As the final installment on the month-long fashion circuit, PFW spring/summer 2020 had the last word on the fashion trends set to rule next season. What’s in store? A mood-lifting take on the very best of Seventies fashion, a reimagining of delicate lacework and the simple beauty of celebrating that most feminine of objects, the bra. 

The trend: Seventies super-clash

Where we’ve seen it: Louis Vuitton, Paco Rabanne, Altuzarra

What you need to know: Nicolas Ghesquière’s soulful Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2020 show ended Paris Fashion Week with a standing ovation. The creative director’s signature mix of Seventies tailoring and electrifying futuristic detail hit a euphoric note – think mesmeric print blouses in acid hues and trim trouser suiting. It’s a timeless fashion agenda for the start of a new decade, where a saturated colour palette and pop florals (as seen at Paco Rabanne) are set to unleash an uncompromisingly optimistic outlook.

The trend: bralets

Where we’ve seen it: Givenchy, Lanvin, Loewe, Mugler

What you need to know: The trend for visible underpinnings has seen a wave of early Nineties bodycon returning to the Paris catwalks. If you missed new Mugler creative director Casey Cadwallader’s epic spring/summer 2020 show, here’s your rundown. The American designer’s architectural eye (which brought us Bella Hadid in a buttock-revealing bodystocking) has set the gold standard in knife-sharp tailoring for spring, while also making flounce feel modern. Most important of all is Cadwallader’s unifying message on body-confidence. Cue the theatre of a ruched skirt and matching bolero paired, simply, with a black bralet.

The trend: frills

Where we’ve seen it: Balenciaga, Valentino, Miu Miu, Chanel, Off-White

What you need to know: There is a theory posited by economist George Taylor, in 1926, which suggests that hemlines rise in line with soaring stock prices. Meaning that shorter skirts come into fashion during times of economic certainty; and that as stocks plummet, trends for longer skirting take hold. Perhaps in 2020, Taylor’s theory ought to become the ‘frill index’ – the scale of the fluttering peplums and enormous ruffles that took to the Paris catwalks at Valentino, Balenciaga and Chanel, could mean more than first meets the eye.

The trend: bronzed metallics

Where we’ve seen it: Celine, Balenciaga, Rochas

What you need to know: Demna Gvasalia chose a circular room within Paris’ Cité du Cinéma complex to unveil his spring/summer 2020 Balenciaga collection. The entirely blue space (carpet, drapes and seats were configured to match one another, all the colour of the EU flag) played host to Gvasalia’s exacting suiting, slouchy leather co-ords and power-shouldered shift dresses. But it was the golden Ferrero Rocher-esque foil finish of an enormous bow-embellished evening gown that stole the show.

The trend: full-look leather

Where we’ve seen it: Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Isabel Marant, Hermès, Balenciaga 

What you need to know: The luxury industry’s continuing love affair with roomy full-look leather, plus innovative vegan alternatives, within its spring/summer collections hints to an increasingly seasonless approach. Clare Waight Keller’s spring/summer 2020 collection at Givenchy delivered a wishlist of refined classics, which also boast durability – her sumptuous, leather looks included. The way to wear it now? Elegantly oversized, with enough room to accommodate a chunky knit underneath come winter.

The trend: power shoulders

Where we’ve seen it: Mugler, Balenciaga, Balmain

What you need to know: In a nutshell, the Eighties-style blazer you invested in two seasons ago is here to stay. Pad the shoulders of your vintage mac to tap the newly accentuated silhouette and opt in to an unadulterated primary colour palette. The ultra-clean lines of 2020’s vintage retake now spell out some of spring’s most glamorous looks.

The trend: lacework

Where we’ve seen it: Loewe, Alexander McQueen, Isabel Marant

What you need to know: Unlikely as it may sound, the age-old craft of open-web lace making is leading one of spring/summer 2020’s freshest trends. At Loewe, creative director Jonathan Anderson spearheaded the look from head-to-toe, with a delicately spun, co-ordinating trouser and dress duo. Likewise at Isabel Marant, the peekaboo fabric represented refined, modern day bohemia that was anything antique.

As guests touched down in staggered bunches into a springtime Rome on the occasion of Gucci’s resort ’20 show, there was extra pressure. For his fifth resort collection for the house, Alessandro Michele had to play that gruelling task of hometown host to guests, showing off the city where he grew up, where he lives and where he has his creative sanctum. With leading tastemakers, editors and extended Gucci famiglia among arrivals, they came, expectant and numbering more than 400.

But Michele was prepared. Granted, this is easier with the formidable tailwind of the Kering conglomerate behind you, but, as if to remind us that his relationship with the Eternal City is complex (Michele has commented before he has a love-hate relationship with the ancient dame), Rome itself was being temperamental. Raining in fits and starts, it sloshed unsuspecting sandal-shod tourists with water pooling between the ancient cobbles while they willed the sun out to complete their Instagrammable Roman Holiday.

For Gucci guests, all was centred around that part of the old city that draws such crowds, the ruins and the musei, and here the trail to show night began with distinctly Roman fare. Carciofi (artichokes) and cacio e pepe, the famously minimalist pasta dish, fuelled showgoers who found their way to lesser-known enclaves of the Italian capital. First was the overwhelming scrolls and furls of Palazzo Colonna, home to more than 20 generations of the Colonna family, which gave Rome a pope. The walls, tiled with works by Bronzino and Guido Reni, and the ceilings, flourishing under Pinturicchio brushstrokes (the same that colour the Sistine Chapel), make up one of the largest private art collections in the world.

Then to a more discreet building, but only by comparison: the monastic silence of the 16th-century Biblioteca Angelica belies its treasures of explosive worth. Among the time-ravaged leather spines and puckered parchments standing sentinel in Europe’s first public library, rumour has it a first edition of Dante’s Divine Comedy convalesces, fragile, in a locked room. Meanwhile on full display is the world’s first street-level map that purportedly gave Google whizzes inspiration for Street View.

So began Michele’s hide-and-seek of tantalising touchpoints, ending at Antica Libreria Cascianelli, a favourite store of the Gucci creative director that’s crammed with curios and taxidermy. Here, guests were given invitations in the form of a stack of antique books, each wrapped, with show details and a quote from historian Paul Veyne stamped inside: “Because only pagan antiquity could arouse my desire. Because it was the world of the past, because it was a world that no longer exists.”

Which led to dusk, inside the Michelangelo-designed Musei Capitolini, not far from an elbow bend of the Tiber river, where guests converged under a slate sky. “Rome is a place that’s difficult to define, even if you’re born here,” Michele said of his city to journalists. The sentiment continued, literally writ large, with a repeat of the Veyne quote on a stretch of fabric strung across the show entrance.

When the clothes came out, the punch hit right in the stomach. A Bob Mackie-inspired phantasm in midnight black and glittering feathered headdress as high as a holy mitre was a visual command to attention, the iris purple blazer with the 70s slogan ‘My body, my choice’ was the message to heed. It was in the company of a besequined uterus embroidered onto the front of a plissé gown, and a date – 22/05/1978 – when the Italian law for protecting the social value of motherhood and legal abortion came into effect.

The references then were stratified in degrees of directness. It came in the 70s cut of pants and slightly flared blazers in herringbones and earthy checks, chunky bouclé trims and A-line tunics, as well as ‘Gucci Band’ branded guitar cases, all nodding to the era that was a boon to gender equality and freewheeling troubadours. But these were supporting acts to the above missive, being the most direct political message from the creative director so far. Those who have absorbed by osmosis his new world order through clothes – inclusivity (notwithstanding a recent cultural misstep), beauty in everything, freedom of expression, equality – might have wondered: why now?

Michele called it a “hymn to freedom” and told press afterwards: “It was really important to organise this show in Rome in a time when it’s important to glorify this place that is a place of freedom. All the beautiful things surrounding us from the pagan world are connected to a freedom that has sometimes been threatened.”

Indeed, there are many unseen forces acting on the city that was home base for one of Western culture’s most spectacular empires, none perhaps as omniscient as the Catholic Church. An eight-minute drive away from the show is the nation-within-a-city that still wields incredible power. With the 1973 Roe versus Wade abortion law decision in the US under threat that same month (and abortion laws up for revision here in Australia at the time of writing), Michele told press he felt an urgency to engage and show that this historic centre of tradition can also be free and freeing: he wanted us to see it the way he can.

And so, he reworked the ancient tropes, clerical or otherwise, in luxurious flesh-toned togas, blood red capes dripping with flamboyant crystals, and primly subversive headwear like nun’s habits paired with a sparkling vestment and choker. Tattoo-like transfers on models’ mouths read ‘Amore’ and ‘Roma’, one containing all the letters of the other. Details were particularly decadent, seen in the golden ear coverings with a mini Hercules, the Greco-Roman demi-god, which signalled that those we deem deities have human flaws, too.

It was a meshing of myths and mythologies, megaliths mingling with Mickey Mouse motifs and an idea of Rome, refreshed, released and renewed, if you take a second look. As if to emphasise this, Michele held the show under flashlights, forcing smartphones from hands and onlookers to seek out and direct their spotlights toward what they wanted to see.

Finally, it was on to another palazzo, Brancaccio, for the after party, where Stevie Nicks called upon Harry Styles for a special performance. The duo, who enjoy a mentor-like relationship and would no doubt put to use those guitar cases, sang Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide together. As guests in thrall, including Zumi Rosow, Harris Reed and A$AP Rocky, dispersed into the various smoke-filled rooms to dance with other eclectic, eccentric young things, Michele looked over it all. In his fifth year at the label’s helm, there was a sense that the city might have a new éminence grise, casting his inclusive magic over the places that traditional power structures, Roman or otherwise, fail to embrace. After all, when you have guests over, everyone wants to show off just a little.

This article originally appeared in Vogue Australia’s October 2019 issue.

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Koke, Diego Costa, Stefan Savic and Filipe Luis are already injured for Atletico Madrid, with Diego Godin joining them on the sidelines.

Atletico Madrid have confirmed captain Diego Godin has been sidelined by a thigh problem, the centre-back adding to the injury problems for the La Liga title hopefuls.

Godin forced off at half-time of Atletico’s 2-0 home win against Getafe on Saturday.

Atleti host Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on February 20 and it is unclear whether Godin will be available.

“Our captain has undergone an MRI at the Clinica Universidad de Navarra and the results offered by the medical services of the club indicates that he suffers an elongation in the adductor muscle of the right thigh and remains pending evolution,” a club statement said.

Godin, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has been heavily linked with a free transfer move to Inter in recent weeks.

Atletico coach Diego Simeone admitted earlier this month that Godin could leave in the summer, though he denied suggestions that the club are making no effort to keep the defender.

In the short-term though, Godin joins a concerning injury list for Simeone with defenders Stefan Savic and Filipe Luis already sidelined along with Spain internationals Koke and Diego Costa.

They have, however, bolstered their forward line after agreeing a loan deal with Chelsea for Alvaro Morata.

The former Real Madrid forward has signed an 18-month loan deal with Atletico holding the option to make the move permanent at the end of that time.

Morata is in line to make his debut on Sunday when Atletico travel to Real Betis.

They then host Real Madrid the following week before taking on another local rival in Rayo Vallecano on February 16, four days before that huge European tie against Italian champions Juventus.

Simeone’s side are second in La Liga, five points behind leaders Barcelona, following Sunday’s win at the Wanda Metropolitano.

Antoine Griezmann and Saul Niguez scored in the first half to seal victory for Simeone’s side, with Getafe’s Djene Dakonam and Leandro Cabrera sent off late on – both for two bookable offences.

Atletico have now won six of their last seven games in the league and have lost just once in La Liga all season.

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The Paraguayan playmaker’s move to Newcastle not only marks a new standard for MLS players, it also shows a league gaining respect

Major League Soccer did not make Miguel Almiron. He was already worth an eight-figure transfer fee when he arrived as one of the cornerstones of Atlanta United’s standard-setting arrival in 2017.

What the league was able to do for the Paraguayan playmaker, though, is take his already-soaring stock and keep it heading in a direction that eventually saw Almiron break transfer records on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Almiron’s imminent $27 million transfer to Newcastle United will shatter the record for a transfer fee paid for an MLS player, a record Alphonso Davies held for just two months after his $22 million move to Bayern Munich. Almiron’s move completes a two-year run that saw him dominate the league with his speedy runs, impeccable passing and ability to generate his own chances when he wasn’t setting up his teammates.

He plays the game with an infectious energy that, coupled with his trademark smile, made him a player Atlanta United fans fell in love with, and a player they had to know wouldn’t be around for long.

By completing a two-year stint in MLS that went as close to perfect as anyone could have hoped, Almiron became the poster child for the league’s shift away from signing mostly aging superstars and instead targeting high-priced young talent. Sure, MLS still signs big names at the tail end of their careers, like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Wayne Rooney, but Almiron’s time in MLS, and his lucrative departure, are a blueprint more and more MLS teams will start to follow after seeing how well it worked for Atlanta United.

The long-term success of that change in philosophy was always going to depend on the ability to take those young talents and keep their development heading in the right direction.

Developing young talent in MLS would not only show prospective buyers that players who do well in North America can go on to do well in tougher leagues, but also convince future international prospects that the league is the perfect springboard for a move to Europe.

There was a time when high-priced youngsters wouldn’t consider MLS, but those days appear to be over and Almiron’s transfer will ensure perceptions of the league will continue to change.

It’s one thing for MLS teams to be willing to invest millions into young talent, but it would have been much tougher to attract those high-level prospects if Almiron’s career had stagnated, or if his winter move to Newcastle had fallen apart.  ​

Now with Almiron gone, the focus will turn to Ezequiel Barco, another high-priced teenager at Atlanta United who struggled through his first season in the league. Both Barco and $20 million signing Gonzalo ‘Pity’ Martinez will look to fill the void left by Almiron, while also trying to continue the Atlanta United trend of high-priced South Americans proving themselves worth the investment.

That change hasn’t come without its own set of issues, namely more instances of foreign teams trying to pry away top MLS talent at a bargain price. In January alone, rumors have swirled around FC Barcelona’s interest in Carlos Vela and Club America’s pursuit of New York Red Bulls star Kaku. As good as it is to have more interest in MLS players, the league also can’t afford to be pushed around and have foreign clubs prying away the best players in MLS for anything below market value.

That’s another reason why the Almiron transfer is so significant. Atlanta United president Darren Eales raised plenty of eyebrows when he stated that he believed Almrion was worth $30 million. That figure sounded wildly ambitious and unrealistic at the time, but Atlanta United fought to secure the price it felt was justified, even as the club faced the pressure that came with knowing it had to sell Almiron or risk a messy roster situation with four designated players, one more than the league maximum of three.

Almiron’s transfer, coupled with the Davies move to Bayern Munich and Zack Steffen’s $10 million transfer to Manchester City, has shown just how much has changed for MLS. Eight-figure transfers were once unheard of for MLS players, with Jozy Altidore’s 2007 transfer to Villarreal the notable exception. This winter alone has generated three and could yield a fourth if Club America decides to make a serious push for Kaku after having an initial offer rejected by the Red Bulls.

Almiron is far from the only young player to see his game sharpened, and stock bolstered, by his time in MLS. Venezuelan midfielder Yangel Herrera spent two seasons with New York City FC on loan from Manchester City and has now joined La Liga side Huesca, while Tyler Adams has hit the ground running with RB Leipzig after two seasons as a starter for the Red Bulls.

The success in Europe of players like Almrion, Herrera, Adams and Davies will determine if prices for top young MLS talent continue to rise, with Almiron sure to face the most scrutiny. His days in MLS may be behind him, but Almiron will continue to be a standard bearer for MLS even after he trades in the red and black of Atlanta United for the black and white stripes of Newcastle United.

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With a Premier League record in his sights, the Red Devils’ interim boss has explained how things have been turned around at Old Trafford

Manchester United caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says their winning run has built team spirit at Old Trafford.

United have won eight games in a row in all competitions since Solskjaer was installed as the temporary replacement for Jose Mourinho last month.

An FA Cup win at Arsenal on Friday was the latest victory to bolster Solskjaer’s claims for the job on a permanent basis, with United also back in the hunt for Champions League qualification.

Beating Burnley at home on Tuesday would make Solskjaer the first manager ever to win his first seven Premier League games in charge of a club, surpassing Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola’s record of six at Chelsea and Manchester City respectively.

And while team spirit at Old Trafford appeared to slump during Mourinho’s reign, Solskjaer is clear in his view that results are the main reason for an improved atmosphere around the club, rather than his own personal impact.

“When you’re winning games of football, you’re always going to have a good team spirit around the place,” he told United’s official website. “But that doesn’t just apply to the players, it’s the staff as well.

“When you come in on Monday morning, it’s well done and on to the next one. Don’t dwell too much on what’s happened because the focus is on the next one. I feel the whole club is thinking ‘next game, next game’ but of course you always enjoy winning.”

Solskjaer started Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku against Arsenal, with Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford – who has scored in four consecutive Premier League matches – coming off the bench.

But the United boss does not envisage it becoming an issue keeping his four forwards happy with the return of the Champions League on the horizon, where his side are set to face Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.

“Well, so far, there has been no problem because we’ve got so many games,” he added. “As soon as it becomes just one game a week, it might be a problem but we rotate even during the games.

“When we can put Anthony and Rashy [Rashford] on for Alexis and Rom [Lukaku], who did a fantastic job [against Arsenal], it is only going to help us. The players have been very, very good at staying ready and being ready when they get on.”

Burnley captain Tom Heaton will be charged with keeping out Solskjaer’s strikers on Tuesday, the former United goalkeeper having worked with the Norwegian during his time in charge of the club’s reserves.

“He’s a very good guy in terms of how he is, and he was excellent with me on a personal note,” Heaton told Burnley’s official website. “But there’s certainly a strength in there that’s required for the job and he’s probably got that. I am absolutely delighted to see him doing so well.

“I think he’s brought that little bit of history and United tradition to it, that fresh impetus and a bit of positivity and it looks like the players have responded to it. Sometimes that change can have that effect. They are on a great run, but we are looking forward to the game.”

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As the biggest celebrity wedding of the year—the long-anticipated religious nuptials of Hailey and Justin Bieber—draws to a close, we are gaining more and more insight into the lavish South Carolina affair.

Following their extremely low-key New York City Hall ceremony last year, that saw no more than the bride and groom themselves in attendance, the Biebers gathered 154 of their nearest and dearest to witness them saying “I do” at their second set of nuptials, held at The Inn at Palmetto Bluff.

And given the A-list status of both the bride and groom, the wedding guest list—while relatively slim considering the average size of a celebratory celebrity gathering—read like a veritable who’s who of today’s Hollywood figures, starting with the bridal party. Bieber’s sister, Alaia Baldwin, and cousin Ireland Baldwin served as bridesmaids, as reported by Vogue US, and the roll call of wedding-goers only increased in impressiveness from there.

Long-time family friends of Mrs Bieber, the Jenners—including Kendall, Kris, Kylie, and her daughter Stormi—were of course in attendance, thoroughly documenting the day and evening as it went on. And as expected, none of them were there to mess around when it came their wedding guest attire game.

The youngest Jenner selected a cascading gold gown with a jewelled Judith Leiber clutch in the shape of her favourite insect motif, a butterfly. And considering her very recent split with boyfriend Travis Scott, who was notably absent from the celebration, her breathtaking wedding wardrobe choice may have also served as an ultimate example of post-break-up dressing.

Her model sibling opted for a completely different look, channelling a ’90’s Kate Moss in a floor-length, slip-style velvet dress.

And their attendance wasn’t the only thing Jenner-adjacent at the wedding, with the Biebers rolling in a photo booth to commemorate their special day, shots from which gave us a peek at the day’s impeccably dressed attendees.

Fellow model, Joan Smalls, along with singer Justine Skye—who selected a plum silk charmeuse gown by Cushie for the event—featured in a number of photo booth snaps, along with Camila Morrone, Jaden Smith, David and Isabela Grutman, Bieber’s former tour manager and Kris Jenner’s partner, Corey Gamble, E! presenter Jason Kennedy and, of course, father of the bride, Stephen Baldwin.

For a peek at what celebrity guests wore at Hailey and Justin Bieber’s wedding, scroll on.

The new Mr and Mrs Hailey and Justin Bieber, of course.

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Kendall Jenner.

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Joan Smalls, Justine Skye and Kendall Jenner.

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Camila Morrone and Hailey Bieber.

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Justine Skye, Kendall Jenner, Renell Medrano, Joan Smalls and Riley Montana.

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Kendall Jenner and Fai Khadra.

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Kylie Jenner.

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Kylie Jenner and daughter, Stormi Webster.

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Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble.

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Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble.

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Alaia Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin.

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Hailey Bieber and long-time hair stylist, Jen Atkin.

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Justin Bieber, Jaden Smith, Hailey Bieber and Alfredo Flores.

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Hailey Bieber and Justine Skye.

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Isabela Grutman, Hailey Bieber and David Grutman.

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E! presenter Jason Kennedy, Justin Bieber and Ryan Good.

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Celebrity pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. and guests.

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Scooter Braun, Yael Cohen Braun, Hailey Bieber and Justin Bieber.

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How might we approach our jewellery as a mouthpiece? Photographer Hannah Roche and philosopher Lachlan Malone, who founded their brand Released from Love in 2019, are lending the proverbial microphone to their jewellery, hoping to arouse this very question in their customers when they hang their made-to-order pieces from their ears or necks.

After training in traditional jewellery making in the Southern Highlands and developing a mutual love for the craft, Roche and Malone applied their know-how to design each other’s wedding rings when they married last year. In an organic turn (as the name suggests) into a professional project, they set out to fuse their interests and share their wares with the world in a way that riffs on popular jewellery trends and hopefully gets us talking. Below, the designers chat to about their hopes for the brand, why jewellery is ripe for disruption and how they distill an unending stream of ideas into delicate, wearable pieces.

“Jewellery is a culturally conditioned thing; it’s meant different things throughout history and culture. It’s represented different power dynamics, different ideologies, different aesthetic standards,” explains Malone, who is hopeful the brand’s pieces will become similarly symptomatic of a certain time and set of values. “Our biggest goal is to create something that feels familiar enough that it doesn’t push someone away, but also progresses their idea of something forward.” 

These opposites converge in a collection of core pieces designed according to 10 aesthetic commandments the designers formulated for themselves when they founded the brand. “These are things we care about,” explains Malone, springing to mind commandment one, for example, that states that all of the jewellery must be gender neutral, or commandment eight, that explains that every piece will be ethically made. Together, these inform the basis of necklaces and earrings that are equally beautiful and thought-provoking, but engagement with the ideas from which they germinate rests in the wearer’s discretion. As Roche explains: “If our jewellery relates to [our customer] on a fundamentally aesthetic level and they just really like it, that’s great. But if they want to read about what’s important to us as a brand, then we have that there for them [too].”

Even for the purists though, who might be satisfied by the jewellery’s appearance alone – Roche identifies Released from Love’s aesthetic as “quietly ostentatious” – the brand’s ability to inflect each piece with a dose of humour, and ensure every step of the process from ideation to delivery is sustainable, deserves closer inspection. Freshwater pearl drop earrings and baroque pearl necklaces serve as two such examples. Ironically rendered in recycled silver, both pieces play up the resurgence of pearls seen everywhere on and off Instagram, while speaking out against unethical pearl farming simultaneously. “We try to make every piece in a way that is practical to wear, looks beautiful but has a concept that is either lighthearted or fun or really challenges something,” explains Malone. Roche adds: “Hopefully, we can educate our customers a little bit, and other jewellers as well.”  

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To ensure the brand is doing its part, Released from Love uses exclusively recycled materials and FSC-certified packaging. All samples are melted down again and repurposed to make pieces anew, with scrap metals regularly donated or exchanged for alternative materials. It’s clear that for both designers any and all output must be considered, yes, but considerate, too.  “We want pieces that will be worn and loved as much as possible now,” explains Malone. “[But] they can be re-gifted, they can be given down, passed down the line. That’s [the intention behind] how everything is made.” 

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One of the most highly-anticipated weddings of the year—Hailey and Justin Bieber’s religious wedding celebration—finally happened earlier this week, with the couple tying the knot for the second time in a celebrity-filled ceremony in South Carolina on Monday, September 30. 

The couple first said “I do” in a private ceremony at New York’s City Hall back in September 2018, but, like so many of their fellow celebrities including Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, the Biebers planned to hold a second wedding with their friends and family at a later date—which happened to be this past Monday. Of course, the wedding didn’t just involve a ceremony, it also include a rehearsal dinner and a screening of romantic movie, The Notebook, for their guests, which is sure to have put all their famous friends in a “happily ever after” frame of mind.

And while the couple’s guests—Kendall Jenner, Joan Smalls and Kylie Jenner to name but a few—have shared snaps of themselves and what they wore on social media at the wedding, we’re still waiting for the bride to reveal her wedding dress and the groom his wedding suit.

However, we do have details of one very special part of the couple’s wedding look: their jewellery.

As revealed on storied jewellery house, Tiffany & Co.’s, Instagram Stories, the bride and groom opted for Tiffany & Co. jewels on their wedding day. In the Instagram Story series, the house congratulates the couple and shares a series of black and white images of the couple from their day, highlighting their Tiffany & Co. wedding bands and Hailey’s Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings. 

Tiffany & Co. reveal the wedding bands they made for Hailey and Justin Bieber. Image credit: Instagram.com/tiffanyandco

In a press release about the jewels, further details have been unveiled, including that Hailey wore platinum five carat diamond solitaire earrings priced at approximately $123,000, and had two wedding rings—a $3,125 Tiffany Soleste band ring in 18k gold with diamonds and a $2,150 Tiffany Soleste V ring in 18k gold with diamonds. Justin’s wedding band was, according to the release, a Tiffany Classic wedding band in 18k gold with a price point of $950.

Per the release, the couple both chose yellow gold for their wedding rings to “symbolize their marriage.”

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2nd Oct 2019

Barre Body and Bende founder, Emma Seibold, has launched a six-part start-up series that aims to help you take your idea from a seedling to a blossoming business. In this series, Seibold will share her journey, as well as the tips, tricks, and lessons she’s learnt along the way. Read on for part three, see part two here.

My university degree and professional background before starting Barre Body was in marketing, so creating a brand was my favourite part of the startup process. It’s also one of the most tangible as once you have some of the basics like a name, social media handles and a URL, your business dream really starts to take shape in your mind.

Whenever I am talking to people who are in the ideas phase of their business and they want to know where to begin, my advice is always the same. I tell people to start with a business/brand name. When I was thinking up Barre Body eight years ago, I spent quite a few days throwing different names around (Barre Body was almost Barre Yoga which feels so wrong now) and checking to see which URLs and social media handles were available. It’s a really great place start. Let’s explore some steps in creating your brand.

Choose a name
You might want to choose a name that clearly defines your business, for example if you wanted to sell custom baby bonnets, you might call your business Tiny Hats. This is pretty much what I did with Barre Body. Another popular method is to choose a word in a different language, or make up a word that embodies the vibe you are after. The name you choose will sometimes take a while to get used to. I didn’t love Barre Body at first, but I love it now.

Register a website domain name
This is also so fun and feels so good as it’s a very concrete step towards creating your business. I use both GoDaddy and Crazy Domains and you can’t really go wrong with either. It’s a good idea to check the domain name (and social media handles) before you decide on a name as you ideally want to get the .com.au for your business.

Set up your social media accounts
At the same time as choosing your name and website domain, you should check to see what social handles are available on the channels you want to use. The main focuses in Australia are Instagram and Facebook, but you might like to look at Pinterest, Twitter, SnapChat and others if you feel they will benefit your brand, product/service and audience. Choose the handles you want and then nab them before someone else does! You don’t have to start posting yet, but it’s important to secure good social media handles for your brand.

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Design your logo
There are a plethora of resources for this nowadays. You can design your own logo in apps like Over and Easil, or you can opt to use a graphic designer. Find a freelancer through friends or your networks or use a website like 99Designs. You will need to be able to clearly articulate the style, colours and vibe you are after so make sure you find references of things you like to show to your designer. Step nine in this list (choose five brand words) will really help with this process. 

Consider trademarking
First and foremost you should check the Australian trademark register to see if the name you want to use is already trademarked in your industry. If so, choose again; you do not want to have any legal battles in your future. It doesn’t matter how great a name you’ve chosen, it’s not worth it. If there isn’t already a trademark for your chosen name, it’s a good idea to trademark it. This will protect you against copycats and give you legal ownership over the name. It also protects you down the track if someone says that your name is too similar to their name. If you are already trademarked, that’s that. You may or may not choose to trademark your logo, but it’s wise to at least trademark your name. Registering your business name helps, but it is not the same thing as trademarking.

Set up an email account
This is another step in the brand creation process that feels so good! Imagine how you’ll feel when you have an email address and you can start sending and receiving emails from it. I use Google Suite for this as it’s very simple and easy to administer.

Choose a colour palette
Choose one to five colours that you want to use to represent your brand. There are some great websites that help you to do this like Coolors and Colourmind.

Start designing your website
I love this step in the process too. You can use a website designer or you can have a go yourself with Wix, SquareSpace or WordPress. When you start customising your website and writing your website copy, it will help to further develop your business concept as you will need to start thinking about what you might say on your webpages. Some of these pages might be: about us, services, what we do, pricing, contact us. 

Choose five brand words
There are many ways to do this, but my favourite is to brainstorm a heap of words that you think describe what you want your brand to be and then cut the list down to five key brand words. It’s okay if you have less than five, but try not to have more than five, as the more words you have, the less clear your brand becomes. While this might sound like a really basic way to define a brand, it’s a very useful tool in deciding what you will and won’t do, how your brands looks and feels, what it says and how it says it. These five words are like a filter that you can put all of your communications and ideas through.

While there is a little more to creating a brand, this list is a really wonderful place to start. In part four of this series, we’ll look at how to make a plan, and everything you need to do before you launch.

Emma Seibold is the founder of Barre Body and Bende. Follow her on Instagram at @emmaseibold.

The teenage talent looks set to remain at Stamford Bridge for the time being, but Bayern Munich “nearly fell in love” with the young winger

Chelsea youngster Callum Hudson-Odoi was the “only” player Bayern Munich wanted to sign in January, according to club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

Bayern made no secret of their desire to sign Hudson-Odoi, with the 18-year-old winger reportedly frustrated by a lack of opportunities for Chelsea in the Premier League.

An Under-17 World Cup winner with England in 2017, Hudson-Odoi is very highly rated by Chelsea and they are said to have rebuffed several bids for him from Bayern.

The final offer Bayern are reported to have lodged was worth around £35 million ($46m), but Chelsea have dug their heels in regarding any deal, adamant he will not be leaving.

Maurizio Sarri said he had been assured the club would not approve a sale of Hudson-Odoi, and as such Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic has been left disappointed.

Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, Rummenigge said: “The only one Hasan would have liked to buy was this player [Hudson-Odoi] from Chelsea.

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“I have to say that he nearly fell in love with this player and his qualities. All the other things [stories about transfer links with other players] were rumours.

“We don’t have any demand on these positions for the second half of the season. This is a topic for the future. We’ll handle it in the next months and will decide.

“I won’t deny that they [Chelsea] didn’t like this so much [Bayern’s open pursuit of Hudson-Odoi], but don’t forget that you have to give a signal to the young player [that you want him].

“There was no personal contact with the player because this is not permitted. I think that was noticed. The player had to have a signal that Bayern is standing completely behind him.”

Rummenigge added that with the United Kingdom’s messy exit from the European Union to come, that political context could have more implication for the nation’s players.

“I think the English are just finding out that the young players like Sancho in Dortmund or Reiss Nelson in Hoffenheim certainly have qualities that you can use in your own country,” he explained.

“Now you have to wait and see how the Brexit affects English football. There are still transfers to be expected. So I think the English are more likely to try and close the door. “

 And the CEO was ambiguous on the future of James Rodriguez, while making clear his admiration for the unsettled Colombian.

 “Basically, this is a super player with perhaps the best left foot in the entire Bundesliga. He proved that, especially in the last year in the second half of the season under Jupp Heynckes. We all wish James regularly on the pitch, but that’s what the coach has to decide whom to trust,” Rummenigge said.

 “I have to say honestly, I really like the player. We all know in the club what he has for qualities. However, at the end of the day it is also important that this is the best decision for him and for us. As stated, I come out as a big fan of James.”

Earlier on Thursday, the club chief had revealed that with their interest in Hudson-Odoi thwarted, Bayern would not be making any further moves in the January window.

“I spoke to Hasan [Salihamidzic] at 15.30, to ask if we will do anything. He answered ‘no’,” he stated.

“Even without Hudson-Odoi we now have five wingers, so we can get through to the end of the season.”