Fashion Trends
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Here’s the Real Story Behind the Battle of Versailles Fashion Show in ‘Halston’

Kristen S. Sykes

No matter the decade, us hardcore fashion enthusiasts are familiar with one saying: any drama surrounding the latest trends is always good drama. Ryan Murphy is especially aware of this mantra, as his new Netflix miniseries Halston follows the rise and fall of the legendary 1970s fashion designer Roy Halston.

Aside from creating some fabulous statement pieces over the years, Halston was also famous for a fateful night in November 1973: The Battle of Versailles. Before you ask whether it was a war you might not have paid attention to in your high school history class… it kinda was. Pitting high-profile French designers against luxury American designers, it was a campaign to see who could best capture the scope of world fashion, and who would be remembered for it.

TL:DR—it was a night full of breathtaking pieces of clothing, with tons of historic moments to boot. Here’s a little breakdown

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Mindful Shopping
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Family affair; Groves boys steal show for Eastern Washington

Kristen S. Sykes

Jackie Moon never had it so good.

Will Ferrell’s character in his 2008 basketball comedy “Semi-Pro” never got to play alongside his brother. Never got to go off for a career-high 35 points in the NCAA tournament against Kansas. Never got to live out a dream that played out countless times on the family driveway in Spokane, Washington.

Eastern Washington junior forward Tanner Groves appreciates and maybe even revels in the comparisons between himself, Moon and real-life Hall of Famer Bill Walton — and really, with headbands struggling to keep their shaggy curls at bay, the GIF-worthy comparisons flooded social media on Saturday afternoon — his feet remain firmly planted on the ground and his Pacific Northwest roots.

Groves and the 14th-seeded Big Sky champions hung tough with the with the third-seeded Jayhawks until the final minutes of a 93-84 loss on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA

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Fashoin Style
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How Kylie’s Style Has Evolved Since The Beginning Of The Show

Kristen S. Sykes

Keeping Up With The Kardashians fans are debating over Kylie Jenner’s fashion and style, and some think that her style has only gotten worse.

As Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kylie Jenner grows in wealth, fame, and stature, her style also continues to evolve and change. While the Kylie Cosmetics founder appears to be elevating her fashion and appearance, some of her fans aren’t feeling the changes. A few of her followers engaged in a discussion over how “tacky” they feel her fashion sense has gotten over the years.

As the youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner family, Kylie has experienced the most change over the years on KUWTK. With the series starting in 2007 when she was just 10 years old, Kylie has literally grown up in front of the cameras. Long-time viewers have watched her begin to play around with makeup before becoming the beauty mogul she

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Fashion & Shopping
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Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2001, September 26, 2000 | Fashion Show Review, Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time

For the past six months, I’ve been choosing a weekly favourite from my 30-plus years of going to fashion shows. It seemed like an appropriate way to remember —  to celebrate — something the industry was missing. But, as The Worst Year Ever™  comes to an end, I felt my choice should be a more pointed reminder of what once was. More than nostalgic uplift, more than wanton acts of beauty or provocation, what could — did — a fashion show offer? With that question in mind, a re-visit of Alexander McQueen’s Spring 2001 show had a pleasing inevitability.

Beauty and horror were the tentpoles of McQueen’s aesthetic. The quest for one, the flight from the other felt like mean motivators in 2020. So seeing those impulses crystallised so vividly on a fashion runway two decades ago confirms McQueen’s peculiar prescience. Except he flipped them. He was often seeking the

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