Elle Norway

PUBLICATION: Elle Norway
ISSUE: July 2023
TALENT: Faith Johnson
PHOTOGRAPHER: Eva Maria Brandt
STYLIST: Dennis Schneider
NK CREDIT:
TIGER RED MESH WALTER MIO
RED SLEEVELESS HOODED SLEEPING BAG COAT

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i-D Magazine

PUBLICATION: i-D Magazine
ISSUE: No. 372 / Summer 2023
RELEASE: June 2023
TALENT: Erin McIntosh
PHOTOGRAPHER: Harley Weir
STYLIST: Georgia Pendlebury
NK CREDIT: NEON GREEN HALTER WRAP TOP

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Ashley Park

PUBLICATION: Women's Health
ISSUE: July/August 2023
TALENT: Ashley Park
PHOTOGRAPHER: Ben Watts
STYLIST: Kristen Saladino
NK CREDIT: SNOW WHITE SUPER LOW BACK MIO

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Schön!

PUBLICATION: Schön!
RELEASE: June 2023
TALENT: Briegje Heinen
PHOTOGRAPHER: Yana Kalina
STYLIST: Nata Bocha
NK CREDIT: BLACK MESH LOW BACK SLIP FISHTAIL GOWN

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Carrie Underwood

Photographer: Jeff Johnson
Stylist: Emma Trask

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The New York Times

What Is a Pickleball Dress?

By Emilia Petrarca

Like many Americans, the fashion designer Norma Kamali has often found herself in the company of people who, as she put it, are “obsessed with pickleball and do nothing but talk about pickleball.” Ms. Kamali, 77, said that some players have even tried to recruit her, so to speak. “They’ll be like, ‘Oh, you’re a designer, you should design a pickleball dress!’”

By last year, Ms. Kamali had heard enough pleas for pickleball dresses that she decided to name a piece she had already designed for her spring 2023 collection the “Pickleball Dress.”

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Fast Company

Designer and founder Norma Kamali is 77 and just signed a new long-term office lease. Here’s how she gets it all done

By Norma Kamali, as told to Yasmin Gagne

Being able to control your mental health by how you dress sounds ridiculous to anybody who’s not in the fashion industry. But I consider myself a wise old sage, and I’m telling you, when I put on something that makes me feel happy, I feel happy, despite whatever is going on in the world.

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Marie Claire

Beauty Around the Clock: Norma Kamali

By Iris Goldsztajn

When the pandemic broke out, Norma Kamali thought, "I’ve been in business for over 50 years. Is this how it’s going to end for me?" Instead, both her clothing line and her lifestyle brand grew exponentially, a result of clever restrategizing and hard work. The designer continues to push the limits of what she can do, and offers a modern spin on everything from bridalwear and bathing suits (worn by Jennifer Lopez) to green tea supplements and furniture.

"Luxury is being healthy and beautiful because you are healthy," Kamali says, which should tell you everything you need to know about her approach to self-care. Here, the fashion powerhouse talks us through her daily beauty routine, as well as the wellness practice that is non-negotiable for her (hint: It involves a lot of green juice).

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WWD

Norma Kamali Moves Out of 11 West 56th Street, Opens Downtown Offices

By Lisa Lockwood

After 40 years, Norma Kamali has moved out of her headquarters at 11 West 56th Street in New York and has relocated to new downtown offices at 609 Greenwich Street.

Kamali told WWD the new 16,000-square-foot space will be used for installations, exhibitions “and all types of things interactive and immersive.” She said it will also serve as the brand’s headquarters, and where the company will do photo shoots and podcasts. It won’t serve as a retail space.

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FASHIONISTA

Is Norma Kamali Fashion's Most Prescient Designer?

By Maura Brannigan

"What I've noticed as a designer is that the longer I'm doing this, the more I can intuit how the social condition affects what people are going to want to buy," says Kamali. "And I'm realizing more and more that this intuit perspective is what gives me the ability to start trends rather than follow them. And some of the trends I've started have lasted years and years."

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WWD

Norma Kamali Wins City of Design Award From Museum of the City of New York

By Lisa Lockwood

Norma Kamali, a native New Yorker who built her more than 50-year-old company in the city, was honored Wednesday with the City of Design Award from the Museum of the City of New York at its spring symposium and luncheon.

She joins previous recipients such as Cynthia Rowley, Peter Marino, Jacques Grange, Ralph Pucci, Jonathan Adler, Simon Doonan and Elizabeth Graziolo.

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THE REALREAL

Real Talk with Norma Kamali and Julie Wainwright

Hosted by Rita Nakouzi

Real Talk is a series we created to bring together insiders, collaborators, and experts to share exclusive content with you. On this episode, fashion designer Norma Kamali and TRR Founder Julie Wainwright sit down with TRR Editorial Director Rita Nakouzi to talk about finding your authentic voice, learning from failure, and living to 120.

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BRIDES

Norma Kamali Launches Her First Official Bridal Collection

By Kristin Tice Studeman

Norma Kamali is no stranger to one-of-a-kind, custom bridal gowns. For over 15 years, the designer has produced major wedding dress moments for her best friends, daughters, and celebrity brides alike.

Most recently, while designing a bespoke gown for a future bride, Kamali had a spark of inspiration; and instead of creating one look, she found herself designing 12 dresses! After a few curated additions, Kamali turned these pieces into her first-ever bridal line, which is now available on NormaKamali.com.

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BUSINESS OF FASHION

How to Turn a Trendy Hit Into a Forever Best Seller

By Alexandra Mondalek

Norma Kamali has lasted 55 years in fashion by strategically reviving old styles and making them relevant for new customers. The formula requires more than a flip through the archives, though.

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THE CUT

Help! I’m Turning 30 and Having an Existential Style Crisis

By Emilia Petrarca

“I feel like I’ve come out of the pandemic just as I hit 30, and I don’t know how to dress anymore,” said one reader of her wardrobe. I’ve gotten a lot of questions like this lately: “Should your wardrobe change when you are about to turn 30?” asked another person. “I just turned 40 and have never thought much about my personal style,” said someone else. “Where do I start?”

“The really fun part about one’s twenties is the discovery of personal style,” says designer Norma Kamali in her memoir-slash-self-help-book. “You have the freedom to dress any way you would like at this time, so experimenting is the way to do it.”

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WELL + GOOD

How Norma Kamali, Fashion Designer of More Than 50 Years, Embraces the ‘Masculine-Feminine’ in Style and in Life

By Norma Kamali

“Feminism” and “womanhood” mean different things to different folks. With The F-Word, our essay series running throughout Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting different perspectives—the good, the bad, and the complicated—of what those concepts mean to people.

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ESSENCE

Every Single Time I Post Myself In This Coat It Goes Viral — Here's Why

By Blake Newby

Winter is definitely my least favorite season. Being raised in the south (Houston) the blistering temperatures grind my gears like no other. Ironically, however, my favorite clothing item is coats. “Pieces” as I endearingly refer to them as, are my favorite accessory. It doesn’t matter if my outfit is just sweats or if I don’t have on any makeup and my hair isn’t done, a great coat elevates any look in an instant.

One coat in particular, Norma Kamali’s Sleeping Bag Coat, has a little extra razzle dazzle, though. So much so, that there’s never been a time I’ve worn it and haven’t gotten dozens of compliments and inquiries of where I got it.

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WELL + GOOD

This Dress Is Basically the Leggings Equivalent of a Gown, and I Never Want To Take It Off

By Zoe Weiner

The Norma Kamali Diana Gown ($215) is the dress of the season... and not just because it's the exact dress Carrie Bradshaw wore on her first date with that hot teacher in And Just Like That. For starters, it's what my mom likes to call "an investment piece." The one-shoulder style is timelessly chic, and it can be dressed up or down depending on your mood—pair it with strappy sandals and a pair of statement earrings for a casual beach wedding in Miami (done it) or sky-high stilettos and a pair of opera gloves for a black-tie affair in Switzerland (also done it).

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Vogue UK

J Lo Secures The Perfect Valentine's Day Slip Dress

By Alice Cary

Jennifer Lopez was one of many women to champion slip dresses throughout the '90s and Noughties. Take the silk spaghetti-strap dress she wore to attend a Tom Ford for Gucci benefit for APLA in 1997. Or the sparkly "naked dress" she wore to the CFDAs in 1998.

Proving that slinky slip dresses have ever-lasting appeal, J Lo channelled her younger self in a cherry-red silk Norma Kamali dress and platform heels for an appearance on The Tonight Show.

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StyleCaster

Carrie Bradshaw's Return-To-Dating Dress Comes in 20 Colors

By Bella Gerard

If you haven’t already manically binged the latest episode of And Just Like That, scroll all the way down to the shopping section of this story to avoid spoilers and skip right to the very cute dress. If you have watched—let’s discuss! Finally, Carrie is back on her feet and ready to dip her toes into the dating pool (as advised by both her editor and Oprah, NBD) and of course, our girl had to school us all in first-date fashion. Carrie Bradshaw’s date dress has been living in my head rent-free since I first saw it in behind-the-scenes photos of filming back in 2021, and for just $215, it can be yours in any of 20 colors. Yep, that many.

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Pop Sugar

Trying On the New "Carrie Dress" For Size, Sex Appeal, and Comfort

By Sarah Wasilak

And Just Like That costume designers Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago needed six samples of the blue Norma Kamali dress Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) wears in episode seven of the HBO Max hit series. It's the look she chooses for her first foray back into the dating world (don't pretend you weren't wondering what she'd wear . . . ), and it's not a bad choice. It's formfitting, it works as a great piece to layer with, and it's effortlessly sexy when teamed with a silver-foiled Max Mara blazer, Aquazzura jewel-strap heels, and Paco Rabanne snake-effect metal clutch.

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The Today Show

And just like that ... Jenna Bush Hager channels Carrie Bradshaw in new 'it' dress

By Ree Hines

Bye-bye, tutu! Get a peek at the timeless dress that’s about to become the “Sex and the City” character’s next big thing.

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VOGUE

Inside Miley Cyrus’s Mind-blowing Festival Wardrobe

By Janelle Okwodu

Miley Cyrus knows a great look when she sees one. If she wasn’t busy making music, the star could double as a fashion historian. Cyrus’s love of vintage, haute couture, and emerging designers makes her one the most stylish celebrities, so when she was preparing for her sets at Summerfest in Milwaukee and Atlanta's Music Midtown festival this weekend, Cyrus made sure that her wardrobe was top notch.

"Norma Kamali is an ever-evolving designer. She goes from understated to over the top, and that is a talent in itself. She's inspired me to do the same"

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VOGUE UK

Prepare Yourself For Yet Another Jaw-Dropping J Lo Look

By Alice Cary

The revival of the Bennifer romance has provided the world with quite the summer distraction – particularly die-hard J Lo fans who could never have dreamed that the couple would reunite decades on from their Noughties engagement. (Not to mention recreate that yacht moment.) The new relationship has also seen J Lo up the ante on her already notoriously alluring dress code.

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