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Moonflower Murders — first look pictures and casting for sequel adaptation

Moonflower Murders — first look pictures and casting for sequel adaptation

The BBC has revealed casting and first look pictures for Moonflower Murders, sequel to Magpie Murders, both based on Anthony Horowitz novels. I did try Magpie Murders, but didn’t connect with the story — no reflection on anything except me! Returning in the lead roles are Academy Award-nominee Lesley Manville as book editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland and Timothy McMullan as famous literary…

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Actually, McMullan was the second choice.

Timothy Spall was originally cast as Pund. He looks more like the character as described in the novel (who also wear glasses and carries a silver-topped cane). But he had a scheduling clash with another production, so he stepped out.

I'm so glad he did, and that the director and Anthony Horowitz chose McMullan in spite of him not resembling Pund as written (of course Horowitz had worked with him before, as Arthur Valentine in series 7 & 8 of Foyle's War.)

IMO, though Magpie Murders the novel is good, the series improved upon it greatly. The novel has Susan's version for the first half, then the "Atticus Pund" novel for the second. The series mixed them together, and had Atticus and Susan talking with one another. I applaud Horowitz for knowing his work needed rewriting for the screen.

The novel Moonflower Murders has the Pund mystery in the middle, because Susan needs to read it in order to solve the real life murder. I enjoyed it very much, but I can't wait to see Susan and Atticus interacting again in the new series!

BTW, a friend tells me there are a few Magpie Murder fanfics on AO3, but that they aren't very good. :-(

Excuse me, but I'm in love with Atticus Pund.

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bowie on the radio by ryan mcmullan i love you….

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Daniel Mays Joins the Cast of Magpie Murders

.@DanielMays9 joins the cast of #MagpieMurders for @BritboxUK and @MasterpiecePBS.

We are happy to announce that Daniel Mays has joined the stellar cast for Magpie Murders the six part series for Masterpiece PBS and Britbox UK and based on the best selling book from Anthony Horowitz. Lesley Manville was previously announced. Additional casting announced includes Tim McMullan -who steps in to replace Timothy Spall who had to step away from the production due to a scheduling…

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6 Predictions for What Trump's Inaugural Balls Will Look Like

Team Trump may love slamming the “liberal media,” but they’ve hired one of its most famous vets to help plan their inauguration. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff is a celebrated Vogue alumna whose cause celebre was the famously opulent Met Gala. Under her tenure as the magazine’s Special Events Director, the event became the Party of the Year,™ luring everyone from Beyoncé to Madonna with her couture-swathed spectacles. The working mom later helped Lincoln Center morph into a fashion hub, created the star-studded Style Awards, launched her own consulting firm… and became one of Melania Trump’s confidantes in the process.

With her self-confessed perfectionist streak and her hardcore fashion background, what might this year’s hotly anticipated / horribly dreaded (circle one…) inaugural events look like? We combed through past Met Ball hallmarks to stake a guess…

Models dressed as punks line the entrance stairs decorated with an American flag made of roses at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala, in New York, May 6, 2013. The annual gala celebrated “Punk: Chaos to Couture.” (Erin Baiano/The New York Times)

PREPARE FOR A THEME

Perhaps the most famous facet of Met Galas past is The Theme, a fanciful swirl of fashion icons and think tank buzzwords like “Prada and Schiaparelli: The Impossible Conversation” or “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.” (More uncomfortable in the wake of Pussy-Gate? 2010’s “American Women: Fashioning Identity”). We’re guessing this year’s party colors are red and white—just like those MAGA hats.

  NEW YORK – MAY 1: Vogue events director, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala “AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art May 1, 2006 in New York City. AngloMania focuses on British fashion from 1976 to 2006. (Photo by Marvi Lacar/Getty Images)

THERE WILL BE BUDS…

As in flowers—tons of them, if Wolkoff’s past Met Galas are any indication. For 2006’s Anglomania, her team carpeted the museum’s marble stairway in sheets of forest moss, with living trees at the top. The year before, Wolkoff flew 7000 gardenias into New York via specially refrigerated jets. And since this is a national event, every state blossom, from North Dakota’s wild prairie rose to Pennsylvania’s mountain laurel, is ripe for the picking. (On second thought, maybe just the Red State flowers…)

The Starbucks sign is seen at a store located in Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York November 10, 2015. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump weighed in on Starbuck’s red cup controversy, during a rally on November 9, with the prospect of boycotting Starbucks after the coffee company announced it had abandoned its Christmas-theme cups in favor of a simplistic red cup. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

…BUT THERE WILL NOT BE STARBUCKS

“I drink coffee, not Starbucks,” Melania Trump told Dujour magazine last year. That probably means no Mocha Frappuccinos for you, Jared Kushner!

NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 15: (EDITORS NOTE: This image was processed using digital filters) Designer Tommy Hilfiger poses backstage at the Tommy Hilfiger Women’s Fall 2016 show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Park Avenue Armory on February 15, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images for Tommy Hilfiger)

EXPECT A LOT OF TOMMY HILFIGER…

The American fashion icon told WWD, “‘I think Melania is a very beautiful woman and I think any designer should be proud to dress her. Ivanka is equally as beautiful and smart… I think they look great in the clothes. You’re not going to get much more beautiful than Ivanka or Melania.” Anticipate his enthusiasm to be rewarded with cocktail dress sales.

  …AND MORE DESIGNERS WILL PROBABLY COME AROUND

A familiar face at Ralph Lauren and Vera Wang shows, Winston Wolkoff is a trusted friend of designers, publicists, and stylists. Though some fashion royals, like Marc Jacobs, have disavowed any collaborations with Mrs. Trump, others are non-committal about their future involvement with the First Lady Elect.

NEW YORK CITY, NY – MAY 5: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff attends Nina Ricci after party for Met Ball hosted by Olivier Theyskens and Lauren Santo Domingo at Philippe on May 5, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by DAVID X PRUTTING/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

PERFECTION IS INEVITABLE

In a Fast Company interview, Winston-Wolkoff revealed, “I was in London doing Unforgettable: Fashion of the Oscars, a charity auction to raise money for AIDS research… I was with Natasha Richardson, and I was sweeping the floor in my ball gown.” She further told The Observer, “I stay in control of every little thing. I want to make sure nothing falls through the cracks.” Translation: if you see a 6’1 brunette with a dust pan and heels on CSPAN, you’ll know what’s going down.

NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 13: (L to R) President-elect Donald Trump and Kanye West stand together in the lobby at Trump Tower, December 13, 2016 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

 THE CELEBS WILL BE TREMENDOUS

Trump himself told The New York Times, “We are going to have an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout for the inauguration, and there will be plenty of movie and entertainment stars.” He’s correct. Even if Trump friends like The Beach Boys, Paris Hilton, and assorted Rockettes can’t make it (and even though Kanye is sadly “not performing”), stargazers need only wait until the next day, when The Women’s March on Washington brings Katy Perry, America Ferrera, Olivia Wilde, and more to the nation’s capital.

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It's all about the right casting.

Originally, Timothy Spall was cast as Atticus Pund in Magpie Murders, which, though heavily flawed, is my current fave mystery.

This is Timothy Spall.

Spall had other obligations. He was replaced with Tim McMullan. And I immediately fell in love.

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Spicing Up The Runway: A Look At The Victoria’s Secret Trend Present By means of The Years

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Spicing Up The Runway: A Look At The Victoria’s Secret Trend Present By means of The Years

The Victoria’s Secret Trend present began within the mid-’90s as a approach for the model to showcase its merchandise with stay fashions, however over the many years the present has advanced right into a high-profile glittering spectacle. From Angel’s wings to Fantasy Bras, you’ll see that there are tons of parts that go into creating one of many most-talked-about trend occasions of the yr. This isn’t only a easy trend present—it’s a full-on artwork present (with a pair scandals right here and there). Simply wait till you see what Heidi Klum wore on the runway in 2003!

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The very first Victoria’s Secret Trend Present debuted in 1995 at New York Metropolis’s Plaza Resort. The style present was launched by mannequin Stephanie Seymour and likewise featured Beverly Peele and Frederique van der Wal. The present was initially placed on to showcase Victoria’s Secret merchandise which is why most runway seems to be for the early exhibits have been very minimal. The lingerie is put into full focus in these exhibits, with simply footwear and maybe a handbag or a lightweight sweater to enrich them. Right here, mannequin Angelika Kallio’s minimal equipment actually showcase the bra and pajama bottoms that she is sporting.

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With this look from 1997, worn right here by mannequin Rebecca Romijn, you possibly can see that there’s nonetheless an enormous emphasis on the merchandise itself. For the primary few years after the present’s conception, the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present was held on the Plaza Resort and was not broadcast to the general public excluding the 1999 and 2000 exhibits, when the general public was invited to peek in on the annual occasion by way of webcast. After all, the Web throughout the brand new millennium wasn’t fairly what it’s in the present day, so the video high quality was deplorable. Nonetheless, tens of millions of individuals tuned in because the occasion was given tons of publicity main as much as it.

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By the fourth present in 1998, Victoria’s Secret shifted away from simplicity and have become a bit of extra elaborate with the presentation of their exhibits. The stage design had develop into an important facet of the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present and the designs solely continued to get extra intricate and detailed relying on the theme of that yr’s present. Whereas the runway seems to be right here nonetheless seem like targeted on the lingerie, one of many fashions on this image is displaying one other crucial facet of the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present: the Angel wings. Wait till you see the most important wings which have ever graced the Victoria’s Secret runway!

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That is Tyra Banks rocking one of many first units of Angel wings to ever grace the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present runway in 1998. The custom caught on, with the heavy-hitter fashions working the present being dubbed “Victoria’s Secret Angels.” The primary group of fashions that helped Victoria’s Secret popularize the idea included Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bündchen, Adriana Lima, and Alessandra Ambrosio. These fashions are thought-about veterans of the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present runway and have since left the present, excluding Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio. These wings are fairly simple in comparison with how far the idea is taken in the present day!

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Simply to get an thought of how elaborate the Angel wings have develop into, try Alessandra Ambrosio’s “Ardour Play Fan Wings” from the 2011 present! The 23-karat gold plated wings, that are encrusted with 105,000 Swarovski crystals, weighed as much as 30 kilos—making them the heaviest wings within the historical past of the present! The wings have been designed by Sydney-based Manik Merican over the course of seven months, however solely had their second of glory for lower than a minute on the runway. However this solely goes to indicate that the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present has develop into extra of a spectacle than the model attempting to promote its lingerie.

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Since we’re on the topic, try the wings Heidi Klum wore on the Victoria’s Secret runway in 2003! Klum strutted down the runway with a feathery set of extra traditional-looking wings that have been reportedly as much as 12 ft tall! Klum was showcasing the Very Horny Fantasy Bra, which included a 70-karat diamond centerpiece utilizing the second largest diamond on the planet. The bra in query prices a whopping $11 million! The pièce de résistance of every Victoria’s Secret Trend Present is the Fantasy Bra, which will get redesigned annually and one fortunate mannequin is chosen to put on it down the runway. You’ll by no means guess how a lot the costliest Fantasy Bra is and who obtained to mannequin it!

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You’ll be able to see the emphasis producers put into theatrics with this shot of Tyra Banks from the 2002 present. That yr was the second yr that the present was broadcast on public tv. Though tens of millions of viewers tuned in to look at the present, it didn’t come with out controversy. The Federal Communications Fee started receiving complaints concerning the extremely sexualized nature of the present, practically calling it “soft-core pornography,” whereas others argued that the present exacerbates hyper-sexualization of ladies’s our bodies. Nevertheless, the present abides by censorship pointers and Victoria’s Secret is unfazed. Chief Advertising and marketing Officer Edward Razek advised The New York Instances in 2001, “This can be a powerhouse model for ladies, so we market to girls. Males come without spending a dime.”

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One other facet of the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present is the usage of props instead of (or along with) Angel wings. That is mannequin Isabeli Fontana sporting an enormous pair of dumbbells on the 2010 present. For people who comply with the present and the fashions, it’s a recognized indisputable fact that the Victoria’s Secret Angels undergo some intense health and food plan regimens with a view to look their greatest for the present. Fontana advised The Unbiased in 2014, “I’ve to work out to look the very best earlier than the present… I don’t have a routine. I love to do new stuff on a regular basis.”

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That is Naomi Campbell throughout the 2002 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present when she sported some wings which might be fairly typical in comparison with what has been created lately, as you’ll quickly see. Nonetheless, 2002 was the yr that the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present actually began to develop into extra of an occasion, relatively than a mere trend present. That yr’s present featured performances from Future’s Youngster and a flamenco dance by Tyra Banks, which you’ve seen on a earlier slide. Like Naomi’s ensemble right here, the costliest Fantasy Bra can also be a spicy pink quantity, which you will notice developing!

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A trend present with stay musical performances? Sure, the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present has that, too. The musical visitors that seem on the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present carry out alongside the fashions as they proceed to stroll down the runway. Lately, it has develop into extra interactive because the fashions playfully work together with the artists as they carry out. This can be a image from the 2016 present in Paris. Woman Gaga carried out her hit “Million Causes” throughout the second phase of the present, the place the theme was “Mountain Romance.” Mom Monster is holding the hand of Angel Stella Maxwell, whose outfit goes together with the phase’s theme.

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With a lot exercise occurring throughout the present, it’s wonderful to see the fashions keep their composure (however then once more, they are professionals). One excellent instance of this takes us again to the 2002 present when Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen walked down the VS runway solely to be ambushed by PETA anti-fur activists. Though she isn’t sporting any fur for this runway look, the protestors have been responding to Gisele’s then-recent signing with a famed furrier. Because the protestors swarmed the runway, chanting with their “Gisele: Fur Scum” posters, Gisele appeared unfazed on continued on together with her stroll earlier than the protestors have been detained.

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Talking of Gisele, right here she is modeling the costliest Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra. Priced at $15 million, the Pink Sizzling Fantasy Bra that was modeled by Gisele for the 2000 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present went down within the Guinness World Data as the costliest piece of lingerie ever created—and who higher to mannequin it than a famous person mannequin like Gisele?! The pink satin bra was encrusted with 1,300 valuable gem stones, together with 300 karats of Thai rubies. The Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra is marketed because the “final” vacation present annually, however solely two of the million-dollar brassieres have ever been bought. If the Fantasy Bra has no patrons, it’s dismantled after a yr.

This will have been the costliest Fantasy Bra, however your jaw will drop while you see the 2016 Fantasy Bra!

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Though the Fantasy Bra is the centerpiece of every Victoria’s Secret Trend Present, it has been marketed with Victoria’s Secret’s vacation line for years. The primary time it was showcased on the runway, nevertheless, was in 2001. Victoria’s Secret veteran Heidi Klum wore the Heavenly Star Bra, which turned the primary Fantasy Bra to make its annual trend present debut. Priced at $12.5 million, the Heavenly Star Bra featured 1,200 Sri Lankan pink sapphires and a 90-karat emerald lower diamond—which alone price a whopping $10.6 million! This bra is significantly extra demure than what we’ve already seen, however it’s from 2001 when the present wasn’t as grandiose as it’s in the present day.

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Right here you possibly can actually see how elaborate the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present has develop into since its early days within the ’90s. That is from the 2008 present which was held in Miami. From the chandeliers and mirrors that adorn the runway, to Heidi Klum’s Angel wings within the form of an outsized, pink, glittery Christmas bow, you possibly can inform that producers of the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present pulled out all of the stops for the 2008 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present. Heidi Klum has been with Victoria’s Secret for over ten years from 1999 to 2010 and has been featured as an Angel in the entire 11 exhibits that she has walked.

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2014 was a doubly extravagant yr for the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present because it was the primary yr that the model showcased not one, however two Fantasy Bras. The Dream Angels Fantasy Bras have been modeled by Victoria’s Secret Angels Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio. Every bra is priced at round $2 million and featured a ruby and diamond model alongside a sapphire model. The bras are encrusted with 16,000 gems every in addition to an 18-karat jeweled physique piece. Lebanese jeweler Pascal Mouawad took nearly 1,400 hours to create the bras. In the event you suppose these bras are as wonderful because it will get, then you definately’ve but to see 2016’s Fantasy Bra!

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In the event you suppose you’ve seen all of it by now, you’re drastically mistaken. Simply take a look at Heidi Klum’s magnificent snowflake wings from the 2008 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present! Though they’re not as large as the enduring angel wings she wore 5 years earlier, this look actually wowed the gang. Klum’s then-husband Seal carried out at that yr’s present and as an additional particular deal with, there was even some extent throughout the present when Klum and Seal carried out a music collectively on stage! It will need to have been an incredible expertise that introduced the couple nearer collectively again then.

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After 11 years of being a Victoria’s Secret Angel, mannequin Alessandra Ambrosio was lastly chosen to mannequin the Fantasy Bra for the 2012 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present. Right here she wears the Floral Fantasy Bra, with an overwhelmingly stunning set of orchid “wings,” containing flowers that have been individually crafted and painted by hand. The bra itself was much more elaborate, because it featured a cacophony of 5,200 valuable gems together with amethysts, sapphires, rubies, in addition to white, pink and yellow diamonds. The Floral Fantasy Bra was priced at $2.5 milliion—cheaper than what we’ve been seeing however nonetheless positive to burn a gap in your financial savings account (or credit score debt).

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We advised you the 2016 Fantasy Bra was beautiful! That is mannequin Jasmine Tookes, showcasing the $Three million Brilliant Evening Fantasy Bra. Not solely is the bra manufactured from 450-karats-worth of diamonds, it features a bodice that makes use of greater than 27,000 Swarovski crystals! The Brilliant Evening Fantasy Bra was custom-made for Tookes to put on it within the present and she or he even needed to have her higher physique molded to assist create it. Tookes advised W Journal, “Each time [I try on the Fantasy bra] it will get increasingly snug, nearly a bit of bit too snug in order that I’m going to expire with it and preserve it.” Designers spend hours conceiving costume concepts like this and bringing them to life, as you’ll quickly study!

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After all, the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present wouldn’t be as profitable as it’s with no little controversy. Throughout the 2012 present, Angel Karlie Kloss appeared on the runway sporting a Native American-inspired headdress alongside a fringed leather-based bra and panties with high-heeled moccasins. Though Victoria’s Secret claimed the outfit was alleged to signify the harvest season, they have been met with fast backlash from individuals who thought the outfit was offensive in the direction of Native people and sexualized Native American girls. Victoria’s Secret rapidly issued an apology for the style fake pas.

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The 2013 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present featured the first-ever Three-D printed wings within the present’s historical past! Modeled by Lindsay Ellingson for the “Snow Angels” phase, the wings included tens of millions of tiny Swarovski crystals and have been designed by architect Bradley Rothenberg, who created the wings primarily based on the fractal nature of snowflakes. Rothenberg used a physique scan to create a sample that might match completely round Ellingson’s physique form, telling Wired, “Three-D Printing is an ideal know-how to include into trend because the speedy manufacturing and flexibility of the method completely matches the velocity of the season-to-season trend world.”

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For the 2011 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present, Aussie Angel Miranda Kerr modeled the Fantasy Treasure Bra, priced at $2.5 million. The bra itself was encrusted with Three,400 valuable gems, together with 142-karats-worth of diamonds along with pearls, citrines, and aquamarines. However maybe what’s much more spectacular than that yr’s Fantasy Bra was the set of “wings” that Kerr needed to put on to enrich them! The intricate piece, as you possibly can see, is formed like an oyster shell, which is suitable contemplating the nautical theme of that yr’s Fantasy Bra. So what’s the actual pearl from this oyster shell? The mannequin or the bra? It takes plenty of work and planning to create avant-garde seems to be like this. Simply wait till you see what one of many designers has to say about it!

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That is mannequin Behati Prinsloo from the 2015 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present during which she wore this loopy, cartoonish wings that say “Love.” Prinsloo advised W Journal that the wings are important to a mannequin’s stroll saying, “It’s all the time enjoyable to have one thing to play with. The wings are wonderful as nicely. They’re heavier, it’s a must to stroll a bit of totally different, you possibly can’t stroll quick.” Prinsloo additionally went on to lament the truth that the fashions can’t preserve the perfect items from the present: “There’s all the time footwear we wish to preserve or the wings, however they’re such iconic items, we will by no means preserve them.”

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Elle cites mannequin Maria Borges as the primary mannequin to tackle the Victoria’s Secret runway together with her pure afro. Borges advised the publication, “I advised my agent that I would like to stroll the 2015 Victoria’s Secret trend present while rocking my brief Afro hair. It felt wonderful… I felt like my third look at a Victoria’s Secret present would develop into extra significant or impactful if I might assist just a few girls embrace their pure magnificence.” Hopefully, Borges did encourage, as a result of she actually seemed gorgeous on the runway together with her pure hair. Lately, there have been many campaigns within the trend trade to combine extra variety and widen their magnificence requirements.

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Jeff Fender, a Brooklyn-based artist who began out as a dressing up designer on Broadway, is a frequent collaborator for the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present. He shared with Harper’s Bazaar what precisely goes into the design of a dressing up. After getting an impressed sketch from Victoria’s Secret, Fender says, “I interpret their imaginative and prescient right into a design for the material… For one thing just like the boho psychedelic costume, that takes about Three-Four weeks to make. It takes just a few days to attract the paintings for the sample.” It took 18 panels of material to create this colourful costume worn by mannequin Elsa Hosk in 2015. Talking of Elsa Hosk, wait till you see the insane costume she wore the next yr!

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Gigi Hadid is modeling this wonderful butterfly costume that was additionally designed by Jeff Fender, who advised Harper’s Bazaar, “The butterfly costume I painted in a few week. It’s a less complicated piece, solely eight items of material they usually mirror one another. It’s a looser painted fashion. I did that every one myself… I often plan out all of the designs after which my assistants assist me paint.” Fender warns that though the venture is enjoyable, you do must watch out: “Because it’s all portray with dye, if you happen to by chance drop a drip someplace, otherwise you mess up—it’s a must to begin throughout.”

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On the 2016 present, mannequin Grace Elizabeth wore this unimaginable set of bow wings which weighed nearly 18 kilos, in keeping with designer Marian Hose, who helps create the wings for Victoria’s Secret. Creating the wings is certainly no easy job both. Hose advised Teen Vogue, “We do 5-6 fittings per wing. We’ve the primary becoming of precise wing mockups with our match mannequin, and we solidify all of the supplies. On the second becoming, we verify to ensure the wings don’t bounce they usually aren’t getting too heavy. On the third becoming, the design workforce matches Victoria’s Secret merchandise to the wings.”

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Hose went on to clarify that on the fourth becoming, “[We] lastly meet the mannequin who might be sporting the wings! We’ve to ensure the wing works for every woman carrying it. On the last becoming, we appropriate any downside the mannequin might have, and take photos to doc the outfits… A wing can take anyplace from 30 to 400 hours, relying on how tough it’s.” Behati Prinsloo wore the Arch Angel Wings in 2013. Hose advised Teen Vogue, “I designed that wing for the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Vacation Commerical and the style present design workforce appreciated it a lot, they put it within the trend present.” These wings look fairly heavy, however think about how exhausting it was for Elsa Hosk to sport the “wings” she wore in 2016 which you’ll see quickly!

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Mannequin Lais Ribeiro wore this colourful costume on the 2016 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present. The costume was designed by Nepalese artist and jewellery designer Arpana Rayamajhi, who used woven-fabrics and hand-sewn cash from her house nation. Rayamajhi advised Forbes, “Victoria’s Secret is a worldwide model. It means every thing that they’d select to signify artists from around the globe for the work they do and are unique to them. As a girl from a really particular a part of the world that’s usually missed, that is big for therefore many Nepali girls who really feel that our a part of the world is uncared for within the regional dialog.”

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Additionally on the 2016 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present, mannequin Josephine Skriver wore this sparkly quantity down the runway whereas being serenaded by Bruno Mars. This costume will not be as simple to put on because it lets on. It reportedly took 450,000 Swarovski crystals to create this look. The sleeves alone allegedly weighed ten kilos every! Though it wasn’t Skriver’s first stroll down the Victoria’s Secret runway, she advised W Journal that this specific present felt like the primary time once more, because it’s the primary time she walked as a contracted Victoria’s Secret Angel. She had her first alternative to put on wings and open one of many segments!

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We advised you Elsa Hosk’s look on the 2016 runway was insane! In any case, there’s a dragon wrapped throughout her physique! Hosk advised The Hollywood Reporter, “It was actually heavy and actually proscribing, so I couldn’t transfer freely. Once we did the final becoming it nonetheless wasn’t proper, and I couldn’t really stroll. We lastly obtained it about 5 minutes earlier than the present, so it was fairly dramatic.” Sadly, this look and plenty of others from that yr’s exhibits fell beneath criticism for cultural appropriation as soon as once more as one Cosmopolitan write claimed that the seems to be have been racist and displayed a lack of know-how behind the usage of the oriental designs. Victoria’s Secret actually didn’t obtain the sort of criticism again within the ’90s when seems to be have been a lot less complicated, as we’ll present you once more…

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2016 marked veteran mannequin Adriana Lima’s sixteenth yr as a Victoria’s Secret Angel! She nonetheless walked the present that yr however advised The Hollywood Reporter that preparations for the present have been a bit of extra intense for her. The 35-year-old stated, “Since I’m not younger anymore I’ve to work exhausting to maintain up. I attempt to work out six days every week, even when it’s simply 20 minutes, as a result of it’s a way of life to work out.” The mannequin additionally stated that everybody has to undergo rehearsals, saying, “We made positive that every thing is practical and we’re snug and it suits! We’ve to ensure there are not any wardrobe issues, if you understand what I imply.”

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On the 2015 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present, mannequin Cindy Bruna wore this intense bodysuit for that yr’s “Firework” phase. Victoria’s Secret Trend Present artistic director Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou advised CBS, “This piece was in all probability essentially the most time-consuming and difficult piece of the gathering, and concerned 5 totally different distributors. The preliminary bodysuit was made in NYC by Barak, then deconstructed and despatched in items to the embroider, who then despatched it to Milan for the beading placement, which took an entire week of positioning beads and defining colour and patterns. It was then despatched to India to be beaded in items.”

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Martha Hunt has walked the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present in earlier years, however 2015 was the primary yr she debuted as an Angel. Appropriately sufficient, she wore this intense set of Angel wings that mild up. Hunt advised WWD, “I’ve worn wings earlier than however these are particular. They’re heavier than ever earlier than and lightweight up like a firework.” Hunts wings have been embellished with 20,000 Swarovski crystals. 130-feet of LED lighs—with 1,200 particular person lights—assist the wings come to life as they emit a brilliant glow with the assistance of a battery pack. The wings weighed nearly 20 kilos! Appears lately have gotten fairly difficult. Bear in mind how easy the seems to be have been within the ’90s?

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Let’s rewind a bit and return to 2001. This was Adriana Lima’s second time to grace the Victoria’s Secret runway and it was additionally the primary yr that the present was broadcast on tv. Lima tole Elle that realizing that, there was plenty of stress. Lima stated, “I used to be very nervous. We knew what an enormous deal it was for the model and for our careers. I had been working for just a few years at that time and I used to be turning into extra recognizable within the trend world, however this helped me develop into extra recognizable with folks outdoors of it and with mainstream media.”

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Mannequin Alek Wek was a newcomer to the Victoria’s Secret runway that very same yr in 2001. She wore this fascinating lingerie set, that features a sheer, pink balconette bra with heart-shaped skivvies to match! Whereas the present often airs earlier than Christmastime, it was held in February simply earlier than Valentine’s Day as a technique to enhance lingerie gross sales. You’ll be able to see right here that that was clearly the aim, particularly primarily based on Wek’s loopy underwear. Maybe this was when Victoria’s Secret started to shift into extra difficult costume designs and away from their easy ones.

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After seeing all of the insane, colourful costumes from current years, did you neglect the simplicity that the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present began out with? Here’s a look that was worn by mannequin Georgianna Robertson on the 1997 present with a “powder puff” lingerie set that could be very to the purpose with the primary goal right here: promote for Valentine’s Day. Of the primary present debuted only a couple years prior, chief advertising officer Ed Razek advised Elle, “We weren’t proud of the primary present, however we wakened the subsequent morning and it was worldwide information and a serious community had referred to as it the lingerie occasion of the century.”

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Who wouldn’t need an opportunity to be featured on the “lingerie occasion of the century”?! For the reason that ingredient of stay performances was added, some main musical acts have been in a position to carry out on the runway. For the 2011 present, Kanye West carried out with Jay-Z. Razek recounted, “I bear in mind Kanye coming as much as me and saying, ‘I obtained a shock for you: I would like Jay-Z to carry out tomorrow, too.’ The gang went loopy. On the finish of the efficiency, Jay-Z stated, ‘We’re on the runway, so we would as nicely stroll it,’ so that they walked the runway to the top of the stage and got here again. It was an amazing second.”

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Talking of nice moments, that is from the 2013 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present, when Taylor Swift was one of many performers for the present. That was apparently the primary time the singer met mannequin Karlie Kloss and likewise when their friendship blossomed. Karlie Kloss advised Hollywood Take, “Taylor had a lot enjoyable doing the present, and it was a lot enjoyable doing it together with her. It’s actually so in contrast to every other trend present I’ve been part of. It’s wonderful. [Taylor Swift] is my new BFF. I’m obsessed together with her. She’s actually, actually candy, and I used to be so glad that she was a part of the present this yr. She simply introduced such an vitality.”

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One other nice second from the historical past of the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present was this one from the 2014 present, when Ariana Grande was the highest performer. Right here she is pictured fearing for her life as mannequin Elsa Hosk struts by and the look on Grande’s face was ceaselessly immortalized by Web memes. Hosk advised Elle, “Within the image, it seems to be like I’m slapping her within the face with my wing and she or he is terrified, however it by no means really hit her… She got here as much as me backstage after the present and stated, ‘Oh my gosh, your wing nearly slapped me!’ I had no thought!”

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The one yr that the Victoria’s Secret Trend Present didn’t occur was in 2004, after backlash from the “Nipplegate” controversy on the Tremendous Bowl XXXVIII halftime present that yr. Ed Razek advised Elle, “Everyone obtained very cautious — together with us. Not that we have been doing something salacious.” To make up for the present’s absence, Victoria’s Secret hosted the “Angels Throughout America” tour, sending Gisele Bündchen, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, and Alessandra Ambrosio on a bus to 4 totally different cities to satisfy their followers. Adriana Lima advised Elle, “I obtained to satisfy and join with folks from everywhere in the nation… It was a really humbling expertise.”