Pascal le Segretain; Kristy Sparow L’Oréal Paris has the budget for spectacle, and it literally stopped traffic with its latest newsmaker on Sunday: a fashion and beauty runway show right in the middle of the Champs-Élysées, where its ambassadors Alexina Graham, Barbara Palvin, Bianca Balti, Cheryl Cole, Doutzen Krœs, Jane Fonda, Dame Helen Mirren, Irina […]
H&M stays positive with unisex denim line, following love-themed Paris catwalk show
Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has announced a new denim line, Denim United. The difference this time is that it is a truly unisex collection, with identical women’s and men’s designs, with jackets, overalls, shorts, T-shirts and an oversized hoody. The materials and silhouettes are shared between the sexes. More sustainable materials have been used, […]
Adriana Lima and Jourdan Dunn host Maybelline’s London Fashion Week opening party
Dave M. Benett/Getty Images Maybelline hosted a Bring on the Night party on Saturday at the Scotch of St James in London, to kick off fashion week. Celebrities included Adriana Lima and Jourdan Dunn, who hosted, along with Neels Visser and Zara Martin DJing on the decks, and Tinie Tempah, Daisy Lowe, Vanessa White, […]
Nicholas Hunt; Fernanda Calfat; Astrid Stawiarz; Jamie McCarthy While Lucire’s Paris editor Lola Cristall is covering New York Fashion Week and will give her best-of report after the event, there’s one show that always brightens up the runways, and for a good cause: the American Heart Association’s Red Dress Collection. Back in the early […]
Iris Apfel, Julien Macdonald will be on board Queen Mary 2 for Transatlantic Fashion Week
Fashion icon Iris Apfel, 95, is one of the VIPs sailing on the Queen Mary 2 for Cunard’s second annual Transatlantic Fashion Week, running from August 31 to September 7, 2017. Apfel, known for her flamboyant personal style and her work in the fashion industry (including campaigns for and collaborations with Swarovski, MAC, Kate […]
Riccardo Tisci leaves Givenchy; autumn–winter 2017–18 prêt-à-porter format unknown
Max von Gumppenberg and Patrick Biener Above: From Givenchy’s spring–summer 2017 haute couture collection, which, along with its menswear shown in January, was Riccardo Tisci’s last for the brand. Women’s Wear Daily has broken the news that Riccardo Tisci has left Givenchy. Tisci’s last collections for the brand were his menswear and haute couture […]
Documentary series coinciding with Christian Dior’s 70th anniversary starting February 9 on More4
Top: Maria Grazia Chiuri takes a bow after her first collection. Above: From the archives, Christian Dior himself measuring a model. With Christian Dior celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, with a feature appearing in an upcoming Lucire and an exhibition at the NGV, it’s the perfect time to take a look back at one […]
H&M Studio teases spring–summer 2017 women’s and men’s ahead of Paris Fashion Week début
As in previous years (click here for 2014, and here for 2016), H&M Studio will show a collection during the autumn–winter prêt-à-porter shows at Paris Fashion Week, but this time, it’ll be for spring–summer 2017—and it’ll go on sale the next day. Hennes & Mauritz has teased the men’s and women’s collections ahead of […]
H&M opens first store in New Zealand in October 2016
International Swedish retailer, Hennes & Mauritz, will open in New Zealand on October 1. The new store will be located at Sylvia Park, Auckland, and span two storeys and 2,300 m². The new store will have men, women, youth and children’s apparel and accessories. The H&M Studio collection for autumn–winter 2016–17 (above) will appear […]
H&M Studio shows its autumn–winter 2016–17 collection at Paris Fashion Week
H&M Swedish retailer H&M showed its Studio collection for autumn–winter 2016–17 at Paris Fashion Week, at the Bourse de Commerce, last night, on a catwalk patterned after a frozen lake. The company says the collection was inspired by ‘strong women and the beauty of independent minds.’ The collection had a sense of glamour […]
