I’m off to watch a designer emerge
My bags are packed and I’m on my last sleep before I board a plane tomorrow bound for Dunedin, to cover the ID Emerging Designers’ Awards. Pictures and stories will ensue … See you in the deep south!—Bronwyn Williams […]
I hope to become a Balenciaga angel, with white feathered wings and these on my feet. I just discovered these trophies from the autumn–winter 2007 collection, they are very now—even two years on. Somebody mentioned they were up for sale on Ebay?—Bronwyn Williams […]
New Clothes for the New Year, championing New Zealand fashion
Here is a pic of myself (wearing Mister) and Dominion Post fashion editor Carolyn Enting (in Voon) co-MCing the Asian Events’ Trust’s New Clothes for the New Year show last month in Wellington, New Zealand. Linda Lim, who chairs the Trust, sent me the pic last week—thanks, Linda! Both Carolyn and I loved the clothes […]
The search for the next Miss Sweden has begun
The search for the next Miss Sweden has begun. My own affiliation with this pageant—Fröken Sverige to use its name in its native language—began six years ago, and I am happy to say this year I will be far more involved. I will let the publicity machine talk about my role in due course. […]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Salon de Genève
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California visited the Salon de Genève to support US automakers exhibiting there, as well as to highlight alternative energies for cars, a cause that he has championed. Although he did venture to the Lamborghini to look at one of its latest models. […]
Lagonda returns at Salon de Genève—but will it fly?
We get a lot of information about press conferences and at the Salon de Genève, we have been seeing them come in thick and fast. Renault, Volkswagen, BMW, etc. But the most intriguing was for a brand I never expected to see in an email: Lagonda. Lagonda is a brand that celebrates its centenary […]
Reese Witherspoon promotes Avon Global Center for Women and Justice
From left to right: Barbara Holden-Smith, Vice-Dean of Cornell Law School; Andrea Jung, Avon Chairman and CEO; Reese Witherspoon, Avon Global Ambassador; and Joan Winship, Executive Director, International Association of Women Judges, at Avon Foundation for Women’s press conference in Washington, DC announcing new funding for projects that will eliminate violence against women and improve […]
Elizabeth Banks, Eva Longoria Parker and Beyoncé Knowles on their latest L’Oréal Paris ad
Here’s footage from L’Oréal Paris on its latest TVC, starring Elizabeth Banks, and long-time spokeswomen Eva Longoria Parker and Beyoncé Knowles. We have sound bites from the celebrities, clips from the B-roll and the True Match TVC itself. Elizabeth Banks Eva Longoria Parker Beyoncé Knowles The B-roll L’Oréal Paris TrueMatch clip […]
Opel shows Ampera, its version of the Chevrolet Volt, at Genève
General Motors intends to overtake the Toyota Prius with its Chevrolet Volt—a vehicle that is an electric car first, with a petrol engine that only kicks in when extended range is needed. (The Prius, in layman’s terms, works the other way round, with a hybrid engine assisting the petrol one—though around town, the Prius tries […]
Elizabeth Banks is L’Oréal Paris’s latest spokeswoman
Above: Elizabeth Banks with Paul Rudd in a popular scene from Role Models. Our words last year: Elizabeth Banks is the it girl of 2008–9. It seems L’Oréal Paris agrees, with footage of Banks’s first TVC for the French cosmetics giant hitting the press today. Last October, Lucire promoted Zack and Miri Make a Porno, […]
