Donatella Versace collaborates with H&M for autumn 2011
The next H&M guest designer is Donatella Versace, with the H&M by Versace collection débuting for autumn 2011 on November 17, in 300 stores globally and online. According to the Swedish company, the women’s collection will feature studded leather, silk and colourful prints, including high heels and costume jewellery. The men’s collection will focus […]
Wearable hyper-individuality: Serum Versus Venom
Brooklyn, New York-based designers Serum Versus Venom (SVSV) are back in action, celebrating their return with their spring–summer 2011 Invasionism menswear collection. There is a new focus and vision to expand their “street couture” æsthetic along with their consistent obsession with quality. Refreshed and full of inspiration and innovative ideas from searching the world, they […]
Lady Gaga shocks with massive platform heels at CFDA awards
David X. Prutting/Billy Farrell Agency Lady Gaga loves to shock, and she did so again at the CFDA awards at the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York on Monday night. Donning a turquoise wig and enormous platform heels—which made it so hard to walk she literally needed support—Gaga accepted the Fashion Icon Award […]
Lucire update: Alber Elbaz interviewed, South Africa, and top 10 menswear
Above Lucire Paris editor Lola Saab with Lanvin creative director Alber Elbaz. If you’ve surfed through to our home page, you’ll have noticed that Lola Saab has interviewed Alber Elbaz, getting him to reveal his thinking behind Lanvin’s menswear collection for autumn–winter 2011–12. It’s not the only new article that we want to alert […]
Different sides to autumn menswear at MAN, E. Tautz, Cassette Playa and James Long
The MAN collective show had New Power Studio (distinguished by way-out headgear, a mask and a child model), Felipe Rojas Llanos (a real contrast, with back-to-basics T-shirts, coats and jackets, with black the base again), and Martine Rose (layered coats and gold vests). New Power Studio distracted us a little too much with spectacle, and […]
CNN talks to Betty Jackson, while the menswear designers strut their stuff
We have the second video from CNN’s Connect the World, after the first one on Matthew Williamson that was kindly offered to us to syndicate. British fashion designer Betty Jackson is well-known across fashion circles for her beautiful clothing and is even responsible for designing the outrageous costumes on the hit television series, Absolutely […]
H&M announces Conscious Collection for spring ’11
Hennes & Mauritz has announced its Conscious Collection, a sustainable range launching April 14 at all its stores. The company says the range is made from environmentally sound materials including organic cotton, Tencel and recycled polyester. It will be combined with lace, broderie anglaise, frills and draping. The range is heavy on white, […]
Above Keeley Hawes may have style in Upstairs, Downstairs, but publisher Jack Yan argues that Rufus Sewell, in Zen, paints a far more desirable fashion world (ignoring the tobacco smoke). Fashion editor Sopheak Seng and I had a great meeting today, discussing trends. A couple of weeks ago, he told me that he had seen […]
Konrad Parol, Rhian Morris, and a trip to Kolkata
It may be the holiday season, but the world doesn’t stop at Lucire. There are articles in our features’ sections, beginning with Joanna Mroczkowska and her first report on menswear designer Konrad Parol, one of Warszawa’s rising stars. We’ve had a good year looking at some menswear label, thanks largely to fashion editor Sopheak Seng; […]
Merry Christmas, on a summer’s day
Here’s our view from HQ on a beautiful summer’s day in Wellington, New Zealand. Merry Christmas to all our readers, clients and supporters. Meanwhile, as a Christmas treat, Polish correspondent Joanna Mroczkowska has filed her first report, on menswear designer Konrad Parol. Surf over here to have a read about his spring–summer 2011 collection. […]
