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Monday, September 29, 2025

Saint Laurent blooms with oversized drama, ’80s power and Madonna in Paris show by The Associated Press

By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — At Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello dialed up the drama Monday night at Paris Fashion Week with a set of gigantic white flowers that loomed like a cinematic…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:57PM

Silvia Fenturini Fendi gives up creative control of family’s fashion house after centennial show by The Associated Press

MILAN (AP) — Silvia Venturini Fendi, who took full creative control of her family’s heritage fashion house after the departure of Kim Jones, is stepping down from that role and into a ne…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:38PM
Saturday, September 27, 2025

What to Stream: Taylor Swift, Matthew McConaughey, Jacinda Ardern, Glen Powell and Ghost of Yotei by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” and Matthew McConaughey playing the real-life bus driver who saved elementary sch…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Friday, September 26, 2025

The Kahlo family opens the doors of their house, inviting visitors to Frida’s beloved basement by The Associated Press

This museum offers a new perspective on Frida Kahlo's life and family.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:15PM
Thursday, September 25, 2025

The late Giorgio Armani’s presence is felt in his final Emporio Armani collection by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — The final Emporio Armani collection shaped by the late Giorgio Armani’s own hand previewed during Milan Fashion Week on Thursday in the theater where just w…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:33PM

Max Mara responds to rising global tensions and temperatures with lightness on Milan runway by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Max Mara takes a sexy power turn for next summer, showing lots of skin with a touch of fetishism in a collection previewed Thursday during Milan Fashion Week.…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:47AM

South Korea moves closer to legalizing tattoo artistry by The Associated Press

By HYUNG-JIN KIM GOYANG, South Korea (AP) — As a popular tattoo artist in South Korea, Song Jaemin is fully booked weeks in advance and highly respected by his clients, some of whom come f…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM

South Korean parliament votes to allow tattooists to work without a medical license by The Associated Press

By HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tattoo artists in South Korea will no longer need to worry about being punished for doing their jobs, as the country’s parliament on Thursday a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:25AM
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s No. 21 collection brings lightness to heavy times by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s No. 21 collection for next spring and summer, presented Wednesday during Milan Fashion Week, is a study in lightness, as a hedge a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15PM

Silvia Venturini Fendi asserts creative control with a colorful, youthful Milan runway collection by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Silvia Venturini Fendi has taken full creative control of her family’s fashion house, unleashing her powers on a co-ed Spring-Summer 2026 collection preview…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:38PM

Jil Sander unveils new creative era with crisp, light silhouettes at Milan Fashion Week by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — The Jil Sander silhouettes for next spring and summer previewed Wednesday during Milan Fashion Week were light, crisp and inviting, broken by subtle flashes o…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:27AM

Giorgio Armani’s sartorial creations interplay with Italian masterpieces at Milan museum exhibition by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani hesitated at first when the Brera Art Gallery proposed an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of his signature label, placing his creat…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:39AM

Kiran Desai is a favorite and US authors make a strong showing on the Booker Prize shortlist by The Associated Press

By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — Booker Prize -winning Indian author Kiran Desai is a favorite to win the coveted fiction trophy for a second time with her first novel in two decades. “The …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Diesel ditches the runway to present latest collection on models inside transparent Easter eggs by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Diesel brought the runway to the streets this season, hiding its collection in plain sight at locations throughout Italy’s fashion capital on the first day …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:36PM

Gucci unveils Demna’s premiere looks in Spike Jonze-Halina Reijn film starring Demi Moore by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Gucci soft launched its new era under artistic director Demna, turning a short film red carpet on Tuesday evening into a preview runway. Instead of the runway…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:24PM

Rembrandt copied another artist’s canine for his famous ‘Night Watch’ by The Associated Press

A curator at Amsterdam's landmark Rijksmuseum has discovered that a dog in a Rembrandt has an uncanny resemblance

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:38PM
Saturday, September 20, 2025

What to Stream: Doja Cat, Mariah Carey, ‘Superman,’ ‘Slow Horses,’ Jesse Williams and Hades II by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Doja Cat’s 15-track album “Vie” and James Gunn’s “Superman” flying to HBO Max are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device ne…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Friday, September 19, 2025

Frida Kahlo portrait could sell for $60 million and shatter records at Sotheby’s by The Associated Press

It may surpass the price tag for Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1.”

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:25PM
Sunday, September 14, 2025

A Lebanese dancer defies extremist threats and social norms with his sold-out performances by The Associated Press

By MALAK HARB and KAREEM CHEHAYEB BEIRUT (AP) — Alexandre Paulikevitch put on his white dress and wig and danced his way to center stage, knowing that the extremist groups who had threaten…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Saturday, September 13, 2025

What to Stream: Cardi B, a movie about Bumble, ‘Morning Show’ and a look at Lilith Fair by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Cardi B releasing her long-awaited sophomore LP, “Am I the Drama?,” and Lily James playing the founder of the popular dating app Bumble in the new biographical dr…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM

Photos of a male dancer in Beirut who challenges social norms with his performances by The Associated Press

By HUSSEIN MALLA BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch wears a dress and corset as he undulates to classical Arabic music at his sold-out performance in Beirut. He dances in…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:29AM
Friday, September 12, 2025

Christian Siriano transports New York Fashion Week attendees to the silver screen by The Associated Press

By BEATRICE DUPUY NEW YORK (AP) — Hidden behind cream curtains, designer Christian Siriano transformed the athleisure aisles of the Herald Square Macy’s department store into a cinematic…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:24PM

The late Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani instructs heirs to sell stakes in his empire by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — After a lifetime of spurning would-be business suitors, the late Italian designer Giorgio Armani instructed his heirs to sell an initial 15% minority stake in…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:43AM
Thursday, September 11, 2025

Michael Kors’ style and wearability attract starry crowd at his New York Fashion Week show by The Associated Press

By BROOKE LEFFERTS NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Kors was feeling loose as he brought his love of nature to urban New York City, for a celebrity-heavy Spring/Summer 2026 show at New York Fashion…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:58PM

Fashion meets Freud. A new exhibit explores clothes through a psychoanalytic lens by The Associated Press

By LEANNE ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion and Freud? From top hats to stilettos, bustiers to bullet dresses, what we choose to put on our backs is interpreted through the lens of psychoanal…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Banksy mural of a judge beating a protester is scrubbed from London court by The Associated Press

By BRIAN MELLEY LONDON (AP) — The verdict on Banksy’s artwork on a courthouse wall of a judge beating a protester was that it had to go. Unlike the elusive artist’s other provocative w…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:33PM
Sunday, September 7, 2025

How romance and a road trip led to the purchase of the world’s oldest drive-in theater by The Associated Press

By GENE PUSKAR, MINGSON LAU and HOLLY RAMER OREFIELD, Pa. (AP) — In a romance and adventure worthy of the big screen, a Pennsylvania couple is preserving the past and forging a future as t…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM
Saturday, September 6, 2025

What to Stream: Ed Sheeran, ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ Charlie Sheen doc and Borderlands 4 by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press “Only Murders in the Building” returning for its fifth season and Ed Sheeran coming back with the new pop album “Play” are some of the new television, films, …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AM

Daughter of Nazi officer who stole ‘Portrait of a Lady’ and her husband charged with cover-up by The Associated Press

By BRUNO VERDENELLI and ISABEL DEBRE MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Prosecutors in Argentina on Thursday charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi official with trying to hide an 18th-centu…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM

This year’s song of the summer is a ballad, not a banger. Here’s what that says about us by The Associated Press

By BRIDGET BROWN NEW YORK (AP) — Every year, summer arrives with a buzzing energy. School’s out, the sun is shining, music is blaring out of car windows and speakers are blasting on the …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AM

Italian fashion, sport and film stars join ordinary mourners to pay last respects to Giorgio Armani by The Associated Press

By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Hundreds of ordinary admirers and VIPs paid their last respects Saturday to Giorgio Armani, remembered by Milan’s mayor as a “man of extraordinary eleganc…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:47AM

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