Cushla Reed launches eponymous shoe label
Minx Shoes’ Cushla Reed (above) has launched a new line bearing her own name. The eponymous brand, Cushla Reed: the Minx, will be available from mid-August, for the spring–summer 2010–11 season. The range will comprise eight styles and be available in Australia and New Zealand. ‘This new, signature range is definitely something different […]
It’s Greater Bay goods, making a difference
If a fashion café with a delicious menu of custom garments to order that are ready to be shipped in 10 days doesn’t give you a one-of-a-kind shopping experience then, maybe you should get out more. Erica Varize of Berkeley, Calif. designs urban women’s sportswear, allowing her clients to choose the fabric, style, and colour […]
Revealed: 20 years of Dolce & Gabbana
CNN Thanks to CNN, we’re able to bring readers this month’s Revealed, on 20 years of Dolce & Gabbana. The show is an intimate portrayal of the pair, showing them backstage at Moda di Milano and talking about their relationship. It features interviews with them in their holiday home, and on their yacht in […]
Luxottica reveals new OPSM concept store in Melbourne
Luxottica Group SpA launched a global retail concept store in Melbourne on Tuesday. The first OPSM eye hub store marks the debut of a retail outlet where every customer dictates and personalizes their own shopping experience. Designed by E2, who were behind the Millennium Dome, the revolutionary store concept has been designed to place […]
Museum of London explains the making of its pleasure garden
The Museum of London is hosting a session where a curator will explain the making of its recently opened re-creation Georgian pleasure garden on August 24, from 1 to 1.45 p.m. The pleasure garden is complete with tress, park benches, a pavilion, drama and costumed mannequins, with Philip Treacy hats and Yasemen Hussein wigs. […]
Justine Picardie to launch Coco Chanel biography at Port Eliot Flower Show
Author and former features director of British Vogue, Justine Picardie, will launch her new book, Coco Chanel: the Legend and the Life, at the inaugural Port Eliot Flower Show, part of the established Port Eliot Festival, on July 25. Picardie will be talking about Chanel, Lady of the Camellias prior to her book being published […]
Customize your jewellery with Kãgi’s Rock Box
Kãgi, whose jewellery we profiled last year, continues to come up with great ideas. The latest, Rock Box, is an interchangeable necklace set—ideal in a world where we not only like to save a few dollars, but expect to be able to customize things to our liking. Kat Gee, the designer behind Kãgi, says […]
Range Rover, Victoria Beckham show new Evoque model
Victoria Beckham was one of the guests at the launch of the Range Rover Evoque, held in conjunction with Vogue at Kensington Palace yesterday. Beckham, who was announced as the company’s creative design executive, said she was looking forward to working with Range Rover design director Gerry McGovern. ‘I’m incredibly excited to be […]
Erin O’Connor launches UK version of Chevy Volt, the Vauxhall Ampera
Vauxhall Vauxhall, GM’s British brand, launched its version of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric hybrid at Chelsea Bridge on June 29, with model Erin O’Connor wearing an electric dress designed by William Tempest. O’Connor’s dress features over 1,000 lights and Swarovski crystals. It was tailored to her figure. The dress’s panelled styling, says Vauxhall, […]
Charmaine Reveley on the rise with Free Fall
The Lucire team had a good chance to catch up with Dunedin designer Charmaine Reveley at Coco Wellington (138 Willis Street) on Thursday. We were among the first media to interview Reveley when she was at the Dunedin Fashion Incubator in the mid-2000s. Showing her autumn–winter 2010 collection, Free Fall, Reveley’s work has strengthened both […]
