Video released of Lady Gaga’s September Vogue cover shoot
After Lady Gaga “leaked” (reportedly with the consent of editor-in-chief Anna Wintour) the September 2012 cover last week, Vogue has released a video of the shoot featuring the musical superstar, as well as a promotional story on its website to sell the iconic issue. September is traditionally Vogue’s biggest issue, and this one is […]
Fashion legend Anna Piaggi passes away, aged 81
Captain Catan, under Creative Commons Attribution 3·0 Anna Piaggi, the famed Italian fashion writer and editor, has passed away, aged 81. Piaggi had written for Vogue Italia and created the Italian magazine Vanity, with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Karl Lagerfeld and Manolo Blahnik among her many fans. Piaggi was born in Milano […]
One name that should be on everyone’s lips when it comes to new and exciting jewellery is Nina Gordon, creator of Flash Jewellery, established in 2009. Having already been named one of the top 20 young and emerging design talents in British Vogue, Gordon’s pieces are already garnering her much praise and attention back here […]
Emma Stone on her Vogue cover: ‘one of the easiest shoots I have ever done’
Emma Stone calls her Vogue cover shoot for July ‘one of the easiest shoots I have ever done’. The shoot, by Mario Testino, first had its cover image leaked online two weeks ago. Stone says that the experience was ‘still, to me very bizarre. It looks to me like a different person.’ She […]
Vogue Archive goes online for free for Wellington library users
Top The screen which you arrive at after clicking through to the Vogue Archive. Above A Jean Shrimpton spread from the Archive. Anyone with a current Wellington City Library card—one that has been active in the past two years—now has access to the entire archive of Vogue (the US edition) from 1892, for free. […]
H&M announces accessories’ collaboration with Anna Dello Russo
Magnus Magnusson Top Designs from the Anna Dello Russo at H&M collection. Above Anna Dello Russo and H&M’s Margareta van den Bosch. In the spirit of having famous designers collaborate on mass-market fashion, H&M has said that it will now work with fashion director Anna Dello Russo on a new accessories’ collection. The new […]
Nick Harvey/Getty Images The Vogue Festival 2012, in association with Vertu, was the must-attend celeb event on the London calendar on Friday, held at the Royal Geographic Society. The event saw Vertu hold a cocktail party and private debate, with a panel discussing whether technology shapes desire, or vice versa. Participants for the debate […]
Five fashionable filmmakers craft Fiat 500 by Gucci flicks
On Monday, Fiat and Gucci presented five short films promoting the Fiat 500 by Gucci model, which launched in 2011. The latest incarnation of the Cinquecento was launched in 2007 and has since gone on to be Fiat’s hero model. In some countries, it’s the only Fiat on sale. The films appear to […]
London Fashion Week autumn–winter 2012–13: day 3 catwalk
If you haven’t been catching Lucire’s London Fashion Week coverage on our streaming live player, here’s a run-down of day three, with videos from Mulberry, Craig Lawrence, Nicole Farhi, Twenty8Twelve, Marios Schwab, Vivienne Westwood Red Label, Topshop Unique, Paul Smith, Louise Gray, Matthew Williamson, Jonathan Saunders, J. W. Anderson and Acne. Mulberry was, as […]
Monica Bellucci is Dolce & Gabbana’s latest spokesmodel; Samsung goes behind the scenes at NYFW
Actress Monica Bellucci is the latest face for Dolce & Gabbana, joining Scarlett Johansson and Felicity Jones. Bellucci, 47, is a friend of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, and the limited-edition lipstick line named for her—the Monica Lipstick Collection—will hit stores on May 12. With six shades, the lipstick will retail at US$32 […]
