Linden Leaves enters China staying true to its principles, without using animal-testing procedures
Linden Leaves has been trying to solve the problem of entry into the Chinese market for some time. To sell in China, conventional wisdom was that animal testing is required, and when Lucire approached experts in China, they found no way round it. This was in spite of a free-trade agreement between New Zealand and […]
Amanda Seyfried guest of honour at Clé de Peau Beauté’s Shanghai launches for autumn ’16
Lintao Zhang Actress Amanda Seyfried was guest of honour at Shiseido’s Clé de Peau Beauté event in Shanghai on Thursday, held at the Fairmont Peace Hotel, and at its skin care launch on Friday at the Mandarin Oriental Pudong Shanghai. Seyfried, who is Clé de Peau’s ambassador, appeared at the event for autumn–winter 2016, […]
Bella Hadid, Irina Shayk, Ming Xi, Jourdan Dunn, Isabeli Fontana glam up Festival de Cannes’ day 8
Venturelli Bella Hadid grabbed plenty of attention on day eight of the Festival de Cannes, wearing a red Alexandre Vauthier custom silk wrap gown that left few of the 19-year-old’s curves to the imagination. With a deep neckline and a thigh-high slit, the gown ensured plenty of paparazzi snapped her at the première of La […]
Chinese label Lanyu plans international growth, US launch
Chinese designer Lan Yu, commemorating her 11th anniversary, says she will launch her Lanyu brand Stateside next, after having shown in Paris during 2015. Her Water Charm collection can be viewed on her brand’s home page. Her work combines eastern techniques, including traditional Suzhou embroidery that has been practised in China for […]
Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards’ Show 2015 sees Nelson’s Peter Wakeman take top honours
Courtesy World of Wearable Art Awards’ Show Top Diva’s Dreamscape, by Peter Wakeman. Above Deadly Beauty, by Xi Zhang. Nelson, New Zealand designer Peter Wakeman has won the 2015 Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Supreme WOW Award with his entry Diva’s Dreamscape. Wakeman wins $30,000 in prizes with his design, entered into the […]
Mini’s augmented reality glasses include X-ray vision
Augmented reality for drivers may be here sooner than some might think, as BMW’s Mini brand reveals its prototype eyewear at Auto Shanghai. The Mini Augmented Vision eyewear links the car and the driver, transmitting basic information such as speed and speed limits, but adds other practical features for the 2010s lifestyle. Mini […]
Dove encourages women to see themselves as beautiful with new campaign; summit session announced
Dove wants to change the way women think about themselves with its new campaign, called Choose Beautiful. According to its 2010 research, 96 per cent of women do not choose the word beautiful to describe how they look. Its new five-minute film, shot in San Francisco, Shanghai, New Delhi, London and São Paulo, encourages women […]
Shang Xia, a Chinese lifestyle brand, has launched its new Le Chant du Thé campaign images, photographed by Paolo Roversi. Jiang Qiong Er, the artistic director of Shang Xia, with the collaboration of the Fred & Farid agency in Shanghai, and Roversi himself, came up with the concept, playing on the brand’s Chinese roots. Jiang […]
Chinese film pioneer, Sir Run Run Shaw, passes away at age 107
Top Sir Run Run Shaw. Centre On the set of one of the films he produced, Meteor, with Natalie Wood, director Ronald Neame, and Sean Connery. Above Harrison Ford in Blade Runner. Sir Run Run Shaw, the Hong Kong movie mogul and founder of television network TVB, passed away today at age 107. He […]
Grand Prix photography exhibition opens at Getty Images Gallery on February 6
Rainer W. Schlegelmilch Top Michael Schumacher comes to the Mercedes-Benz pits at the Shanghai Grand Prix, April 17, 2011. Centre John Surtees and others do the opening sprint at Le Mans, July 21, 1964. Above Nina Rindt waiting for her husband Jochen to pass by. He had a fatal accident at Parabolica just moments after […]
