H&M to launch Design Award winner Eddy Anemian’s capsule collection on October 23
Hennes & Mauritz has shown the capsule collection created by la Cambre fashion graduate and winner of the H&M Design Award, Eddy Anemian (left), ahead of its on-sale date of October 23. Anemian worked with the H&M design team and was impressed at how faithfully his work was translated into reality, including his ‘couture […]
The Royal New Zealand Ballet to perform A Christmas Carol for its final 2014 season
Ross Brown/RNZB The Royal New Zealand Ballet will perform A Christmas Carol for its final season in 2014, in a version created for Northern Ballet in the UK. Northern Ballet’s master, Daniel de Andrade, is in New Zealand to stage the production. Based on the Charles Dickens story, the ballet is expected to surprise, […]
The 2014 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art awards: Supreme Award goes to Hawkes Bay
World of Wearable Art Awards Top Kate MacKenzie’s winning Poly Nation, which took top honours at the 26th World of Wearable Art Awards; Show tonight in Wellington. Above Runner-up Gothic Habit, by San Francisco designer Lynne Christiansen. Hawkes Bay designer Kate MacKenzie is the winner of the 2014 Brancott Estate Supreme WOW award, at the […]
Ralph Lauren has been shifting its €22,000 crocodile skin Ricky bags at an event at its Amsterdam store, and gifted one of them to the Netherlands Museum of Bags and Purses. The bag, says the Museum, is regarded as an icon, on a par with the Hermès Birkin and the Chanel 2.55. The company also […]
Rachel Millns crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2014, in front of a live, global audience
Alan Raga In front of a live global audience, and a full house at Sky City Theatre in Auckland, Rachel Millns of the Kapiti Coast was crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2014 on Thursday night. Millns beat out Monique Cooley of Queenstown and Becky Hingston, originally of Dunedin, after a combined judges’ vote (with […]
A busy week for Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
A Lucire exclusive Paula Sweet In a whirlwind week, two extraordinary events occurred in northern Italy, both under the stewardship of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. On the night of Wednesday, September 10 at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Torino, a travelling exhibition showcasing the finalists to this year’s Prix Pictet launched. This year’s […]
DHL launches 2014’s Fashion Export Scholarship competition
Above Jae Mills of Commoners with models in last year’s competition. DHL has launched its seventh annual DHL Express Fashion Export Scholarship, with entries closing October 10. The Scholarship has been known for helping boost New Zealand’s best up-and-coming fashion names, including Stolen Girlfriends’ Club, Lonely Hearts, Twenty-Seven Names and I Love Ugly. Last […]
Napoleon Perdis creates an exclusive look for Miss Universe New Zealand 2014
Napoleon Perdis is the exclusive make-up provider to the grand final of Miss Universe New Zealand 2014, which will be held at Sky City Theatre on September 18. The show will also be live-streamed at nextmissnz.com as well as Lucire. The company has provided prize packs for the finalists (including lip gloss, a complimentary […]
Living Nature’s Skin Steps: all you need in a natural, single package to look after your skin
We have to take our hats off to Living Nature for constantly innovating—and staying true to what it stands for, as the world’s purest and most natural skin care brand. (Remember, it’s not what they put in, it’s what they leave out, that makes Living Nature the brand that’s certified natural by BDIH and the […]
Being a VIP at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York this season
What were the happenings around Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York, beyond the catwalk shows? Off-site events and suites—including one from Gavin Keilly of GBK, which we usually see out west—kept New York Fashion Week vibrant and enjoyable. Ugg Sanctuary Upon ascending the stairs to the Ugg Sanctuary, overlooking crowds waiting in endless queues to watch […]
