Twiggy returns as Bonaveri brings back Adel Rootstein mannequins
Lapo Quagli Bonaveri, the specialists in mannequins and bust forms, has launched a new Adel Rootstein collection after acquiring the brand in 2019. The new collection is based around 1960s icon Twiggy, the model who exemplified in many ways the spirit of Swinging London. Traditionally, Adel Rootstein was a forward-looking brand and considered […]
British Fashion Council and Alexander James open group show in Soho, celebrating talent
Tristan Fewings/BFC Multimedia artist Alexander James and the British Fashion Council opened the group show, One More Slope, at the Painting Rooms in Soho on Monday evening, curated by James and featuring work by him and BFC New Wave: Creatives talent including Aidan Zamiri (video director), Hélène Selam Kleih (writer–activist), and Pierre-Alexandre Fillaire (performance artist). […]
Global Citizen honours Richard Curtis, Sting, Amina J. Mohammed, and Hamdi Ulukaya
Tim P. Whitby; Tristan Fewings; Jeff Spicer As some countries’ politicians campaign on nationalism, there are others which see things along more international lines. Global Citizen, an organization that calls for world leaders to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, has held its inaugural Global Citizen Prize at the Royal Albert Hall in London, part of […]
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 […]
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 […]
