H&M celebrates 10 years of designer collaborations with new book launching November 6
Time has flown: it has been 10 years since Hennes & Mauritz began its designer collaborations, the first with Karl Lagerfeld. The company will release a book, The First Ten Years, coinciding with its Alexander Wang x H&M launch on November 6. At the time, Lucire called it a move toward ‘attainable luxury’: […]
Fashion design legend Oscar de la Renta passes away
Above The image of Oscar de la Renta used by his company today to signal his passing. Oscar de la Renta has passed away at his home in Kent, Conn., aged 82 after a six-year battle with cancer, his family has confirmed. De la Renta had only appointed his successor, Peter Copping, earlier this […]
Ralph Lauren has been shifting its €22,000 crocodile skin Ricky bags at an event at its Amsterdam store, and gifted one of them to the Netherlands Museum of Bags and Purses. The bag, says the Museum, is regarded as an icon, on a par with the Hermès Birkin and the Chanel 2.55. The company also […]
Jaguar launches XE in London, with David Gandy, Stella McCartney, Eva Herzigova, Laura Whitmore
Jaguar has launched its most important car in years with the brand-new XE, a saloon that sees the Indian-owned company tackle a segment dominated by the BMW 3er and Audi A4. The XE also marks a new generation of Jaguars powered by the company’s new series of Ingenium engines, and features a first-in-segment aluminium-intensive monocoque […]
Mana Wahine: a powerful celebration of womanhood and history
Alex Efimoff Mana Wahine, which had its première in June in Rotorua for Matariki, arrived in Wellington last night with the first of a brief series of performances (until August 16), with a powerful celebration of womanhood by the Okareka Dance Company. Mana Wahine tells the story of Te Aokapurangi, who was captured in […]
Retrospectives: great moments in Parisian fashion history, with YSL, McQueen, Galliano, Gaultier
What are some of the great fashion moments in recent history? You’ll have seen these videos run on Lucire TV, and we’ve singled them out for an additional focus. In French and English. 1. The departure of Yves Saint Laurent In January 2001, Yves Saint Laurent retired from the house that bears his name, with […]
News round-up: Dilmah hosts high teas in New Zealand; Trish Peng searches for new face
Dilmah Tea New Zealand Dilmah Tea hosted a series of high teas around New Zealand, promoting its socially responsible message along with the rising interest in tea mixology. Its Wellington stop on Tuesday, hosted by Dilmah founder Merrill J. Fernando and his son, Dilhan C. Fernando, the company’s chief marketing officer, and in the […]
Destination datelines: Catalina, Paris, Gurgaon, Punta Ala
©1964 Bettmann/Corbis ©1966 Hulton–Deutsch/Corbis Top The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night, 1964. Above George Harrison marries Pattie Boyd in 1966. Catalina Island, California Hard to believe it’s been a half-century since the première of A Hard Day’s Night. To commemorate the date, the Catalina Island Museum will mount a special 50th anniversary screening of […]
A tribute to Massimo Vignelli, a design legend
RIT Massimo Vignelli, who passed away on May 27, was a hero of mine. When receiving the news shortly before it hit the media in a big way, from our mutual friend Stanley Moss, this title’s travel editor and CEO of the Medinge Group, I posted immediately on Facebook: ‘It is a sad duty to […]
Cannes day four: Freida Pinto, Jennifer Lawrence, Eva Longoria, Isabeli Fontana, Natasha Poly
Gisela Schober Tim P. Whitby Venturelli Fashionistas closely followed one of Saturday’s films at the Festival de Cannes: the second bio-pic on the late French fashion design legend Yves Saint Laurent. The first, simply titled YSL and directed by Jalil Lespert, was released in January to largely positive reviews, particularly from the former partner […]
