Hennes & Mauritz opens first store in Auckland, New Zealand, with celebrity launch
Chris Park Hennes & Mauritz held a press launch for its first New Zealand retail store at Sylvia Park, Auckland, on Thursday—and as the New Zealand-headquartered publication with the longest history of covering the Swedish retailer, we were on the scene. H&M didn’t take this launch lightly. In anticipation of the official October 1 […]
H&M’s New Zealand store will be the first to see the Kenzo × H&M collection
Oliver Hadlee Pearch H&M will retail the Kenzo × H&M collaboration announced last month, with the line joining its Sylvia Park store on November 3. With the time difference, this means the New Zealand store is the first to carry the line. Since joining Kenzo in 2011, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have set […]
H&M opens first store in New Zealand in October 2016
International Swedish retailer, Hennes & Mauritz, will open in New Zealand on October 1. The new store will be located at Sylvia Park, Auckland, and span two storeys and 2,300 m². The new store will have men, women, youth and children’s apparel and accessories. The H&M Studio collection for autumn–winter 2016–17 (above) will appear […]
Zlatan Ibrahimović launches A–Z sportswear line; Aéropostale shows off summer ’16 trends
Aéropostale, Inc. has announced its summer 2016 trends. The international retailer, with 744 stores in the US and Puerto Rico, 41 in Canada and 310 licensees globally, says the season is about getting away, with a range showcasing a classic, simple, retro look. For women, the trends are ‘Topanga Canyon’, a boho-chic, ’60s look; ‘The […]
Panos Emporio revolutionizes men’s swimwear with Meander, launched in Stockholm today
The swimwear designer Panos Papadopoulos, whose Panos Emporio label celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, is breaking new ground once again, this time in relation to men’s swimwear. Panos Emporio, which is known in many countries for giving women the perfect fit, addresses the needs of the modern man, with a new design, Meander. […]
Rebecca Ferguson on the attraction of dual roles in Despite the Falling Snow
Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson talked to the media recently about her dual roles in writer–director Shamim Sarif’s Despite the Falling Snow. Sarif wrote the 2004 novel, set in two different times: 1950s Cold War Moskva, and 1992 in the same city and in London following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 2013, the […]
Max Larsson Olivia Wilde is the face of H&M’s Conscious Collection, and promoted it in New York last week alongside her friend Barbara Burchfield. She wore a lace skirt and matching blouse from the range, complemented by a Balenciaga leather jacket. Wilde and Burchfield co-founded Conscious Commerce, which she discusses in our video […]
H&M Studio shows its autumn–winter 2016–17 collection at Paris Fashion Week
H&M Swedish retailer H&M showed its Studio collection for autumn–winter 2016–17 at Paris Fashion Week, at the Bourse de Commerce, last night, on a catwalk patterned after a frozen lake. The company says the collection was inspired by ‘strong women and the beauty of independent minds.’ The collection had a sense of glamour […]
Doris Bergman’s Style Lounge and Party: style and substance before the Oscars
Felix Salzman While the presence of an ultra high-tech Maserati Ghibli and a customized McLaren 570S Coupe make a strong first impression, I was more interested in finding out what Doris Bergman had in store for VIP celebrities and talent involved in the 2016 Academy Awards. I was looking for items that would appeal to […]
Bill Cooper Maarten Holl Above, from top: Selon désir, with dancers Abigail Boyle and Loughlan Prior. In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, with Mayu Tanigaito. With tiles and cacti in Cacti. The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Speed of Light, kicking off the New Zealand Festival in Wellington on Friday night, comprised an enjoyable contemporary programme that […]
