Hennes & Mauritz has released a 23-second video featuring the next top designer with whom it will collaborate. It’s strictly a teaser and does not show the designer’s face. Any guesses out there? The collection is released September 9. You may also like Johanna Ortiz × H&M: full collection to drop on March 12 […]
Lancôme’s tips: getting a bronzing effect
According to make-up artist Petr Blecha, it’s not right to put bronzer on where the sun kisses your face, as he tells Swedish beauty blogger Bjooti how to get a healthy glow on paler skin. Here’s the latest Lancôme beauty tip. You may also like Lancôme tips: applying make-up when you already have make-up on […]
Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock are engaged
HSH Prince Albert of Monaco II, 52, is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Charlene Wittstock, the Prince’s Palace announced today. Miss Wittstock, 32, a South African, is a former Olympic swimmer. No date has been set for the wedding, although by protocol it would have to be at least six months from the […]
Lancôme tips: applying make-up when you already have make-up on
Here’s more from Lancôme make-up artist Petr Blecha and Swedish beauty blogger Bjooti. This week: applying make-up on the face when you already have make-up on. You may also like Lancôme’s tips: getting a bronzing effect Putting on morning make-up—in three minutes Touching up your mascara on the go Make-up for the bespectacled Defining your […]
Absolut releases limited-edition street-art pitchers
During my trip to Kristianstad, the home town of Absolut Vodka, local business people told me that the acquisition of their beloved brand by Pernod Ricard has helped. The company now does tours, and is prouder of its culture. I initially had some concerns over the acquisition—readers can find my rants about globalization and […]
Lancôme make-up tips: retouching
Make-up artist Petr Blecha and Swedish beauty blogger Bjooti deal with the issue of retouching make-up, beginning with eye-shadow and blush, and finishing with lips. You may also like Lancôme tips: applying make-up when you already have make-up on Putting on make-up: brush or fingers? Lancôme opens first flagship store at 52 Champs-Élysées Putting on […]
Elin Kling on autumn–winter ’10 trends
Swedish fashion editor and TV4 commentator Elin Kling, whose Style by Kling blog has been linked from Lucire for quite some time, gives her comments for a Hennes & Mauritz video on the autumn–winter 2010 season. You may also like Stine Riis wins H&M Design Award 2012, showing at Stockholm Fashion Week Supermodel Christy Turlington […]
Ellen von Unwerth, Kate Beckinsale and Zooey Deschanel collaborate on new Absolut campaign
Absolut Vodka has been pushing its lifestyle image for some years—that not only is it a mere vodka, but it’s tied to the hippest and most creative places on the planet. Its Drinks campaign, launched on to the New Zealand market this week, is a collaboration with photographer Ellen von Unwerth and actresses Kate […]
It might still be unseasonally snowy in Trollhättan, but that did not stop Saab from starting up again under Spyker ownership. After seven weeks of the plant being idle, the workforce is back, and Saabs are rolling off the production line again. The Swedish company, which had been spun off from an aircraft manufacturer […]
While waiting for the San Francisco subway-esque train (BART) at UN Plaza, a young woman bumped into my side and apologized. Looking up, I accepted her apology and suddenly did a double take to ask her, ‘Where did you get your dress-scarf-top thingy?’ She smiled and delightfully said, ‘Online. It’s called Misha Market.’ What […]
