While New Yorkers braced themselves for an unusually cold winter, writer-director Nastasya Popov was embracing the chill. “ Winter fashion is cool. I like wearing my vintage fur,” says the L.A.-based Popov, in New York earlier this month for the premiere of her first feature film “Idiotka.” The film is getting released almost a year after its world debut at South by Southwest. A few months after its festival premiere, the film was acquired for distribution by Utopia, cofounded by Robert Schwartzman. “We had this great showing at South By, the audience was laughing, they loved it,” says Popov. “To even get distribution in this landscape, I feel really grateful. We always just really wanted to make a movie that was for the masses and was poppy and quick and exciting and fresh.” Nastasya Popov on set for “Idiotka.” Courtesy of Sasha Frolova Inspired by Popov’s own life, the film hinges around Margarita, a young fashion design student living at home with her multigenerational Ru...
Pandora and Netflix’s “Bridgerton” have partnered on a collection of jewelry pieces inspired by the series adaptation of the Julia Quinn book series of the same name. The “Bridgerton”-inspired Pandora collection is now available on the Danish jewelry manufacturer and retailer’s official website. The collaboration features whimsical designs and touches of soft pastel colors throughout, with elements of the TV show’s iconography. Pandora x “Bridgerton” Herbarium Repetition ring. Courtesy of Pandora “With the ‘Bridgerton’ x Pandora collection, we did not simply design jewelry — we orchestrated a dialogue between two worlds,” Pandora’s creative directors, Francesco Terzo and A. Filippo Ficarelli, said in a statement. “We translated the values and visual codes of the ‘Bridgerton’ universe — romance, social tension, intimacy, transformation and value of family — through Pandora’s own language, our identity, our aesthetic signature.” Pandora x “Bridgerton” Bow earrings. Courtesy of P...