John Galliano to face his accuser on Monday
An alleged assault and anti-Semitic outburst resulted in the arrest of John Galliano on Thursday, and Christian Dior’s suspension of him as its creative director on Friday. The Dior house said it has a zero-tolerance policy on racism, and the fate of the suspension rests on a police investigation. Géraldine Bloch claims that […]
Reinventing the smoky eye with Lancôme’s Noirs Perles
Lancôme’s German Moyano, who seems to be the brand’s main make-up artist for its videos now, introduces its latest collection, Noirs Perles (pearly blacks, rather than black pearls as some have translated). In the first video, he works on Céline, using the Ombre Absolue Mono eye-shadow. This is a purple–black, which ties in with […]
Chanel make-up turns into robots in fun animation
There’s a spot of fun this season with Chanel make-up: the company has released a video where its make-up products turn into five robots that fly, jump and strike a pose. It’s a huge departure from the sumptuous films that the Chanel brand is known for. Peter Philips, Chanel Make-up’s creative director, said […]
Renault gets sexy with Dita von Teese and Rihanna joining Thierry Henry in Clio TVC
It’s not exactly Nicole and Papa as Renault went arty with its new Clio commercial on Sunday during ITV1’s Dancing on Ice. Rihanna, Dita von Teese and Thierry Henry star in its latest campaign, which also features Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando in footage, and a reference to David Bowie. The commercial aims […]
Lancôme releases Ultra-Lavande: ’70s lavender is back
Lancôme is back for the New Year with its first video, promoting the spring 2011 make-up collection by Tauranga, New Zealand-born Aaron de Mey. It’s make-up artist German Moyano once again guiding us through, in French (with subtitles), using the Ultra-Lavande make-up and how you can get this season’s eye colours. Lancôme predicts that […]
Bar Refaeli models Passionata’s summer ’11 lingerie collection
Model Bar Refaeli, better known to those outside fashion as the girlfriend of Leonardo di Caprio, has completed another shoot for French lingerie brand Passionata, released this week. The playful shoot, where Refaeli appears as a modern pin-up girl, is for the spring–summer 2011 collection. A behind-the-scenes video appears on the Passionata website. […]
Bon & Zai’s contemporary cashmere; interviewing the woman behind Bulgari’s exhibition
Bon & Zai has entered the Swiss market after reporting success in the French Alps and London. The contemporary cashmere label, founded by Nancy Cravero and Isabel Morillo last autumn, will sell to Swiss and European customers online at www.bonandzai.com. Cravero and Morillo have backgrounds in finance and fashion, and collaborate on all the […]
Etam hits the Paris catwalk with its spring–summer 2011 lingerie
Etam Lingerie has shown its spring–summer 2011 Collection Natalia in Paris, prior to Valentine’s Day, with Natalia Vodianova once again leading the promotional campaign. There were live performances by Karen Elson, Boy George, Beth Ditto, Joeystarr, Alison Mosshart, Spank Rock, and Janelle Monae, while Charlotte Casiraghi, Alexa Chung, supermodel Kate Moss, Stefano Pilati, Emma […]
Vanessa Paradis models Chanel Rouge Coco Shine
Chanel has sent us the latest images for Rouge Coco Shine, its next lipstick, with singer–actress Vanessa Paradis as its spokeswoman. Paradis is a confessed fan of Karl Lagerfeld, who she calls a man who ‘looks well beyond fashion’ in a recent interview with our colleagues at Marie Claire. As mentioned in our […]
Scarlett Johansson stars in Moët & Chandon’s 2011 campaign
Tim Walker Moët & Chandon never really strays too far from a fashion audience—our 2002 article on the pronunciation of Moët is one of this publication’s most-Tweeted. And when we went to Champagne, we made it a point to visit the house. Now, Moët raises its currency in the fashion market even more with […]
