spring–summer 2017

Sonam Kapoor, Eva Longoria, Jourdan Dunn, Jenaye Noah light up the Cannes red carpet on day six

May 23, 2017/15.32

Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis; Olivier Borde; Gareth Cattermole Monday’s screening of the Colin Farrell–Nicole Kidman starrer The Killing of a Sacred Deer at the Festival de Cannes—the Cannes Film Festival—saw L’Oréalistas Sonam Kapoor, Eva Longoria, Andie MacDowell, Caroline Receveur, and blogger Kristina Bazan, as well as Kidman herself, Juliette Binoche, Jourdan Dunn, Sara Sampaio, Jenaye Noah, and […]

Festival de Cannes, day five: Sonam Kapoor, Mary J. Blige, Araya A. Hargate; Eva Longoria promotes L’Oréal Paris

May 22, 2017/2.21

Pascal Le Segretain, Venturelli The Cannes Film Festival’s fifth day’s screening of The Meyerowitz Stories at Cannes saw L’Oréalistas Sonam Kapoor, Araya A. Hargate, Andie MacDowell, Iris Berben, Heike Makatash and YouTuber EnjoyPhoenix, as well as Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Jessica Chastain, Mary J. Blige, Coco Rocha, Olya Kurylenko, Laetitia Casta, Isabelle Huppert, Karena Ng, […]

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Araya A. Hargate, Kendall Jenner, Ming Xi dial up the glamour at Festival de Cannes, day four

May 21, 2017/12.51

Andreas Rentz; Venturelli; courtesy Giambattista Valli Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wowed the Cannes Film Festival crowds at the première of Robin Campillo’s Aids drama 120 battements par minute (120 Beats Per Minute) in a stunning strapless red Ralph & Russo gown. L’Oréal Paris’s global make-up director Val Garland used True Match foundation (in Amber Gold) […]

News in brief: bags from Maison 203 and Deadly Ponies; Bird and Knoll shows resort collection

May 3, 2017/23.29

Federico Marin Maison 203’s new clutches for spring–summer 2017 have a funky, modernist æsthetic with a dash of futurism to them. Designed by Odo Fioravanti, the clutches take inspiration from architecture, and have up-to-the-minute metallic shades for summer, as well as gold and bronze. The new clutches, dubbed Bern, Armure and Ivy, are available […]

Doutzen Kroes and Hunkemöller launch wanderlust-themed bikini collection at Berlin party

May 1, 2017/1.47

Hunkemöller.co.uk Hunkemöller and spokeswoman Doutzen Kroes launched Doutzen’s Summer Stories, a bikini range in which the celebrity model has had a hand in designing, at Fabrik 23 in Berlin on April 18. Doutzen’s Summer Stories’ collection captures the Zeitgeist perfectly: it’s inspired by the wanderlust theme, or ‘backpacker chic’, as the company calls it. […]

Teresa Maccapani Missoni teams up with Eloquii on capsule collection

April 11, 2017/12.44

Designer Teresa Maccapani Missoni, from the famous Italian fashion family, has teamed up with Eloquii on a limited-edition capsule collection. Missoni intentionally avoided the family house’s signature stripes, preferring to craft her own direction with the retailer. The 24-piece Teresa by Eloquii collection is inspired by memories of the designer’s travels to Sardinia, […]

News in brief: Kristen Stewart behind the scenes for Chanel; H&M announces Global Change Award winners

April 9, 2017/23.52

Chanel Chanel revealed last week the first of four films for its Gabrielle bag. The photographs had already been shot by Karl Lagerfeld, featuring Kristen Stewart, Cara Delevingne, Caroline de Maigret and Pharrell Williams, each with the ‘aura’ of Gabrielle Chanel in the film. The first film, starring Stewart and directed by Daniel Askill, […]

H&M: more Conscious Exclusive details and images featuring Natalia Vodianova, plus first peek at childrenswear

March 24, 2017/17.33

Hennes & Mauritz has released further images from the H&M Conscious Exclusive collections, previewed in Lucire in February. A plissé dress made of Bionic, a sustainable polyester made from recycled shoreline waste, was part of the preview, but H&M has revealed more about other designs made from the fabric. The company has screen-printed […]

Converse celebrates 100 years of the Chuck Taylor All Star with a series of films

March 16, 2017/11.23

Above, from top: The Converse Chuck Taylor All Star. The All Star ’70, evoking the decade of big lapels and platform shoes. The Chuck Taylor All Star II. In black, the lightweight Chuck Taylor All Star Modern. Converse, which began in 1908, has been making the All Star shoe, later the Chuck Taylor shoe, continuously […]

Emily Ratajkowski leads DKNY’s intimate apparel campaign; Anna Nooshin models Hunkemöller’s swimwear

March 14, 2017/0.40

Sebastian Faena DKNY has announced its spring–summer 2017 intimates, hosiery and sleepwear campaign featuring model Emily Ratajkowski, photographed by Sebastian Faena in New York. The first image was released today, along with a film starring Ratajkowski and styled by Clare Richardson, set in a Manhattan apartment. Ratajkowski walks out of her apartment to walk […]