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Cheryl Cole is L’Oréal’s new face

August 28, 2009/10.33

We wish we could take credit for it—after running items on Charlize Theron and Elizabeth Banks they both became L’Oréal Paris spokeswomen; and a sister magazine of ours did the same with Elizabeth Hurley and Estée Lauder in the 1990s—but we have to chalk it up to another coincidence as Cheryl Cole becomes the new […]

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Miksani introduces Carbon Neutral fashion range

August 27, 2009/16.25

We’ve heard of many labels using the eco-fashion tag—after all, Lucire was the first fashion magazine to bring sustainable style into the mainstream, from 2003. Miksani, meanwhile, has gone one further with a Carbon Neutral clothing range for spring–summer 2010, launching at the Pure London Fashion Show.    Miksani says its products have a minimal […]

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We have spotted the home page bug

/14.33

Dear readers, we realize that the home page is not displaying properly. Please know we are working on this. The error seems to lie with Google’s Feedburner service, which is displaying the actual code, rather than the text and images that the code represents. A complaint has been filed with Google, which has recently moved […]

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Katie Taylor in her Miss Universe 2009 national costume

August 25, 2009/13.49

We know we showed you what Miss New Zealand 2009 Katie Taylor wore at Miss Universe a few days ago, but we finally have the official image from the event. Presenting Katie Taylor herself in In-Tui-Tion by Tracey Koole, the Montana World of Wearable Art 2007 garment, as seen in the Bahamas on Monday night: […]

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Eastenders’ Charlie Brooks speaks out against domestic violence

August 22, 2009/13.06

Actress Charlie Brooks (Janine Butcher in Eastenders) is lending her support to the National Centre for Domestic Violence in the UK. Although not a victim of domestic violence herself, Charlie feels strongly about the subject. She wants to help lift the lid on a taboo issue and raising awareness of the services offered by the […]

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Miss New Zealand Katie Taylor WOWs Miss Universe with national costume

August 21, 2009/6.09

Photo credit: World of Wearable Art Ltd. For those in the Bahamas wowed by Miss New Zealand Katie Taylor’s national costume, we can now reveal more, since it has been shown there. The eagle-eyed fashionistas among you will have recognized it was having come from the Montana World of Wearable Arts’ show. Specifically, it’s In-Tui-Tion, […]

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Miss Universe ’09 contestants are enjoying the Bahamas

August 15, 2009/5.31

The contestants at Miss Universe are having a great time in the Bahamas, and the fun is not restricted to Atlantis on Paradise Island. Below, the contestants are having fun on Atlantis, and visiting Bimini, Exuma and Grand Bahama Island. The telecast is on August 23 at 9 p.m. EDT, and will be shown live […]

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Branding New Zealand: a discussion

August 9, 2009/13.17

[Cross-posted] I had a very productive time in Christ­church, especially at The Future of Fashion II confer­ence organ­ized by Fashion Industry New Zealand (FINZ). It was also wonder­ful to connect to the folks at CPIT there.    One question that arose after my presentation (which can be found in written form on this site) was […]

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Cheryl Cole: latest celebrity linked to Cowell–Green venture

July 18, 2009/11.35

The com­pany being created by Simon Cowell and Sir Philip Green, which the UK media have been report­ing as involv­ing super­model Kate Moss, has tapped another name to get it headlines: English singer and The X Factor judge Cheryl Cole.    Cole, who came to fame through the pop group Girls Aloud, and who now […]

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Walter Cronkite deserves today’s praise

/8.07

[Cross-posted] It’s quite sad to learn of the passing of former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite today. Although Cronkite had not been on the nightly news since his retirement from that show in the early 1980s, his job taken over by Dan Rather, he remained in the public eye with occasional documentaries and interviews. Even young […]

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