Justine Picardie to launch Coco Chanel biography at Port Eliot Flower Show
Lipnitzki Above Coco Chanel, photographed in 1937. Author and former features director of British Vogue, Justine Picardie, will launch her new book, Coco Chanel: the Legend and the Life, at the inaugural Port Eliot Flower Show, part of the established Port Eliot Festival, on July 25. Picardie will be talking about Chanel, Lady of the […]
Range Rover, Victoria Beckham show new Evoque model
Victoria Beckham was one of the guests at the launch of the Range Rover Evoque, held in conjunction with Vogue at Kensington Palace yesterday. Beckham, who was announced as the company’s creative design executive, said she was looking forward to working with Range Rover design director Gerry McGovern. ‘I’m incredibly excited to be […]
Karen Elson, Libby Callaway speak at couture exhibition
Victoria & Albert Museum Above Zémire evening ensemble by Christian Dior, autumn–winter 1954–5. Cellulose acetate, with the skirt lined with layers of silk and net. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn. is showing an exhibition entitled The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957, from June 18 to September 12. […]
Girard-Perregaux launches limited-edition flagship
Above The new Girard-Perregaux Biaxial Tourbillon. Left The 1860s’ yellow gold Tourbillon chronometer. Girard-Perregaux has announced a limited-edition (to 33 pieces) watch, the Biaxial Tourbillon, in white gold. Inspired by an 1860s’ pocket watch created by Constant Girard-Perregaux, which won a first-class prize from the Neuchâtel Observatory, the new model features a cage that […]
Amandari to show heritage films on Bali
From July 1 to 3, 2010, Amandari, a tranquil resort overlooking the verdant Ayung River gorge on the fringes of Ubud, will host a viewing of heritage films of Bali in conjunction with the French Cinémathèque of Dance and the Swedish Dance Museum. The fims focus on the theme of dance, with rarely seen screenings […]
BMW Kamm re-creation a star at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, held in the Italian town on April 23–5, is one of the great events on the collectible car circuit. This year, the BMW 328 Kamm Coupé was arguably the star, though given its provenance one could not expect it to win the coveted Coppa d’Oro at the event. Concours […]
The Peninsula Hotel Shanghai’s gala opening
As covered in the main part of our site today, the Peninsula Hotel Shanghai opened its doors with a gala event on March 18. Below is a six-minute video featuring some of the entertainment at the opening, including speeches from Sir Michael Kadoorie and David Wang, whose companies own the new property. You may also […]
Fashion Museum of Hasselt looks inside model Hannelore Knuts’s world
Model Hannelore Knuts, 32, has curated an exhibition, Fashion Testimony, to be shown at the Fashion Museum of Hasselt from March 27 to June 6, 2010. Knuts’s exhibition offers a glance at her 10-year career, which includes working the professional catwalk at Chanel, Gucci and other top European labels. Designers featured in the […]
Queensland Art Gallery to present Hats: an Anthology by Stephen Jones
Peter Ashworth/www.ashworth-photos.com Above Milliner Stephen Jones in 2008 (image from the Victoria & Albert Museum). The Queensland Art Gallery will present an exclusive-to-Australia exhibition, Hats: an Anthology by Stephen Jones, a collaboration between the Victoria & Albert Museum and milliner Stephen Jones, from March 27 to June 27, 2010. The exhibition features over 250 […]
Alexander McQueen commits suicide on eve of mother’s funeral
Designer Lee McQueen, better known by his label’s name of Alexander McQueen, has been found dead at his home, a victim of suicide. McQueen, 40, had found it difficult to come to terms with his mother’s passing on February 2. Her funeral was scheduled to take place tomorrow. His Twitter postings reflected his […]
