Isabel Marant is H&M’s next guest designer
Top Isabel Marant. Above Marant with H&M creative adviser Margareta van den Bosch. Hennes & Mauritz’s next collaboration is with designer Isabel Marant, who will create a range for the Swedish retailer débuting on November 14. H&M says the collection will feature ‘a wardrobe of must-have pieces inspired by her signature style’ but did […]
Ruby launches a flirty winter 2013 mini-collection, Magic Hour
Ruby’s mini-collection, entitled Magic Hour, is perfect for those winter parties and a great injection of colour into your wardrobe. Classic Breton-stripe T shirts and flirty print dresses and blouses make up the collection. Our favourites are the Magic Hour Bloom baby doll, with its winter floral pattern. This, paired with tights and fun […]
Round-up: G by Guess launches Fast & Furious 6 capsule; Madrubb shows Latex fashions for spring
Top A Fast & Furious 6 tie-in from G by Guess. Above Madrubb, the Madrid Latex fashion company, launches its spring–summer collection. The Fast and the Furious franchise might not be Lucire readers’ cup of tea, and our closest connection to it was when we featured actress and former Miss Israel Gal Gadot on our […]
Penélope Cruz models Lindex’s spring–summer 2013 range
It’s the battle of the Scandinavian chains: as H&M gets high-profile names to market its range, Finnish-owned Lindex, part of Stockmann, has signed Penélope Cruz as its model for spring. There will be three campaigns featuring Cruz, says the company, showing Cruz in casual and red-carpet settings. In all three, she models offerings that […]
Nikita Brown/Nikita Brown Photography Boring Gets You Nowhere is the title of the autumn–winter 2013 collection from World; and no sentiment rings truer for the brand than this. It is by not being boring that this label continues to grow, but by experimentation with outlandish yet still highly commercial and wearable fashion. Others perilously traverse […]
Mardle shows an evolutionary collection for spring–summer 2013–14, Bisou, Bisou
Nikita Brown/Nikita Brown Photography Lucire has had a private preview of Mardle’s spring–summer 2013–14 collection, Bisou, Bisou. And to show that Mardle is the thinking woman’s choice for stylish staples, each of the outfits is named after a Kiss song. Designer Shiana Weir has put the emphasis more on evolution, rather than revolution, given […]
Tokyo Fashion Week: designers shift gears toward Asia
Japan Fashion Week Organization Above left Christian Dada. Above right Vivienne Tam. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo wrapped up Sunday as cherry blossoms bloom in Japan’s capital. Over the last couple of seasons, Tokyo Fashion Week kept its target on European and Japanese buyers and audiences, but this season, it has eyed the growing Asian market, […]
The joy of rediscovery: Zambesi’s autumn–winter 2013 collection
Nikita Brown/Nikita Brown Photography Having viewed the Zambesi winter collection late last year in amongst the craziness of New Zealand Fashion Week, I had forgotten what my favourite pieces were (as so happens when you view collections six months before they are due in store and in quick sucession). When the invitation to attend the […]
Heidi Klum’s baby wear range arrives at Babies ’R’ Us UK; plus our article round-up
Babies ’R’ Us UK has announced a collaboration with Heidi Klum, which sees a range of baby products exclusive to the chain. The Truly Scrumptious by Heidi Klum range has arrived at stores as well as the Babiesrus.co.uk website. The range has already launched in the US and Canada, and has been well […]
Finnish designer Piia Hänninen débuts spring collection with revamped website
Finnish designer Piia Hänninen, whose collections are based around sustainability and ethics, has relaunched her website with a new look, in time for her spring–summer 2013 season. Hänninen’s new collection, Zebra in the Savannah, can be purchased via her website, while buyers and media can check out her autumn–winter 2013–14 collection, Wolf and Cherrywood. […]
