Chung Sung-Jun

Japanese cosmetics brand Clé de Peau Beauté invited Allentown, Pa.-born actress Amanda Seyfried (Lovelace, Les Misérables, In Time) to its Korean press events this past week. Seyfried serves as muse for the brand.
   Famous for its skin care, Clé de Peau Beauté hosted its gala dinner on Wednesday in Seoul where Seyfried hosted a charity auction in conjunction with the Make a Wish Foundation, granting wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. Seyfried donated her favourite book with a hand-knitted bookmark as part of the auction.
   She was accompanied by general manager Yoshiaki Okabe, who had made the journey from Japan.
   She wore a pink Zac Posen dress with Givenchy shoes at the event. As her birthday was the previous day, Clé de Peau Beauté presented her with a birthday cake and a traditional hanbok costume, which she wore on stage.
   Seyfried was originally announced as the face of Clé de Peau Beauté in 2010, and has appeared in numerous advertisements and TV commercials for the brand.

Chung Sung-Jun

Former Lucire stylist Illya Knight’s accessory brand, G.O.N.T. (God of Nocturnal Thunder) is something new and exciting to get behind. G.O.N.T. aims to enhance personal style and individuality through their edgy jewellery, menswear, womenswear, footwear and bags. Inspired by nature, power and strength, this new label delves into the concepts of glamour and power. Their eclectic pieces each make an original statement.
   Based in New York, G.O.N.T. is a start-up company which is constantly growing, where new pieces are being added online daily. Knight aims to create garments able to be flaunted in the day-to-day wardrobe where functionality meets quality and style.
   In looking through G.O.N.T.’s promotional imagery, what really stood out for me are the artistic photography and the luxurious-looking leather. The most distinctive piece is the ski-boot-style men’s leather boots. Opening at the sides, I have never seen anything like them. Their originality, incorporating ski-sporty with grungy, is something to be valued as mixing elements is not an easy task. Here at Lucire we also highly rate his rugged denim with its vibrant colours and creased exterior. Last but not least the G.O.N.T. leather mailbox bag is both luxe and grungy, I wouldn’t mind one if this myself! Check out G.O.N.T. for yourself at thegont.tumblr.com.—Anna Deans

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Cartier: le style et l’histoire opens on December 4, showcasing the renowned brand in a retrospective organized by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux–Grand Palais.
   The Cartier Collection has been shown in 25 exhibitions worldwide since 1983, including the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the British Museum, Lisboa’s Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, and Beijing’s Palace Museum.
   The VIP private opening on Monday at le Grand Palais was attended by many of the names that Cartier has touched. Guests included HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Archduchess Eleonore von Habsburg and her daughter Princess Francesca von Habsburg, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joely Richardson, Monica Bellucci, Tomo Kurata, Lea Weller, Ora Ito and Emilie Marant, Patricia d’Arenberg, John and Laviana Elkan, Hubert de Givenchy, V. V. Brown, Adelaide de Clermont Tonnerre, Guillaume Cerutti and his wife Marjorie, Henri de la Croix de Castries, and Maharaja Tikka de Kapurthala.
   The exhibition runs till February 16 at the Grand Palais, Paris, and features 600 creations, including high jewellery pieces, mystery clocks, watches and precious objects. Some will be shown alongside private loans, displayed for the first time. Archive material and documentation accompany the exhibition.

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Pascal le Segretain

Above President of Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Jean-Paul Cluzel, and president of Cartier, Stanislas de Quercize. Kristin Scott Thomas and Joely Richardson. L’Archiduchess Eleonore von Habsburg and daughter Princess Francesca von Habsburg. Monica Bellucci and HSH Prince Albert II. Tomo Kurata and Lea Weller. Ora Ito and Emilie Marant. Patricia d’Arenberg. Archduchess Eleonore von Habsburg, Princess Francesca von Habsburg and John and Laviana Elkan. HSH Prince Albert II de Monaco, Archduchess Eleonore von Habsburg and her daughter Princess Francesca von Habsburg. Hubert de Givenchy. V. V. Brown. Adelaide de Clermont Tonnerre. Guillaume Cerutti, CEO of Sotheby’s France and his wife Marjorie. Henri de La Croix de Castries, 5th Comte de Castries, and his wife. Maharaja Tikka de Kapurthala and guest.

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Mike Marsland

Top Harry Styles, winner of the British Style Award this year. Above The two Christophers who took the top awards: Christopher Bailey (left) and Christopher Kane (right).

Christopher Kane won the coveted prize of womenswear designer of the year, and Christopher Bailey, MBE, for menswear (for Burberry) at this year’s British Fashion Awards at the London Coliseum, while Miuccia Prada won the first International Designer of the Year prize.
   Kane was presented his award by Donatella Versace—he had designed for Versus for several years alongside his own label.
   Burberry was named Designer Brand of the Year, in a particularly good night at the awards.
   Nicholas Kirkwood was named the accessory designer of the year.
   As announced earlier, both Kate Moss and Suzy Menkes won special recognition awards, for their 25 years in modelling and journalism respectively. Moss was presented her award by Marc Jacobs.
   I-D magazine founders Terry and Tricia Jones received the Outstanding Achievement Award. Terry Jones was a former British Vogue art director, and founded I-D in 1980 with Tricia. It began life as a 40 pp. hand-stapled publication.
   Harry Styles won the Vodafone British Style Award, and was presented his prize by Alexa Chung, who had won three times in previous years.
   The emerging designer winners were Simone Rocha (for womenswear), Agi & Sam (for menswear), and Sophia Webster (for accessories). J. W. Anderson was the New Establishment award winner, for ‘taking the industry by storm’.
   Lady Amanda Harlech was recognized for her creativity and influence, and won the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator.
   Edie Campbell was named model of the year, while Erdem took home the red carpet award for raising its profile in the global media.
   Celebrities and designers attending included Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Sienna Miller, Tinie Tempah, Amber and Yasmin Le Bon, Daisy Lowe, Pixie Geldof, Rita Ora, Laura Bailey, Suki Waterhouse, Arizona Muse, Clémence Poésy, Caroline Issa, Erdem Moralioglu, Roksanda Ilincić, Dermot O’Leary, Emmanuelle Seigner, Mary Katrantzou, Gwyneth Paltrow, Henry Holland, and Stephen Jones, OBE.

Red carpet interviews and photos (scroll down for awards)

Nick Grimshaw, Kate Moss and Harry Styles on the red carpet

Sienna Miller on the red carpet

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley on the red carpet

Alexa Chung and Erdem

Red carpet highlights

Mike Marsland

Harry Styles

Christopher Kane

Christopher Bailey, MBE for Burberry

Kate Moss

Misery Bear’s new Kate Moss video

Lady Amanda Harlech

Suzy Menkes, OBE

Miuccia Prada

J. W. Anderson

Agi & Sam

Sophia Webster

Erdem

Edie Campbell

Nicholas Kirkwood

Burberry

Terry and Tricia Jones

The winners’ circle












Mike Marsland

Highlights

B Type represents a new concept in jewellery design based on personal blood type. Conceived in Milano, the collection is made solely in Italy to the best creative and artisanal standards. ‘You are what you bleed’ is their headline, representing both the collection’s concept and the brand’s philosophies. These pendants sees your blood type as a code that represents you, used as an identification as well as a celebration of the self, on the basis that blood is an element which keeps us alive and connects us.
   B Type jewellery is purely a collection of silver pendants. The blood type code is engraved on these in modern text through old-style craftsmanship. The pieces are timeless, an excellent gift for a loved one being a meaningful and personal gift, suitable for the young and old and both women and men. The drop shape of the pendants creates a delicate look to the pieces as well as representing a drop of blood. B Type’s packaging is intentionally provocative, with the use of blood-bank-type plastic bags with the delicate jewel safely inside. The packaging and the jewels themselves aim to create awareness of one’s own blood type in case of emergency. They also elevate the importance of the free gift of giving blood.
   B Type’s designer, Arianna Callegari, a trained architect, intends to work on a collection incorporating alternative materials such as gold and diamonds. Callegari aims for all her pieces to be special and unique, like one’s blood type. The current collection, shown in Dubai on October 10, is now available.—Anna Deans

Pandora’s Black Friday event for the US market is its revealing of its final holiday charm in its Twelve Days of Christmas collection.
   The limited-edition charm, called Let It Snow, is in sterling silver, with pavé-set cubic zirconia, and can be worn on a bangle, bracelet or necklace, or styled as earrings.
   Pandora says Let It Snow will only be available individually while stocks last. However, it has a Christmas gift set, which includes all 12 holiday-inspired charms and the Pandora Moments barrel-clasp bracelet, retailing at US$500 (individually, the items go for US$715).
   In a release, Angel Ilagan, Pandora’s marketing VP for the Americas, notes, ‘Black Friday is an exciting day—for many it’s the “unofficial” start of the holiday shopping season. What better way to kick off the holidays than with a limited edition gift for yourself or a loved one?’
   Pandora had revealed a new holiday charm to Pandora Club members, and Facebook and Twitter fans, during November 2013.
   Authorized Pandora retailers can be found at www.pandora.net.

Above Dita von Teese’s Von Follies lingerie range’s Sophisticat collection arrives at Farmers this week.

New Zealand department store group Farmers will retail Sophisticat, the latest lingerie collection, in opulent satin and lace, from Dita von Teese’s Von Follies range, this week.
   The balconette bra retails for NZ$59·99, the bikini brief for NZ$34·99, the G-string for NZ$29·99, and the suspender for $59·99.
   Von Teese launched her lingerie collection in Australia in February 2012, selling via Target.
   Living Nature, meanwhile, is extending its product line more aggressively in November. It has released its manuka honey gel, using certified natural preservatives, fragrances and ingredients. It’s ideal for everything from cuts and graces and insect bites to fungal infections and minor sunburn, and retails for NZ$19·50 for 10 ml or NZ$32 for 50 ml.
   There are soothing properties in Living Nature’s Nourishing Body Wash, free from sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) and sodium laureth sulphate (SLES), which can irritate the skin and eyes. Instead, it uses plant nutrients, including botanicals, and works on sensitive skin, suitable even for babies and toddlers and those with eczema or dermatitis, says the company. It retails for NZ$30 for 200 ml.
   Its third entry is the Slate mineral eyeshadow (RRP NZ$20), ideal for creating this season’s smoky eye look. It uses natural mineral colour, and is free of synthetic chemicals and ingredients. The ingredients, including the minerals, are all sustainably sourced. The minerals help protect the eye from UV rays.
   The packaging is recyclable, and users can opt for individual shades for Living Nature’s eye-shadow compacts (RRP NZ$10)—each houses two shades or, if the applicator is removed, four.
   Living Nature skin care and cosmetics’ products are certified natural by BDIH Germany and listed as a Safe Cosmetics Champion on the Skin Deep Cosmetics’ Database.
   Our friends at Tory & KO. have opened a second store on the ground floor of the Old Bank Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand along with a luscious website. ‘We are delighted to showcase our jewellery in a stylish, new retail environment while still retaining our bespoke jewellery boutique store upstairs,’ says co-director Kirstin O’Brien. ‘Our Wellington-based jewellery workshop creates our signature jewellery for the Pretty, Charm and Stella collections and we have recently brought in a beautiful collection from Paris called Les Nereides, which is presented in our new store.’
   Meanwhile, we’re looking forward to the British Fashion Awards on December 2. David Walliams will host this year, with nominees including Cara Delevingne, Edie Campbell, Sarah Burton, Christopher Kane, and Tom Ford. Lucire will have post-event coverage.

Above Dita von Teese’s Sophisticat collection begins at NZ$29·99 at Farmers.

Above Living Nature pushes new product for November 2013.

Above Tory & KO. débuts a stunning new website along with a new retail store within the Old Bank Arcade.

Above Joyce Giraud de Ohoven. Below left Carly Steel.

As the winter season descends on Los Angeles, celebrities and their handlers can count on cooler temperatures (with global climate change) as well as award show-related events that start with the American Music Awards, climax with the Academy Awards in March and cover every aspect of the entertainment industry. While GBK is noted for spoiling its celebrity guests (and a small, élite group of media) with Volkswagen-sized gift bags, organization founder Gavin B. Keilly has stressed throughout the company’s history that various charities made up the heart and soul of their events.
   Celebrities on hand trying out the goods for the first red-carpet go-round of the awards’ show season included presenter Khandi Alexander (the TV Mom of Kerry Washington’s character in ABC’s Scandal), Carly Steel, Jai Rodriguez, James Kyson and E. Roger Mitchell, Stef Dawson and Elena Sanchez of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
   With that in mind, it was refreshing to see a very special gift bag showcased amid winter-suited beauty products, designer clothing and grown-up toys put together for people who could truly benefit. The Model Citizen Fund, founded by Dan Fleyshman, raises funds to assemble life-sustaining backpacks stocked with about 150 items that include energy food, first aid necessities and hygiene items that are distributed to the homeless and disaster victims. While celebrities and VIPs got the jump on (receiving) their holiday season gifts early, it was important to see an example of how a gift bag can actually change a life, or at least help somebody rebuild theirs.
   ChildSupport Clothing, one of the clothing vendors, promoted their raison d’être, raising funds to provide relief for children living in poverty and other life-threatening living situations.
   There were plenty of beauty products, many at friendly non-Hollywood prices, that could prove to be lifesavers during the dry, brittle winter season: Carmex Moisture Plus balms in slim, sleek patterned tubes. Mark Hill Salon Professional shampoos and styling goods that are an exclusive to Walgreens pharmacies nationwide and Herbalosophy Beauty’s botanical-based shampoos, hair oils, conditioners and masks. The founders of GrandeLash-MD were on hand to distribute their “gift of glam”, consisting of their patented eyelash-building formula and mascara.
   While Cohesive Clothing and Boom Boom Jeans gifted VIPs with moderately priced fall and winter pieces that had a very street-chic All Saints sensibility, Chicago-based lingerie designer Jada Michaels took great pride in the fact that her expanding collection (which will soon include patented shapewear) offers a broader range of bra sizes as well as foundation options. ‘Everybody deserves to be sexy,’ said Michaels when presenting samples from her forthcoming 2014 line. Another enterprising entrepreneur, Caryn Sterling, united function and fashion with her eye-catching line of Chanel-inspired Ipad “purses”. To literally top things off, Contraband Hats offered celebrities a toasty beanie from their winter collection, as well as trucker hats and fedoras for warmer settings.
   While Temperance Distilling Company sweetened up the party with their innovative Liquor Whipped line (which should come in handy when serving up cocoa and hot coffee cocktails), my colleagues and I were impressed with the rest of their line, which included ready-to mix spirits crafted from independent whiskey, vodka and rum producers.—Elyse Glickman, US West Coast Editor

Above, from top E. Roger Mitchell. Keith Harris. Melissa Rycroft. Shanola Hampton. The Janoskians.