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Elle magazine has announced that the magazine will stop using fur in its advertising and editorial content worldwide. Elle is the first magazine to take on this initiative.
“The presence of animal fur in our pages and on our digital media is no longer in line with our values, nor our readers,” explained Elle‘s international director Valeria Bessolo Llopiz. “It is time for Elle to make a statement … rejecting animal cruelty,” she told delegates in Chipping Norton, in Oxfordshire, southern England.
Thirteen Elle publications have already put this furless initiative in place with twenty other publications coming on board starting on January 1, 2022. This furless initiative is the result of lots of pressure by animal activists who have for years pressured the fashion industry to eliminate fur.
Smaller global fashion weeks have eliminated fur from their runway presentations—Amsterdam, Oslo, Melbourne, and Helsinki, while larger fashion weeks have left this up to the individual fashion designers. That said, some fashion designers have eliminated fur from their collections, namely Gucci, Versace, Prada, Burberry, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Donna Karan, DKNY, and Michael Kors, as well as Jean-Paul Gaultier and Balenciaga.
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2022 Pirelli Calendar and rock n’ roll
The 2022 Pirelli Calendar is here!! This year’s Pirelli calendar is inspired by music stars who have shaped the entertainment industry. Licensed by Canadian rock n’ roll icon Bryan Adams, this year’s calendar features music celebs whose hits have topped the charts, past and present.
The 2022 Pirelli Calendar marks the 150th anniversary of the calendar and is being published in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Titled “On the Road,” this calendar contains 160 pages and 70+ portraits of St. Vincent (who’s also the cover star), Kali Uchis, Saweetie, Cher, Normani, Jennifer Hudson, Iggy Pop, Grimes, Bohan Phoenix, and Rita Ora.
The photos were taken over three days this summer at the Palace Theater and Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles and later at the Scalinatella hotel in Capri. To coincide with the release, Adams has composed a song, “On The Road,” which will be included on his next album.
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Bella comes back
There are lots of changes at Victoria’s Secret. Not only has the lingerie giant changed their name to VS Collective; the brand is also bringing supermodel Bella Hadid back into the fold.
In an interview in Marie Claire, Bella explained that she and several models left VS Collective because of inappropriate behavior by former VS Collective executive Ed Razek. Hadid also conceded in the interview that she never felt that she was welcomed or powerful at VS Collective.
“It has been a few years since I’ve done anything with Victoria’s Secret. What magnetized me to coming back was them coming to me and really proving to me that, behind the scenes, Victoria’s Secret has changed so drastically …. There was a type of way that, I think, a lot of us women who used to work with Victoria’s Secret felt. And now, six of the seven [VS] board members are all female,” explained Hadid.
Hadid deliberately meet with the rebranded company before she decided to return. “I know firsthand how Victoria’s Secret used to make me feel, and now, going onto set every day, there is just an energy that’s switched. I would never work for a company that not only made me feel a type of way, but made the world feel a type of way, until I knew for a fact that real change was going to be made.”
—William S. Gooch
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