Dame Vivienne Westwood, iconic British designer, dies; foundation set up to honour her legacy
The fashion designer and activist, known for her pioneering designs in the punk era, starting the New Romantic movement, and for her battles against injustice, has passed away; the Vivienne Foundation, founded in late 2022, will launch in 2023 to continue her legacy of design and activism […]
Keith Haring’s work marks Pandora’s first art collaboration
The late pop artist’s energetic, vibrant work appears in 12 pieces in a limited-edition collection for the Danish jewellery company […]
Dame Olivia Newton-John, best known for her role in Grease, passes away
Dame Olivia Newton-John, AC, DBE, passed away aged 73 peacefully at her ranch in southern California after a third diagnosis of breast cancer […]
Timex announces Stranger Things capsule collection
There’s still plenty of merchandising life in Netflix’s Stranger Things as it enters its fourth season, and this time, it’s Timex’s turn to get in on the act. Timex has brought back three of its watches from the era of the TV show: its 1980s Camper, T80, and Atlantis designs. ‘With the Timex × […]
Sweden’s king of swimwear, Panos Papadopoulos, reveals all in his new autobiography
Toward the end of next week, Panos Papadopoulos’s autobiography, Panos: My Life, My Odyssey, comes out in London, with an event in Stockholm following. This is an intimate memoir about Panos’s rise, from childhood poverty in Greece to the ‘king of swimwear’ in Scandinavia. Not only do I have an advance copy, I collaborated […]
Fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier dead at 78
Above, from top: Princess Diana, London, 1990. Nadja, New York, 1995. Nude, St Barthélemy, 1994. Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé at the Fondation Pierre Bergé–Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2002. Gisèle Bündchen for Chanel, 2014. Celebrated fashion photographer, Patrick Demarchelier, died Thursday aged 78. No cause of death was given as news of his […]
Dr Martens and Futura Laboratories release latest collaboration
Dr Martens and Futura Laboratories latest collaboration launches February 26 in New Zealand, with two styles, using the shoe brand’s 1460 boot as their canvas. The designs are the 1460 EMB Futura boot in black Nappa leather featuring Futura’s graffiti embroidered in white, and the 1460 Futura boot with an olive fabric upper, leather […]
French designer Thierry Mugler has died, aged 73
Mugler Above: Thierry Mugler, as pictured in the house’s official announcement of his passing. Header image: Mugler at le cirque d’hiver 20th anniversary autumn–winter 1995–6 finalé. Mere days after the death of André Leon Talley came news that French designer Thierry Mugler, 73, passed away Sunday. The cause of death was not given. […]
Eden Hore: High Fashion/High Country opens at the Dowse, with a nationally significant collection
Derek Henderson Jack Yan Header image: Kevin Berkahn evening dress and cape photographed at Bannockburn Sluicings, Central Otago by Derek Henderson, 2019. Above, from top: Lurex evening gown by Vinka Lucas photographed at the Poolburn Dam by Derek Henderson, 2019. Kevin Berkahn evening dress, 1973, acquired by Eden Hore for NZ$3,000. Other gowns by […]
Kristen Stewart wears spring 1988 Chanel haute couture re-creation on Spencer poster
There’s been a tremendous amount of interest in Diana, Princess of Wales of late—especially around the time of what would have been her 40th wedding anniversary to HRH Prince Charles. The Crown has added to interest in the People’s Princess, and the latest encroachment on her memory is Pablo Larraín’s Spencer, a biopic with Kristen […]
