Dame Elizabeth Taylor: a style icon remembered
We’ve thought about it and other than praising her charity work raising money for Aids, there isn’t a better tribute we can make to the late, great Dame Elizabeth Taylor, DBE, than showing her at her peak. Below is a video of her in Las Vegas with then-husband Eddie Fisher, in 1959. This video […]
From Denmark to New Zealand: Noa Noa launches
Danish lifestyle brand Noa Noa has launched here in New Zealand with the autumn 2011 collection being the first time the European brand has ventured to the southern hemisphere. Having already established itself throughout Europe and Canada, the label sought greener pastures with New Zealand the obvious choice. With a loyal following, great brand […]
Connect the World: Burberry’s Christopher Bailey
In the latest video provided to us by CNN, Christopher Bailey of Burberry is profiled. Burberry’s chequered pattern is instantly identifiable around the world: it’s a fact that the fashion house is very proud of. The British label was founded in the mid-19th century by 21-year-old Thomas Burberry as a store that sold […]
Jaguar to celebrate 50 years of the E-type at Salon de Genève
Jaguar will commemorate 50 years of its E-type sports car at the 2011 Salon de Genève, the company has announced. The E-type stunned audiences when it was first shown at the Restaurant du Parc des Eaux Vives in Genève on March 15, 1961. It was targeted at export markets, though sales on the home […]
Panos Emporio celebrates 25th anniversary in Stockholm tonight
Top From Panos Emporio’s latest beachwear collection. Above Models rehearse for tonight’s 25th anniversary catwalk show. Tonight, Panos Emporio, Sweden’s leading beachwear label, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a grand party in Stockholm. Panos Papadopoulos, whose odyssey has been told before in the pages of Lucire, will celebrate a quarter-century since his company’s founding […]
Film composer John Barry, the man behind the James Bond sound, dies
Film score composer John Barry, OBE has died in New York of a heart attack, we have learned, aged 77. Born John Barry Prendergast in 1933 in York, his father was an impresario who owned cinemas in the area. Barry once told the story of how, as a child, he went into the projection […]
Kylie Minogue endorses Lexus: what’s the connection?
We’re not too sure if they’re a good match, but the money’s there, as Kylie Minogue promotes the Lexus CT200h hybrid hatchback, while Lexus becomes the headline sponsor of her UK Aphrodite—les Folies tour. In 2002, Ford had Minogue endorse the StreetKa roadster, with a company exec saying, ‘StreetKa and Kylie have a lot […]
Vanessa Paradis models Chanel Rouge Coco Shine
Chanel has sent us the latest images for Rouge Coco Shine, its next lipstick, with singer–actress Vanessa Paradis as its spokeswoman. Paradis is a confessed fan of Karl Lagerfeld, who she calls a man who ‘looks well beyond fashion’ in a recent interview with our colleagues at Marie Claire. As mentioned in our […]
Scarlett Johansson stars in Moët & Chandon’s 2011 campaign
Tim Walker Moët & Chandon never really strays too far from a fashion audience—our 2002 article on the pronunciation of Moët is one of this publication’s most-Tweeted. And when we went to Champagne, we made it a point to visit the house. Now, Moët raises its currency in the fashion market even more with […]
Kellwood acquires Rebecca Taylor
Kellwood, the company which already owns Baby Phat, Phat Farm, Vince, and Adam has acquired Rebecca Taylor, the eponymous Manhattan-based label co-founded by an expat New Zealander and her business partner Elizabeth Bugdaycay. Taylor came to prominence through the Gen Art Fresh Faces in Fashion show in the late 1990s, and successfully developed her […]
