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Miami Swim 2010, day 3

July 20, 2009/6.03

Saturday’s Miami Swim 2010 shows featured one label from the antipodes: White Sands Australia, from Queensland. Already known in Australia for its colourful, stylish swimwear, the Aussie label joined others showing at IMG’s Miami collections. Poko Pano, from Brazil, was another international label showing a southern hemisphere take on 2010’s designs. Mara Hoffman Ed Hardy […]

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L*Space closes Friday’s Miami Swim shows

July 19, 2009/23.57

We finally have the remaining show from last Friday’s Miami Swim collections: L*Space by Monica Wise. The second video is a summary of the Friday shows. You may also like Miami Swim 2010, day 4 Miami Swim 2010, day 3 Miami Swim 2010, day 2 Bohème Boutiques kicks off Miami Swim 2010 Miami Swim 2010, […]

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Miami Swim 2010, day 2

/12.00

The second day of IMG’s Miami Swim shows saw the 2010 swimwear collections from Ank, True Religion, Red Carter and Aqua di Lara. Lucire TV, presently, does not have videos from the other two shows of the day, Crystal Jin and L*Space by Monica Wise. Ank True Religion Red Carter Aqua di Lara You may […]

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Miami Swim 2010, day 1

July 18, 2009/11.44

The first day of shows (Thursday, July 16) at Miami Swim saw the Tibi, Caffé and Marysia labels present their 2010 collections. We present the videos, plus a summary of the day’s shows in a fourth clip. Tibi Caffé Marysia Day 1 summary You may also like Bohème Boutiques kicks off Miami Swim 2010 Miami […]

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Bohème Boutiques kicks off Miami Swim 2010

/8.19

The IMG Miami Swim shows kicked off with Bohème Boutiques’ show for 2010 taking place poolside, before the official launch party for the collections on Wednesday evening. You may also like Miami Swim 2010, day 2 Miami Swim 2010, day 4 Miami Swim 2010, day 1 L*Space closes Friday’s Miami Swim shows Miami Swim 2010, […]

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Panos Emporio prepares for summer ’09

March 14, 2009/12.48

As mentioned in this weekend’s feature, we’ve had photographs from Panos Emporio’s summer 2009 for quite some time, but March is a far better time to release them than September. The ranges are hitting boutiques now, and we liked Panos’s inspirations this season from tropical gardens and deserts for his main collection. There’s more on […]

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The search for the next Miss Sweden has begun

March 9, 2009/12.13

The search for the next Miss Sweden has begun.    My own affiliation with this pageant—Fröken Sverige to use its name in its native language—began six years ago, and I am happy to say this year I will be far more involved. I will let the publicity machine talk about my role in due course. […]

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Ryanair criticized again for calendar

November 15, 2008/0.45

Is Ryanair’s 2009 calendar, featuring 13 of its flight attendants in swimwear photographed by Mike Rosenthal in Spain, appropriate?    The airline has come under fire for its 2009 calendar, as it did for its 2008 one last year, with its critics accusing it of sexism.    Criticisms centre around Ryanair’s objectification of the flight […]

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Easy targets from the anti-Rhonda Grant release

May 2, 2008/3.49

I ?nally came across the full text of the press release attacking Massey University over its story on its alum Rhonda Grant, Miss Universe New Zealand’s second runner-up.    You can read the statement from the Association of University Staff’s president, Assoc Prof Maureen Montgomery, via Scoop. I think she was pretty persistent, sending it […]

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