Month: October 2021

Forever 21 is teaming with Pantone for its latest collection.
The retailer has partnered with the color authority to release an athleisure collection that gives a nod to some of Pantone’s brightest colors. The collection includes matching sets, puffer jackets, hoodies, sweatpants, sweaters, tank tops, hats and accessories in colors like Pink Frosting (a soft pink), Adrenaline Rush (a deep red), Dark Purple (a plum hue) and Della Robbia Blue (a gray-toned blue).
Some standout pieces from the collection include a ribbed matching long-sleeve top and leggings set in Blue Haze, a light blue green; a multicolored puffer jacket and track pants that include a mix of blue, pink and yellow hues, and a knitted matching tank top and pants in Pink Frosting. Many of the pieces, such as the puffers and socks, also include the Pantone logo.
Styles from the Forever 21 x Pantone collection.
The collection comes over a month after Pantone released its spring 2022 color trend projections prior to New York Fashion Week. The color authority’s projections include five neutral tones and 10 brighter colors that are meant to evoke serenity and revitalization amid the pandemic.
“Brighter colors lift your spirits and let you abandon the rules about color that you

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Adele has teamed up with CBS for a one-night concert special.
The program, called “Adele One Night Only,” will be broadcast on Nov. 14, a few days before the release of her upcoming fourth studio album, “30,” which is set to be released Nov. 19.
The special will be filmed in Los Angeles and will feature “an extraordinary concert performance that includes the earliest opportunity to hear her first new material in six years,” including “some of Adele’s chart-topping hits, in addition to several never-before-heard songs,” according to a press release.
The album “30” comes nearly six years since the singer’s last album, “25,” which was released in 2015 when she was 27. Adele, born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, who is now 33, has always named each album after the age in which she wrote them.

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The event will also include a special interview with Oprah Winfrey.
“The special will feature an exclusive interview with Adele by Oprah Winfrey from her rose garden, in Adele’s first televised wide-ranging conversation about her new album, the stories behind the songs, life after divorce, weight loss and raising her son,” the release read.
The number 30 is significant

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Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet are rounding out their press tour for “Dune” with two more high-fashion looks.
The stars, who are cast in the highly anticipated sci-fi film, attended the “Dune” London premiere Monday night wearing looks off the runway.
Zendaya, who has previously given a nod to the the themes and motifs in “Dune” through her fashion during the press tour, looked to a warrior-inspired dress from the Rick Owens fall 2021 ready-to-wear collection. The ivory-hued dress consisted of an oversize shoulder detail, asymmetric long sleeve and subtle sequined detailing. The actress wore the look with her hair in a braided updo.
Chalamet joined his co-star on the red carpet wearing an industrial-inspired black suit from Alexander McQueen’s spring 2022 men’s collection. The black suit was embellished with silver zipper details that were placed on the jacket sleeves and along the trousers. The actor paired the look with silver chain jewelry.
The two stars were joined by other members of the “Dune” cast, including Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Babs Olusanmokun, on the red carpet.
On Saturday, Zendaya and Chalamet came together again in London for the “Dune” photo call, where both stars stuck to their high-fashion style in standout looks. Zendaya

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Emma Watson has returned to the “green” carpet.
On Sunday, the actress attended the inaugural Earthshot Prize Awards held in London. The Earthshot Prize is an environmental program founded by Prince William and Sir David Attenborough to help inspire solutions for climate change and sustainability.
Watson wore a custom upcycled wedding dress and flared black trousers by Harris Reed, paired with chunky black boots. The gown was from the designer’s Found collection using old wedding dresses from Oxfam, an organization that fights to end the injustice of poverty. The actress topped her looks with jewelry from Reed’s collaboration with Missoma.
She styled her hair in a bob and the actress’ makeup was kept simple as she presented the Fix Our Climate Award during the ceremony. The award went to AEM Electrolyser, whose technology replaces fossil fuels with green hydrogen to create gas.
Emma Watson at the Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London.
“I’ve spent much of my working life acting in fictional, make-believe worlds where the impossible can be made possible. Now, we need to do the same thing for climate change here in the real world,” Watson said during her presentation. “There have been many other times in history when it’s

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