Nicole by OPI launches Kardashian Kolors nail lacquers and treatments
If you thought there couldn’t be yet another Kardashian family-endorsed fashion or beauty product, think again: Nicole by OPI has introduced Kardashian Kolors, a range featuring 14 new nail lacquer shades inspired by Kris Jenner and her five daughters, Kourtney, Kim and Khloé Kardashian and Kylie and Kendall Jenner. ‘With lacquers ranging from high‐shine […]
BBC releases first pic of Karen Gillan as Jean Shrimpton in new bio-pic
BBC/Kudos The BBC has released its first official image of Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) playing Jean Shrimpton, in the BBC Four bio-pic, We’ll Take Manhattan. Welsh actor Aneurin Barnard stars alongside Gillan as photographer David Bailey. We’ll Take Manhattan focuses on a Vogue photo shoot in New York in 1962 and how iconic […]
Public interest in Miss France increases over rival pageant
TF1 Top Delphine Wespiser with her first words upon being crowned as Miss France: ‘36-37’, the number for France’s Téléthon. Above Christelle Roca, Miss Prestige National 2012, crowed at Divonnes-les-Bains in Ain. While Sunday was a record day for traffic this year at the Lucire website, thanks to the Miss France pageant, Monday remained relatively […]
Miss Cerdagne-Roussillon, Christelle Roca, is Miss Prestige National 2012
Less than a day after the crowning of Delphine Wespiser as Miss France 2012, rival pageant Miss Prestige National has crowned Miss Cerdagne-Roussillon, Christelle Roca (left), as its winner. Part of France’s ongoing “battle of the pageants”, Miss Prestige National was originally set up by former Miss France director Geneviève de Fontenay. Last year, […]
Miss Alsace, Delphine Wespiser, crowned Miss France 2012
Breaking news: Miss Bourgogne, Marine Lorphelin, crowned Miss France 2013 Miss Alsace, Delphine Wespiser, of Kingersheim, has been crowned Miss France 2012 tonight. Wespiser, 19, at 1·75 m (5 ft 7½ in), is a management student with interests in eastern and flamenco dancing, and enjoys painting. The redhead was crowned at the parc […]
Yves Saint Laurent: the Retrospective to head to Denver Art Museum
Yves Saint Laurent: the Retrospective will take in Denver for its only North American stop between March 25 and July 8, 2012. Held at the Denver Art Museum, the exhibition features 200 haute couture outfits, and photographs, drawings and films. The exhibition follows Saint Laurent from his work at Dior in 1958 through to […]
Miss France jury confirmed; Hot Scots in Edinburgh; congrats to Jennifer Cohen
Peugeot SA Above Miss France 2011 Laury Thilleman’s successor will be decided by a panel led by French actor Alain Delon, the pageant confirmed yesterday. Below left Karen Gillan, photographed by Suki Dhanda: one of the photographs exhibited by the National Galleries of Scotland next month. Bottom Jennifer Cohen and Noah Flom tie the knot. […]
Dita von Teese to launch lingerie line, Von Follies, at Target in Australia
Dita von Teese’s new lingerie collection, Von Follies by Dita von Teese, will be available from Target in Australia from February 2012, it was announced today by brand management company, Lime Door Brands. Von Teese has a personal collection of vintage lingerie, and is said to be inspired by that as well as her […]
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 […]
France’s ‘battle of the pageants’ continues, as TM dispute may halt Miss Nationale
Above Barbara Morel, Miss Nationale 2011, in her Miss Provence publicity photograph. Legal issues mean that she is unlikely to crown a successor this year. In a further twist, an ongoing trade mark dispute may prevent Geneviève de Fontenay, former director of Miss France, from holding her rival Miss Nationale pageant this year, originally scheduled […]
