New Zealand Fashion Museum tells the El Jay story at Kirkcaldie’s
Looking Terrific: the El Jay Story is currently on at Kirkcaldie & Stains on Lambton Quay, Wellington. This is the first of many exhibitions from the New Zealand Fashion Museum, an innovative format reinterpreting of what a museum is. With no traditional bricks and mortar housing a collection, the museum is on the move, […]
Hennes & Mauritz collaborates with Lanvin
Paolo Roversi The mystery designer in the Hennes & Mauritz video shown a few days ago at Lucire has been revealed as Lanvin menswear designer Lucas Ossendrijver. Ossendrijver and Lanvin artistic director Alber Elbaz are the two who will play a part in H&M’s designer collaboration this autumn. Elbaz, presumably, designed the womenswear […]
Citroën releases first pics of DS4
Citroën has released images of its new DS4, part of its specialty-car range bearing the hallowed DS initials. We still haven’t been convinced by the looks of the DS3, which is meant to challenge the Mini, though the DS4 does have some funky features to it. The overall styling is more aggressive than […]
Lancôme’s tips: getting a bronzing effect
According to make-up artist Petr Blecha, it’s not right to put bronzer on where the sun kisses your face, as he tells Swedish beauty blogger Bjooti how to get a healthy glow on paler skin. Here’s the latest Lancôme beauty tip. You may also like Lancôme tips: applying make-up when you already have make-up on […]
Karen Elson, Libby Callaway speak at couture exhibition
Victoria & Albert Museum Above Zémire evening ensemble by Christian Dior, autumn–winter 1954–5. Cellulose acetate, with the skirt lined with layers of silk and net. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn. is showing an exhibition entitled The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957, from June 18 to September 12. […]
Lancôme’s latest make-up tip is for women who wear glasses. What make-up should you wear behind the lenses if you are planning to don your specs? Mercedes Quevedo poses this question to make-up artist Roberto Siguero, in this Spanish-language advice video. You may also like Touching up your mascara on the go Defining your eyebrows […]
Lucire’s summer ’10 travel specials
Last week was, by all accounts, a slow news week. We glanced at the wires, and the sort of articles that might have piqued the interest of Lucire readers just weren’t arriving. However, that did mean we could pull out our summer travel specials, penned by our industrious west coasters, travel editor Stanley Moss and […]
Lancôme tips: applying concealer to camouflage imperfections
Pardon the opening title—something wasn’t quite right in the translation in this latest make-up tip from Lancôme. This week, Lancôme make-up artist Petr Blecha and beauty blogger Bjooti talk about applying concealer to camouflage imperfections and darkness. A new concealer in a compact duo that Blecha introduces allows your to mix the two shades to […]
Jean Paul Gaultier finishes collaboration with Hermès
Hermès has announced in a press release that Jean Paul Gaultier is working on his final collection for the brand. The spring–summer 2011 collection, unveiling this October, ends a seven-year partnership between Gaultier and the Hermès brand. Hermès, however, remains the main shareholder of the Jean Paul Gaultier fashion house, holding 45 per cent. […]
Putting on morning make-up—in three minutes
For women who love make-up, how do you deal with creating that morning face when you simply don’t have time? Lancôme make-up artist Roberto Siguero tells blogger Mercedes Quevedo of El Fashionista that three minutes is plenty—and shares his tips. In Spanish with English subtitles. You may also like Lancôme tips: applying make-up when you […]
