Carrera y Carrera has announced its Retiro collection, inspired by the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid and its garden. Garden folklore talks of a head gardener, Cecilio Rodríguez, who was in love with the youngest daughter of Duke Fernán Núñez. To win her favour, he created the garden with the intent that it would […]
While Taylor Swift’s Ashish houndstooth dress at the MTV Video Music Awards came in for some criticism, there were no complaints over her sparkling red number that she donned in her duet with Nicki Minaj, with whom she had a recent Twitter spat. Spanish luxury jewellery brand Carrera y Carrera notes that the ever-popular […]
Manfred Baumann International photographer Manfred Baumann (left) will have an exhibition of his celebrity portraits in New York in 2016, featuring Kristanna Loken, David Hasselhoff and his daughter Hayley, John Carpenter, Mark Hamill, Alison Eastwood, Evander Holyfield, Jorja Fox, Fran Drescher, Molly Parker, JoBeth Williams, Harry Hamlin, Trevor Donovan, Carlos Bernard and Annie Wersching. […]
Jason Merritt One of our favourite items from Carrera y Carrera, the Tiger ring, appeared on the finger of Taylor Swift at the Billboard Music Awards at the weekend. The Madrid-based jewellery company noted that Swift, presenting her new music video for ‘Bad Blood’, wore the ring in white gold, smoky quartz and diamonds from […]
Karl Lagerfeld has unveiled the 13th Chanel Métiers d’Art collection in Salzburg, Austria, recognizing its historical connection with Gabrielle Chanel (she got the inspiration for the Chanel jacket there, at the Hotel Schloss Mittersill, then owned by Baron Hubert von Pantz, with whom she had a fling). Lagerfeld discusses his collection in the video clip […]
Spanish luxury becomes more visible: Tous, Carrera y Carrera get attention
Above Tous’s autumn–winter 2014–15 campaign and Carrera y Carrera’s Romance en el Loto collection emerge. The Spanish labels are getting far more active, giving their better known French and Italian rivals a run for their money. While Zara’s been flying the Spanish flag for years in the budget sector, the much posher Tous has […]
District notes that Kendall Jenner, the new face of Estée Lauder, wears a top from its range. The blush pink top retails for US$108. Blake Lively had also recently chosen District for a photo shoot for her new website, Preserve. Charlie’s wants New Zealand customers to try their Straight Up cola, and decide whether […]
Video: Kendall Jenner, Selena Gomez, Kristen Stewart, Nieves Álvarez step out in style
Kendall Jenner is following the mantra that if you’ve got it, flaunt it. The model stepped out in New York in a showcasing her incredibly toned body in a maroon coloured crop-top, maxi-skirt and Céline handbag, as she headed to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time fund-raiser. Jenner has walked for […]
Jason Merritt Carrera y Carrera may have spent a good part of the last 12 months targeting the Chinese market with its snake-themed designs, but it’s also captured the imagination of younger celebrities. It pointed out today to Lucire that Modern Family’s Sarah Hyland chose its Granada ring for the première of The Hunger Games: […]
Olivia Palermo models Carrera y Carrera’s latest range, Tesoros del Imperio
Olivia Palermo, the face of Spanish luxury jewellery brand Carrera y Carrera, has modelled its latest range, called Tesoros del Imperio. The range is inspired by the Spanish empire and the era’s jewellery art, with four individual lines within, called Reina, Velazquez, Isabel and Cervantes. Reina mixes white and yellow gold with diamonds, […]
