Laural’s online—and on TV tonight
Laural Barrett, whom I interviewed last year, will appear on Shock Treatment tonight on TV2, at 7.30 p.m., in New Zealand. I recall when Laural returned from the ?lming of this reality show and we had a lengthy conversation about it a year ago. It’s a ?sh-out-of-water tale: Laural, while Miss New Zealand 2007, […]
Mineral make-up, as discussed by Lucire’s beauty columnist Nicole McKinnon as being the hot new trend back in 2006, has continued to be a staple, especially on the catwalk at Air New Zealand Fashion Week. At Verge, Nikki Lovrich, head make-up artist for the Jane Iredale team at the Verge show, gave the models a high-glamour […]
Our Parisian photographer Cat Soubbotnik has recently shot for Berlin-based designer Viola Jæger, who creates Latex couture under the label Très Bonjour. We tend not to feature single-brand editorials, which is why this won’t appear in that section in print, even though the effort Cat went to deserves an airing on this site: However, […]
Model Sanctuary opens again at London Fashion Week
Erin O’Connor, Vice Chairman of London Fashion Week, opens the doors of the Model Sanctuary, for the third season running, to catwalk models working in the city. Located in a luxury and spacious three-bedroom suite of a central London hotel, models are able to relax, have access to free healthy food and drink, wi? and […]
Behind the scenes on Ralph Lauren’s Notorious commercial
Here’s a behind-the-scenes snippet on the making of Ralph Lauren’s Notorious fragrance commercial, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Laetitia Casta and ?lmed in Paris. It seems to have the hallmarks of Wong’s artistic, visual style; Casta, meanwhile, is looking more con?dent and mature. You may also like Official: Laetitia Casta is the new face of […]
Official: Laetitia Casta is the new face of Ralph Lauren Notorious
It’s not really a surprise, since news of this leaked out months ago, but yesterday did mark the official announcement of French (super?) model and actress Laetitia Casta as the new face of Ralph Lauren Notorious, the new fragrance. Read our story here—including our claim that Casta, till recently, had a higher profile as a […]
A glimpse into autumn–winter beauty
John Russel Jones, Stephen Ciuccoli, Amanda Dorcil and Reiva Cruze are all reporting a ‘hectic’ New York Fashion Week, while we gear up here in New Zealand for another. In London, Monica Waldron and Robyn Merritt are heading to a smaller group of shows. And while they’re doing that, we decided at head of?ce to […]
Marisa Miller is Victoria’s Secret’s latest ‘Angel’
Model Marisa Miller has signed a multi-year contract as a Victoria’s Secret ‘Angel’—one of its top, most visible models—said the company on Monday. Miller will make her ?rst appearance for the brand at noon on the 16th at the Victoria’s Secret store at Herald Square, New York City, promoting its new fragrance, Very Sexy Dare. She […]
Sloggi searches for New Zealand’s best buns
Sloggi, the international underwear brand, is on the lookout for New Zealand’s best male and female posteriors for the second annual Show Me Your Sloggi competition. The national winners get a trip to Paris to attend the international competition, and be in a chance to win a modelling competition, €15,000 prize money and bum insurance. […]
Model scam alert: there is no ‘Bruce Williams’ at Lucire
I know all fashion magazines have this problem—the misuse of one’s name for less than scrupulous purposes—and I was disappointed to note one today that FHM had previously been a victim of. This was sent to us by the alert boyfriend of a model, who asked if a Bruce Williams worked for us. […]
