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Giorgio Armani shows winter 2010 eyewear collection

January 30, 2010/10.27

Giorgio Armani has released its winter 2010 eyewear collection, all with a slight ’50s–’60s retro style, paying tribute to designs in its archives. The first collection comprises thirteen men’s and one women’s models. (Below are the men’s styles first, with the women’s style at bottom.) You may also like Shawn Mendes fronts Emporio Armani Connected […]

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Views from the Medinge Group’s 2010 Brands with a Conscience ceremony

January 29, 2010/13.23

Left Jean-Luc Colonna d’Istria of Merci. Right Medinge director and MIP dean Pierre d’Huy translates for Dominique Benoît of Pictet et Cie. Below The Brands with a Conscience certificate, designed by UffindellWest. The Medinge Group had a slightly smaller Brands with a Conscience ceremony today at the Management Institute of Paris, reflecting the international nature […]

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Shooting the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni

January 27, 2010/11.58

Photographed by Thomaz While Lamborghini released news of its Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni in the middle of last year, this is the first time we’ve been able to get our hands on it. Or, more accurately, our occasional contributor Thomaz, who recently took a few shots of it.    Unlike most of us when […]

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Trio creates hair for Michalsky Style Nite

January 26, 2010/23.30

Above, from top The venue at the Friedrichstadt Palast, Berlin. The Trio Style Nite team. On the stage. Below Trio creative director Reinhard Olschowsky. While we did not attend Berlin Fashion Week, we did get some images courtesy of Trio Hair & Company.    Last Friday, to conclude Berlin Fashion Week, Michalsky held his Style […]

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Blue Cactus makeover promotion has an $8,000 top prize

January 24, 2010/0.26

Check out this great promotion from Blue Cactus (in which we’re involved, too), where you can win an NZ$8,000 prize package, as explained by our fashion editor Samantha Hannah. If you have a friend who you’d love to makeover, you can nominate them for the Blue Cactus Hairdressing Ultimate Makeover, which includes NZ$1,950 of hair […]

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The talented Kathryn Leah Payne

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When Kathryn Leah Payne, Christchurch fashion designer, emailed me a few months ago with pictures of her début collection, I couldn’t contain my excitement. Her 1980s-inspired Jackal and Hide autumn–winter 2010 range is unique, with a twist of sexy sophistication and lots of leather. But it is her meticulous attention to detail and exceptional tailoring […]

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Jane Iredale offers Starter Kit for mineral make-up

January 21, 2010/23.58

Jane Iredale has introduced its Sample Starter Kit, a good way to get introduced to mineral make-up. The kits are available in Light, Medium and Dark, and feature Amazing base, the best selling PurePressed base, Lip Drink, lip colour, a PurePressed blush, eye shadow, under-eye concealer, lip plumper and three application brushes.    The kits […]

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Daniela de Marchi shows Anemone ring

/11.25

Italian designer Daniela de Marchi’s Anemone ring uses silver, bronze and copper, which allows for more distinctive shapes, according to her.    Using a patented process called Dropage, where heat is used to bring wax to a liquid state, then brought back to a solid one in tiny spherical drops, forged individually. Burnishes and varnishes […]

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Mini announces SUV model, the Countryman

January 20, 2010/11.06

Mini has tried to extend its range while it was under British ownership, but it seems, as with so many things automotive, the Germans have been more successful. BMW has announced that the regular Mini hatch, the Mini convertible and the Mini Clubman will be joined by the five-door Mini Countryman, a taller SUV-style model […]

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