Naomi Campbell to receive Fashion Icon award at the Fashion Awards this December
Darren Gerrish/BFC Above: British Fashion Council CEO Caroline Rush and Naomi Campbell. Supermodel Naomi Campbell will receive the Fashion Icon award at this year’s Fashion Awards from the British Fashion Council, to be held December 2 at the Royal Albert Hall. The Council says Campbell is being honoured for her career as a supermodel […]
HRH the Duchess of Sussex a surprise presenter at the Fashion Awards
John Phillips Mike Marsland/BFC The Fashion Awards, formerly the British Fashion Awards, have become one of the fashion industry’s most celebrated nights. As usual, the British Fashion Council, which runs the event, slowly drip-fed media over the last six weeks on this year’s developments: that Jack Whitehall and Alek Wek would host on December 10 […]
The 2014 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art awards: Supreme Award goes to Hawkes Bay
World of Wearable Art Awards Top Kate MacKenzie’s winning Poly Nation, which took top honours at the 26th World of Wearable Art Awards; Show tonight in Wellington. Above Runner-up Gothic Habit, by San Francisco designer Lynne Christiansen. Hawkes Bay designer Kate MacKenzie is the winner of the 2014 Brancott Estate Supreme WOW award, at the […]
Sponsored video: American Express wants your EveryDay moments
American Express’s EveryDay Card is an addition to its traditional range of debit and credit cards. It’s aiming at younger consumers by hiring Shameless Maya, the online personality known for her beauty tips and slices of life on YouTube, who recounts her “everyday moment” of heading out with a friend to do some exercise. She […]
First and second for Shanghai designers at 2012 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards
Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards Top The Supreme Winner of Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art (WOW) Awards for 2012: Delight of Light, by Yuru Ma and Mengyue Wu, China. Above Runner-up: Revive, Mengyue Wu and Yuru Ma, China. Two fashion students from Donghua University, Shanghai, have won both the Supreme Award […]
Harvey Nichols shows Alexander McQueen to coincide with Costume Institute exhibition
Harvey Nichols is offering its London customers a chance to feel a part of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, with its McQueen-themed windows. The Harvey Nichols windows feature pieces that could not make it to New York due to customs’ regulations, according to Janet Wardley, […]
American Express presents Diane von Fürstenberg—a special show for cardmembers
American Express presented a special show for cardmembers on Wednesday night that featured Diane von Fürstenberg’s spring 2009 Rock Goddess collection, plus five finalé items from her fall 2009 one. The show was hosted by André Leon Talley. American Express will donate proceeds from the sale of event invitations as part of its $250,000 […]
Lucire’s Wellington dining guide
Online today: a story I’ve wanted to write for a while on the best dining places in Wellington, New Zealand. I’m no food critic, but maybe that makes me a better judge of premises. It’s basically an expanded version of what I might write someone if they were to ask me where to dine, which […]
