Many of you will know Paula Sweet’s photography in the travel section, ‘Volante’, of Lucire, but her talents go well beyond photography. She created the Muslin Mink, iconic enough that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC has a three-quarter-length one in its permanent collection. In the first of a weekly series, we present Paula’s […]
Swiminista releases resort ’22 collection in collaboration with Christian Lacroix
Get ready for “summerista” as Swiminista, the luxury, eco-conscious brand founded by Andrea Bernholz, releases an all-new swim and resort wear collection, Enchanted Garden, in collaborative partnership with the house of Christian Lacroix. Featuring 13 new alluring pieces sure to turn heads everywhere, the exciting collection introduces a fresh infusion of colours and iconic […]
Adidas and Karlie Kloss show tech-inspired sportswear collection
Adidas and Karlie Kloss launch their third collaboration, with a technology-inspired collection of 22 pieces, featuring QR codes that allow the wearer to view the inspiration behind the design. The graphic prints are inspired by the world of technology and the promotional photographs are overlaid with pixellated imagery, as well as 1s and 0s. […]
Sweden’s king of swimwear, Panos Papadopoulos, reveals all in his new autobiography
Toward the end of next week, Panos Papadopoulos’s autobiography, Panos: My Life, My Odyssey, comes out in London, with an event in Stockholm following. This is an intimate memoir about Panos’s rise, from childhood poverty in Greece to the ‘king of swimwear’ in Scandinavia. Not only do I have an advance copy, I collaborated […]
New Elsa Schiaparelli retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs from July
Paris’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs will host a new retrospective on Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), entitled Shocking! Les mondes surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli (Shocking! The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli), and running from July 6, 2022 to January 22, 2023 in the Christine & Stephen A. Schwarzman fashion galleries. Schiaparelli drew much of her inspiration from […]
Essano launches Visible Repair range of creams and exilir, formulated for 50-plus skin
Essano has launched its Visible Repair range, targeted at women over 50, with a formula specifically designed for mature skin. With the changes in œstrogen and progesterone over 50, skin does not protect itself, maintain hydration, or produce strong collagen as it once did. The Visible Repair range, with its day cream, night cream, […]
Homme & Femme launches Kentucky Derby collection, celebrating the event’s black American legacy
Michael Greenburg Los Angeles-based streetwear brand Homme & Femme has launched a capsule collection in collaboration with Churchill Downs, celebrating the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby Collection, launched to commemorate the 148th Run for the Roses and celebrating its black American legacy, comprises letterman jackets, workout blazers, T-shirts and trucker hats, featuring imagery of […]
Royal New Zealand Ballet débuts 12 works digitally on May 12
Ross Brown Header image: Noelani Pantastico in Seattle Dance Collective’s Alice (photographed by Bruno Roque). Above: I Deeply Know, filmed in Heather Straka’s Isolation Hotel, with Saul Newport and Caulum Gray in the top photo, and Saul Newport in the second. With COVID-19 still very much with us, the Royal New Zealand Ballet débuts […]
Shein’s rise helped by those unaware of allegations of copying and lack of transparency
Despite pushing slow fashion and environmental sustainability in our pages, in a quest to inform consumers on how to be more conscious of their purchasing, it’s disappointing to note that the fastest-growing app in the US is the antithesis of that: Shein has been downloaded more than Tiktok, Instagram and Twitter, according to one publication. […]
Letter from a deck chair, summer 2022
Don’t even try to explain what sort of vacation folks will choose after being cooped up for two years. It defies prediction. A well heeled couple we know could have done anything from trekking in Bhutan to luxury glamping in Patagonia, yet what did they opt for as their first foray into post-pandemic luxury-world? A […]
