Victoria Beckham launches special edition Range Rover Evoque in Beijing
Dave M. Benett/Getty Images Nick Knight As previewed yesterday, Land Rover has débuted the Range Rover Evoque Victoria Beckham Special Edition tonight just prior to the official opening of Auto China, the Beijing Motor Show. Beckham was on hand for the launch in China, at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing, […]
Miss Austria 2012, Amina Dagi, appears in new photo shoot by Manfred Baumann
Manfred Baumann Miss Austria 2012, Amina Dagi, has been photographed extensively after her win by photographer and pageant judge Manfred Baumann at the Casino Baden. Dagi, 16, was crowned Miss Austria by her predecessor, Carmen Stamboli, at the Casino on March 30, with Stefanie Steinmayr first runner-up and Marisa Gerhardter second runner-up. She is […]
Chanel celebrates the little black jacket with Karl Lagerfeld photographic exhibition in Tokyo
Chanel has opened its exhibition, The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s Classic Revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld, featuring 113 photographs taken by Lagerfeld, at the G-Building in Aoyama, Tokyo. The photographs celebrate the iconic jacket and have been taken in various styles by the famed designer. They will appear in a 332 pp. […]
Manfred Baumann shoots the Miss Austria 2012 contestants in swimwear, lingerie
Manfred Baumann Austrian photographer Manfred Baumann has photographed the 19 contestants of this year’s Miss Austria pageant, which will see its final held on March 30 at the Casino Baden. In addition to the shoot, Baumann will be on the pageant jury this year. Barbara Reichard styled the shoot, images from which are […]
MAC collaborates with photographer Chen Man on make-up range
Showing that fashion and beauty are moving eastward, MAC Cosmetics has teamed up with Beijing photographer Chen Man (陳曼), best known for her work for Shanghai’s avant-garde fashion magazine Vision. MAC calls the Chenman range, subtitled Love & Water, a ‘bold, sensual and lyrical colour collection’, based around her fascination for love and water, […]
Lucire update: from smoky eyes to exclusive shoes to kabuki theatre
For those following Lucire via their RSS readers, there are a few articles on the main part of the site that may be of interest. New York beauty editor Reiva Cruze gives her low-down on three of the collections at New York Fashion Week, with her special insight working behind the scenes. Additionally, […]
In America last year, the California Milk Processor Board wasted a serious amount of money and goodwill by hiring Goodby Silverstein, a San Francisco ad agency, to create a milk awareness campaign. Its content proved so offensive to women that it lasted all of 24 hours before being unceremoniously pulled from the market-place after a […]
Nine West’s spring campaign gets on board the Twitter and Instagram bandwagon
Marcus Gaab Nine West is getting into Twitter hashtagging: the four spring 2012 trends it proposes for its advertising campaign come with suggested hashtags to complement the imagery. It has tried to get some hashtagging going with the new campaign: blogs Keiko Lynn, Honestly WTF, Saucy Glossie and Song of Style will try to […]
New York Fashion Week fall 2012: Hervé Léger, Tibi, Mara Hoffman, Venexiana
Stephen Ciuccoli/Lucire Top Hervé Léger by Max Azria, fall–winter 2012–13. Above Mara Hoffman. Hervé Léger by Max Azria—one of our favourites at each New York Fashion Week—showed an equestrian-themed collection for fall 2012. But to our eyes, Azria’s bandage dresses, harnesses and gladiator boots actually reminded us of warriors, ready to face a tough urban […]
Maria Francesca Paternò shows couture and bridal collection for 2012
Toni Mateu Silician designer Maria Francesca Paternò has released her bridal and haute couture collection for 2012, entitled Ouverture. The self-described ‘fashion engineer’ mixes a number of cultures, along with poetry and art, as part of her inspiration. The collection features one-shoulder necklines reminiscent of ancient Greece, long and flowing skirts, and a […]
