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Miranda Kerr is the most searched-for celeb at Lucire

December 22, 2010/10.19

Above Miranda Kerr in an earlier Victoria’s Secret campaign. The most searched-for celebrity name in this section of Lucire‘s website over the last 12 months was Miranda Kerr (left), model wife of actor Orlando Bloom.    It seems the bulk of queries for Miss New Zealand 2010 Ria van Dyke wound up on our site […]

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Some like it Red Haute!

December 21, 2010/9.06

Elizabeth Caruana Let’s face it. Everyone has their own formula for productivity. For many people, it’s caffeine to provide the needed and wanted kick-start in the morning, or it may even be visiting a quiet and serene place that’s comforting to get into the groove of working. However, for designer Alison Rutherfurd, it’s simply music […]

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Blogs are good for fashion, as long as we can find them

December 20, 2010/10.59

Above Journalist Simone Werle’s Style Diaries: World Fashion from Berlin to Tokyo uncovers the fashion blogosphere and the personalities behind some of the influential blogs. (Click for Amazon.com, Amazon UK and Amazon Deutschland.) The first time I encountered a fashion blog, I thought it was pretty crap. All its ideals aside, blogging, initially, seemed to […]

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Stitch Ministry closes, according to statement

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Stitch Ministry, the label founded by Kylee Davis, formerly of Insidious Fix, and Jason Gitmans, has announced that it will close.    A statement issued by the company was released this evening, stating, ‘While the relationship has been a successful one, the market has become increasingly tough in the extreme. Reluctantly Kylee and Jason have […]

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Mini previews Paceman coupé concept

/5.48

Mini has released images of its next concept ahead of its official début at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.    The Mini Paceman is, once you take away the marketing-speak, a coupé version of the Mini Countryman crossover, and shares its frontal look with that model.    Parent company BMW calls […]

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Miss France 2011, Laury Thilleman, given a heroine’s home-town welcome

/5.16

Laury Thilleman has been given a heroine’s welcome as she returns to her home town of Brest, in Bretagne, Saturday, after winning Miss France 2011.    Nineteen-year-old Thilleman, a management student, has been thrust into the limelight since her win in Caen on December 4.    She has relocated to Paris for her reign. She […]

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Trialling Viviscal as it gets more buzz in Hollywood

December 19, 2010/23.52

When the holidays arrive in Hollywood, you know the award-show season is not far behind. Along with the arrival of up-dos, a new crop of fragrances and glittery eye shadow, as well as red carpet-themed spa packages offered by top hotels, many women’s minds snap into self-improvement mode—and not just in terms of slimming down […]

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Carine Roitfeld resigns as editor of Vogue Paris

December 18, 2010/2.52

Above Vogue Paris’s December 2010 issue, with Tom Ford as guest editor. Roitfeld and Ford had worked together in the 1990s and were close collaborators. Carine Roitfeld, editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, yesterday announced that she will stand down from the role in January. The April 2011 issue will be her last.    Roitfeld, 56, would […]

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Angelina Jolie and Jesús Vázquez celebrate UNHCR’s 60th anniversary

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Alonso Serrano/UNHCR Angelina Jolie continued to highlight the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees—UNHCR—as a Goodwill Ambassador for the international refugee agency on Thursday.    She met with fellow ambassador Jesús Vázquez, the Spanish TV presenter, to celebrate the organization’s 60th anniversary in Madrid.    The UNHCR was only […]

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Calvin Klein’s new Melbourne shop; ShopSavvy ’11; Sopheak Seng’s top picks; and travel in Asia

December 17, 2010/23.43

Calvin Klein has opened a new jeans’ store at the Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, Victoria. According to Calvin Klein, it’s the second-largest free-standing Calvin Klein Jeans store in Australia, with 131 m², selling the brand’s designer jeans, accessories, underwear, watches and jewellery.    Meanwhile, ShopSavvy has published its 2011 guide in New Zealand. ‘By […]

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