Fashion Scoops
Take Two
The Cannes Film Festival has postponed its 74th edition, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The film festival is now slated to run from July 6 to 17. It was initially scheduled for May 11 to 22.
Last year, it did not hold an in-person event because of the health crisis.
“As announced last autumn, the Festival de Cannes reserved the right to change its dates depending on how the global health situation developed,” the organizers said in a statement on Wednesday.
Cases of the virus have been rising in Europe, with various countries tightening their restrictions, including reestablishing lockdowns.
Cannes is a huge marketplace for film, through its main selection, parallel sections like the Semaine de la Critique and Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, and the Marché du Film film market. In addition, the red carpet is a showcase for major corporate partners like L’Oréal Paris, Chopard and Kering. — JENNIFER WEIL
Super Amanda
Amanda Gorman is following up her much-acclaimed inaugural poem with another high-profile performance.
The 22-year-old poet will recite another original poem during the Super Bowl LV pregame show, according to NBC Sports. Gorman’s poem is said to recognize three honorary game captains chosen by the NFL: Los Angeles teacher Trimaine Davis, who supplied his students with Internet access and laptops for remote learning during the pandemic; Tampa nurse Suzie Dorner, who manages the COVID-19 ICU at Tampa General Hospital, and Marine veteran James Martin, who has helped other veterans and their families during the pandemic through the Wounded Warriors Project.
Gorman has become a national sensation since last week’s inauguration, where she performed her original poem, “The Hill We Climb.” She is the youngest inaugural poet in the U.S. It’s been reported that Gorman was asked to perform at the inauguration by First Lady Jill Biden herself, who saw Gorman recite her poetry at the Library of Congress in 2017.
Her poem was brought even more to life by her sartorial choice for the inauguration, a bright yellow double-breasted coat and red headband by Prada. Gorman’s outfit resulted in searches for “yellow coats” to increase by
1,328 percent and “headbands” to rise by 560 percent following the inauguration, according to data from Lyst.
Since the inauguration, Gorman has signed with modeling agency IMG in a deal that is said to aim at building her profile through brand endorsements and editorial opportunities.
Gorman previously worked with Prada prior to the inauguration when she was invited to the design house’s “Shaping a Future” conference in 2019 to deliver a speech on sustainability. She was also invited to attend Prada’s fall 2019 fashion show after she penned the poem “A Poet’s Prada,” which discussed how fashion, and the brands that create it, should start to see themselves.
This week, Gorman went on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” wearing a multicolored Chanel blazer and jeweled yellow headband from designer Autumn Adeigbo. The look was styled by fashion stylist Jason Bolden. — LAYLA ILCHI
Good Genes
Leni Klum, the daughter of Victoria’s Secret angel and “Project Runway” host Heidi Klum, is joining the likes of Kaia Gerber, Lila Moss, and following her mother’s footsteps by pursuing a career in modeling.
The emerging model,
16, polished her fashion credentials with a blackand-white editorial shoot wearing designs by Moschino, Alex Perry and Redemption for Hunger magazine, photographed by magazine founder John Rankin Waddell.
She made her fashion debut with her mother on the cover of the January/February issue of Vogue Germany.
Last week, she walked her first runway show during Berlin Fashion Week’s relaunch of Berliner Mode Salon, which also featured a 360-degree virtual reality exhibition with 38 selected designers.
The younger Klum, who has already racked up more than 500,000 Instagram followers, is the biological daughter of Italian businessman and Formula One team owner Flavio Briatore. She was later adopted by Klum’s ex-husband and British musician Seal in 2009 and changed her legal name to Helene Boshoven Samuel.
She has three siblings from her mother’s marriage with Seal: Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu Samuel, Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel and Lou Sulola Samuel. — TIANWEI ZHANG
New Role
The wholesale showroom and communications agency Rainbowwave has named Martin Bartle as its chief operations officer.
Bartle has been working with the agency in an advisory role for three years and is now joining full- time, having played a pivotal role in the company’s digital transition once
COVID- 19 hit forced physical markets to a halt.
“This is a pivotal time for our business and Martin has been integral to the development of our digital showroom platform. We have seen tremendous growth in this area and a way to connect with corners of the world, we might not have usually seen in our traditional physical markets,” said Rainbowwave founder Maria Lemos.
Bartle’s appointment is immediate and in his new capacity he will be working with the company’s global sales director, Lucia Restelli, and the firm’s p.r. managing director Bianca Fincham “to help grow the Rainbowwave business in new ways.”
“Like most businesses, the challenges of 2020 turned many of our longterm strategic projects into immediate tactical necessities, particularly launching an online version of the showroom.
We’ve got a lot more planned for 2021,” added Bartle who brings more than 25 years of marketing and e- commerce experience to the table.
In the past he has worked with brands like Mulberry, Temperley London and Space NK; served as marketing director for major online players like Matchesfashion and Mytheresa; as well as VP of Business Development at Lane Crawford. — NATALIE THEODOSI