Icebreaker to donate March 3 takings
Icebreaker has said it will donate its takings from its March 3, 2011 sales to the Red Cross appeal for the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake. The donation will include sales from all its online stores globally. ‘March 3’ will presumably finish as the last time zone reaches midnight on Icebreaker’s ecommerce store: from 9 […]
John Galliano gives his side of the story
Dismissed Dior designer John Galliano has issued a statement apologizing for his behaviour via his law firm, Harbottle & Lewis. ‘Since the events of last Thursday evening I have not been able to make any public comment on what took place based upon advice from my French lawyer. However, given the continuing delays at […]
Patricia Field praises John Galliano
Patricia Field, who created the costumes for Sex and the City and the US remake of Yo soy Betty, la fea, Ugly Betty, has posted a message on her Facebook page, seemingly in defence of John Galliano. Field titled her post, ‘In praise of John Galliano’, and wrote, ‘Beauty, intelligence and energy would describe […]
Christian Dior dismisses John Galliano
Christian Dior, in the wake of creative director John Galliano’s anti-Semitic comments on a video released to the Murdoch Press, has launched proceedings to lay him off. The British-born designer has effectively been fired. The company described Galliano’s reference to the Holocaust and his admiration for Adolf Hitler in a drunken rant captured by […]
Video: Rolls-Royce’s electric car, the 102EX
Continuing the luxury theme at the Salon de Genève, Rolls-Royce will show an all-electric prototype, the 102EX, this week. As car companies adjust to the new realities of the 21st century and the need for alternative drivetrains, the 102EX has been created to be a test-bed for a brand that hasn’t traditionally been known […]
Lamborghini releases official video of new Aventador
Lamborghini released images of its new flagship, the Aventador, yesterday, and has released a video of the new car today. The commentary from Lamborghini president and CEO Stephan Winkelmann is in German—suiting the company’s German owners—but you do get to see the aggressive new car in action even if you don’t understand the language. […]
Natalie Portman issues statement severing ties with John Galliano
Above Actress Natalie Portman, photographed in her Miss Dior Chérie advertisement. Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman, the face of Miss Dior Chérie, has issued a statement condemning the anti-Semitic words of John Galliano, creative director of Christian Dior. Portman issued her statement after a video surfaced on a Murdoch Press website, showing a drunk […]
‘Be your own biggest fan and protect yourself’—Lady Gaga for MAC
Nick Knight Terry Richardson Studio Above, from top The MAC promotional image of Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga on Good Morning America. MAC Viva Glam Spokesperson, Lady Gaga; MAC Aids Fund Executive Director, Nancy Mahon; Group President, the Estée Lauder Companies, John Demsey; Global Brand President, MAC Cosmetics, Karen Buglisi. ‘Live passionately, but do it safely’ […]
