Public interest in Miss France increases over rival pageant
TF1 Top Delphine Wespiser with her first words upon being crowned as Miss France: ‘36-37’, the number for France’s Téléthon. Above Christelle Roca, Miss Prestige National 2012, crowed at Divonnes-les-Bains in Ain. While Sunday was a record day for traffic this year at the Lucire website, thanks to the Miss France pageant, Monday remained relatively […]
Yves Saint Laurent: the Retrospective to head to Denver Art Museum
Yves Saint Laurent: the Retrospective will take in Denver for its only North American stop between March 25 and July 8, 2012. Held at the Denver Art Museum, the exhibition features 200 haute couture outfits, and photographs, drawings and films. The exhibition follows Saint Laurent from his work at Dior in 1958 through to […]
Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black and Audrey Hepburn’s Roman Holiday dresses to be auctioned
Kerry Taylor Auctions Above left Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black dress, designed by Disaya Sorakraikitikul. Above right Audrey Hepburn’s Roman Holiday ivory lace gown, designed by Edith Head. The late Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black dress is the most talked-about item at Kerry Taylor Auctions, and is expected to raise up to £20,000 for the […]
Sir Paul Smith to receive Outstanding Achievement Award at 2011 British Fashion Awards
Sir Paul Smith will receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Fashion Awards on November 28, the British Fashion Council announced earlier today. The award was won last year by Alexander McQueen, posthumously. Sir Paul has received four British Fashion Awards to date: Menswear Designer (1997 and 1999), Classic Designer (2001) and […]
Above Some of Collette Dinnigan’s designs, alongside fellow alumna Alexandra Owen’s, at Massey University’s earlier New School, Old School exhibition. South African-born, Australian-based fashion designer Collette Dinnigan was honoured at her Alma Mater, Massey University, last night at its annual College of Creative Arts Hall of Fame dinner in Wellington. Dinnigan, who travelled to […]
Evelyn Lauder, beauty industry innovator, passes away at 75
Business Wire Evelyn Lauder, senior corporate vice-president of the Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., and the head of its fragrance development, passed away yesterday at her home in New York City with her family by her side, the company has announced. Mrs Lauder was 75, and died of complications of non-genetic ovarian cancer. She […]
Madonna to release her first fragrance, Truth or Dare, in April 2012
Coty Prestige will produce a Madonna fragrance, dubbed Truth or Dare by Madonna, for launch in April 2012. Macy’s will be the first to début the fragrance in the US, with global distribution following in May. This is Madonna’s first fragrance. The pop icon told Women’s Wear Daily, ‘I have always been obsessed […]
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty distinguishes itself visually
Ross Brown The Sleeping Beauty has to be the most lavishly designed ballet that I’ve seen the Royal New Zealand Ballet perform in recent years. Unlike last year’s The Nutcracker, this version of The Sleeping Beauty hasn’t been cleverly transplanted into a 20th century setting, and it’s child-friendly with Catalabutte portrayed as a cat. However, […]
Ralph Lauren talks to Oprah Winfrey in A-list fund-raiser at Lincoln Center
A Monday night event for the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention at Lincoln Center featured, as its principal attraction, a heart-to-heart on-stage chat between Oprah Winfrey and Ralph Lauren himself. Attended by celebrities including Naomi Watts, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, Uma Thurman, Jessica Alba, Kerry Washington, Martha Stewart and […]
Steve McQueen’s Le Mans to be celebrated at Top Gear Live VIP gala
Copyright ©1971 Cinema Center Films and Solar Productions; copyright ©2011 by Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved. Personality rights of Steve McQueen are used with the permission of Chadwick McQueen and the Terry McQueen Testamentary Trust, represented exclusively by GreenLight. It’s hard to believe 40 years have passed since the Steve McQueen car racing epic, Le […]
