Paris editor’s diary: events with Ji Wenbo, Pandora and Wacoal
The Fédération française de la couture, du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode, l’Institut français de la mode, the China Garment Association and the China Fashion Association came together to celebrate half a century of unity. Following the China–France fashion summit, Ji Wenbo (left) presented his most recent collection at the prestigious Hôtel […]
Camille Cerf, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, crowned Miss France 2015
Laurent Vu/SIPA Camille Cerf, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, has been crowned Miss France 2015 tonight from the Zenith in Orléans. Cerf is 19, and is 1·8 m tall. She is in her second year of business school, and says her ambition and spontaneity are her best qualities. She had emerged as an early favourite online. […]
Have jacket, will travel: Jonathon Hall gives his holiday menswear tips
New Zealand menswear tailors Rembrandt Suits and Wayward Heir have revealed their summer 2014–15 collections, paying homage to the coveted summer holiday. Designer Jonathon Hall puts the loyal jacket front and centre in the Rembrandt collection, with the pièce de résistance being the crease resistant ultimate travel jacket, the Halcyon. To prove their confidence […]
Countdown to Miss France 2015’s grand final begins
Click here for the latest: Camille Cerf, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, crowned Miss France 2015 Miss France Above Miss France 2014, Flora Coquerel, with her 1953 predecessor, Denise Perrier, who also took out the Miss World title. Miss France 2015 will be announced tonight from the Zenith in Orléans with a live broadcast on TF1, starting at […]
Spanish luxury becomes more visible: Tous, Carrera y Carrera get attention
Above Tous’s autumn–winter 2014–15 campaign and Carrera y Carrera’s Romance en el Loto collection emerge. The Spanish labels are getting far more active, giving their better known French and Italian rivals a run for their money. While Zara’s been flying the Spanish flag for years in the budget sector, the much posher Tous has […]
Sam Mendes reveals Spectre, next James Bond film, and Aston Martin DB10
As we suspected, the DB10 moniker will not go to the DB9 successor at Aston Martin, but to a limited-edition model released for the 24th EON James Bond movie, Spectre. Aston Martin says it will build 10 of the bespoke cars next year, hence the name, and claims that the vehicle was developed specifically […]
Video: a sneak peek from the 2014 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Although the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in London won’t be broadcast till December 9 on CBS in the US, we have an early sneak peek at the event, with models Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio. Videofashion also looks back at Lima and Ambrosio at the start of their careers as Victoria’s Secret […]
Dan Sims Above, from top Poppy Delevingne, Joan Smalls, Karlie Kloss, and Cara Delevingne, Model of the Year. Victoria Beckham, winning Brand of the Year. Emma Watson, who won the British Style Award. Before an audience of 2,070 at the London Coliseum, the 2014 British Fashion Awards have seen Erdem and J. W. Anderson take […]
Extra Christmas treats from the Body Shop
The Body Shop USA We couldn’t get enough of the goodies from the Body Shop we looked at in last month’s post. Now we are looking at their new range of Christmas gift sets titled Love, Peace and Joy, each one coordinated to a specific scent including the Frosted Cranberry and the Glazed Apple range […]
Backes & Strauss and English National Ballet continue partnership into 2015
Backes & Strauss and the English National Ballet will continue their partnership for a second year, with the Ballet’s artistic director Tamara Rojo becoming the brand’s new ambassador. Rojo had endorsed Backes & Strauss’s Victoria collection last year. She will become the face of the Backes & Strauss in its 2015 campaigns. English […]
