In brief: H&M Foundation donates to south Asian flood victims; Trilogy commemorates 15 years
In a positive demonstration of corporate social responsibility, H&M Foundation has donated US$200,000 to the floods in India in Bangladesh, supporting the work of Save the Children. Currently, 1·3 million children are out of school, and 16,000 schools—12,000 in India and 4,000 in Bangladesh—have been damaged or destroyed. Elisabeth Dahlin, CEO of Save the […]
As I-Pace draws near, Jaguar shows off a unique, electric-powered E-type
Maybe the electric Jaguar E-type in Andrew Niccol’s film In Time wasn’t so far-fetched after all. What happens when you take one of the most iconic shapes produced in motoring history and blend it with the latest technology? You might get something like the Jaguar E-type Zero, created by the team at Jaguar Land […]
Nick Dimbleby; Antonio Salgado Jaguar has announced its platform counterpart to the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque, dubbed the E-Pace. The launch at ExCeL London saw the E-Pace enter the Guinness World Record books with a bang. Terry Grant, who holds 21 Guinness World Records’ titles, achieved a barrel roll, leaping […]
Pascal Le Segretain, Venturelli The Cannes Film Festival’s fifth day’s screening of The Meyerowitz Stories at Cannes saw L’Oréalistas Sonam Kapoor, Araya A. Hargate, Andie MacDowell, Iris Berben, Heike Makatash and YouTuber EnjoyPhoenix, as well as Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Jessica Chastain, Mary J. Blige, Coco Rocha, Olya Kurylenko, Laetitia Casta, Isabelle Huppert, Karena Ng, […]
Andreas Rentz; Venturelli; courtesy Giambattista Valli Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wowed the Cannes Film Festival crowds at the première of Robin Campillo’s Aids drama 120 battements par minute (120 Beats Per Minute) in a stunning strapless red Ralph & Russo gown. L’Oréal Paris’s global make-up director Val Garland used True Match foundation (in Amber Gold) […]
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rihanna among the most glamorous at Festival de Cannes, day three
Venturelli; Pascal Le Segretain; Andreas Rentz; courtesy Dior Aishwarya Rai Bachchan always causes a stir when she heads to the Festival de Cannes, both as a L’Oréal Paris spokeswoman and as an actress in her own right. This year, her powder blue ballroom gown, by Filipino designer Michael Cinco, was covered with beads and featured […]
Festival de Cannes day 2: Deepika Padukone, Thylane Blondeau, Emily Ratajkowski, Cara Delevingne
Gareth Cattermole; Gisela Schober; Neilson Barnard Deepika Padukone kept the glamour stakes high on the second day of the Cannes Film Festival, wearing a Brandon Maxwell gown accessorized with de Grisogono high jewellery earrings in white gold set in white diamonds and a high jewellery bracelet in white gold with white diamonds and emeralds, and […]
Dev Patel honoured for Lionheart charity work at Chivas Icons event
François Nel English actor Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion) was the guest of honour at the Chivas Icons event on May 2 at Play at the H Hotel in Dubai, UAE. Patel was honoured by the Scotch brand for his work in the Lionheart campaign, which helps vulnerable children in India. The campaign […]
Cartier announces 2017 Women’s Initiative Awards’ laureates in Singapore ceremony
Cartier announced the laureates of its 2017 Women’s Initiative Awards on Wednesday at the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall in Singapore, the first time the event has been held outside France. The awards, which recognize there is a gender gap and aim to reward women entrepreneurs, began in 2006, created in partnership with INSEAD […]
Gillian Saunders takes top honours at 2016 World of Wearable Art Awards’ Show, with Supernova
WOW New Zealand designer Gillian Saunders has scooped the Brancott Estate Supreme Award at tonight’s World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards’ Show. Saunders, who had entered 15 garments before her winning entry, Supernova, has won eight awards prior to 2016, but this is the first time she has taken out the top prize. Saunders, […]
