAK403 GAAK403

March 14, 2021 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: Model Coco Rocha rocks a voluminous black dress, perfect for COVID-19 times, to a socially distant fashion show

On display at Christian Siriano’s recent Fall/Winter 2021 show in New York City: COVID-19 fashion at its finest, from this black garment with a heart-shaped...

In this video grab issued Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by NBC, Daniel Levy, seen on screen, accepts the award for best television series, musical or comedy, for “Schitt’s Creek” as presenter Angela Bassett speaks at the Golden Globe Awards. (NBC via AP) CAPM777 CAPM777

March 7, 2021 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: The Golden Globes came and went — but let’s not forget about the fashion

The Golden Globes, that most ridiculous of award shows, was held last weekend — and whether or not there was a red carpet, we knew...

Models wearing wedding dresses wait to walk the catwalk as traffic is reflected on the glass of the Ara Pacis, during a fashion show on the occasion of the Fashion week in downtown Rome, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) GB101 GB101 GB101

February 28, 2021 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: Haunted couture, fashion ghosts or just an eerie, pandemic-era reflection

There’s a ghostly quality to this photo of an outdoor fashion show in Rome last week, with models in wedding gowns reflected in the window...

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