AmFAR AmFAR, the Foundation for Aids Research, hosted its 25th annual gala at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc at the Cap d’Antibes, but there were fewer film celebrities and more fashion models attending, possibly a consequence of the fallout surrounding disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, heavily involved in previous years. AmFAR chairman Kenneth Cole had resigned […]
Pascal le Segretain; Kristy Sparow L’Oréal Paris has the budget for spectacle, and it literally stopped traffic with its latest newsmaker on Sunday: a fashion and beauty runway show right in the middle of the Champs-Élysées, where its ambassadors Alexina Graham, Barbara Palvin, Bianca Balti, Cheryl Cole, Doutzen Krœs, Jane Fonda, Dame Helen Mirren, Irina […]
H&M celebrates 10 years of designer collaborations with new book launching November 6
Time has flown: it has been 10 years since Hennes & Mauritz began its designer collaborations, the first with Karl Lagerfeld. The company will release a book, The First Ten Years, coinciding with its Alexander Wang x H&M launch on November 6. At the time, Lucire called it a move toward ‘attainable luxury’: […]
We have two more videos from Paris Fashion Week—Isabel Marant and Sonia Rykiel—and one from Christian Louboutin’s show at the Crazy Horse cabaret. Isabel Marant’s cowboy shirts and bright jeans made the American frontier very feminine, complemented by suede trousers, satin shirts, lace blouses and cowboy boots. Pink, red, navy and gold kept the […]
From Hollywood to Sonia Rykiel’s Grand Palais carnival
On the main part of the Lucire site this week are the Sonia Rykiel pour H&M party at the Grand Palais—one which was regarded as the function to attend if you were in Parisian fashion circles. Two thousand guests (including Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Paul Gaultier and Kate Bosworth), a miniature Eiffel Tower, and Lily Cole […]
Sonia Rykiel is H&M’s next guest designer
Matthieu Salving Above Nathalie Rykiel, President and Artistic Director at Sonia Rykiel. Sonia Rykiel will be the next guest designer for Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish company announced today. Rykiel follows a long line of famous designers, including Roberto Cavalli, Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor & Rolf, who have created accessible collections […]
