The fashion house of Missoni has been synonymous with wool since the brand first came about through Rosa and Ottavio Missioni founded the brand in 1953. Now their brand ambassador and the brands accessories and swimwear designer (not to mention granddaughter) Margherita Maccapani Missoni has been announced as an ambassador for...
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We love Tom Ford and we also love that Net-A-Porter is expanding into menswear with Mr Porter. But it seems Tom Ford the company are not loving Mr Porter. Why? Because the yet-to-be-launched online store with impeccable branding, service and most importantly, fashion, has a staffer whose name also happens to be Tom Ford too and...
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These days we tend to see more of Helena Christensen‘s photography than we do of the stunning Danish supermodel, but Italian fashion label Caractere have managed to lure her back in front of the camera for their Spring 2011 ad campaign. Photographed by Guy Aroch, the photoshoot took place in July 2010 in New York...
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Christopher Kane must be one of the most decorated young new guard of British fashion designers after he won the 2011 British Fashion Council/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund prize last night. The fund was created in 2008 to ‘assist talented British designers with the potential for commercial growth to start making the transition...
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Top models doing high paying fast fashion ad campaign is not an uncommon occurrence, but typically in Australia it is. So when news broke of Portman’s snapping up one of Karl Lagerfeld’s favourite models and one of the land down under’s hottest exports, Abbey Lee Kershaw, as their Autumn/Winter 2010 face, the blogosphere...
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We all remember that scene in Sex and the City when Carrie sneaks into the fashion closet of Vogue and discovers a pair of Manolo Blahnik Mary Janes, aka the Campari. Well those modern day icons will be remade into a necklace charm by TOUS, the Spanish jewelery brand, marking the first time the iconic shoe brand has delved into...
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Sometimes a supermodel and a fashion brand form a perfect partnership. Case in point, Australia’s luxury label Oroton has unveiled their second advertising campaign with Canadian supermodel Daria Werbowy for Autumn/Winter 2011.
Daria’s striking beauty is perfectly contrasted against the marble wall and the soft luxury...
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With the Spring/Summer 2011 ad campaigns pouring in, we haven’t had a chance to post many that have caught our eye – until the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2011 ad campaign landed in our inbox. With emphasis on glamour, Marc Jacobs enlisted the help of the striking Freja Beha Erichsen, Raquel Zimmermann and Kristen McMenamy...
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It was a surprise when Gisele Bundchen walked for Balenciaga’s spring 2011 show in Paris, but it’s almost more surprising that Nicolas Ghesquière has enlisted her for the brands ad campaign as well. Mind you, while they have made the most of having the Brazilian supermodel in their campaign, they didn’t just curl...
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Emma Hill with Twilight‘s Xavier Samuel / image supplied
When Mulberry opens a new store, it has to be celebrated by a veritable list of who’s who to the sounds of DJ Anna Lunoe playing songs from Mulberry’s seasonal playlist of favourite tunes.. And that was just what happened when Mulberry opened their new Sydney...
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