Categories
Accessories

Tati Westbrook Shutters Beauty Brand

Tati Westbrook is shuttering her namesake beauty brand.
The beauty influencer, who has 8.7 million YouTube subscribers and 2.2 million Instagram followers under her @glamlifeguru handle, revealed in a YouTube video on Thursday that she is closing her Tati Beauty brand nearly two years after she launched the makeup line.
“Tati Beauty is closing its doors,” Westbrook said in the video. “We are no longer selling product online and I say that with a heavy heart. I loved creating this brand. I had huge goals, dreams and visions for the future and you guys know prior to reviewing product on YouTube I’ve been a lifelong makeup lover.”
Tati Beauty first launched with its Textured Neutrals Palette, a 24-pan eye shadow palette that Westbrook said sold out 12 hours after the brand launched. The brand released several other eyeshadow palettes during its two years on the market, as well as a beauty blender.
Westbrook explained that the brand’s closure is due to two things: the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the current legal battle regarding her Halo Beauty supplements brand. In March 2020, the Tati Beauty Instagram account posted an update that it would no longer be able to ship new orders because its fulfillment center

Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.

Categories
Uncategorized

Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Tapped for ‘Wicked’ Musical Film Adaptation

“Wicked” has found its Glinda and Elphaba.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have been cast as the lead roles in the upcoming film adaptation of “Wicked,” the popular Broadway musical about the unlikely friendship between two witches from the Land of Oz. The two friends are Glinda (who later becomes Glinda the Good Witch), who will be played by Grande, and Elphaba (who later becomes the Wicked Witch of the West), who will be played by Erivo.
The stars announced the news on their Instagrams on Thursday, as both of them uploaded screenshots of their excitement from their video call with Jon M. Chu, who signed on to direct the movie in February. Chu also directed “Crazy Rich Asians” and “In the Heights.”

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande)

“thank goodness 💘 @jonmchu @cynthiaerivo @wickedmovie,” Grande captioned her post.
“Pink goes good with Green 💚💚💚 @wickedmovie @jonmchu @arianagrande,” Erivo captioned hers.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Cynthia Erivo (@cynthiaerivo)

Production for the movie is expected to begin in the U.K. in the summer of 2022.
“Wicked” premiered on Broadway in 2003 and was met with critical acclaim and commercial success. The original cast starred Kristin Chenoweth

Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.

Categories
Accessories

Everything to Know About Cristóbal Balenciaga

Cristóbal Balenciaga, the founder of Balenciaga, worked tirelessly at mastering women’s couture and created a blueprint for the fashion designers of today.
Pillow hats, sack dresses and baby-doll dresses are a few of his creations that considerably impacted the fashion world. Balenciaga’s vision and passion for couture still flow through the brand’s veins as their designers uphold the late designer’s push for innovation in fashion. 
Called “Fashion’s Picasso” by British fashion photographer Cecil Beaton, he was one of the most prominent designers of the 1900s, and his artistry has influenced the fashion world for more than 100 years. A couturier from the age of 12, he mastered his talents by creating patterns, shapes, cuts and designs that hadn’t been seen in women’s fashion previously.
Early Life
Balenciaga was born on Jan. 21, 1895 in Getaria, Spain. He was the youngest of five children to José Balenciaga Basurto, who died when Balenciaga was young, and Martina Eizaguirre Embil, a seamstress who taught sewing classes in her village. After working alongside his mother, he became an apprentice for a tailor in Gipuzkoa, Spain.
As a teenager, Balenciaga worked as a tailor at Les Grands Magasins du Louvre Parisian branch in the women’s clothing department. His early training

Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.