28.08.2023 💖 today's anthy!

in gucci resort 2017 ! i ... still dont know how to draw older people ! but i decided i wanted to also draw elderanthy halfway through ... hopefully it doesnt look too weird ? im unsure if that amount of graying is proportionate to however old she looks idk ! im bad at gauging ages ... but anyway ! anthy in pink is so important to me. the finale outfit just makes me think there should be more anthy in different pink dresses art also yes chuchu immortal 🐒 i do not make the rules 🎀

Gucci Resort 2017

I think I found the dress. It's from Gucci's resort wear collection 2017, which ironically is the same collection Tom modeled.

Gucci Resort 2017 https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/resort-2017/gucci/slideshow/collection#58

Thanks, anon!

@zawe-at-night

Gucci Resort 2017

Section 3: Fashion Archives and References

3.1 Archives and Collections: To ensure a comprehensive understanding of the cultural significance of Ndebele mural art and its influence on fashion, Nkosana delves into fashion archives and collections from major international brands. These archives serve as valuable resources for inspiration, historical context, and design references.

3.1.1 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met): The Met's Costume Institute houses an extensive collection of garments and accessories from various cultures and time periods. By exploring their archives, we gain insights into how cultural elements have been incorporated into fashion throughout history. Exhibitions such as "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" and "In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection" demonstrate the intersection of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary fashion.

3.1.2 Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A): The V&A's fashion archives encompass a wide range of styles and cultural influences. Their collection provides valuable references for understanding how fashion designers have drawn inspiration from diverse cultures. Exhibitions like "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" and "Fashioned from Nature" showcase the innovative integration of cultural references and sustainable practices in fashion.

3.1.3 Musée de la Mode et du Textile (Museum of Fashion and Textiles): The Musée de la Mode et du Textile in Paris boasts a remarkable collection of garments and textiles, showcasing the evolution of fashion across cultures. By studying their archives, we can gain insights into how cultural heritage has been reimagined and incorporated into contemporary fashion designs. Exhibitions like "Christian Dior, Couturier du Rêve" and "Yves Saint Laurent: Dreams of the Orient" demonstrate the fusion of cultural elements in haute couture.

3.2 References to Major Fashion Brands: Drawing inspiration from the success of major international fashion brands in incorporating cultural references, Nkosana references their work to create a fashion range that respectfully celebrates Ndebele heritage.

3.2.1 Gucci: Gucci's approach to incorporating cultural elements, as seen in collections like "Gucci Cruise 2017" and "Gucci Pre-Fall 2019," showcases a fusion of diverse cultures with contemporary fashion. The brand's ability to seamlessly blend traditional craftsmanship, vibrant colors, and intricate detailing offers insights into how Ndebele-inspired designs can resonate with global audiences.

3.2.2 Louis Vuitton: Louis Vuitton's exploration of cultural influences in collections like "Louis Vuitton Men's Fall-Winter 2021" and "Louis Vuitton Cruise 2022" serves as a reference for the integration of diverse cultural aesthetics into luxury fashion. Their ability to reinterpret traditional motifs and create visually captivating designs inspires us to infuse Ndebele artistry into our collection.

3.2.3 Prada: Prada's collaborations with artists and designers, such as "Prada Spring/Summer 2021" and "Prada Resort 2023," demonstrate the brand's ability to merge contemporary design with cultural references. Their approach offers insights into how Ndebele art and Ditema tsa Dinoko can be translated into modern fashion aesthetics.

By referencing these fashion archives and major international brands, Nkosana ensures that the fashion range not only pays homage to Ndebele mural art and Ditema tsa Dinoko but also aligns with the practices and successes of global fashion leaders. This comprehensive research informs our design choices, narratives, and the overall representation of Ndebele heritage in our collection.

absolute dream bag for me is the lady dior astrology but there was also this pale blue gucci sylvie with flower embroidery from resort 2017 that I think about sometimes…I will probably never be able to afford either of them but one can dream

omg i am speechless right now … this is a work of art

Fashion In Flux.

As 2022 drew to a close, the tectonics slowly began shifting; now, as we embark into 2023, fashion is finally facing a major vibe shift. 

While the past seven years have been peppered with rising talents and breakout stars, following the last seismic shift, it has undeniably been a two-man race between Gucci’s Alessandro Michele and Balenciaga’s Demna. 

Until it wasn’t. 

Following Michele’s recent announcement that he’d be parting ways with the Italian house, occurring almost simultaneously with Balenciaga-gate, fashion finds itself in a state of flux.

Michele’s appointment as creative director back in 2015 came as something of a surprise – triumphant over more recognisable names including Riccardo Tisci, Christopher Kane, Joseph Altuzarra, and Tom Ford, again – with Kering’s chief François-Henri Pinault tasking the designer with taking the house in a ‘daring direction’ following predecessor Frida Giannini’s early exit. 

It’s a formula we’ve similarly seen strike gold in the years since with Daniel Lee at Bottega Veneta and Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli, but it has also been catastrophic, in the case of Justin O’Shea’s breakneck seven-month tenure at Brioni and Lanvin’s seemingly revolving front door.

Revisiting his Autumn/Winter 2015 debut (the unofficial one), Michele’s maximalist magpie tendencies weren’t as grandiose as we’ve come to expect, but his willowy boys with their luscious locks, pussybow blouses, fur-lined slippers, and nerdy, oversized reading glasses were a world away from the stark streetwear we were seeing in menswear at the time. Similarly, his womenswear debut was an entirely different offering to Miuccia Prada’s smart and subversive Prada, Hedi Slimane’s svelte and skanky Saint Laurent, Nicolas Ghesquière’s sleek and chic Louis Vuitton, or Phoebe Philo’s salve for all wounds, Céline – before Slimane later axed the é. 

After presenting four collections – his AW15 menswear and womenswear debuts (presented separately, before the brand went co-ed in 2017) a Resort 2016 show in New York, and a stepped-up sophomore menswear outing – Michele was awarded International Designer of the Year at the 2015 British Fashion Awards for having ‘set the fashion agenda’ and ‘confirming Gucci’s position as a truly directional fashion house.’ 

Meanwhile, Demna, who we now know as the mononymous creative director at Balenciaga, was still somewhat unknown, just beginning to step into the limelight as design lead at Vetements, presenting his sophomore collection during the same season. He would be named as Alexander Wang’s successor seven months later in October 2015. 

In the years that followed, both designers began laying the foundations to create the behemoth brands today, albeit at opposite ends of the spectrum – Balenciaga the dark and dirty counterpart to the romance and nostalgia of Gucci. 

There’s the inescapable assault from both brands as the go-to for your celebrity faves: from Balenciaga’s Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Dua Lipa, Elliot Page, Justin Bieber, Isabelle Huppert, Michaela Coel, Nicole Kidman, and Kylie Jenner to Gucci’s Harry Styles, Jared Leto, Lana Del Rey, Florence Welch, Måneskin, Miley Cyrus, Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish, Dev Hynes, Idris Elba, Janelle Monáe, Julia Garner, Andrew Garfield, Jodie Smith, Jack Grealish – you get it. 

Yet amid standout shows (Autumn/Winter 2018, Spring/Summer 2019, Resort 2020, and Autumn/Winter 2022) meme-orable moments (from severed heads to platform Crocs) and cohort of collaborations (adidas times two, Palace, The Simpsons, Disney, and even each other in fashion’s first multiverse moment) their commonality stretched beyond the creative into their forward-thinking business mindset. Whether partnering with the World Food Programme, aiding employees to find safe abortions, ditching fur, platforming upcoming design talents, hiring diehard stans, or branching into beauty, Demna and Alessandro represented a ‘new’ kind of creative director – simultaneously scrutinising the finer details while taking scope of the bigger picture. 

Yet it’s this painstaking attention to detail that makes Balenciaga’s recent ad scandal even more perplexing. Despite the brand initially blaming production company North Six – with a $25m lawsuit that was swiftly dropped – insiders question, rightfully so, how such images could see the light of day with so many stakeholders involved. 

Regardless of which side of the scandal you find yourself on, it’s impossible to ignore the endurance of this particular controversy. Thanks to the Right’s rebirth of ‘Satanic Panic’, luxury brands are forced to walk an ever-shrinking tightrope to do the ‘right’ thing, not because they want to, but because they have to in order to protect their bottom line. Remember when controversial ads were en vogue? 

Since Balenciaga-gate, Gucci found itself under similar criticism following the release of its ‘HA HA HA’ campaign – featuring Harry Styles wearing a teddy bear t-shirt toting a mattress that denigrators said belonged to a ‘toddler’. In a now deleted TikTok video, Coach was decried for Disney-themed teddy bears in its Sydney store that were described as ‘satanic’ and ‘evil’. 

For Balenciaga, the fallout (still falling) from its Chernobyl has seen Kim Kardashian, the poster child for Demna’s Balenciaga, noticeably out of the brand claiming to be ‘shaken by the disturbing images’ and ‘re-evaluating her relationship with the brand’. After appearing in the brand’s AW22 campaign, Euphoria’s Alexa Demie deleted all Balenciaga images from her Instagram feed and promptly unfollowed for good measure. Then the Business of Fashion rescinded its ‘highest honour’, the Global VOICES award and instead asked the brand representatives to attend to explain the saga – they declined. 

As the brand’s first show post-Balenci-gate approaches, the mind intrigues whether deep-thinking Demna will address the controversy. Amid the storm that has permanently taken root above Balenciaga HQ, the designer and CEO Cédric Charbit seem to be on borrowed time.

So, who does that leave in line to succeed fashion’s Iron Throne? At the end of 2022, Miu Miu took home Lyst’s title of hottest brand of the year for the first time – beating away heavyweights Balenciaga (who has topped the chart six times) and Gucci (topping 10 times and never placing lower than 4th). 

Thanks to its viral micro skirt set – which solidified its status on countless covers and via Shein knock-offs and homemade Halloween costumes – Miuccia trebled down from Spring/Summer 2022 through to Spring/Summer 2023, turning Moo Moo into a cash cow with churning out micro bras and adorable accessories.  

There’s also the new guard of next gen designers invited to make their mark at hallowed houses: Ludovic de Saint Sernin and Harris Reed will shortly present their debuts for Ann Demeulemeester and Nina Ricci respectively, while Maximilian Davis will reveal his sophomore runway collection for Ferragamo. With luck, an exciting opportunity to see what they’ve got, and not another revolving door. Bianca Saunders and Priya Ahluwalia next please! 

Will Matthieu Blazy achieve a hattrick at Bottega Veneta? What has Raf Simons got up his sleeve? What Ever Happened To Phoebe Philo? With heavyweights in limbo – Alessandro Michele, Riccardo Tisci – a hotly anticipated debut from Daniel Lee at Burberry, and open spots at Louis Vuitton menswear and Gucci, the guillotine looks like it’s readying for more chops with LVMH’s recent CEO moves. 

Time to place your bets. 

AUGUST 2020->MARCH 2022: Photo Dump No.16

DATE SAVED, L-R BY ROW:

1. 26th November 2021, 12th November 2021 [Gucci Resort 2018], 18th February 2021 [source: instagram account @photojournal], 20th April 2021 [Lana Del Rey shot by Edward Smith for Blurt Magazine, Fall 2009 issue], 22nd December 2021, 18th August 2020 [graphic by Erin Hagerman], 26th October 2021, 28th November 2021 [Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea], 20th February 2021

2. 21st October 2021 [source unknown], 20th November 2021 [details @ Giambattista Valli Haute Couture F/W17], 25th May 2021 [source: twitter account @FUCKNMODEL], 22nd December 2021, 5th February 2021 [The Good Egg @ Kingly Court, Carnaby Street], 7th March 2022, 7th March 2022 [Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Friends, Season 7 Episode 13: The One Where Rosita Dies, aired 1st February 2001], 16th December 2021, 25th December 2021 [source: twitter account @leon444rdo]

3. 29th April 2021 [source unknown], 8th May 2021 [Rihanna photographed in New York wearing Are You Am I, 6th October 2016], 2nd January 2022, 19th July 2021 [graphic source: unknown], 15th January 2022, 26th November 2021, 1st February 2022 [Creative Debuts & Half a Roast Chicken present: Eve De Haan’s DON’T CRY OVER SPILT MILK pop-up exhibition, Canada Place, Canary Wharf], 27th February 2022 [East Street, Walworth], 29th January 2022

4. 15th October 2021 [source: instagram account @thepulpgirls​], 29th December 2021 [Urban Garden, Bournemouth], 2nd December 2021, 14th December 2021, 17th October 2021 [Brick Lane, Tower Hamlets], 24th November 2021, 12th December 2021 [Christmas by the River, Southbank, Lambeth], 24th June 2021 [Emerald Iridescent Draped Gown by Teuta Matoshi, S/S21], 21st April 2021

5. 5th May 2021 [Lana Del Rey for California Style Magazine, March 2018 issue], 5th January 2022 [Jon Hamm & John Slattery as Don Draper & Roger Sterling in Mad Men, Season 5 Episode 12: Commissions and Fees, aired 3rd June 2012], 4th February 2022, 14th January 2022 [Versace RTW F/W19], 16th December 2021, 6th August 2021 [personal style of Olivia Rodrigo, images from her instagram @oliviarodrigo], 19th December 2021, 26th October 2021 [source: instagram account @earthlywrappings], 5th January 2021 [background image: “How Am I Not Myself 03″, Myro Wulff @ Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea]

6. 13th March 2022 [Camden Arts Centre, Frognal], 28th December 2021, 17th October 2021 [work by Silvia Schaumloeffel @ The Other Art Fair, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane], 18th January 2022, 28th June 2021 [source: reddit account /thoseoceaneyes], 10th February 2021 [Ave Mario, Strand], 19th August 2021 [graphic by Christine Owens, instagram account: @christineowensart], 24th May 2021 [”Flesh Fashion” designed by LeMÁine, instagram account: @lemaine__], 10th February 2021

7. 8th February 2022, 19th June 2021, 6th May 2021 [source unknown], 24th June 2021 [Forever Chamomile Gown by Teuta Matoshi, S/S20], 7th March 2022, 21st January 2022, 3rd September 2020, 29th January 2022 [Bermondsey Street, Southwark], 21st December 2021

8. 13th November 2021 [Gucci RTW F/W19], 23rd January 2022 [”The Black Brook”, John Singer Sargent, c.1908 @ Tate Britain, Millbank], 15th October 2021 [source: instagram account @omgkittyclub], 18th March 2022 [Bricklayer’s Arms, Southwark], 18th January 2022, 7th February 2022, 17th January 2022 [Bermondsey, Southwark], 12th August 2021 [still from Brad Montague keynote speech @ Fall CUE 2017, source unknown], 20th December 2021

9. 11th March 2022 [source: instagram account @posterjournal], 12th December 2021 [Bermondsey, Southwark], 7th March 2022 [Wolf Alice live @ The Guildhall, Southampton], 30th October 2021 [Fendi x Versace, Pre-fall 2022], 15th February 2021, 12th November 2021 [Viktor & Rolf Haute Couture S/S19], 15th December 2021 [The Boathouse, Christchurch Quay, Dorset], 14th December 2021 [Walworth Road, Elephant & Castle], 25th November 2021

10. 19th February 2022, 21st March 2022, 29th July 2021 [source unknown], 28th July 2021 [“Freak” music video still from Lana Del Rey’s “Honeymoon” LP, released February 2016], 14th January 2022 [Fendi RTW F/W18], 13th March 2022, 11th January 2022 [Circolo Popolare, Fitzrovia], 29th March 2022, 11th January 2022

Gucci resort 2017

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SEC Barred Anthony J. Mastroianni, Jr.

SEC Charges Barred Broker and His Company with Defrauding Older Americans Defendant Promised Hefty Returns while Spending Investors' Money on Luxury Goods Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Global Business Development and Consulting Corp. (Global) and its owner, Anthony J. Mastroianni, Jr., in connection with a $1.2 million fraudulent promissory note scheme targeting older Americans. According to the SEC's complaint, Mastroianni, a New Jersey resident, sold at least 11 investors promissory notes issued by his company, Global, beginning as early as 2017.  The complaint alleges that Mastroianni induced investors, ranging in age from 64 to 82, to purchase the notes by promising exorbitant interest rates ranging from 50% to 175%.  In 2016, Mastroianni was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any registered broker-dealer after refusing to appear for testimony to answer allegations of, among other things, excessive trading in an elderly customer's account. The SEC's complaint further alleges that Mastroianni gave investors conflicting explanations of the nature of Global's business and often convinced them to roll over their notes into new notes combining unpaid amounts with new investments by the investors.  In reality, Global did not use investor monies to generate income and the SEC investigation determined that Mastroianni withdrew over $486,000 of investors' money from Global's bank account and also used ill-gotten funds for personal expenses on luxury items. "We allege that Mastroianni preyed on older Americans with an all too familiar promise of massively high returns when in reality their money was being withdrawn in cash and spent on purchases at Disney resorts, Tiffany & Co., and Gucci," said Sheldon L. Pollock, Associate Director of the SEC's New York Regional Office.  "We will continue to hold accountable those who target investors for their own financial gain." The SEC's complaint, filed in federal district court in New Jersey, charges Mastroianni and Global with violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws and seeks disgorgement of ill-gotten gains with prejudgment interest, civil penalties, and permanent injunctive relief. In a parallel action, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey today announced criminal charges against Mastroianni. The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy has information and investor alerts to help seniors protect themselves against investment fraud.  Additional resources and more can be found at investor.gov. The SEC's investigation, which is ongoing, is being conducted by Peter A. Pizzani, Debbie Chan, and Adam S. Grace, and the litigation will be led by Christopher Dunnigan and Mr. Pizzani of the New York Regional Office.  The case is being supervised by Mr. Pollock.  The SEC appreciates the assistance of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. Read more news relating to "fraudulent promissory notes:" - East Helena: Trevor Gene Sentenced for Bank Fraud - Former Managing Partner Sentenced For Defrauding Investors - Helena: Kasey Jones Wilson Sentenced for Bank Fraud - Missouri Cease & Desist Order – Monarch Capital Investment Fund Read the full article

Gucci Resort 2017

Gucci resort 2017

Gucci Resort 2017

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