Designer snippets: Pierre Garroudi, Panos Emporio, Nicholas Jermyn, Jennyfer
On the main part of the Lucire site, two stories about European designers. First, Pierre Garroudi might hail from Teheran, but he has a workroom in London, which our photographer Doug Rimington visited. It’s a beautifully shot story, as you can imagine from Doug. Secondly, Panos Papadopoulos, a good friend of this magazine, celebrates […]
Vendôme Woollahra brings true luxury to Australian retail
From top The Boucheron Mini Macaroons. Cinna Pampille earrings in emerald. Cinna Pampille ring. Laperouse aquamarine ring. Boucheron Cameleon ring. Vendôme Woollahra, opening late this month, brings luxury brands under one roof in the growing Woollahra shopping precinct. Brands represented include DeWitt, Maîtres du Temps, Hautlence, Franc Villa and Romain Jérôme. These mark Australia’s […]
French lingerie: labels worth the hunt
Peau-Éthique French label Peau-Éthique has introduced an organic lingerie line with a 1960s’ inspiration. Pop art and dots make a pointed statement about the decade that influences modern style the most; while finishing features laces, braids and satin knots. Black and fuchsia are the dominant colours, with electric purple dots as a complement. Panties, boxers, […]
New Zealand Fashion Museum tells the El Jay story at Kirkcaldie’s
Looking Terrific: the El Jay Story is currently on at Kirkcaldie & Stains on Lambton Quay, Wellington. This is the first of many exhibitions from the New Zealand Fashion Museum, an innovative format reinterpreting of what a museum is. With no traditional bricks and mortar housing a collection, the museum is on the move, […]
Hennes & Mauritz collaborates with Lanvin
Paolo Roversi The mystery designer in the Hennes & Mauritz video shown a few days ago at Lucire has been revealed as Lanvin menswear designer Lucas Ossendrijver. Ossendrijver and Lanvin artistic director Alber Elbaz are the two who will play a part in H&M’s designer collaboration this autumn. Elbaz, presumably, designed the womenswear […]
Citroën releases first pics of DS4
Citroën has released images of its new DS4, part of its specialty-car range bearing the hallowed DS initials. We still haven’t been convinced by the looks of the DS3, which is meant to challenge the Mini, though the DS4 does have some funky features to it. The overall styling is more aggressive than […]
Peugeot announces 3008 diesel hybrid, with 74 mpg
Peugeot has announced what it calls the first diesel ‘full hybrid’ car, the 3008 Hybrid4 crossover. To date, production hybrid vehicles have used a petrol engine. By using an already fuel-efficient diesel with 120 kW (163 bhp), the 3008 Hybrid4 manages a combined drive cycle fuel consumption of 3·8 l/100 km (74·4 mpg [Imperial]) […]
New releases for Narciso Rodriguez eaux de parfum
The Narciso Rodriguez limited edition fragrance, Essence Eau de Parfum Intense, goes on sale in New Zealand in September, not long after its US launch. The Musc collection for fall 2010 in the northern hemisphere, and summer 2011 in the southern, sees the return of the For Her eau de parfum Intense, now in […]
Pioneering Korean designer André Kim, 74, dies
André Kim, 74, one of South Korea’s greatest fashion names, died Thursday night, his son Kim Joong-Do announced earlier today. André Kim was being treated for pneumonia at Seoul National University Hospital. He was admitted to hospital last month, and was also being treated for his earlier colorectral cancer. Kim was less […]
Richard Avedon exhibition opens at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Above Richard Avedon: Veruschka, Dress by Kimberly. New York 1967. Copyright ©2009 by the Richard Avedon Foundation. Photographer Richard Avedon continues to influence what defines fashion photography today, six years after his passing. In a new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, entitled Avedon Fashion, 1944–2000, the photographer’s output is comprehensively examined, […]
