Retrospectives: great moments in Parisian fashion history, with YSL, McQueen, Galliano, Gaultier
What are some of the great fashion moments in recent history? You’ll have seen these videos run on Lucire TV, and we’ve singled them out for an additional focus. In French and English. 1. The departure of Yves Saint Laurent In January 2001, Yves Saint Laurent retired from the house that bears his name, with […]
News round-up: Dilmah hosts high teas in New Zealand; Trish Peng searches for new face
Dilmah Tea New Zealand Dilmah Tea hosted a series of high teas around New Zealand, promoting its socially responsible message along with the rising interest in tea mixology. Its Wellington stop on Tuesday, hosted by Dilmah founder Merrill J. Fernando and his son, Dilhan C. Fernando, the company’s chief marketing officer, and in the […]
Sponsored video: American Express wants your EveryDay moments
American Express’s EveryDay Card is an addition to its traditional range of debit and credit cards. It’s aiming at younger consumers by hiring Shameless Maya, the online personality known for her beauty tips and slices of life on YouTube, who recounts her “everyday moment” of heading out with a friend to do some exercise. She […]
Destination datelines: Catalina, Paris, Gurgaon, Punta Ala
©1964 Bettmann/Corbis ©1966 Hulton–Deutsch/Corbis Top The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night, 1964. Above George Harrison marries Pattie Boyd in 1966. Catalina Island, California Hard to believe it’s been a half-century since the première of A Hard Day’s Night. To commemorate the date, the Catalina Island Museum will mount a special 50th anniversary screening of […]
A tribute to Massimo Vignelli, a design legend
RIT Massimo Vignelli, who passed away on May 27, was a hero of mine. When receiving the news shortly before it hit the media in a big way, from our mutual friend Stanley Moss, this title’s travel editor and CEO of the Medinge Group, I posted immediately on Facebook: ‘It is a sad duty to […]
Cannes day four: Freida Pinto, Jennifer Lawrence, Eva Longoria, Isabeli Fontana, Natasha Poly
Gisela Schober Tim P. Whitby Venturelli Fashionistas closely followed one of Saturday’s films at the Festival de Cannes: the second bio-pic on the late French fashion design legend Yves Saint Laurent. The first, simply titled YSL and directed by Jalil Lespert, was released in January to largely positive reviews, particularly from the former partner […]
Nicole Kidman defends Grace of Monaco on day one of Cannes Film Festival 2014
It was never going to be easy to play someone so beloved, and Nicole Kidman has had to face the critics with her performance of HSH Princess Grace as Grace of Monaco opened the Festival de Cannes. The film is set in the 1960s, just after Grace Kelly wed HSH Prince Rainier II, when […]
Jaguar to build six Lightweight E-types, perfect re-creations of the 1960s original
Even though Jaguar is riding a high with ultra-modern, forward-looking models such as the XJ and F-type, it has announced that it will produce six more Lightweight E-types, the first time the company has engaged in building re-creations in its nine-decade history. Jaguar originally planned to build 18 ‘Special GT E-type cars’ in 1963, […]
Naomi Watts, Nicola Bulgari, Veronica Bulgari—VIPs at Bulgari: 130 Years of Masterpieces in Houston
Michelle Watson/CatchLight Group LLC Chinh Phan/CatchLight Group LLC Bulgari opened its 130 Years of Masterpieces exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science with Bulgari vice-chairman Nicola Bulgari, his daughter Veronica Bulgari, and actress Naomi Watts in attendance, along with Wendi Grimes, chair of the Museum, Joel Bartsch, its president and CEO, and Bulgari CEO […]
Emma Watson, about to graduate, ponders the next stage of her life
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Above Emma Watson at the Berlin première of Noah last month. Gracing the April issue of Elle Australia, Emma Watson gives readers the opportunity to realize that despite all her success, she just wants to be normal, and she doesn’t want to be criticized for calling an ‘eraser’ a ‘rubber’, a mistake, […]
