Kathy Ireland to release first novel, Fashion Jungle, based on real-life experiences
Above: Rachel van Dyken and Kathy Ireland. As if building up a multi-million-dollar fashion and home licensing enterprise and her philanthropy weren’t enough of a follow-up to a highly successful modelling career, Kathy Ireland can now add novelist to her list of credits, with her first title written with the number-one New York Times best […]
Travel editor Stanley Moss to speak, plus Q&A session and book signing in Gurgaon
Paula Sweet Stanley Moss, pictured earlier this month at Brunton Boatyard in Fort Kochi. Travel editor Stanley Moss will be the guest of honour at the second edition of Converse@Nagarro, an interactive talk series, in Gurgaon on November 13. Nagarro, the software development and technology consultancy, was the basis of Stanley’s fictional company Talsera […]
Spice Girl Mel B to give ‘brutally honest’ talks in Leeds and London, answering audience questions
Eva Rinaldi/Creative Commons Spice Girl Melanie Brown (‘Scary Spice’) will give two “in conversation” shows at the Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House on August 25, and at the Savoy in London on September 1, in support of Women’s Aid. Organizers promise Brown will be candid and reveal the truth behind the headlines, in […]
In the tradition of the legend: John Wayne Cancer Institute Odyssey Ball raises US$500,000
Vince Bucci Photography & Video While there’s much talk about awards’ season, Los Angeles and Hollywood also have their charity season. Although there are less pomp and circumstance on a national and international level, there’s a lot of star power involved in drawing attention to a variety of causes. Midway between the Academy Awards and […]
Save the birds, conserve the planet
Patrick McMullan From left to right: David Yarnold, Peggy Shephard, Sir David Attenborough, Maggie Walker, Dave Morine. Lucire is UN Environment’s first fashion industry partner. The National Audubon Society’s 2018 gala, held at the iconic Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Plaza, celebrated the conservation of birds and nature in the presence of truly inspirational personalities. Atop […]
Doing strategy: how Adidas is creating the new
When developing strategies, organizations look both forward and back. They draw on the capabilities that define the past and they look towards a shifting future to uncover opportunities. Yet as Leinward, Mainardi and Kleiner observe in their book Strategy that Works, there is a large gap between planning a strategy and executing it.¹ Managers rarely […]
David M. Benett Messika, the Parisian diamond jeweller founded in 2005, launched its book published by Assouline at Maison Assouline in Piccadilly, joined by guests Alice Dellal, Hikari Yokoyama, Sai Bennett, Sarah-Jane Crawford, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Lady Mary Charteris, Jo Wood, Cora Corré, Portia Freeman, Max Cocking and Alice Naylor-Leyland. Representing Messika were founder […]
Ikea extends itself into fashion: you read it here first last year
Ikea September 29’s Ikea Fashion Show at Moda di Milano (hashtagged both #IKEAfashion and #IKEAtemporary) showcased work from two designers who collaborated with the Swedish-founded furniture conglomerate. ‘With a number of new collections that have been developed in collaboration with fashion designers, Ikea is stepping into new territory—one from which we can learn a […]
Caroline de Maigret the new Lancôme muse: brand wants to connect with Parisian attitude
Model and music producer Caroline de Maigret is the new muse of Lancôme, the company calling her choice ‘an obvious conclusion’. Lancôme says that de Maigret was chosen for her nonchalance and sophistication, as well as for her musical work (she created, with partner Yarol Poupaud, Bonus Track Records and Yarock Productions), her runway […]
Wellington’s entrepreneurial women: Lisa Tamati opens jewellery store; publishing house launches
Lisa Tamati, known in ultra-marathon circles, has a side to her that only a handful of fashionistas are aware of: she is a jeweller, trained in Wien, Austria, who has recently relocated from the Taranaki to Wellington, New Zealand. Tamati has opened a shop in Dukes’ Arcade on the corner of Willis and Manners […]
