Adi Constantin/Unsplash Above, from top: The real 2015 and one photo that summarizes the decade: Kendall and Kylie Jenner go shopping for Ugg shoes in New York, and take a selfie. The 2015 of fiction: Michael J. Fox outside a cinema in Back to the Future Part II (1989). Still from Ridley Scott’s 1982 film […]
Evan Li Maarten Holl Top: Royal New Zealand Ballet dancers in The Anatomy of a Passing Cloud. Above: Award-winning Venezuelan director and choreographer Javier de Frutos. Javier de Frutos, the choreographer for The Anatomy of a Passing Cloud, which was commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2013, has been nominated for an Olivier […]
Montblanc launches Great Characters Andy Warhol range of writing instruments
Montblanc honoured Grace Kelly a few years ago with a limited-edition collection, and now it has turned its attention to pop artist Andy Warhol. Its Great Characters line, which has already offered items based on the legacies of Leonardo da Vinci, Alfred Hitchcock and John F. Kennedy over the last seven years, sees a […]
Chinese label Lanyu plans international growth, US launch
Chinese designer Lan Yu, commemorating her 11th anniversary, says she will launch her Lanyu brand Stateside next, after having shown in Paris during 2015. Her Water Charm collection can be viewed on her brand’s home page. Her work combines eastern techniques, including traditional Suzhou embroidery that has been practised in China for […]
Win a luxury skin care pack with Lucire and Skin Institute
Before 2015 is out, Lucire has the pleasure of announcing another giveaway, this time in association with Skin Institute. Skin Institute is a multi-disciplinary specialist centre focusing on cosmetic medicine, skin cancer detection and treatment, clinical dermatology, vein treatment and surgery, and its 18th clinic has recently opened in central Wellington. To commemorate […]
In photos: what happened when Miss Universe 2015 host Steve Harvey read the wrong winner’s name
Miss Universe 2015, broadcast from Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday night, will be remembered for years for the crowning of Miss Universe Colombia, Ariadna María Gutiérrez, after host Steve Harvey read her name wrongly as the winner, and the removal of her crown less than five minutes later in favour of the correct winner, Miss […]
Iris Mittenaere, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, wins Miss France 2016
Bertrand Noël/SIPA courtesy Endemol and TF1 Iris Mittenaere, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, has been crowned Miss France 2016. Mittenaere, 22, is a dental student in her fifth year of studies. 20minutes earlier revealed that she scored the most highly in a general knowledge quiz (17·5 out of 20, above the average of 13·5). She succeeds […]
Jean Paul Gaultier reveals criteria for his ideal Miss France 2016
Franziska Krug/Getty Images Above Jean Paul Gaultier earlier this year at Installations by Designer Jean Paul Gaultier at the Swarovski Kristallwelten Store in Wien. Miss France 2016, which will be decided Saturday night in Lille with a televised final on TF1, has a very different judging line-up, with fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier chairing the […]
Ab Aeterno’s wooden watches are the next thing in eco-fashion
Ab Aeterno has shown its Sky collection, a range of wooden watches that contain a Swiss movement, with the remainder made in Italy. The firm, just over three years old, uses only sustainable materials such as wood. They guarantee that their products contain 100 per cent natural materials, including recycled materials, and are toxic-free. […]
Anja Rubik is the new face of Kérastase l’Incroyable Blowdry, out in stores February 2016
Kérastase has announced that Anja Rubik, model and creator of 25 magazine, is the face of its Visions of Style II campaign, a photo series promoting its l’Incroyable Blowdry line. Rubik appears in 10 final images depicting 10 new styles that can be adopted thanks to Kérastase l’Incroyable Blowdry, a reshapeable heat lotion that […]
