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Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
YOU's style editor reveals the best pieces to add to your summer holiday wardrobe, including these £6 sandals
Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission - learn more Packing for an upcoming holiday? Yes, you could fill your suitcase with linen shorts and vest tops. But if you want to up your holiday style game, channel your favourite Instagram It Girl or fashion-forward celeb by embracing the Riviera trend. Inspired by the glamorous women who frequent French Riviera hotspots like Nice, Cannes and Saint-Tropez, the trend is all about vintage-inspired silhouettes, beachy accessories, and classic prints like polka dots and nautical stripes. The original champions of the trend include icons Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, and Grace Kelly whose effortlessly elegant looks offer endless inspiration. For more modern examples of women wearing the trend, look to influencers Grece Ghanem and Monikh Dale. Riviera style merges sophisticated European style with light and breezy, summer-appropriate materials. The goal? A wardrobe full of effortlessly cool pieces that are perfect for a life of sunbathing, aperitifs and the occasional yacht outing. Whether you're heading to the airport or not, here's five easy additions to your wardrobe to help to channel that unmistakable Riviera glamour - no passport required. 1. A straw wide brim hat Avoid any 'floppy' straw hats as they feel too boho for the Riviera trend. Instead, opt for structured wide brim fedoras in neutral colourways. 2. A chic headscarf A thin scarf that can be tied elegantly around your head adds an instant touch of glamour. Satin styles in polka dot print get our vote. 3. Chunky gold jewellery Chunky gold jewellery can make an outfit feel more expensive. If you're pool-side, look out for tarnish-free designs that will keep their colour no matter what, so you don't need to take them off if you take a dip. 4. A crochet coverup Ditch the oversized tee or dated kimono, a crochet coverup (take inspo from vintage Missoni prints) is far classier. 5. A basket bag A roomy basket bag in neutral shades feels very Brigitte Bardot. Plus, it'll easily fit all your beach essentials in! Dress, £45, and bikini top (just seen), £25, bottoms £18 Sunglasses, £197, Earrings, £350, Bracelet, £65, Hat, £165, Sandals, £10, Towel, £15, Dress, £99, Hat, £49, Scarf, £6.95, Earrings, £55, Rings (right hand), £190, and (left hand), £180, Bag, £76, Parasol, £59, Jumper (around shoulders), £198, To p, £12.99, and shoes, £27.99, Trousers, £98, Sunglasses, £9.99, Earrings, £27.99, Belt, £190, Bag, £45, Dress, £350, Hat, £45, Earrings, £165, Bangle, £49, Shoes, £830, Chair (part of table and chair set), £65, Top, £49, a nd trousers, £65, Scarf, £179, and bag, £69, Sunglasses, £415, Bangle, £49, Sandals, £6, Towel, £35, Sunbed cushion, £15, Blazer, £180, Skirt, £69.99, Sunglasses (in hand), £915, Earrings, £19.99, Top, £25.99, Skirt, £89, Scarf, £65, Earrings, £55, Bangle (just seen), £18 for three, Bag (just seen), £415, Towels, £35 each, Top, £64.99, Trousers, £36, and necklace, £50, Earrings, £42, Hat, £45, Sandals, £410, T able and chairs, £65 for set, Hair: Jamie McCormick using Hair by Sam McKnight. Make-up: Jose Bass using Chanel Les Beiges Golden Hour Collection and No.1 de Chanel Body Serum-In-Mist.
The Sun
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Maya Jama looks incredible in lace-up skintight dress as she hosts Love Island Aftersun
MAYA Jama once again stole the show as she hosted Love Island Aftersun this evening. The 30-year-old showed off her incredible figure in a zebra print dress with lace-up sides. 3 3 The host vowed to only wear vintage-inspired designer looks for this series and has impressed time after time. As she returned to the studio again tonight to chat to the latest dumped stars, Maya left fans gobsmacked with her busty look. One person commented: 'Maya your looking unreal as always.' A second said: 'Gorgeous, on fire.' Ahead of the series, Maya told The Sun: 'We're doing all archive, vintage, Nineties runway inspired. "They're all from hidden archives. "The designers have been hunting them down for the last few months for me. 'Everything should have a runway reference. "It's going to be very vintage.'But the star is going to have to tread carefully, adding: 'It's all stuff that I can't rip or ruin because it has to go back after!' On tonight's show Maya grilled recently dumped Remell and Megan. 3 Love Island's Conor in tears as Megan leave the villa Love Island 2025 full lineup Harry Cooksley: A 30-year-old footballer with charm to spare. Shakira Khan: A 22-year-old Manchester-based model, ready to turn heads. Megan Moore: A payroll specialist from Southampton, looking for someone tall and stylish. Alima Gagigo: International business graduate with brains and ambition. Tommy Bradley: A gym enthusiast with a big heart. Helena Ford: A Londoner with celebrity connections, aiming to find someone funny or Northern. Ben Holbrough: A model ready to make waves. Dejon Noel-Williams: A personal trainer and semi-pro footballer, following in his footballer father's footsteps. Aaron Buckett: A towering 6'5' personal trainer. Conor Phillips: A 25-year-old Irish rugby pro. Antonia Laites: Love Island's first bombshell revealed as sexy Las Vegas pool party waitress. Yasmin Pettet: The 24-year-old bombshell hails from London and works as a commercial banking executive. Emily Moran: Bombshell Welsh brunette from the same town as Love Island 2024 alumni Nicole Samuel. Harrison Solomon: Pro footballer and model entering Love Island 2025 as a bombshell. Giorgio Russo: The 30-year-old will be spending his summer in the sun, potentially his sister Alessia's successful tournament at the Euros in Switzerland. Departures: Kyle Ashman: Axed after an arrest over a machete attack emerged. He was released with no further action taken and denies any wrongdoing. Sophie Lee: A model and motivational speaker who has overcome adversity after suffering life-changing burns in an accident. Blu Chegini: A boxer with striking model looks, seeking love in the villa. Malisha Jordan: A teaching assistant from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, who entered Love Island 2025 as a bombshell. Shea Mannings: Works as a scaffolder day-to-day and plays semi-pro football on the side. Caprice Alexandra: The 26-year-old bombshell owns a nursery in Romford. Poppy Harrison: The bombshell broke up with her boyfriend after finding out she would be in the villa Will Means: The fourth fittest farmer in the UK according to Farmers' Weekly in 2023 entered the villa as a bombshell Megan Clarke: An Irish actress part of the OG line-up.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kim Kardashian Channels '90s Couture in Gianni Versace Oroton Dress for Bezos-Sánchez Wedding in Venice
Kim Kardashian embraced archival dressing at the wedding of Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos in Venice on Friday. The Skims cofounder wore a vintage Gianni Versace brown Oroton gown from the designer's fall 1996 collection. Kardashian's dress was a form-fitting copper-toned evening gown made of Versace's classic oroton, a metal mesh of fluid fabrics, first introduced by the designer in 1982. The dress featured thin spaghetti straps and a V-neckline with a fitted bodice that hugs the torso. It features a floor-length silhouette that closely follows the body's contours. More from WWD Lauren Sanchez's and Jeff Bezos' Wedding Is Prime for Fashion Kris Jenner Leads '60s Glam Trend With Twisted Hairdo at Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos' Wedding Ivanka Trump Steps Out in Strapless Tony Ward Gown for Bezos-Sánchez Wedding Celebration Gianni Versace's fall 1996 collection debuted in Milan and featured silhouettes elevated by daring experiments with color, including striking combinations such as sky blue dresses topped with cherry red. Kardashian paired the dress with bold jewelry, including a chunky diamond necklace featuring multiple strands of large, brilliant-cut diamonds in various shapes, including oval, pear and round cuts. The necklace featured a dramatic design, consisting of two main strands that converged into a single strand, culminating in a substantial pear-shaped diamond pendant as its centerpiece. Since arriving in Venice for the wedding on Thursday, the reality star has been seen in the city wearing looks by Balenciaga and Dolce & Gabbana. She is attending the wedding ceremony accompanied by her mother, Kris Jenner, and her sisters, Khloe Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos are hosting a grand wedding celebration in Venice, Italy, spanning multiple days and attracting worldwide attention along with a celebrity-filled guest list. Among those attending the event are Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey, Eva Longoria, Sydney Sweeney, Khloe Kardashian, Tom Brady and Ivanka Trump. View Gallery Launch Gallery: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's Wedding Photos: All the Celebrity Guests in Venice Best of WWD Stores Closing in the U.S. in 2025: Joann, Kohl's, JCPenney and More Companies Facing Financial Challenges The History Behind the World's Most Expensive Hats: From Princess Beatrice's Royal Wedding Headpiece to the $2.7 Million Chapeau D'Amour and More Every Winner in Miss World History: Opal Suchata Chuangsri, Priyanka Chopra and More
Vogue
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
Keke Palmer Is a Vintage Versace Golden Girl
Keke Palmer deserves a gold medal for her vintage game. For the last month, she's been riding the Chanel wave with her stylist Molly Dickson, pulling a tulle-bottomed black dress from the fall 1993 haut couture collection for the BET Awards, and wearing a cropped black, gold logo-buttoned mini-jacket from spring 1995 out in New York. Just yesterday (June 19), the actor stepped out in New York once again, proving that Keke Palmer is the moment's true vintage golden girl: She wore a vintage, gold and textured Versace mini-dress with the house's Medusa buttons across the bodice, with under-the-chest cut-outs. Palmer paired it with platform gold heels with a delicate ankle strap, a gold mini-handbag, a thick gold braided bracelet, and gold pendant earrings. Palmer wore her hair in her now signature red lengths with a deep, flipped over side part. Keke Palmer in vintage Chanel. Photo: TheStewartofNY Keke Palmer in more archival Chanel. TheStewartofNY From John Galliano-era Dior to show-stopping Versace, to cinched and snatched archival Dolce & Gabbana—it's all to play for in the world of archive pulls for Palmer and Dickson.
CBC
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
The cheongsam is everywhere right now — and its return is charged with new meaning
In Heather Guo 's vintage cheongsam collection, one stands apart: a red dress thought to be from 1950s Shanghai, embroidered with butterflies and flowers and made just years before China's Cultural Revolution. "It's like seeing the last glory of [the cheongsam]," said Guo, founder of Hoeng Gong Silk Co, which sells both vintage and contemporary garments. "They were still making cheongsams like they're going to wear it for the next 50 years of their life." Seen as a symbol of bourgeois decadence, the cheongsam, or qipao, faded from daily life under the rule of Mao Zedong and during the Cultural Revolution. Today, the garment — common at one time and later mostly reserved for weddings, pageants and even uniforms — is finding new life and meaning, and is the source of new debate. Designers like Vivienne Tam and Huishan Zhang are reimagining the cheongsam with new silhouettes and bringing it back into the conversation. On TikTok and Instagram, searches for cheongsam and qipao turn up no shortage of posts, with some going full vintage and others mixing in denim and bold accessories. It's more than just a fleeting trend — it's a reawakening that stitches a traditional garment together with the present. "There's definitely this idea of revival there, because I think it's becoming something that's both traditional and trending," Guo said. Over the past decade, she's noticed cheongsams and classic Chinese style gaining new prominence in the Chinese community at home and abroad, even amid the outsize influence of Western styles and brands. According to a 2024 study by the International Textile and Apparel Association, 98 per cent of the Gen-Zers surveyed in the U.S. could recognize the cheongsam. Of five modern styles shown, over half of the participants favoured the one that retained more of the classic details: double slits, a high collar and a dragon motif. But this revival goes deeper than esthetics. For many, the cheongsam is a reclamation of what once felt too sexy, too ethnic and, at the same time, too old-fashioned. Now, it's being rethreaded as a symbol of pride, self-expression and belonging. The cheongsam's silhouette is instantly recognizable: high-collared, form-fitting and etched in the Western consciousness thanks to Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love. In the 2000 film, Maggie Cheung wears more than 20 cheongsams, each a nod to 1960s Hong Kong, when the dress was an everyday staple. But the cheongsam's story begins much earlier and takes unexpected twists. Cheongsam (Cantonese for "long garment") and qipao (Mandarin for "banner robe") are often used interchangeably, but by some accounts, they're actually two distinct styles. The original qipao was a loose A-line robe worn by the Manchus, who ruled during the Qing dynasty, whereas today's cheongsam took shape in 1920s Shanghai, blending Western tailoring with shifting ideas of femininity. And with that evolution into a form-fitting garment with side slits, it quickly stirred debate. "Some people might say cheongsam was a liberation of the female body at the time, and that's how it started," said East Asian fashion historian Jonathan Lee. "At the same time, there were also other people who were criticizing it because it went against the Chinese values of, like … you shouldn't show too much skin." After the Chinese Communist Party took power in 1949, the cheongsam fell out of favour in mainland China. But in Hong Kong, where many Shanghainese fled, the dress became part of daily life in the 1950s and '60s, albeit with tighter cuts and shorter hemlines. But starting in the 1960s, locals started favouring Western styles, like jeans and T-shirts, and the cheongsam was soon reserved for special occasions. Ironically, by the time the cheongsam was less a part of everyday life in the East, it had become fixed in the Western imagination — not as a practical garment, but as visual shorthand for Orientalist fantasies. In films like Daughter of the Dragon and The World of Suzie Wong, it served to objectify Chinese women and was a symbol of exoticism and danger — the hallmark of the "Dragon Lady" and "China Doll" tropes. Though still something of a relic, the dress turned up on the runways in the '90s and early 2010s, reinterpreted by Anna Sui and Louis Vuitton. Now, designers and creatives are reclaiming the cheongsam, not just in form, but in meaning too. For Lee — who was born in Canada, but grew up in Hong Kong — its return makes sense. He sees it, in part, as a cultural anchor and a search for identity in a time of social and political flux. "During the 2010s, in a post-colonial era, when Hong Kongers are trying to figure out who we are and what Hong Kong culture really means, [there was a return to the past]," he said. "The cheongsam is very prominent in our collective memories." But as the cheongsam resurfaces in the mainstream, it has come with questions around cultural ownership. The brands Reformation, Urban Outfitters and ASOS have all drawn criticism for using the cheongsam's silhouette and details, like mandarin collars and pankou knot buttons, without acknowledging its cultural roots. Reformation's infamous leopard-print May dress, for example, echoed the cheongsam's esthetic, but made no mention of its name or origins. In 2019, the fast-fashion brand PrettyLittleThing released a cheongsam-inspired collection, a collaboration with the British girl group Little Mix marketed as "the ultimate party-wear looks," further flattening its meaning with a hypersexualized costume. "Appropriation and appreciation is such a fine line," Lee said. "It's easy to fall into either side." He believes it all depends on context, intent and who is telling the story. "If you're just trying to make money out of it because you think it's exotic or sexy, I think that's appropriation because you're just exoticizing … a Chinese woman's body," Lee said. "On the other hand, if your intention is, for example, teaching people how to make cheongsam in a traditional way or … building a strong sense of community, that is appreciation." Julie Liu, founder of the modern cheongsam brand Qipology, said awareness is key. "We've done educational posts on, How come the garment is designed this way? What does the mandarin collar mean? What's the difference between, like, the qipao and the cheongsam?" she said. "I think it's just about how brands educate the client because there's actually a lot of technical stuff involved that a normal consumer might not know." Liu also advocates for inclusive styling, including mixing and matching qipao-inspired jackets or tops, and not treating the cheongsam as a one-note occasion piece. "Everyone's doing [Instagram] reels celebrating Chinese New Year in cheongsams and Tang jackets," she said. "But I feel like, yeah, Why only during that specific time of the year?" Apart from the broader reclamation of culture and identity, Lee can imagine a renewed appreciation for the craftsmanship and sustainability often inherent to the garment. He predicted the pendulum will swing from fast and even "super-fast fashion" back to slow fashion. At that point, he thinks people could again come to consider the cheongsam a symbol of luxury. More than just tradition, the cheongsam, in all its varied forms, speaks to those who live at the intersection of cultures, generations and identities. In Lee's words, it defies a black and white definition: "That in-betweenness may eventually … resonate with a lot of people who also don't feel like they belong anywhere."
