Not many fashion shows can boast of Beyonce sitting front row, but the Luar show in Bushwick, as part of the recently concluded New York Fashion Week, had entire Knowles clan – mother Tina, and sisters Beyonce and Solange – in attendance.
The reason was to support Solange's son, Julez Smith Jr, who was modelling in the show. Wearing a silver suit by Gaurav Gupta and matching cowboy hat, needless to say, Queen Bey eclipsed the show, while still making the unknown designer front-page news.
At the Romeo Hunte show, the front row was filled with rappers, including Fabolous and Dave East, while over at Michael Kors, there was a plethora of famous faces, including Blake Lively, French actress Melanie Laurent, Brie Larson and The Last Kingdom actor Alexander Dreymon.
Meanwhile, possibly the most powerful woman in fashion, Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue and global editorial director of Conde Nast, leant her support to Tommy Hilfiger's return to the New York schedule, as well as showing up to Michael Kors and Prabal Gurung.
A pregnant Sofia Richie also arrived at the Tommy Hilfiger show, her bump hidden under a trench coat.
It-girl Alexa Chung wore bright red tights under a tweed coat to the Tory Burch show, while actress Katie Holmes – a regular on New York best-dressed lists – was spotted at the Ulla Johnson show.
Olivia Palermo arrived at the Jason Wu show in a black-and-white jacquard dress, fresh off the runway, while American television host Tayshia Adams, also went for a runway look to the Prabal Gurung show, with an extended collar, thrown over one shoulder like a scarf, clad in a look seemingly lifted from the show.
Singer Sam Smith embraced all things theatrical in a taffeta skirt to watch the Christian Cowan show, while at Thom Browne, one of the last shows of the week, Queen Latifah, Whoopi Goldberg, Lil Nas X and Pusha T were all spotted in the front row.
Generational responses to the pandemic
Devesh Mamtani from Century Financial believes the cash-hoarding tendency of each generation is influenced by what stage of the employment cycle they are in. He offers the following insights:
Baby boomers (those born before 1964): Owing to market uncertainty and the need to survive amid competition, many in this generation are looking for options to hoard more cash and increase their overall savings/investments towards risk-free assets.
Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980): Gen X is currently in its prime working years. With their personal and family finances taking a hit, Generation X is looking at multiple options, including taking out short-term loan facilities with competitive interest rates instead of dipping into their savings account.
Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996): This market situation is giving them a valuable lesson about investing early. Many millennials who had previously not saved or invested are looking to start doing so now.
Kamindu Mendis bio
Full name: Pasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis
Born: September 30, 1998
Age: 20 years and 26 days
Nationality: Sri Lankan
Major teams Sri Lanka's Under 19 team
Batting style: Left-hander
Bowling style: Right-arm off-spin and slow left-arm orthodox (that's right!)
RESULTS - ELITE MEN
1. Henri Schoeman (RSA) 57:03
2. Mario Mola (ESP) 57:09
3. Vincent Luis (FRA) 57:25
4. Leo Bergere (FRA)57:34
5. Jacob Birtwhistle (AUS) 57:40
6. Joao Silva (POR) 57:45
7. Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) 57:56
8. Adrien Briffod (SUI) 57:57
9. Gustav Iden (NOR) 57:58
10. Richard Murray (RSA) 57:59
PAKISTAN SQUAD
Abid Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali (test captain), Babar Azam (T20 captain), Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmad, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Imran Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Sohail Khan, Usman Shinwari, Wahab Riaz, Imad Wasim, Kashif Bhatti, Shadab Khan and Yasir Shah.
Director: Laxman Utekar
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Akshaye Khanna, Diana Penty, Vineet Kumar Singh, Rashmika Mandanna
Rating: 1/5
NO OTHER LAND
Director: Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal
Stars: Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham
Rating: 3.5/5
