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Sunday Best: Delicately lovely costumes from the ghost of PNB’s ‘Giselle’


Until it's time to gather once more, to dance and to celebrate dance together, let us admire these hauntingly beautiful costumes from Pacific Northwest Ballet's canceled April production of "Giselle."




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Sunday Best: 2020 Oscars Edition


In this special, expanded Oscars edition of Sunday Best, let’s take a peek at the five films nominated for best costume design, all of which take us backward in time: to various U.S. cities from 1949 to 2000 (“The Irishman”), 1940s Germany (“Jojo Rabbit”), 1981 Gotham City (“Joker”), 19th-century New England (“Little Women”) and 1969 […]




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Sunday Best: Handing out Academy Awards for best outfits at the Oscars afterparty


Awards season is officially over — but not until we hand out the awards for best dressed at the Oscars afterparties.




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Sunday Best: From New York Fashion Week, a gown reminiscent of a bouquet of flowers


The Oscar de la Renta collection from New York Fashion Week walks the catwalk in this week's Sunday Best.




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Sunday Best: An elegant trio of outfits show off ballet’s rich history, on display in New York City


Ballet and fashion have an undeniable connection — a bond currently on display in the "Ballerine: Fashion's Modern Muse" exhibit at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.




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Sunday Best: Just in time for spring, a parade of wintry jewel tones from Paris Fashion Week


Forget spring and summer — in the world of fashion, the season is fall 2020. Do keep up, dear reader.




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Sunday Best: 200 actors dressed in costumes are a highlight of the Louis Vuitton show


The Louis Vuitton show at Paris Fashion Week earlier this month brought this gorgeous bit of theater: On a grandstand behind the runway sat 200 actors, dressed in costumes representing fashion from the 15th to mid-20th century.




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Sunday Best: A reminder that fashion, and all things joyful, will rise again  


Red carpets might be going on indefinite hiatus as the international events calendar grinds to a halt. For now, enjoy these photos from the "Mulan" premiere. Sigh.




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Sunday Best: Delicately lovely costumes from the ghost of PNB’s ‘Giselle’


Until it's time to gather once more, to dance and to celebrate dance together, let us admire these hauntingly beautiful costumes from Pacific Northwest Ballet's canceled April production of "Giselle."




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Sunday Best: A 1919 Vogue cover from a shelter-in-place puzzle


Arts critic Moira Macdonald brings a glimpse of cherry blossoms, if only in puzzle form, for this week’s edition of Sunday Best.




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Sunday Best Greatest Hits: A fairy-tale gown from French designer Sylvie Facon


There aren’t any red carpets right now, no premieres, no movies at the theater — so let’s take a stroll back through Sundays Best past, shall we?




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Sunday Best: In honor of the postponed Met Gala, a highlight from 2019


The Met Gala, that Fashion Olympics-y event that takes place every May and celebrates the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been postponed indefinitely from its original May 4 date. So, while we imagine the outfits that might have been, let’s gaze back at a highlight from last year. Gemma Chan […]




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Sunday Best: A standout among the stars — Lupita Nyong’o at the 2014 Academy Awards red carpet


What do people talk about on the red carpet, anyway? Assuredly this gorgeous blue gown worn by Lupita Nyong’o at the 2014 Academy Awards stirred some conversations.




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Sunday Best: Finally, some relief in the form of parasols and bonnets from ‘Belgravia’


These costumes, from “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes’ new EPIX miniseries “Belgravia,” are made by their details — and are the perfect relief, in photo form, for the day/week/month/year’s stresses.




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Sunday Best: Finally, some relief in the form of parasols and bonnets from ‘Belgravia’


These costumes, from “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes’ new EPIX miniseries “Belgravia,” are made by their details — and are the perfect relief, in photo form, for the day/week/month/year’s stresses.