How Khadija Zeggaï created the most fashionable film of the year

Ira Sachs’ latest drama features steamy sex, passionate rows, and some of the best cinematic knitwear in years. We speak to the film’s costume designer to find out how the film developed its signature style. Ira Sachs is well known for telling messy, hopelessly human stories about love, marriage, addiction, and family. His latest, Passages, […]

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Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato Split From Manager Scooter Braun: Artist Drama Explained

Three of manager Scooter Braun’s biggest longterm clients, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, and Demi Lovato, have all generated headlines in the past couple days about their future with him. Grande and Lovato have parted ways with him, while Bieber is still working with Braun for now…but their actual relationship is reportedly a little complicated. Another […]

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Bette Gordon: ‘Between female desire and gratification lies a space full of possibilities’

As Variety returns with a 2K restoration, Bette Gordon reflects on the making of a cult classic, her love for ‘80s New York and her friendship with Nan Goldin. Bette Gordon grew up watching New York City in black-and-white movies. When she moved there in the late ’70s, she was a visual artist and filmmaker […]

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Project Runway Season 20 Episode 8 Recap: Good Jeans

This week’s denim challenge accomplishes what the “single bolt of red fabric” challenge, inexplicably, could not: It shows off the individual style of each remaining designer. When our (by this point, thoroughly exhausted) cohort arrive in Westport, Connecticut, to tour Christian’s latest outpost, he informs them that “every major designer”—himself included—is “doing denim.” Naturally, then, […]

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Project Runway Season 20 Episode 7 Recap: Underneath It All

Spoilers below. This week, Project Runway is all in on the no-pants trend. It’s an intriguing prompt for the remaining designers, who must spend this episode’s one-day time limit putting together a couture look featuring undergarments as the main attraction. The catch—there’s always a catch—is that these knickers mustn’t give off the effect of lingerie. […]

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