Dolce & Gabbana releases T-shirts featuring vintage Playboy covers
Dolce & Gabbana has released a series of T-shirts with iconic Playboy covers as part of its spring–summer 2012 range. The five T-shirt designs retail for US$275 and can be bought via D&G’s website, all D&G boutiques, and select stores, boutiques and high-end department stores through the US (including Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth […]
Elle Macpherson to discuss the convergence of advertising and entertainment at MIPTV
Above Elle Macpherson, arguably one of the most successful supermodels-turned-businesswomen. Supermodel Elle Macpherson, Electus chairman Ben Silverman and Electus CEO Chris Grant will address MIPTV participants in Cannes on April 2, and present their new show, Fashion Star. The new TV series sees 14 undiscovered designers compete over 10 weeks, but unlike existing shows […]
Nine West’s spring campaign gets on board the Twitter and Instagram bandwagon
Marcus Gaab Nine West is getting into Twitter hashtagging: the four spring 2012 trends it proposes for its advertising campaign come with suggested hashtags to complement the imagery. It has tried to get some hashtagging going with the new campaign: blogs Keiko Lynn, Honestly WTF, Saucy Glossie and Song of Style will try to […]
Whitney Houston farewelled in 1,500-strong funeral service
The sombre occasion of Whitney Houston’s funeral in Newark, NJ, has been carried by international media and streamed online. Some 1,500 people attended the service at the New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston herself performed in the gospel choir run by her mother, Cissy. The current gospel choir opened the funeral, and speeches […]
Monica Bellucci is Dolce & Gabbana’s latest spokesmodel; Samsung goes behind the scenes at NYFW
Actress Monica Bellucci is the latest face for Dolce & Gabbana, joining Scarlett Johansson and Felicity Jones. Bellucci, 47, is a friend of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, and the limited-edition lipstick line named for her—the Monica Lipstick Collection—will hit stores on May 12. With six shades, the lipstick will retail at US$32 […]
Marni at H&M launches, with Sofia Coppola, Milla Jovovich, Drew Barrymore, Imogen Poots, Lily Collins
Jason Merritt Hennes & Mauritz launched its Marni at H&M range in Los Angeles last night, with celebrities including Milla Jovovich, Drew Barrymore, Winona Ryder, Jessica Chastain, Imogen Poots, Freida Pinto, Lykki Li, Jaime King, Rashida Jones, Shirley Manson, Andrea Riseborough, Lily Collins, Mena Suvari and Rose McGowan. The party was hosted by Marni […]
New York Fashion Week fall 2012 concludes: J. Mendel, Joanna Mastroianni, Nanette Lepore
Stephen Ciuccoli/Lucire Top J. Mendel. Above Nanette Lepore. Here are some of Stephen Ciuccoli’s photographs from New York Fashion Week, as the event drew to a close. There was plenty of glamour at J. Mendel, though the designer, Gilles Mandel, kept to a fairly subdued colour palette. Think forest greens and maroons, and the […]
Our latest from New York Fashion Week: Chris Benz showed his autumn–winter 2012–13 collection at Avery Fisher Hall, normally the venue for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. His coats, cardigans and big poufy wigs—not to mention plenty of silk and beading—went over the top, as one would expect from a designer often nicknamed the […]
Rimmel’s Kate Moss Lasting Finish lipstick collection launches in the US
Top Kate Moss tests shades for the Rimmel London Lasting Finish lipstick collection. Above Shooting one of the visuals from the TVC, which we previewed last September. It was the spring 2012 London Fashion Week at which Kate Moss first told us about Rimmel’s Lasting Finish lipstick collection. Moss also provided an interview, which we […]
New York Fashion Week fall 2012: Hervé Léger, Tibi, Mara Hoffman, Venexiana
Stephen Ciuccoli/Lucire Top Hervé Léger by Max Azria, fall–winter 2012–13. Above Mara Hoffman. Hervé Léger by Max Azria—one of our favourites at each New York Fashion Week—showed an equestrian-themed collection for fall 2012. But to our eyes, Azria’s bandage dresses, harnesses and gladiator boots actually reminded us of warriors, ready to face a tough urban […]
