With our server shift (great service from Xplosiv.ly) and all the fashion weeks happening through February, a few news items on our radar have been delayed—but we believe they are of interest to our readers, regardless. The first is Jameson Irish Whiskey’s new limited-edition bottle for St Patrick’s Day 2013 (right). Jameson had already […]
Amy Winehouse’s death, one year on: Mitch Winehouse on how he plans to commemorate it
It’s hard to believe that one year has passed since Amy Winehouse’s tragic death aged 27 on July 23, 2011. Her father, Mitch Winehouse, says he will spend the first anniversary surrounded by friends and family. ‘It’s going to be very difficult … We’re going in the evening about 7.45 to Amy’s house with […]
Cheryl Cole to write autobiography, for October release
Geordie songstress Cheryl Cole has inked a deal with Murdoch Press subsidiary Harper Collins to pen a tell-all autobiography. According to the same publishing group in The Sun, Cole’s autobiography will hit bookshelves in October. The 29-year-old singer is expected to cover her marriage to Ashley Cole and her ousting from the American […]
Nuptials are in the air as new book, Weddings and Movie Stars, released
John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images Ernst Haas/Getty Images Above Brigitte Bardot, and the wedding of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, are among the topics covered in Reel Art Press’s Weddings and Movie Stars, already released in the UK and awaiting release in the US mid-month. Reel Art Press is releasing a movie lover’s 288 pp. encyclopædia […]
Bentley to launch £1,000 limited edition of new James Bond book, Carte Blanche
Bentley has created a limited edition of the forthcoming James Bond book, Carte Blanche (for the regular hardback edition, US$15·49 at Amazon; £9·99 at Amazon UK), by Jeffery Deaver, to be released on May 26. It continues a long tie-up between Ian Fleming’s literary super-spy and the Bentley car brand. Bond owned three Bentleys […]
Dame Elizabeth Taylor: a style icon remembered
We’ve thought about it and other than praising her charity work raising money for Aids, there isn’t a better tribute we can make to the late, great Dame Elizabeth Taylor, DBE, than showing her at her peak. Below is a video of her in Las Vegas with then-husband Eddie Fisher, in 1959. This video […]
Fiat shows Gucci edition of 500; Jaguar commemorates E-type anniversary with official book
To commemorate Gucci’s 90th birthday, Fiat has unveiled the 500 by Gucci on the first day of Moda di Milano. The car will also be shown at the Salon de Genève from March 3 to 13, in a dedicated Gucci pop-up store. In other motoring- and anniversary-related news, Jaguar has commissioned a book […]
Blake Lively may be the young Carrie Bradshaw, but she’ll need to bring more
Photo by Michael Simon/Startraks Photo; Haley Mevorach/PR Newswire Above Blake Lively, at last year’s Swarovski Star at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. Have you ever wondered how the famous Ms Bradshaw came to be known as Mrs Preston? What is sure to set Sex and the City fans talking is that Blake Lively is […]
Blogs are good for fashion, as long as we can find them
Above Journalist Simone Werle’s Style Diaries: World Fashion from Berlin to Tokyo uncovers the fashion blogosphere and the personalities behind some of the influential blogs. (Click for Amazon.com, Amazon UK and Amazon Deutschland.) The first time I encountered a fashion blog, I thought it was pretty crap. All its ideals aside, blogging, initially, seemed to […]
Gok Wan returns to TV with new show on January 18
Gok’s Roadshow will première on Channel 4 on January 18, with a six-part series. Stylist and author Gok Wan (whose autobiography, Through Thick and Thin [left], recently hit bookshelves) will ‘take over an entire town with his pop-up catwalk,’ says the production company, Remarkable Television, part of Endemol. ‘He’ll be treating the local community […]
