Peugeot announces 3008 diesel hybrid, with 74 mpg
Peugeot has announced what it calls the first diesel ‘full hybrid’ car, the 3008 Hybrid4 crossover. To date, production hybrid vehicles have used a petrol engine. By using an already fuel-efficient diesel with 120 kW (163 bhp), the 3008 Hybrid4 manages a combined drive cycle fuel consumption of 3·8 l/100 km (74·4 mpg [Imperial]) […]
Dispatches: from beads to big and beautiful
Danish brand Trollbeads—famed for its interchangeable charms—has released its Empowerment bracelet, part of a global venture to support individual charities. The bracelet comprises 10 unique pink Murano glass beads on a sterling silver cord and retails at A$190, with some proceeds to the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia. Candice Wren’s pashminas (70 per […]
A Namibian expedition with a difference: Land Rover announces competition
Land Rover, in association with Biosphere Expeditions, is offering seven people across Europe the chance to go on an expedition to Namibia as part of a research team. The lucky seven will help conduct research on big cats, such as leopards and cheetahs, for two weeks beginning in November. ‘The team will learn […]
Copenhagen Fashion Festival gets a royal visit from Crown Princess Mary
The Copenhagen Fashion Festival has been taking place over the last few days, and we’ve finally got our hands on some of the video from the Danish capital. Danish designer Peter Ingwersen showed his spring–summer 2011 Bllack Noir collection, which originally sprung from his Noir label in 2008, at the Zen nightclub. Ingwersen is […]
The Thread Loop raises funds to support marginalized women and children
New Zealand’s first online eco-fashion retailer, the Thread Loop, has partnered with GVN Foundation’s annual fund-raiser, Eat So They Can (ESTC), to raise funds to support marginalized women and children in Africa, Asia and South America. The Thread Loop will donate 10 per cent of its profits from every sale between now and October 17, […]
President Obama talks up the Chevrolet Volt
GM’s European arm had Erin O’Connor launch the Opel and Vauxhall Ampera in London. How do you beat that Stateside when it comes to giving the Chevrolet Volt, the car that the Ampera is based on, a publicity boost? You get in the President of the United States. President Obama broke ground on […]
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, […]
Free radicals from Starfish: fashion that moves
From top Starfish’s Bounce Boléro runner dress. The Springer frock. Four ways of wearing the Starfish Swirler. Starfish’s summer 2010–11 collection, Free Radical, is inspired by one of New Zealand’s modernist artist Len Lye’s fascination with art that moves, the mystery of motion and the celebration of energy that is life. Lye’s ideologies are […]
Geo Skincare retails its certified organic range
Although the Geo Skincare brand has been around for the last ten years at health and beauty spas, only through popular demand has this exciting range of organic skin care products become available at selected pharmacies in New Zealand. The Geo Skincare treatment range is made up of 22 products, including six designed especially […]
Wen Guo, an architect from San Francisco, drafts building and floor plans with impeccable precision. However, she not only designs buildings, but apparel as well. This unconventional designer symbolizes an innovative new generation—one who thinks outside the box while embracing her environment. Guo’s architectural designs offer a structural product that provides well thought-out functionality. […]
