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News.com.au
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Livvy Dunne ends dazzling Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway turn with a split
Olivia 'Livvy' Dunne showed off her gymnastics prowess Saturday during the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit runway show at the W South Beach in Miami, where she capped off her walk with a split at the end of the runway. The former LSU gymnast and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model rocked a sultry one-piece with cutouts for one turn down the runway and switched things up to a white crop top and animal-print bottoms for the other. The 22-year-old Dunne made her cover debut for the iconic publication this spring, which she called a dream come true. 'That is crazy,' Dunne said upon learning she landed the cover. 'I am a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model… Are you kidding me?' Dunne, who made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut in 2023, appears on one of the four covers for this year's edition, including Lauren Chan, Salma Hayek and Jordan Chiles. In a behind-the-scenes video from her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit shoot shared in May, Dunne revealed she was grappling with a knee injury at the time. 'Fun fact, I was shooting on a fractured kneecap, so poses like this and the cover shot kind of hurt, but it was honestly so worth it,' she said in the Instagram clip. Dunne confirmed in March that she had been 'dealing with an avulsion fracture of my patella,' which sidelined her from participating on the floor of LSU's senior night festivities. 'It absolutely breaks my heart to not get the opportunity to compete in the PMAC one last time. Tiger fans, you've been so good to me! Thank you for the endless support and as always Geaux Tigers! – Liv,' she wrote on social media at the time. Dunne, a national championship-winning gymnast with the Tigers, bid an official farewell to the sport she's loved all her life in April. 'Gymnastics, you have filled my heart and will always be a part of me,' she shared in a heartfelt Instagram video. 'You shaped me into the person I am today.' Dunne has given her 13 million fans across Instagram and TikTok intimate looks at her highs and lows over the years, including troublesome moments with supporters. In a TikTok video shared over the weekend, Dunne detailed how autograph-seekers have tracked her down at airports and fears she is 'being stalked.' 'They know time, place, airport, everything!!! Stay safe,' she captioned the video. As Dunne's star has continued to rise, fans have paid particular attention to her personal life. She and Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes have been together for more than a year, with the ex-LSU baseball star confirming the relationship in the summer of 2023.
New York Times
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Gen Z Imagines the Future of Fashion
Outside the former Barneys on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, onlookers crowded in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows hoping for a peek into the Parsons BFA fall runway show. Before the show, student designers gathered to talk about what's next for the industry. Diana Schilling, who designed and modeled her clothing, pointed to her brother with autism as a source of inspiration often choosing her materials for those who may be hypersensitive or hyposensitive. Mathew Josh also took inspiration in his family's immigration from Jamaica to New York. He utilized batik to color the textiles, blending traditional methods with contemporary silhouettes. Rachel Sacksner used unconventional accessories, which she called 'materials of survival.' Her great-grandmother, a holocaust survivor, was married in a wedding dress made from a parachute. Link Li was inspired by the dread of writing a résumé. Then he realized that clothing is a résumé of sorts. The result: deconstructed men's wear embellished with writing, which he called 'visual poetry.' Olive Eng Canty championed what she called 'women's work,' incorporating knitting, felting and quilting. 'I really hope people get more excited about sustainability and slow fashion,' Ms. Canty said.
Vogue
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
Savannah College of Art and Design Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection
The Savannah College of Art & Design has a honeybee as its school mascot. It's a peculiar fun-fact about the university, one with a warm, even if a little saccharine, backstory. The gist of it is that bees shouldn't be able to fly given their size and wingspan, yet they do. The parallel here is that an art and design university nestled in a picturesque southern town like Savannah, Georgia, isn't quite a fail-proof, no-brainer idea. Its competitors—Parsons in New York and Central Saint Martins in London—are based in buzzy world metropolises in proximity to the industries they prepare their students for. But as this weekend's annual School of Fashion runway show proves, SCAD is defeating all expectations. Even this alumnus's. Friday night's extravaganza took place at SCAD's campus in Atlanta (it takes turns with the Savannah campus every other year). The proceedings kicked off with a musical performance featuring two alumni; on the piano was Maxwell Park, while Wayne Bucknor Jr. played the cello as he walked down the runway. The runway, by the way, was a colorful walkway by Trish Andersen, another alumna. If in the past SCAD's fashion students operated almost independently of the industry at large, with little to no references to trending aesthetics or designers, that's no longer the case. The distinctive voices remain, but the students appear increasingly aware of the goings-on in fashion. Themes like the much-discussed return of boho (à la Chloé), and the trending Western aesthetic (Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter, anyone?), dominated the runway. Most surprising was the number of collections that either referenced or repurposed military garb. From upcycled army surplus and many, many parachutes, which were cut into utilitarian separates and even draped into eveningwear, war and its byproducts—physical and abstract—were unequivocally top of mind. Gen-Z often gets flack for its apparent aloofness and reliance on the internet and social media, but these collections painted a portrait of a highly sensitive, literate generation. There was a clear wearability to many of the clothes in this show that's not always found in student collections. It was the emphasis on craft and the handmade, however, that underscored some of this year's strongest efforts. Julianna Almandoz painstakingly embellished her collection with what looked like thousands of buttons, and to great effect. It emanated joy and was a wonderful callback to the late Patrick Kelly. Also impressive was meticulous leather, beading, and fabric patchwork and quilting on the runway: See Hollis Maxon's intricate textile work, the way Kieva Brady needle felted and embellished tweeds with wool and Swarovski crystals, and how Elizabeth Earnhardt repurposed vintage handkerchiefs and draped them into a skirt and made handbags out of ceramics.
New York Times
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Just Through Central Park, a Different Gala Celebrates Students' First Steps
Just a 10-minute walk from the flashing cameras and swarms of crowds outside the Met Gala last night, a very different sort of gala was taking place at the Central Park Boathouse. It was the inaugural iBrain Gala, a runway show dedicated to celebrating the nonverbal and physically disabled students who attend the iBrain school in Brooklyn and on the Upper East Side. On a long red carpet, teenage students wearing tuxedos, glittering spring dresses and superhero costumes were helped out of their wheelchairs and into a pediatric metal exoskeleton that allowed them to walk. Their friends, family and teachers cheered them on with applause. Then they made their way to a small runway stage, where they basked in more applause.
