Lucire
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Doutzen Kroes launches latest Hunkemöller swimwear, helping to save elephants

April 26, 2019/12.08

Hunkemöller Dutch model Doutzen Kroes has continued to work with Hunkemöller, releasing her latest collection of Doutzen’s Stories swimwear.    The latest collection has a responsible angle: Kroes designed the Gold Goddess bikini, with 50 per cent of the profits being donated to Knot on My Planet, a cause that she has supported for several […]

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Panos Emporio, in partnership with Syversen AS, announces international expansion

March 25, 2019/22.31

Above: Panos Papadopoulos, founder of Panos Emporio, can now focus on his designs. Panos Emporio, the leading Scandinavian swimwear label, has announced an aggressive expansion programme, working together with Norway’s Syversen AS, whose international infrastructure will help propel the brand into new markets.    The news has excited Panos Papadopoulos, Panos Emporio’s founder, who has […]

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Victoria’s Secret Swim collection returns for 2019

March 18, 2019/20.34

Victoria’s Secret’s Swim collection has returned for 2019, and a limited assortment is now available via its website.    The campaign is modelled by Sara Sampaio, Jasmine Tookes, Romee Strijd, Grace Elizabeth, Lorena Rae, Aiden Curtiss, Megan Williams and Maya Stepper.    Victoria’s Secret says trends for the spring–summer 2019 season include ‘high-waist bikinis, Brazilian-cut […]

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Fashion with feeling: Panos Emporio’s Panos Papadopoulos keeps it real

February 12, 2019/21.05

Panos Papadopoulos There’s a newfound energy at Panos Emporio as we begin 2019, and those following founder Panos Papadopoulos’s Instagram account will have noticed a series of photos taken in the desert in Dubai with a young Colombian woman named Daniela, a fan of the label modelling both Panos Emporio’s swimwear and its perfume range. […]

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Panos Emporio creates hotel toiletries’ range with organic alœ vera

August 18, 2018/10.10

Panos Emporio has teamed up with Hoist Group, a supplier to hotels and public services HQed in Sweden, on an exclusive collection of toiletries for guests.    Panos Emporio had extended its traditional swimwear brand into fragrances earlier this decade, netting itself awards in the process. The new collection includes shampoo, conditioner, shower cream and […]

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Hunkemöller releases “ambassadors’ collection”, swimwear designed after social media influencers

July 1, 2018/3.00

Hunkemöller has released a limited-edition swimwear collection inspired by its own spokesmodels, Lisa Anckarman, Nora Olivia, and Lynn Quanjel.    The trio are social media influencers with respectable Instagram followings: Anckarman with 66,900; Nora Olivia with 54,400; and Quanjel with 58,700.    Each was invited to Hunkemöller’s HQ earlier this year to meet with the […]

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Hunkemöller and Doutzen Kroes launch swimwear collection in Barcelona

April 27, 2018/9.37

Earlier this week, Hunkemöller and Doutzen Kroes, who was signed to the brand in 2016, launched a swimwear collection in Barcelona, comprising swimsuits, bikinis, beach clothing and accessories.    The new range, in which Kroes has had design input, features animal prints, raindrops and textures, with the jungle and Latin America as its inspiration. The […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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