Chanel is travelling the world showing its cruise 2018–19 collection, with its second appearance in Bangkok (after Paris). Guests were invited to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel before embarking on traditional Thai boats to travel down the Chao Phraya River. Celebrities included Chanel ambassadors Lily-Rose Depp, Tilda Swinton, Caroline de Maigret, Soo Joo Park, […]
Cara Delevingne launches Volkswagen T-Cross, its smallest SUV yet
Gisela Schober Cara Delevingne starred in Volkswagen’s world première of its T-Cross compact crossover SUV, a new model that slots under the T-Roc. Delevingne—whom Volkswagen notes has 41 million Instagram followers—presented the new vehicle at the Amsterdam launch, which followed an earlier event in Shanghai and preceded one in São Paulo, all within hours […]
Selena Gómez, Guan Xiaotong, Timmy Xu and Kiko Mizuhara appear in Coach’s fall 2018 campaign
Steven Meisel Selena Gómez stars in Coach’s fall 2018 collection, in her third campaign for the brand. A star team was behind the scenes: the campaign was photographed by Steven Meisel, with Fabien Baron overseeing creative direction, Pat McGrath the make-up, and Guido Palau the hair. Joining Gómez on the campaign were fellow brand […]
Nike is world’s most valuable apparel brand, says Brand Finance
Nike holds its position as the world’s most valuable apparel brand, according an independent brand valuation company An independent brand valuation company, Brand Finance, has ranked Nike at number one in its annual Brand Finance Apparel 50 ranking, despite a 12 per cent drop to US$28,030 million. Brand Finance calculates the values based on, […]
Oscars 2018: Saturday afternoon live
From top: Presenting sponsor Curtis & Co. with Oscar winner Viola Davis. Jon Mack (Pandora’s Box) with sponsor Precious Vodka. Title sponsor Buywine.com with multiple Grammy Award-Winning artist, Anita Pointer. Twenty seventeen was an epic roller-coaster year for Hollywood, between the watershed #MeToo movement, all-encompassing political turmoil, and changes in the public’s moviegoing habits and […]
One of our favourite brands, Make Up For Ever, has announced its team of ‘unfiltered artists’ and make-up artists to promote its Ultra HD line. The artists are an international ensemble: from Korea are Jinjoo, guitarist for Dnce, and Taeyun Park, professional make-up artist and complexion expert; Bayli and Kaya Nico of the Skins […]
Tuesday, 10 a.m. Had a bit of a grumble about a PR company to our fashion ed. Sopheak Seng, because we received a press release telling us to observe a strict embargo date. Except the embargo date was yesterday. I suppose it’s better than a release touting a brand-new product when you know that product […]
When corporate brands and personal brands trade places: Kate Moss was there before Kendall Jenner
Above: Brand Kate Moss was probably seen by more people when the model collaborated with Topshop. In 1999, the late Wally Olins, the famous brand consultant, sent me his book, Trading Identities: Why Countries and Companies are Taking on Each Other’s Roles, a fine read published by the Foreign Policy Centre that argued that countries […]
It’s been interesting to observe how Holden has been handling the end of Australian production. Unlike others that have pulled out of Australia, Holden is maintaining a global design centre there, tailoring models to the Australian and New Zealand markets, and cherry-picking from parent GM’s global resources to find the best ones to suit. Holden’s […]
Huawei, Zambesi team up to launch P10 phones in New Zealand; Zambesi creates bespoke collection
Huawei has teamed up with leading New Zealand fashion label Zambesi to launch its P10 and P10 Plus smartphones. To mark the New Zealand introduction of the phones on April 12, Zambesi has created a bespoke collection inspired by the P10’s colours, namely the Graphite Black, Dazzling Blue, Dazzling Gold and Prestige Gold. […]
