Mor Cosmetics launches Emporium Collection fragrances for the holidays
We’ve always loved Mor Cosmetics’ range, and we were thrilled to learn it has a new collection of fragrances for the holidays. Mor’s Emporium Collection eaux de toilette (100 ml, NZ$69·99) are beautifully presented, in a box resembling a cute, mini-hardback book, embellished with gold foiling. Inside are decorative embossed and foiled Emporium papers, […]
Sir Paul Smith to receive Outstanding Achievement Award at 2011 British Fashion Awards
Sir Paul Smith will receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Fashion Awards on November 28, the British Fashion Council announced earlier today. The award was won last year by Alexander McQueen, posthumously. Sir Paul has received four British Fashion Awards to date: Menswear Designer (1997 and 1999), Classic Designer (2001) and […]
Above Some of Collette Dinnigan’s designs, alongside fellow alumna Alexandra Owen’s, at Massey University’s earlier New School, Old School exhibition. South African-born, Australian-based fashion designer Collette Dinnigan was honoured at her Alma Mater, Massey University, last night at its annual College of Creative Arts Hall of Fame dinner in Wellington. Dinnigan, who travelled to […]
David LaChapelle Ricky Martin and Nicki Minaj appear in MAC’s latest Viva Glam promotional image, photographed by David LaChapelle. The 2012 campaign will see MAC release lipsticks called Viva Glam Nicki and Viva Glam Ricky. Proceeds from their sale will go toward the MAC Aids Fund, which has raised $224 million since its launch […]
San Pellegrino launches second, limited-edition Bulgari bottle
Above The San Pellegrino–Bulgari bottle celebrating the Grand Palais exhibition, and the new San Pellegrino Sparkles with Bulgari bottle. San Pellegrino has now brought its limited-edition Bulgari-designed bottle, San Pellegrino Sparkles with Bulgari, to the antipodes. It’s a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Bulgari, which Lucire covered in December when the company showed […]
Evelyn Lauder, beauty industry innovator, passes away at 75
Business Wire Evelyn Lauder, senior corporate vice-president of the Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., and the head of its fragrance development, passed away yesterday at her home in New York City with her family by her side, the company has announced. Mrs Lauder was 75, and died of complications of non-genetic ovarian cancer. She […]
Reflecting on Miss International winner and runner-up, María Fernanda Cornejo and Jessica Barboza
Thomas Salme Above María Fernanda Cornejo, Miss International 2011. The winner of the 2011 Miss International is María Fernanda Cornejo, from Quito, Ecuador. She is 22 years old and a professional model. Her height is 1·78 m (5 ft 10 in) and she measures 88-60-92 (35-24-36). She is blonde with hazel-coloured eyes. I remember shooting […]
Justin Bieber turns on Christmas lights at two Westfield malls
Hot on the heels of his double MTV VMA win in Belfast, Justin Bieber has switched on the lights at two Westfield malls at Shepherd’s Bush and Stratford City. Bieber turned the lights on at Shepherd’s Bush first before being ferried away by helicopter to Stratford City. He was joined on stage by […]
Jane Iredale’s Chocoholicks combine lip glosses with a chocolate theme
What better than combining beauty with chocolate? Jane Iredale’s Chocoholicks has returned for Christmas 2011, but in a new edition. The four lip glosses come with a retractable lip brush, in packaging that resembles that of a chocolate bar. In developing the latest incarnation of Chocoholicks, Jane Iredale herself revealed, ‘The selection process […]
Kim Kardashian files for divorce, parties issue conflicting statements
Reality star Kim Kardashian and basketballer Kris Humphries will divorce after 72 days of marriage. Neither side has stated the reasons, though the usual celebrity “sources” have speculated they were either Humphries’ unwillingness to participate in the Kardashian brand, or an argument over where to set up home. Kardashian filed for divorce citing […]
