Katy Perry, Olivia Palermo don Carrera y Carrera jewellery
Spanish jeweller Carrera y Carrera notes that its designs were worn by Katy Perry and Olivia Palermo at two US events recently. Perry wore the Carrera y Carrera Gardenias maxi ring in white gold with diamonds and rock crystal at the MusiCares gala, honouring Sir Paul McCartney, in Los Angeles. Palermo wore the Bestario […]
Noa Noa and Samantha Hannah make a stylish team
I was treated to see a transformation of five real women. The goal? To show a selected audience of media and Kirkcaldie & Stains’ VIP customers the wonders behind the Danish brand Noa Noa’s new autumn–winter 2012 range. Samantha Hannah, one of New Zealand’s most sought-after stylists, showcased the brand’s creative force on how […]
L’Eau de Chloé launches Iphone app and competition
Chloé is getting into the app and Tumblr spaces with l’Eau de Chloé, the new fragrance modelled by Camille Rowe Pourcheresse that hit retailers last month, and linking them to its Facebook fan page. A l’Eau de Chloé Iphone application will be on the Apple Store from April 16. Users can enter a photo […]
Cheryl Cole Tweets that she and Louis Walsh have settled their differences
Have Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh made up over their recent spat—where Britain’s sweetheart, always good for a headline, accused Walsh of being an inactive manager, and where Walsh subsequently hit back? According to the Twitter school of journalism—the skill of reading Tweets and not getting a statement—they have. Walsh does not have […]
Though tennis legend Martina Navratilova was the first to depart this season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, many will agree she’s never looked more radiant. Marco Pelusi (above left, and below right) can be credited for the fancy footwork behind Martina’s golden tresses, as well as those of George Clooney’s squeeze Stacy Keibler, ’80s […]
H&M sells key-rings to benefit UNICEF
Starting April 19, H&M will sell two specially designed key-rings for Kr 39 each in 138 stores through Sweden, with proceeds being donated directly to UNICEF. It is H&M’s fifth year benefiting UNICEF’s For Every Kid campaign. The key-rings, in boy and girl versions, are joined by three pillowcases created by Lovisa Burfitt, […]
Video: Nicki Minaj performs surprise concert in New York’s Times Square for Nokia
Nokia There have been flash mobs and pop-up stores, but how about a pop-up concert? Finnish cellphone company Nokia, launching its Lumia 900, had Nicki Minaj put on a 10-minute concert in Times Square in New York City on Friday evening. Some 30,000 spectators saw the event. Minaj performed a medley of her […]
Wella has introduced two styling products for the big-hair look that seems to be coming back for 2012: the Wella Professionals Flowing Form (NZ$27) is a new balm that gives flexible control and natural movement—just work it in to the mid-lengths and blow-dry. The Wella Professionals Bold Move (also NZ$27) is a new styling paste […]
Designing 007 opens at the Barbican in July, covering 50 years of James Bond design
Copyright ©1964 by Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corp. Above Sean Connery as James Bond at the Furka Pass, Switzerland, and the iconic Aston Martin DB5, during the making of Goldfinger (1964). With the 50th anniversary of the cinematic James Bond, exhibitions are being shown around the world to mark the occasion, but the Barbican […]
The enfant terrible comes of age: The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier shows in San Francisco
Elyse Glickman It may seem at first blush like somewhat of a surprise that an ambitious fashion-as-art exhibition starring Jean-Paul Gaultier, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: from the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, is creating a major buzz in San Francisco instead of New York or even Los Angeles. However, given San Francisco is […]
