BRAVE STYLE: The Golden Globes returned to full capacity on Tuesday night, bringing with it a series of stunning red carpet appearances, especially among men.
Male celebrities like Austin Butler, Billy Porter, Andrew Garfield, Jeremy Pope and others brought their fashion A-games to the 2023 Golden Globes red carpet; some followed the classic men’s fashion route, while others sought bold, couture-like looks. An impression on the audience.
Porter had arguably one of the most standout men’s fashion looks on the Golden Globes red carpet. The Emmy-winning actor attended the awards ceremony in a bright pink velvet tuxedo dress custom-tailored by Christian Siriano. The dress nods to one of Porter’s most famous looks – the hybrid tuxedo ball gown, also designed by Siriano, that the actor wore to the 2019 Oscars.
As celebrity fashion stylists predicted, many male celebrities went with a modernized, vintage look for their Golden Globes red carpet outfits, and the stars combined modern design elements with their classic suits or tuxedos. This was seen by the likes of Eddie Redmayne wearing a tailored Valentino black suit jacket paired with an oversized floral brooch; Pope in a leather suit from Dolce & Gabbana and Tyler James Williams in a short, loose-fitting suit from Amiri.
Tyler James Williams at the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards.
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Many celebrities did not shy away from colors this year. Take Seth Rogen, wearing a peach-colored tuxedo from Dior; Barry Keoghan in a powder blue double-breasted Louis Vuitton suit and Garfield in a burnt orange casual Zegna suit over a black shirt.
Despite more male celebrities turning to creative style options, some, like Butler in a black Gucci tuxedo, still stuck to their classic route for the Golden Globes; Matt Bomer in a dark purple velvet Ralph Lauren tuxedo and Henry Golding in a black Giorgio Armani tuxedo.
Given the breadth of men’s fashion appearances at the Golden Globes, audiences are likely to continue to see a wide array of standout fashions for the remainder of the 2023 awards season. — LAYLA DISTRICT
SETUP: Hanro took up residence on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
The Swiss lingerie and sleepwear brand quietly opened a new store at 1200 Madison Avenue in Manhattan last fall, becoming the brand’s second store in New York and its third in Stateside.
Inside Hanro’s new store in New York. Courtesy Photo
“The Upper East Side in Manhattan is the area with the highest Hanro customer density in the United States,” said Stephan Hohmann, the firm’s managing director, explaining his decision to move into the neighborhood. “With our new store, we have succeeded in offering our customers the perfect location to experience our entire product range in person.”
Hohmann added that with its large, open format that puts the product at the center of the experience, the 1,200 square meter store embodies the “less is more” theme.
“The reduced design and clarity regarding the collection has received very positive feedback from our customers so far,” he said.
The Upper East Side store marks the company’s 13th location in the world. Additional stores can be found in Beverly Hills, New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, Munich, London, Amsterdam, Rome, Vienna, Dubai and Gstaad, Switzerland.
Meanwhile, Hanro, dating back to 1884, is in full expansion mode. In addition to its store in the USA, the company is also investing in the refurbishment of its Vienna, Munich and Swiss stores. — KELLI HAND
TIMING TBD: For most of the industry, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s set of sustainability tools has been the measurement method of choice.
As previously reported, the vehicles are ready for independent review this year, this announcement coinciding with the pause of the Norwegian Consumer Authority’s consumer transparency program following allegations of greenwashing. An announcement Wednesday from SAC detailed further prospects and timelines for the review.
“Of course, it’s important to be clear that the entire toolkit is still very active and available to all users,” Higg Index vice president Jeremy Lardeau said in a blog post Wednesday. “Reviews are underway to ensure continuous improvement; The context in which the tools are used, and with it the tools, must continue to evolve. This applies to almost any system, database or tool for measurement. We are committed to continuous improvement to ensure we are providing the industry with the most powerful tools available to enable social and environmental change.”
SAC owns and controls the Higg Index methodology, while the Higg technology platform hosts the data itself. SAC’s last independent review of the Higg Index was over five years ago. The Higg Index includes the Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI), the Higg Product Module (Higg PM), the Higg Plant Environment Module (FEM) and the Higg Brand and Retail Module (BRM).
Five major accounting firms, KPMG, will lead the independent audit. He has been an independent auditor for other companies such as KPMG, Accenture, Halliburton, CitiGroup and Coca-Cola.
“We hope that SAC will receive the comprehensive report and recommendations in June 2023, while dates remain volatile as hiring is finalized,” Lardeau said.
The process outlined involves hiring 30 independent professionals (10 for each component of the Higg Index or facility, product and brand). The review process will take approximately 11 weeks after the panels are received. After the review, the full report will be published.
SAC awaits potential updates in terms of impact.
“This is where the potential for updates to MSI and Product Module tools in the form of additional impact categories can be found and shows where and how the world has progressed since the last review – for example, there are currently five impact categories and in turn, PEF 16′ expected from the European Commission. “We hope the review will help identify data gaps to prioritize, and we can use this insight to encourage the industry to step up and continually provide stronger and more independent validated LCA data to lock onto tools.” — KALEY ROSHITS