London Fashion Week spring–summer 2013, days four and five: the positive state of British fashion

September 19, 2012/9.01

Our day four videos from London Fashion Week’s spring–summer 2013 collections continue on from the three published Monday, featuring Pringle of Scotland, Erdem, Christopher Kane, Michael van der Ham, Louise Gray, and Burberry Prorsum. The day four highlight reel features Philip Treacy, Christopher Kane, Erdem, Mary Katrantzou, Burberry Prorsum, and jeweller Jordan Askill at the […]

Video released of Lady Gaga’s September Vogue cover shoot

August 12, 2012/22.55

After Lady Gaga “leaked” (reportedly with the consent of editor-in-chief Anna Wintour) the September 2012 cover last week, Vogue has released a video of the shoot featuring the musical superstar, as well as a promotional story on its website to sell the iconic issue. September is traditionally Vogue’s biggest issue, and this one is […]

Fashion legend Anna Piaggi passes away, aged 81

August 7, 2012/13.41

Captain Catan, under Creative Commons Attribution 3·0 Anna Piaggi, the famed Italian fashion writer and editor, has passed away, aged 81. Piaggi had written for Vogue Italia and created the Italian magazine Vanity, with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Karl Lagerfeld and Manolo Blahnik among her many fans. Piaggi was born in Milano […]

Emma Stone on her Vogue cover: ‘one of the easiest shoots I have ever done’

June 29, 2012/14.02

Emma Stone calls her Vogue cover shoot for July ‘one of the easiest shoots I have ever done’. The shoot, by Mario Testino, first had its cover image leaked online two weeks ago. Stone says that the experience was ‘still, to me very bizarre. It looks to me like a different person.’ She […]

Vogue Archive goes online for free for Wellington library users

May 25, 2012/1.40

Top The screen which you arrive at after clicking through to the Vogue Archive. Above A Jean Shrimpton spread from the Archive. Anyone with a current Wellington City Library card—one that has been active in the past two years—now has access to the entire archive of Vogue (the US edition) from 1892, for free. […]

H&M announces accessories’ collaboration with Anna Dello Russo

May 3, 2012/7.59

Magnus Magnusson Top Designs from the Anna Dello Russo at H&M collection. Above Anna Dello Russo and H&M’s Margareta van den Bosch. In the spirit of having famous designers collaborate on mass-market fashion, H&M has said that it will now work with fashion director Anna Dello Russo on a new accessories’ collection. The new […]

Vertu hosts tech debate at Vogue Festival, with Stella McCartney, Kate Hudson, Eva Herzigova, Gemma Chan, Laura Bailey

April 20, 2012/23.32

Nick Harvey/Getty Images The Vogue Festival 2012, in association with Vertu, was the must-attend celeb event on the London calendar on Friday, held at the Royal Geographic Society. The event saw Vertu hold a cocktail party and private debate, with a panel discussing whether technology shapes desire, or vice versa. Participants for the debate […]

London Fashion Week autumn–winter 2012–13: day 3 catwalk

February 20, 2012/0.08

If you haven’t been catching Lucire’s London Fashion Week coverage on our streaming live player, here’s a run-down of day three, with videos from Mulberry, Craig Lawrence, Nicole Farhi, Twenty8Twelve, Marios Schwab, Vivienne Westwood Red Label, Topshop Unique, Paul Smith, Louise Gray, Matthew Williamson, Jonathan Saunders, J. W. Anderson and Acne. Mulberry was, as […]

Monica Bellucci is Dolce & Gabbana’s latest spokesmodel; Samsung goes behind the scenes at NYFW

February 18, 2012/19.51

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 […]

We’ll Take Manhattan: the impact of David Bailey and Jean Shrimpton revisited

January 28, 2012/21.37

Bailey, copyright ©1965 by the Condé Nast Publications (UK) BBC/Kudos Compare the pair. Top Jean Shrimpton, as she appeared in Vogue shot by Bailey in 1965. Above Karen Gillan and Aneurin Barnard as Jean Shrimpton and David Bailey in a publicity shot for We’ll Take Manhattan, which aired last week on BBC4. The visitor stats […]