Gwyneth Paltrow stars in the fourth instalment of Tous’s Tender Stories, promoting its spring–summer 2016 jewellery collection. The Spanish-headquarted firm alerted non-Spanish media to the new film earlier this week, although it had been uploaded to YouTube the week before. The film has been created by SCPF, the Spanish creative agency. Paltrow, […]
Carrera y Carrera has announced its Retiro collection, inspired by the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid and its garden. Garden folklore talks of a head gardener, Cecilio Rodríguez, who was in love with the youngest daughter of Duke Fernán Núñez. To win her favour, he created the garden with the intent that it would […]
News in brief: shrinking swimsuits, Guess’s spring smartwatches, and romantic holiday activities
Karen Ishiguro Auckland, New Zealand’s 10 Days of Fashion in the City will see the New Zealand Fashion Museum exhibit The Shrinking Swimsuit: 100 Years of Fashionable Swimwear in New Zealand, taking place at Te Wero Island (on the waterfront promenade, on the city side of the drawbridge), from February 26 to March 6, 12 […]
Manfred Baumann International photographer Manfred Baumann (left) will have an exhibition of his celebrity portraits in New York in 2016, featuring Kristanna Loken, David Hasselhoff and his daughter Hayley, John Carpenter, Mark Hamill, Alison Eastwood, Evander Holyfield, Jorja Fox, Fran Drescher, Molly Parker, JoBeth Williams, Harry Hamlin, Trevor Donovan, Carlos Bernard and Annie Wersching. […]
News in brief: Chanel’s celebrities; Kate Upton gives Osmosis a thumbs-up; Mirto sees blue
Olivier Saillant With Lola Cristall’s Paris autumn–winter 2015–16 haute couture report just round the corner, we note that Chanel, as always, attracted itself a massive celebrity crowd. Wearing the house’s offerings from spring–summer 2015 and other collections were Vanessa Paradis, Kristen Stewart, Alice Dellal, Julianne Moore, Lily-Rose Depp, Geraldine Chaplin, Isabelle Huppert, Rinko Kiukchi, Lily […]
Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne feature in Mango’s autumn–winter 2015–16 campaign
Spanish fashion brand Mango has announced that both Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne will be the faces of its autumn–winter 2015–16 campaign, hashtagged #somethingincommon. Mango sees both supermodel Moss and fashion influencer Delevingne as connected through their shared experiences as models and muses. The latest campaign was shot in Toronto in May by […]
Top Dakota Johnson, as she appeared in 50 Shades of Grey. Above Natalia Tena, in a still from last year’s Black Mirror Christmas special. Dakota Johnson, who became a household name after her performance in the movie adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey, is set to star in a promotional film for Estrella Damm, the […]
Royal New Zealand Ballet stages an entertaining, memorable Don Quixote
Evan Li Royal New Zealand Ballet Top Mayu Tanigaito and Kohei Iwamoto as Kitri and Basilio. Above A Barcelona town square scene as pictured in the programme. It’s always a pleasure to kick off a Royal New Zealand Ballet season on a high. Don Quixote, which opened at the St James in Wellington tonight, takes […]
Spanish luxury becomes more visible: Tous, Carrera y Carrera get attention
Above Tous’s autumn–winter 2014–15 campaign and Carrera y Carrera’s Romance en el Loto collection emerge. The Spanish labels are getting far more active, giving their better known French and Italian rivals a run for their money. While Zara’s been flying the Spanish flag for years in the budget sector, the much posher Tous has […]
District notes that Kendall Jenner, the new face of Estée Lauder, wears a top from its range. The blush pink top retails for US$108. Blake Lively had also recently chosen District for a photo shoot for her new website, Preserve. Charlie’s wants New Zealand customers to try their Straight Up cola, and decide whether […]
