Giorgio Armani, Daniel Lee, Kim Jones scoop top honours at the Fashion Awards 2019
British Fashion Council Top honours at this year’s Fashion Awards—formerly the British Fashion Awards—went to Giorgio Armani, Daniel Lee for Bottega Veneta, and Kim Jones for Dior Men, in a spectacular night at the Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and attended by 4,000 guests. As well as presenters and […]
Living Nature scores another award for its Charcoal Clay Mask
Living Nature scooped a silver award in the 2019 Pure Beauty Awards, held last week in London. Its certified natural Charcoal Clay Mask was runner-up for Best New Natural Face Product. The product has already received acclaim, winning, inter alia, Best Charcoal Mask in the New Zealand Verve Beauty Awards, and bronze in […]
Rihanna launches her first book, a visual autobiography, available as impressive limited editions
Rihanna’s self-titled visual autobiography, with never-before-seen photographs, is an impressive 504 pp. volume and includes an Ultra Luxury Supreme Edition (limited to 10) that comes with its own marble pedestal nicknamed ‘Stoner’, giving a total weight of 907 kg (2,000 lb). That edition’s 10 copies, signed by Rihanna, complete with pedestal designed in collaboration […]
New Land Rover Defender unveiled: an icon reinvented
Land Rover has finally unveiled its new Defender, replacing the first generation that could trace its origins back to 1948. One of the company’s most anticipated models, the new Defender has a familiar silhouette, with short overhangs and a tough, capable appearance, though the details themselves are modern. The models are still called […]
Remy Steiner/Getty Images IWC Schaffhausen hosted a gala dinner ahead of the Silver Spitfire—the Longest Flight expedition at Goodwood House on Sunday, followed by a farewell party on Monday, with celebrities including Taron Egerton—riding high after his success portraying Elton John in the biopic Rocketman—along with IWC brand ambassador and actress Rosamund Pike, former F1 […]
Aston Martin shows renderings of 2020 DBS GT Zagato from its £6 million DBZ Collection duo
Previewed last September, Aston Martin has now released computer generated images of how its DBS GT Zagato might look, alongside the DB4 GT Zagato Continuation. The company will create 19 pairs of the cars, to be sold together as the DBZ Centenary Collection at a price of £6 million plus tax. The centenary […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rina Sawayama marks International Women’s Day with piano version of ‘Cherry’
Thurstan Redding Rina Sawayama has shared a piano version of her single ‘Cherry’ to commemorate International Women’s Day. The more stripped-back version highlights Sawayama’s voice beautifully, with a soulful rendition of her hit single. Jake Gabbay directed the video, shot at YouTube Space London. Sawayama identifies as pansexual and bisexual. She explained ‘Cherry’ […]
The revived Engelmüller brand has launched a range of gloves inspired by motor racing, including this pair named for female racing driver Eliška Junková. The E. J. 28 gloves, designed by Jana Rollová, takes the shade of Junková’s Bugatti Type 35B, which she piloted to a win at the Targa Florentino in 1928. The gloves […]
