Designing 007 opens at the Barbican in July, covering 50 years of James Bond design
Copyright ©1964 by Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corp. Above Sean Connery as James Bond at the Furka Pass, Switzerland, and the iconic Aston Martin DB5, during the making of Goldfinger (1964). With the 50th anniversary of the cinematic James Bond, exhibitions are being shown around the world to mark the occasion, but the Barbican […]
Melbourne’s Fashion Festival needs fantasy and novelty in the face of a tough market
L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival is a consumer fashion event held at the barren Docklands (and sometimes at more interesting off-site venues) annually. I went into the festival weary and probably over-critical, thus I have struggled to report on what I saw. Sometimes I find fashion difficult. I would argue that many fashion lovers do. It’s […]
Miranda Brown has winter sorted as she launches her latest in Wellington
Tania Naidu My first thought as I entered the Starfish store for the launch of Miranda Brown’s autumn–winter 2012 collection was, ‘Thank God the winter colours have been changed.’ We had witnessed so many designers employ blacks and greys for the season that Brown’s approach was a godsend. The collection seemed to have a […]
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo finished on Saturday. Days 4 to 7 featured Christian Dada, DressedUndressed, Motonari Ono, and Phenomenon. Japan Fashion Week Organization Christian Dada Japanese label Christian Dada showcased its latest collection on the Tokyo Midtown runway last Wednesday. Since Christian Dada successfully made its Fashion Week début for spring–summer 2012 season, it has […]
Teresa Rosati brings glamour to Vancouver Fashion Week
We’re currently preparing an overview report on all of Vancouver Fashion Week, but we have learned that Polish designer Teresa Rosati has shown. Her collection, Her Shine, definitely shone, and gave the event the glamour that it sought. ‘The show raised the level of the event and for a few minutes we thought we […]
Photos courtesy of Japan Fashion Week Organization The first three days of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo’s autumn–winter 2012–13 featured Somarta, Kamishima Chinami, Yasutoshi Ezumi, and A Degree Fahrenheit among others. Somarta Somarta’s Tamae Hirokawa was previously in charge of Issey Miyake Men and Women, and is also known for the heel-less footwear collaboration with Noritaka […]
J Model Management shows spring fashion spectacular at Petronas Towers’ Skybridge
John Oakley Top Jessica Minh Anh wearing the phenomenon cake dress. Above Shiatzy Chen poster dress. Below right Gideon Oberson Swimwear by Gottex. Model and agency director Jessica Minh Anh found a fabulous way of putting her company, and her city, on the map: by hosting what she called ‘the world’s highest fashion show’. […]
Lacoste Live heads to Brooklyn for spring 2012 campaign
A Lucire special promotion Mark Hunter Last September, Lacoste took its Live campaign to Berlin. This season, for spring 2012, it’s Brooklyn, New York, with a campaign featuring street tape artist Aakash Nihalini, Amanda Warner from the electro duo MNDR and Leyla Safai from the punk–hip-hop group HeartsChallenger. It’s fitting, too, that the spring […]
Behind the scenes at Vivienne Westwood Gold Label
Stanley Moss Top Vivienne Westwood being interviewed at the after-party in Paris. Typical reports on the runway shows in Paris focus on fashion fashion fashion. We need to be reminded that months of preparation precede this 20-minute walk in the sun, an atmospheric explosion of sound and light and motion. Lucire was invited by […]
Paris Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2012–13: Collette Dinnigan, Akris, Anthony Vaccarello, Elie Saab
Piero Biasion/BIA As Paris Fashion Week begins drawing to a close, we show off photographs from Collette Dinnigan, and videos from Akris, Anthony Vaccarello, and Elie Saab. Collette Dinnigan showed a romantic collection in the ballroom of Le Meurice Hotel, but it was tinged with a darker feel. The collection, entitled Highlander, took inspiration […]
