Allie Strausl

Paris Olympics 2024: The Global Runway

The Olympics has been commonplace for celebrating the world’s vast cultures and the spirit of sportsmanship for centuries, but it is also a global stage ready for fashion brands to display their latest designs.

France 

Taking center stage at the 2024 Olympics are the hosts.

Berluti, a French luxury brand, and Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton worked together on the navy blazers with burnished lapels, silk skirts/slim-fit pants, and leather loafers that Team France will be wearing to the Opening Ceremony.

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Snow Patrol: Chasing Success

If you find yourself listening to playlists filled with the gentle ambience of sad rock music then Snow Patrol’s 2006 Grammy-nominated hit song, Chasing Cars, is almost guaranteed to make an appearance.

Snow Patrol is a Northern Irish alt-rock band that was formed in 1997. They went mainstream in 2004 with the album “Final Straw,” and multi-platinum 2006 album “Eyes Open,” which included their international hit song “Chasing Cars.” 

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Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah: World’s Youngest Male Artist

People spend years of their lives dedicating themselves to getting a world record, but one of the most recent record holders to be welcomed into the Guinness World Book of Records won due to a lack of time. Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah has become the holder of the Guinness World Record for Youngest Male Artists at the age of 1 year and 152 days. He received his award on June 4th, 2024, surpassing the previous record holder, Dante Lamb, who received the record at the age of 3 in 2003.

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Róisín Pierce: O’ Lovely Lace

There’s this misunderstanding that femininity is equal to docility, in other words: be quiet, listen and attend to the needs of others, and never want for more. 

Yet the hauntingly bridal visages that Róisín Pierce has put on the runway gives female rage and revolt a whole new face. The delicate interweaving of silk, lace, Irish crochet, bridal veils, florals, ribbons, and bows all create fashion pieces that reinterpret designs that are seen as traditionally feminine. All thanks to one designer working out of her house in Dublin with her diligent mother, Angela.

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Keith Powers: From Pretty to “Uglies”

Models and actors are constantly in the public eye shaping the media we consume and, ever so slowly, the opinions of the society we live in. Although Keith Powers may fit into conventional beauty standards, his career has taken him to roles that sometimes challenge the status quo.

He was raised in Sacramento, California, played football at Sheldon high school, and graduated in 2010. By the age of 17, he had already launched his modeling career by signing with Wilhelmina—a world-famous modeling agency—and moving from Sacramento to Los Angeles. 

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