Paris: city lights, camera and passion
Ernest Hemingway called Paris ‘a movable feast’. During the holiday season ‘a feast’ is exactly what this city is! During this time of year, the sun sets in the early afternoon and the cold wind cuts the skin like a sharp dagger. While walking down the long French avenues the smell of roasting chestnuts […]
Miss France releases new video of 2010 winner, Malika Ménard
Election de Miss France 2011: Spéciale Malika Ménard, Miss France 2010 In the build-up to the Miss France telecast on Saturday night, French network TF1 has released a video featuring last year’s winner, Malika Ménard. The Miss France pageant, now run by Silvio Berlusconi’s Endemol, is going all out with a multimedia campaign. Visitors […]
France’s “war of the pageants” comes to a head this weekend
Conflicts in most countries over two beauty pageants might stem from the rivalry between Miss Universe and Miss World—and even then they are far and few between. But France’s new rivalry—dubbed la guerre des Miss—which has caught the attention of the media there, has a very different foundation. France has a general acceptance of […]
Fashion’s promotion of fur is provocative, in light of the tipping-point
Above Remember this? Supermodel Naomi Campbell (far right) representing in a PETA ad that she would rather go naked than wear fur—a claim that she seems to have reversed on this year. Sofia Hedstrom, in the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet, notes that the use of fur is on the rise. Designers including Jean-Paul Gaultier […]
Boots and Lancôme give glamorous party make-up tips
For those end-of-year parties, the beauty companies are coming out with their tips. Previously on our home page, Boots shows how to achieve the party look using its No. 7 products in our first video: Secondly, Lancôme has a new beauty tips’ video from make-up artist Germán Moyano, in French, working on Camille Hermann. […]
Lancôme débuts 2010 Trésor ad, starring Penélope Cruz
We haven’t started putting content on our new video home yet, so for now, we’ll embed Lancôme’s latest commercial for Trésor, starring Spanish actress Penélope Cruz, from YouTube. Also below is the making of the advertisement, filmed in Paris last spring, and directed by Mario Testino. Cruz says that she has been a […]
Lara Stone wins case against French Playboy
Above Lara Stone in the spring–summer 2010 campaign for Prada Infusion d’Iris, photographed by Steven Meisel. Dutch model Lara Stone has won her case against the French edition of Playboy, which had published unauthorized photographs of her in its June 2010 issue. The case commenced in July. At the time, Stone said through her […]
Frédéric Malle’s Property of a Lady launches at Liberty in November
Frédéric Malle says he is not a run-of-the-mill parfumier. He is, in his own words, a ‘fragrance publisher,’ and says that he approaches the development of a new perfume in the same way a publisher approaches a new book. The company, Editions de Parfums, expresses his approach, and Malle has worked with the famed […]
Vendôme Woollahra brings true luxury to Australian retail
From top The Boucheron Mini Macaroons. Cinna Pampille earrings in emerald. Cinna Pampille ring. Laperouse aquamarine ring. Boucheron Cameleon ring. Vendôme Woollahra, opening late this month, brings luxury brands under one roof in the growing Woollahra shopping precinct. Brands represented include DeWitt, Maîtres du Temps, Hautlence, Franc Villa and Romain Jérôme. These mark Australia’s […]
French lingerie: labels worth the hunt
Peau-Éthique French label Peau-Éthique has introduced an organic lingerie line with a 1960s’ inspiration. Pop art and dots make a pointed statement about the decade that influences modern style the most; while finishing features laces, braids and satin knots. Black and fuchsia are the dominant colours, with electric purple dots as a complement. Panties, boxers, […]
