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Oscar coverage: from the red carpet, to Colin Firth, to Melissa Leo’s swearing

February 28, 2011/12.45

Our coverage of the Oscars begins here, with highlights from Colin Firth’s, Natalie Portman’s and Melissa Leo’s acceptance speeches.    The King’s Speech won best film while its star Colin Firth took the best actor prize at the Academy Awards. The movie took four honours in total, including best original screenplay for David Seidler and […]

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John Galliano to face his accuser on Monday

/3.55

An alleged assault and anti-Semitic outburst resulted in the arrest of John Galliano on Thursday, and Christian Dior’s suspension of him as its creative director on Friday.    The Dior house said it has a zero-tolerance policy on racism, and the fate of the suspension rests on a police investigation.    Géraldine Bloch claims that […]

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Hairstylist to Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock gives his Oscar tips

/3.11

We had wondered who would be the first to send us an Oscar-related bulletin this year. That honour goes to hairstylist David Babaii, for his work on Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock.    Babaii had previously worked on Kidman at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, and gave these tips through publicist Janice R. McCafferty: […]

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Round-up for the week ahead: Naomi Campbell on X Factor?

/2.10

British media are reporting that supermodel Naomi Campbell may replace Cheryl Cole on The X Factor if the singer, and creator Simon Cowell, leave for the US version.    The claims so far seem to have come from the Mail on Sunday, a tabloid, with no direct quotations from anyone connected with the programme.   […]

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Beauty backstage: Vera Wang fall–winter 2011–12

February 27, 2011/12.24

Chris Pearce Key make-up artist, Lucia Pieroni for Clé de Peau Beauté and key hairstylist, Orlando Pita for Moroccanoil, were in charge of designing the look for Vera Wang’s fall 2011 collection. To even further accentuate the contrast in Vera’s clothing, they combined the two extremes of hard and soft with both the make-up and […]

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An update on Christchurch: five days on

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Kip Brook Above A Papanui Road house in Merivale that survived the September 4, 2010 earthquake, but not the aftershock of February 22. People are exhausted, but they keep going.    They are covered in the liquefaction which dries white. There is no escaping it. Clean it off and it is back one out in […]

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Behind Luc Bouchard’s Perception, a collection of art painted by a make-up icon

February 26, 2011/3.36

Stephen Ciuccoli/Lucire Above Canadian artist Luc Bouchard; in the lower photograph, Lucire beauty editor Reiva Cruze talks to him. A unique collection of paintings was presented for the public to enjoy at Space on White in lower Manhattan during the fall 2011 Fashion Week. Using mainly acrylic paints with a few hints of actual make-up, […]

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London Fashion Week: Tween, KTZ and Emilio de la Morena

February 25, 2011/23.51

Here are our final catwalk videos from London Fashion Week, from Tween, KTZ and Emilio de la Morena, with a highlight reel of day six.    Tween, hailing from Turkey, ventured to London to show its 1930s-inspired collection. KTZ stayed colourful with a creative use of unexpected materials; and Spain’s Emilio de la Morena injected […]

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Connect the World: Burberry’s Christopher Bailey

/12.50

In the latest video provided to us by CNN, Christopher Bailey of Burberry is profiled.    Burberry’s chequered pattern is instantly identifiable around the world: it’s a fact that the fashion house is very proud of.    The British label was founded in the mid-19th century by 21-year-old Thomas Burberry as a store that sold […]

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