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Doutzen Kroes launches Christmas 2018 lingerie collection for Hunkemöller

November 2, 2018/11.11

Doutzen Kroes launched her Christmas 2018 Doutzen’s Stories lingerie collection for Hunkemöller at an event at Soho House, Amsterdam, in her native Netherlands, on Tuesday.    The venue is an iconic 1930s building on the Singel Canal in the Dutch city, and it was transformed into a secret club for the launch.    The collection, […]

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Cara Delevingne launches Volkswagen T-Cross, its smallest SUV yet

October 25, 2018/23.00

Gisela Schober Cara Delevingne starred in Volkswagen’s world première of its T-Cross compact crossover SUV, a new model that slots under the T-Roc.    Delevingne—whom Volkswagen notes has 41 million Instagram followers—presented the new vehicle at the Amsterdam launch, which followed an earlier event in Shanghai and preceded one in São Paulo, all within hours […]

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Hunkemöller teams up with Xenia Overdose on limited-edition sportswear collection

August 28, 2018/11.39

We last caught Xenia Adonts, a.k.a. Xenia van der Woodsen, of Xenia Overdose at the Festival de Cannes, as one of the hosts of L’Oréal Paris’s Worth It show—and she’s appeared again, this time as one of the “influencers” modelling Hunkemöller’s Urban Chicx collection.    The limited-edition sportswear collection is a collaboration between the Dutch […]

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Hunkemöller releases “ambassadors’ collection”, swimwear designed after social media influencers

July 1, 2018/3.00

Hunkemöller has released a limited-edition swimwear collection inspired by its own spokesmodels, Lisa Anckarman, Nora Olivia, and Lynn Quanjel.    The trio are social media influencers with respectable Instagram followings: Anckarman with 66,900; Nora Olivia with 54,400; and Quanjel with 58,700.    Each was invited to Hunkemöller’s HQ earlier this year to meet with the […]

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Doutzen Kroes stars in Hunkemöller’s Glam Collection campaign for Christmas 2017

December 13, 2017/21.14

Hunkemöller Hunkemöller has released images of its latest campaign with Dutch model Doutzen Kroes.    In time for Christmas, Hunkemöller has dubbed its latest release the Glam Collection, comprising lingerie, shapewear, bras, robes and slippers.    Red makes its appearance in the Glam Collection, with the brand signalling that it could work for either Christmas […]

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Supermodel Kate Moss to be the face of Dutch label Nikkie from autumn ’17

December 14, 2016/10.47

Dutch label Nikkie, founded by Nikkie Plessen in 2011, has scored a coup by securing supermodel Kate Moss as its brand ambassador.    Moss will make her début for Nikkie for its autumn–winter 2017–18 collection.    Plessen announced the news during her spring–summer 2017 collection presentation in Amsterdam, attended by Moss.    In a release, […]

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The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Speed of Light: sophisticated, modern classics lead New Zealand Festival

February 26, 2016/14.13

Bill Cooper Maarten Holl Above, from top: Selon désir, with dancers Abigail Boyle and Loughlan Prior. In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, with Mayu Tanigaito. With tiles and cacti in Cacti. The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Speed of Light, kicking off the New Zealand Festival in Wellington on Friday night, comprised an enjoyable contemporary programme that […]

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