Gill Saunders wins 2023 World of Wearable Art Supreme Award with Earthling
The 2023 World of Wearable Art Show, Beyond, demonstrates that the new ownership is keen to build on the event’s triumphs, continuing to capture the Zeitgeist with winners from around the world […]
The cars I tested, but didn’t write up—till now
Some cars we’ve evaluated in Lucire haven’t wound up in our pages. Jack Yan looks at a selection that didn’t warrant full features […]
Rinaldy Yunardi wins top honours at World of Wearable Art Awards with Encapsulate
Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images for World of Wearable Art Above, from top: WOW Supreme Winner Encapsulate, by Rinaldy Yunardi. Runner-up Refuse Refuge by Grace DuVal. Cube, by British designer Adam McAlavey. Encapsulate, by Indonesian designer Rinaldy Yunardi, has taken the Supreme Award at the International World of Wearable Art Awards (WOW) in Wellington, New Zealand tonight. […]
Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards’ Show 2015 sees Nelson’s Peter Wakeman take top honours
Courtesy World of Wearable Art Awards’ Show Top Diva’s Dreamscape, by Peter Wakeman. Above Deadly Beauty, by Xi Zhang. Nelson, New Zealand designer Peter Wakeman has won the 2015 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Supreme WOW Award with his entry Diva’s Dreamscape. Wakeman wins $30,000 in prizes with his design, entered into the […]
Natural skin care, eye-catching style, and animal lovers: Secret Room Events had it covered
Winter came to southern California, and with it much needed rain and chilly air. Tents went up, covering the storeyed courtyard of the SLS Hotel, making the Secret Room Events’ Golden Globe Style Lounge an actual room filled with sponsors focused on healthy treats, sustainable and wearable style, natural products and, of course, animal activism […]
The New Year ’14 style: look like you’re not even trying
Today’s look is inspired by our low-key New Year’s Eve night of beaching and barbecuing. It is even more inspired, however, by my good friend, total babe, and style icon, Mimi. I designed this look to look utterly effortless while still looking fabulous, über-chic and glam. Maxi-dresses epitomize this lax-glam ideal. Therefore, I began […]
Glamour that’s good for you: Inika Cosmetics takes its message on the road
For those of us that are conscious of what goes into our make-up and want to only use the most natural of ingredients, there is something new in the market. Leading cosmetics brand Inika has branched out into the New Zealand market with a range of natural cosmetics. The range is either 100 per cent […]
A quick Q&A with make-up artist Lucy Garguilo
Above Ashleigh Berry models, with photography by Hamish McLaren and make-up by Lucy Garguilo. The three of them will collaborate on our fashion week coverage from Sydney, New South Wales. Lucy Garguilo is a freelance make-up artist. Trained in beauty and special effects’ make-up, she works in the film and fashion industry. She grew up […]
Sarah Thomas scores third award from ’09 Montana WOW
Timaru, New Zealand-based Sarah Thomas, who has already won the Weta Award and the American Express Open Section at the Montana World of Wearable Art Awards, has won her third prize, the People’s Choice Award, sponsored by local broadsheet The Dominion Post. Her garment, American Dream, is modelled on a 1950s’ Plymouth car and […]
Wooden gown wins supreme World of Wearable Art Award
Alaskan David Walker has won the Supreme award at the Montana World of Wearable Art Awards (WOW), held Friday night at the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, New Zealand. Walker’s Lady of the Wood, which takes the silhouette of an eighteenth- to nineteenth-century ball gown, but is made of mahogany, lacewood, maple and cedar, […]
