<p>Before launching into her signature song, “Defying Gravity,” Idina Menzel stopped to thank the evening’s honoree, Broadway and film composer Stephen Schwartz, who was seated in the first row at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.</p> <p>“Having Stephen Schwartz in my...</p>
<p>From onstage at Wednesday’s ASCAP Screen Music Awards, after “Wicked” composer <a href="https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-ascap-music-awards-stephen-schwartz-20170517-htmlstory.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Schwartz </a>presented the Vanguard Award to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-oscars-benj-pasek-justin-paul-20180227-htmlstory.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benj Pasek and Justin Paul</a>, the young composers talked about the time back in college when they first reached out to Schwartz.</p> <p>While meeting Schwartz at an event, Paul...</p>
<p>“This ribbon is very couture,” Marie-Noëlle Demay said to me, gripping a grosgrain ribbon between her elegant fingers, demonstrating how it was sewn into a blouse to avoid the indignity of a skin-adjacent zipper. “And so are these pleats.” She motioned to the different stitches, some visible, some...</p>
<p>Wander the new exhibition “Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich” at <a href="https://www.skirball.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Skirball Cultural Center</a> in Brentwood and you’ll quickly see how <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-22-mn-21986-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rudi Gernreich</a>, a gay, Jewish dancer-turned-designer and an activist, was ahead of his time in terms of the scope of his designs and how he saw the future and humanity...</p>
