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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 14 February 2020
Michael Kors reminds that staying in can be chic, glamorous

By KELLI KENNEDY striped suit jacket. "It's so
Associated Press sexy. Everything he does is
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael so tailored."
Kors is so over leggings Holt said it was her first time
and sports bras. He used attending Kors' show.
Wednesday's fall collection "I don't spend a lot of time
as a reminder that staying in the fashion world so to
in and cozying up by the be able to be here and
fire can still be chic and take it all in and embrace
glamorous. it and soak it all up is a re-
Blake Lively, Julia Louis- ally special experience,"
Dreyfus, Issa Rae and Anna she told the AP. The fall col-
Wintour sat in the front row lection showed very little
at the star-studded event skin except for a handful
held on the final day of of evening looks, which still
New York Fashion Week. kept with the relaxed chic
The collection was all about vibe paired with sweat-
dressing for a country get- ers, turtlenecks and capes.
away and unplugging A long, gold pleated skirt
from busy life with a strong was paired with a military
equestrian feel, heavy on jacket. A thick, alpaca
camels, grays and blacks fringed scarf was paired
with sparse hits of red and with a gunmetal sequined
orange. Everything was The Michael Kors collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 12, pleated dress. Sharp tailor-
draped with a cape, hood 2020. ing gave slouchy trousers
or cozy cowl neck — even (AP Photo/Richard Drew) and riding pants an urban
a chunky tan sweater "I like casual clothes. We're when she was the new girl ence is that it's been very sense. Suede, leather and
was complemented with American. We invented it, in town. "I didn't have any warm and welcoming." shearling outerwear was
a matching sweater tied but now we've got to reel friends and then I get a Several young stars also at- paired with fluid, pleated
around the neck for extra it back." call from Michael Kors say- tended the show, including skirts and dresses.
snuggles. Lively, who came dressed ing, 'do you want to be my actresses Dove Cameron Festive plaids, houndstooth
The ubiquitous and often in a menswear inspired look date to some fancy fash- and Olivia Holt and singer and warm paisley prints
naked athleisure wear is in a plaid vest, wide-leg ion show'," said Lively, who Kelsea Ballerini. studded the show. Every-
"not sexy, it's not alluring," trousers and white button gushed about the design- "I love the menswear vibes. thing was paired with boots
Kors said during a back- down, said Kors brought er's kindness. "Sometimes I'm very into suits at the mo- — riding, over-the-knee
stage interview with The As- her to her very first fashion we think of fashion as very ment," said Cameron, who wellies or stacked-heel city
sociated Press. show nearly a decade ago standoffish, but my experi- wore a an oversized black boots.q

German filmmaker Vilsmaier, known for 'Stalingrad,' dies

BERLIN (AP) — Joseph Vils- fore gaining a foothold in
maier, a German filmmak- the film business in the early
er whose striking portrayal 1960s as a runner and later
of the Battle of Stalingrad making a name for himself
brought home the horrors as a cameraman for Ger-
of war to a new genera- man television.
tion, has died. Vilsmaier made his debut
He was 81. as a film director in 1988
His agent confirmed with "Herbstmilch," or "Au-
Wednesday that Vilsmai- tumn Milk," the story of a
er "died peacefully at his Bavarian peasant woman
home" in Bavaria on Tues- that became a box office
day. hit in Germany.
Vilsmaier's 1993 film "Stalin- Many of his films focused
grad" painted a grim pic- on tumultuous periods in
ture of the fate of a group German history, often from
of Wehrmacht soldiers the perspective of ordinary
sent to the eastern front in people.
1942 to fight what would A notable exception was
become a losing battle "Marlene," Vilsmaier's 2000
against the Soviet Army. film about the life of actress
The months-long siege of and singer Marlene Diet-
the city, now known as Vol- rich.
gograd, cost the lives of Germany's minister for cul-
millions of soldiers and civil- ture, Monika Gruetters,
ians and marked a turning praised Vilsmaier as a "pas-
point for Nazi Germany in sionate artist" who man- In this Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 file photo German movie producer Joseph Vilsmaier attends the
World War II. aged to convey "complex, awarding ceremony of the Bavarian Movie Award at the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Germany.
Born in Munich in 1939, Vils- historical topics" to audi- Associated Press
maier studied music and ences of millions. three daughters, Janina, second wife, Czech actress rová, died in 2009.q
worked as a technician be- Vilsmaier is survived by Theresa and Josephina. His and director Dana Váv-