Joico Hair and Blak Luxe paired together on Tuesday, August 30 for Blak Luxe’s show at this year’s New Zealand Fashion Week. Blak Luxe, whose theme for the runway this year was based off the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Märchen, presented hairstyles that also embodied the part. Says Joico Hair Director for Blak Luxe, […]
New Zealand Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012: day one
Lisa Wilson/Lisa Wilson Photography The first New Zealand Fashion Week shows covered by Lucire fashion editor Sopheak Seng and senior writer Vicki Matias are complemented by the photography of Lisa Wilson. Some of the official photographs are also shown below, photographed by Michael Ng. We’re updating from Auckland regularly—please keep popping back as collections are […]
When Jeffrey Campbell and Stolen Girlfriends’ Club unite
Jeffrey Campbell and Stolen Girlfriends’ Club are both pioneers in the world of fashion. Edgy yet wearable seems to be driving force behind their respective brands, and it works. The companies come from opposite ends of the globe, but when paired together, collaborate to create a delightfully naughty shoe collection. Stolen Girlfriends’ Club is […]
Ashley Fogel releases a fresh, glam spring–summer 2011–12
Fresh, glam and classic are the words that describe Ashley Fogel’s spring–summer 2011–12 collection best. He blends the timelessness of white with the vibrancy offered by turquoises and melon colours to create pieces that reflect the fun and playful attitude oft associated with summertime. The collection offers an assortment of both casual and semi-formal […]
Guy Coombes For spring–summer 2011–12, fashion’s little darling, Ruby, takes us on a European vacation, and finds us the clothes to offset the perfect summer’s day. Entitled Boardwalk, the collection features gossamer draped shift dresses, nautical Breton strip Ts, abstracted, tie-dyed silk cottons, washed out floral denims and sunset prints. Lace and crochet jumpers […]
More haute couture reports: Van Cleef & Arpels, Basil Soda
More couture reports are going up in the fashion features’ part of Lucire’s online edition. Van Cleef & Arpels’ latest jewellery can be found here, complete with an interview by Paris editor Lola Saab with Nick Foulkes. Foulkes, as many of you will know, is a well known fashion writer and historian, and his […]
Christian Dior shows haute couture collection sans John Galliano
Christian Dior’s autumn–winter 2011–12 haute couture show lends a bit of playful relief, following the house’s recent fiasco regarding the sacking of its former creative director John Galliano. Bill Gaytten, accompanied by his assistant Susanna Venegas, has stepped up to the challenge to be considered as the new creative director and on July 4, presented […]
Starfish celebrates New Zealand’s pan-Asian cultural mix for spring
Vibrant leis hanging in shop verandas, exotic spices and fruits of the local greengrocer, the eclectic mix of shoppers at the local Sunday morning veggie markets, and the treasure trove of fabrics, trinkets and ornaments at the Asia Gallery. The cultural mix and infinite variety of tangy tastes within the local community and the uniquely […]
Armani Exchange previews spring 2011 campaign
Armani Exchange‘s spring–summer 2011 advertising campaign, Style Festival, has been shot at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, Calif., styled by Kate Lanphear of Elle US. Lanphear’s aim was to connect the Armani Exchange brand close to music, which she says is ‘such a big part of the brand’s DNA’. Matthew Scrivens photographed the […]
Lanvin for H&M’s NYC couture show and Alexandra Owen lead our fashion coverage
Dan Lecca There are two great fashion stories in the features’ part of the Lucire site today, each on top labels in their respective countries. Above are photographs, by Dan Lecca for Hennes & Mauritz, of the Lanvin Loves H&M haute couture show at the Pierre Hotel in New York on Thursday night. The […]
