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These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Wednesday.
Sarah Jessica Parker to host the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards
Presented by Amazon Fashion, actor and designer Sarah Jessica Parker will host the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards on Nov. 6. The awards ceremony and dinner will be held at the American Museum of Natural History. “Sarah Jessica represents the best of what American fashion is… Smart… fiercely individual… not afraid to have fun… It is an honor to have her host the 2023 CFDA Awards…,” CFDA Chairman Thom Browne said in a statement. See the full list of nominees and honorees, here. {Fashionista inbox}
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Angelina Jolie is Vogue‘s digital cover star
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, actor and director Angelina Jolie is Vogue‘s digital cover star. In the cover story written by Chioma Nnadi, Jolie talks about the November opening of her latest creative venture Atelier Jolie, how motherhood has changed her and her style evolution from her early punk looks to her current minimalist, quiet-luxury approach. “I don’t want to be a big fashion designer. I want to build a house for other people to become that,” Jolie told Nnadi. The digital cover story will appear in Vogue‘s November 2023 issue. {Vogue/paywalled}
Italian tailoring has an uncertain future as fewer young people enter the craft
GQ writer Joshua Hunt visited Naples to explore the world of Italian tailoring and more specifically, its uncertain future, as a declining number of younger people are taking up the craft to preserve its heritage. Hunt visited three premiere Italian sartorie — Rubinacci, Ciardi and Panico — for a glimpse behind the curtain into the tailoring crisis. The craft is a difficult, time-consuming and intricate job that takes years to master, and the demographic of tailors-in-training is shifting. “Young people now don’t come to tailoring wanting to become workers in great tailor shops,” Gaetano Aloisio, president of the National Academy of Tailors, told GQ. “They want to become entrepreneurs. Today, the young people we are training, unfortunately, don’t guarantee us tailors and our tailor shops a workforce for the future.” {GQ}
Celebrity fragrances are not dead
Though some say celebrity fragrances are dead, the U.S. saw $148.5 million sales in the category in the 12 months to August 2023, according to market research firm NPD Group. Through social media, many celebrities have built an increasingly direct relationship with their audiences, leading to more celebrities entering the beauty world and now the fragrance space. Stars such as Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and Millie Bobby Brown have debuted signature scents, while Victoria Beckham and Harry Styles’s Pleasing are both gearing up to release fragrances. With loyal fanbases and a younger consumer demographics, celebrity fragrances may once again boom for a new generation. {Vogue Business/paywalled}
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