Wen Guo, an architect from San Francisco, drafts building and floor plans with impeccable precision. However, she not only designs buildings, but apparel as well. This unconventional designer symbolizes an innovative new generation—one who thinks outside the box while embracing her environment. Guo’s architectural designs offer a structural product that provides well thought-out functionality. […]
Pirelli PZero shows its Rubber Racer shoes, I Cut jacket for spring
Pirelli has been extending its brand into fashion since 2002, extending its P-Zero designation into its own label. The aim is to have PZero (without the hyphen) denote high-tech fashion, with modern materials, expanding into a full fashion line. For spring–summer 2011, the company has released, inter alia, a sailing shoe, the Pirelli PZero […]
Lancôme’s latest make-up tip is for women who wear glasses. What make-up should you wear behind the lenses if you are planning to don your specs? Mercedes Quevedo poses this question to make-up artist Roberto Siguero, in this Spanish-language advice video. You may also like Touching up your mascara on the go Defining your eyebrows […]
Frédérique Constant launches Index World Timer in Australia
Frédérique Constant’s Index World Timer is a new model from the Genève watchmaker, with an internal rotating bezel listing major cities around the world, enabling a two time zone function. The watch is available in two versions: a steel model, retailing at A$999, and a rose gold-plated one, at A$1,200. The strap is croco–calf leather. […]
Jane Iredale helps define brows
Jane Iredale has launched its Bitty Brow Kit, retailing in the UK for £22. The brow kit, available in blonde and brunette shades, comprises a brow wax, a powder and three grooming tools. The wax holds hairs in place, providing a base for the powder, and leaves brows looking lustrous, says the company. […]
Twilight film studio sues Bella Swan jacket designers
Above left The BB Dakota jacket at the core of the lawsuit. Above right Kristen Stewart, as Bella Swan, wearing the jacket. Summit Entertainment LLC, the studio behind the Twilight film franchise, is filing suit against BB Dakota, Modcloth and Metropark. BB Dakota created the jacket worn by Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan character in the […]
Abarth adds 500C and Punto Evo to range
Fiat continues to push Abarth as a marque, as it once was, with performance models of its 500C—the pretty convertible that Elle Macpherson launched last year—and Punto Evo. The Abarth Punto Evo is a more straightforward hot hatch, a development of the earlier Grande Punto, which is aimed at the Ford Fiesta class and […]
Fashion designer Charlotte Devereux débuts
New Zealand designer Charlotte Devereux has launched her début range for spring–summer 2010–11, with a floaty, feminine range. The label aims to bring ‘modern, practical yet romantic designs for the contemporary woman,’ according to its first release. The new range features draping, a feature that appears to be popular in collections at the turn […]
Manuel Bozzi extends his designing to men’s shoes
Manuel Bozzi’s latest men’s shoe collection is based around the idea of the rope with a dose of glam rock. The line will shortly be launched at Pitti Uomo with more surprises expected for September, according to the designer. The company claims there is ‘floral’ embroidery, something we can’t really detect in the […]
Lucire’s summer ’10 travel specials
Last week was, by all accounts, a slow news week. We glanced at the wires, and the sort of articles that might have piqued the interest of Lucire readers just weren’t arriving. However, that did mean we could pull out our summer travel specials, penned by our industrious west coasters, travel editor Stanley Moss and […]
