Many of you will know Paula Sweet’s photography in the travel section, ‘Volante’, of Lucire, but her talents go well beyond photography. She created the Muslin Mink, iconic enough that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC has a three-quarter-length one in its permanent collection. In an ongoing weekly series, we present Paula’s humorous observations […]
Brooke Burke and friends introduce Baggallini’s newest spins on go-to travel gear
StarTracks Photo Designer bags and totes are heavy on style, but they can also be a little too heavy for travel, outdoor activities or a supermarket run. This is one thing New York-based company Baggallini continues to address with its latest collection made from lightweight water-resistant fabric in a range of colours and patterns. […]
Ardell knows that to be really comfortable, faux lashes need to be light, and its latest Light as Air range not only looks natural, but it has a soft texture and 50 per cent less weight. They’ve accomplished this by creating hourglass-shaped fibres that look voluminous. There are three styles, all of which come […]
European Human Rights’ Commissioner urges UK Home Secretary not to extradite Julian Assange
Above: Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, has written a letter to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel not to extradite Julian Assange. The Assange case appears to have met with a blackout from many quarters of the mainstream media. In her […]
Many of you will know Paula Sweet’s photography in the travel section, ‘Volante’, of Lucire, but her talents go well beyond photography. She created the Muslin Mink, iconic enough that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC has a three-quarter-length one in its permanent collection. In the first of a weekly series, we present Paula’s […]
Swiminista releases resort ’22 collection in collaboration with Christian Lacroix
Get ready for “summerista” as Swiminista, the luxury, eco-conscious brand founded by Andrea Bernholz, releases an all-new swim and resort wear collection, Enchanted Garden, in collaborative partnership with the house of Christian Lacroix. Featuring 13 new alluring pieces sure to turn heads everywhere, the exciting collection introduces a fresh infusion of colours and iconic […]
Adidas and Karlie Kloss show tech-inspired sportswear collection
Adidas and Karlie Kloss launch their third collaboration, with a technology-inspired collection of 22 pieces, featuring QR codes that allow the wearer to view the inspiration behind the design. The graphic prints are inspired by the world of technology and the promotional photographs are overlaid with pixellated imagery, as well as 1s and 0s. […]
Sweden’s king of swimwear, Panos Papadopoulos, reveals all in his new autobiography
Toward the end of next week, Panos Papadopoulos’s autobiography, Panos: My Life, My Odyssey, comes out in London, with an event in Stockholm following. This is an intimate memoir about Panos’s rise, from childhood poverty in Greece to the ‘king of swimwear’ in Scandinavia. Not only do I have an advance copy, I collaborated […]
New Elsa Schiaparelli retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs from July
Paris’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs will host a new retrospective on Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), entitled Shocking! Les mondes surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli (Shocking! The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli), and running from July 6, 2022 to January 22, 2023 in the Christine & Stephen A. Schwarzman fashion galleries. Schiaparelli drew much of her inspiration from […]
Essano launches Visible Repair range of creams and exilir, formulated for 50-plus skin
Essano has launched its Visible Repair range, targeted at women over 50, with a formula specifically designed for mature skin. With the changes in œstrogen and progesterone over 50, skin does not protect itself, maintain hydration, or produce strong collagen as it once did. The Visible Repair range, with its day cream, night cream, […]
