Tash Sultana becomes New Balance’s latest ambassador
Multi-platinum-selling Australian musician and music producer Tash Sultana has been named New Balance’s latest brand ambassador. ‘I have never collaborated with a brand before because nothing felt right to align myself with until I was approached by New Balance,’ said Sultana in a release. ‘I feel this has come at the right time. This […]
Wētā Workshop creates Tūī design for 2021 Aotearoa Music Awards
The CEO and creative director at Wētā Workshop, Sir Richard Taylor, and his team have the honour of designing the Tūī award for the 2021 Aotearoa Music Awards and have decided on a unique take on the native bird from which it draws its name. Joined by Dick Frizzell (2018) and Boh Runga (2019), […]
The Fashion Awards 2021 make a splash, returning to a live format at the Royal Albert Hall
Gareth Cattermole; Joe Maher The British Fashion Council (BFC) partnered with TikTok this year on the Fashion Awards. Though an unexpected duo, the Fashion Awards this year changed its format to evolve into a global entertainment platform in order to grow with the times and merge fashion with our growing technological advancements. The award […]
A tribute to the uniquely creative and brilliant David MacGregor
Wayback Machine at Archive.org Above: A 2000 screenshot of Emale, created by David MacGregor. I was very saddened to learn of the passing of my friend David MacGregor, with whom this magazine collaborated in the early 2000s. But David was much more than the creator of Emale (eMALE in its official form), New Zealand’s […]
Eilish’s enchanting début: Billie Eilish launches a new fragrance
Billie Eilish, one of the biggest stars of our time with multiple critically acclaimed albums, releases her long-awaited fragrance, Eilish, in collaboration with Parlux, a global beauty company ranked among the top cosmetic and fragrance companies known to work with pop culture icons, fashion designers and lifestyle brands since 1987. Eilish is cruelty-free and […]
Bulgari launches B.Zero1 Rock Chain collection; Lilly zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg among VIPs
Franziska Krug/Getty Images Bulgari held an event for its B.zero1 Rock Chain jewellery collection at the Alhambra on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin on Friday, attended by VIP guests including members of the aristocracy, actors, models, and influencers, with rapper Ufo361 (the stage name of Ufuk Bayraktar) providing live music, Alexander ‘Ali’ Schwarz from Tiefschwarz the […]
Letter from Paris, October 2021
Stanley Moss; Paula Sweet Above, from top: Paris, with the Tour Eiffel in the distance, as viewed from the Centre Georges Pompidou. The Opéra Garnier. Martha Wilson’s work at the Centre Georges Pompidou. Martha Wilson and photographer Paula Sweet. Artist Markus Hansen with The Empathy Flags. April Gornick and Eric Fishl flank travel editor […]
Two memorable scents for men tap into their brands’ rich heritages
Two men’s scents hit counters October 25 in New Zealand, each with a distinctive, memorable approach. Paco Rabanne’s Phantom for men (NZ$128 for the 50 ml eau de toilette, NZ$182 for 100 ml, at Farmers, select Life Pharmacy stores, Smith & Caughey’s and H. & J. Smith Invercargill), is particularly intriguing, with its cute […]
No Time to Die a fine send-off for Daniel Craig as James Bond
Eon Productions LLC/MGM Header image: Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) and James Bond (Daniel Craig) have their holiday plans upset. Above, from top: Daniel Craig as James Bond in No Time to Die. The Aston Martin V8 from The Living Daylights makes a return. James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Cuban agent Paloma (Ana de Armas) prepare […]
Manfred Baumann’s Face to Face shows intimate, personal celebrity portraits
Manfred Baumann Manfred Baumann has released a new book with celebrity shots, called Face to Face, featuring international stars who have posed for him and his Leica such as Martin Sheen, Olivia Newton-John, William Shatner, John Malkovich, Sylvester Stallone, Kathleen Turner, Ron Perlman, Thomas Kretschmann, Danny Trejo, Gene Simmons, Jean-Claude van Damme, T. J. Thyne, […]
