Lindex will open London store for spring 2015
Above An image from Lindex’s autumn 2014 campaign. Lindex, the Swedish brand now part of the Finnish Stockmann group, will open a store in London in spring 2015. The company has been gradually raising its profile over the last few years, including hiring actress Penélope Cruz to model one of its collections. This […]
Essentials for a WOW of a home Emmy party
Elyse Glickman Sometimes we like to play dress up, and other times, we like to celebrate to the max at home. For their 2014 Emmy suite, WOW Creations’ dynamic duo (and brothers) Mark and Matt Harris made all guests coming to the Luxe Hotel’s penthouse in Beverly Hills feel right at home. While the […]
Sponsored video: Wasa uses paid parental leave to sell crisp bread
A Lucire special promotion Wasa’s blue and yellow logo already indicates its origins—Sweden. It’s a brand that most Swedes already know, as the company has been making knäckebröd, a type of cracker or crisp bread, for decades. The company, founded by K. E. Lundström in 1919 in Skellefteå, might now be under Italian ownership, but […]
Alarm für Cobra 11 films at the Nürburgring with Mercedes-Benz
Long-running German TV series, Alarm für Cobra 11: die Autobahnpolizei, which will return this autumn (most likely in early October), filmed at the Nürburgring over the weekend during the DTM races. Both star Erdoğan Atalay, who has played Semir Gerkhan since the show’s third episode in 1996, and new co-star Vinzenz Kiefer, in the […]
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Allegro journeys from classical to science fiction
Ross Brown Top A classical approach for Allegro Brillante. Above Larry Keigwin’s Megalopolis. The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Allegro: Five Short Ballets, was a bittersweet performance, knowing it would be the last time many in the audience would see the company’s principal guest artist, Gillian Murphy, dance. Murphy and her fiancé, RNZB artistic director […]
Mana Wahine: a powerful celebration of womanhood and history
Alex Efimoff Mana Wahine, which had its première in June in Rotorua for Matariki, arrived in Wellington last night with the first of a brief series of performances (until August 16), with a powerful celebration of womanhood by the Okareka Dance Company. Mana Wahine tells the story of Te Aokapurangi, who was captured in […]
Elyse Glickman Red Carpet Events LA Red Carpet Events LA teamed up with the PETA2 organization to use the 2014 Teen Choice Awards as a platform for positive messages: starting the school year right and embracing a cause teens and young adults can, literally, make their own. Glitz and glamour met with common sense in […]
H&M collaborates with Kate Mara and Johnny Wujek on New York stores’ windows
Hennes & Mauritz Hennes & Mauritz, with its flagship Fifth Avenue store open in New York alongside other locations in the city, is collaborating with actress Kate Mara (Fantastic Four) and stylist Johnny Wujek to kick off Fashion Week there. Mara and Wujek will curate windows in nine H&M New York stores, and introduce […]
Rihanna on the cover of W September 2014, with unmissable Meadowlark Jewellery
Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott Rihanna is on the September 2014 cover of W, photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, styled by Edward Enninful, the magazine’s fashion and style director. There’s a New Zealand connection, with the pop star wearing Meadowlark Jewellery’s large Thorn Septum ring, from its upcoming spring–summer 2014–15 collection, Dynasty, […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2014 finalists bid farewell to the Cape Dara Resort, Pattaya
Alan Raga It’s always hard saying goodbye, especially in tropical temperatures in the 30s, and facing a prospect of the remainder of winter back in New Zealand—but that’s what the top 25 finalists at Miss Universe New Zealand had to do today. The last breakfast of the tour at the Cape Dara Resort was a […]
