Fashion Frontline: News & Tips from across the Globe

Vol. 1 Issue 23 – 31st August 2024

Jahnvvi Kuumar

Aug 31, 2024

Four-time grand slam champion, Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka stunned at the US Open wearing custom-made Nike outfits designed by Yoon Ahn. The Lolita Goth subculture and Harajuku street style inspired the oversized bows and layers of ruffles, something Osaka is into right now.
The 81st Venice International Film Festival is in full swing and the red carpet has already seen some beautiful looks. Taylor Russell has proved herself to be an emerging fashion girlie in the past few fashion weeks and Met Gala. She wore custom Loewe (very Scandinavian shawl-European aesthetic if you catch my drift), Chanel Spring/Summer 1993 couture, and John Galliano Spring/Summer 1995. Seasoned actors like Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett also did not come to play wearing the likes of Tamara Ralph, Schiaparelli, and Moschino.
Also at the Festival, Olivia Rodrigo and Louis Partridge made their official debut as a couple for the latter’s film Disclaimer. The duo stepped out in coordinating monochrome outfits and matching black sunglasses. Welcome back, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen.
Jenna Ortega has been doing some top-notch theme dressing for her upcoming release Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, borrowing inspo from costumes of the original movie.
The newest travel-style trend is to take pictures of your belongings in the security tray at the airport. The “airport tray aesthetic” sees people carefully laying out their purses, shoes, and essentials in the grey bin to get the perfect pre-travel shot. Brands like Sephora and Armani have also followed suit for their social media campaigns.
ASOS has partnered with Ajio to enter the Indian market and the ASOS brand is now available to shop on their website.
Italian fashion house Tod’s has collaborated with Rahul Mishra for an exclusive collection.
As we inch towards Autumn and Fall, darker colours are trending more and more. Last week I told you that brown is in, well it translates to nails too. Chocolate nails are what you should be going for at your next nail appointment.
Gigi Hadid is the new face of Rabanne’s Million Gold for Her perfume.
The fast fashion duel: Shein has sued Temu over copyright infringement. Pot, meet kettle.
This very useful dressing colour guide has been doing the rounds of Twitter.

Sound off

Chappell Roan recently took to Instagram to set her boundaries clear about being a public figure which garnered a lot of support from her fellow artists as well as fans, but now the singer has cancelled and rescheduled shows in her European tour citing “scheduling conflicts” which people were quick to clock was just other events/award shows that she’d rather attend instead. While it’s a good move for her career, the announcement of the changes were made so last minute that many fans are losing a lot of money due to this and not even getting to see her anymore.
Halsey has announced her upcoming album, ‘The Great Impersonator’, a “confessional concept album”. The trailer for the same shows her in different looks spanning decades, exploring if she would still be the same version of herself if she debuted in different eras like the 70s, 80s, 90s or early 2000s.
Clean Bandit & Zara Larsson’s ‘Symphony’ is all over the Internet again thanks to the dolphin meme.
Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ hit 1 billion streams on Spotify the same week Hailey Bieber had their baby.
As we approach 2025, Billboard is releasing its list of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century. So far, the 25th, 24th, 23rd and 22nd positions are taken by Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Bad Bunny and One Direction. This week also marks the 11-year anniversary of One Direction releasing their documentary/concert movie, This Is Us.
Speaking of 1D, Harry Styles supported his former bandmate as he attended Niall Horan’s concert in Manchester with his mom.
Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher are set to reunite the band, Oasis, and go on tour in the UK & Ireland in 2025, 16 years after they split.

Watch out

Set video from the Fantastic Four’s filming have popped up, showing us the first look of ‘The Thing’.
Ted Lasso is returning for a 4th season! (Jamie Tartt is however not returning due to scheduling conflicts).
A new popcorn bucket has dropped for the re-release of The Batman.
A One Tree Hill sequel series is in production at Netflix!
Our first look at Jonathan Bailey and Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World: Rebirth.
The trailer for ‘Nobody Wants This’ featuring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody just dropped.
Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, Iris Apatow, Maddie Ziegler, and Avantika are set to star in ‘Ballerina Overdrive’ along with Uma Thurman.

General knowledge

Along with allowing 20 pictures in a single post, Instagram has also rolled out new fonts for Stories. A little fun fact/secret for you: unlock another font by going on the ‘meme’/comic sans font style and typing “papyrus”. You’re welcome.
AI chat engines can’t seem to answer this one simple question about strawberries.
Rumour has it that Mattel will be releasing Taylor Swift Barbies. Something that’s not a rumour though is the Nokia x Barbie phone. For 130 USD you will be able to buy the pink flip phone, which only allows calls and texts, no Internet.
Caprisun has let go of its iconic pouch & straw design for boring bottles.
iPhone has launched new colours. Very tortured, very poetic. and iOS 18 will enable users to erase objects/people from images!
Brazil has banned Twitter/X after the social media platform failed to meet a deadline to appoint a legal representative in the country over a disinformation lawsuit.
The past Monday was Eldest Daughter’s Day (Aug. 26)!