Claudia Schiffer to release a new book this year May 19

Claudia Schiffer to release a new book this year

German supermodel Claudia Schiffer is set to release a book celebrating her 30th anniversary in the fashion industry. Titled ‘Claudia Schiffer’, the coffee table book is ‘a highly personal collection of her favorite fashion moments and a tour-de-force of beauty, tracing her...

Meet Lucie Hruba, Our February 2017 Model Of The Month Feb 13

Meet Lucie Hruba, Our February 2017 Model Of The Month

Say Hello to our February 2017 Model Of The Month, Lucie Hruba. The young Czech Republic native made her foray into Fashion at 13 years old when she won a modeling competition and got a contract with an agency in Prague. However, as she looked younger than her years she was considered too...

Meet Ify Jones, our January 2017 Model of the Month Jan 12

Meet Ify Jones, our January 2017 Model of the Month

Say Hello to our January 2017 Model Of The Month, Nigerian born American based model Ify Jones. The young Imo state native got scouted in university by a Nigerian agent who put her on to the Nigerian modeling industry. She was selected by the Head Scout of Ford Models Robert Knap to...

Franca Sozzani passes away at 66 Dec 23

Franca Sozzani passes away at 66

Franca Sozzani, the Vogue Italia editor-in-chief passed away on Thursday in Milan at age 66 after a year-long illness. The beloved editor recently received an honor at the Fashion Awards in London and was also the subject of a documentary directed by her son, Francesco Carrozzini: Franca:...

Meet Zoe Willim, Our December 2016 Model Of The Month Dec 05

Meet Zoe Willim, Our December 2016 Model Of The Month

Say Hello to our December 2016 Model Of The Month, German beauty Zoe Willim. The young Dusseldorf native got scouted at the age of 14 when a model agent contacted her parents. While she had no idea about modeling or the fashion industry, she was amazed by the idea of doing something...

New Short Film Documents Chanel’s Beginnings Nov 15

New Short Film Documents Chanel’s Beginnings

Chanel’s video series ‘Inside Chanel’ which it has been releasing via its microsite has unveiled its 17th short film. Titled ‘The Paradoxes of Chanel’ the black and white clip uses various symbols and phrases to explore the French fashion brand’s heritage...

Coco Chanel Illustrated Biography Chronicles Designer’s Epic Trajectory Sep 01

Coco Chanel Illustrated Biography Chronicles DesignerR...

Coco Chanel is the subject of a new illustrated biography. Titled ‘Library of Luminaries: Coco Chanel: An Illustrated Biography’, the tome explores the life of the French fashion icon from her impoverished childhood in an orphanage, to her dreams of becoming a singer and later a...

Newsmaker Of The Week: Sonia Rykiel Aug 29

Newsmaker Of The Week: Sonia Rykiel

Our Newsmaker this week is Sonia Rykiel. The pioneer of Parisian womenswear died aged 86 in the early hours of Thursday morning at her home in Paris. A visionary and fashion legend she was born Sonia Flis in May 1930. With no formal training at the age of 17 she started out her career as a...

French designer Sonia Rykiel passes away Aug 26

French designer Sonia Rykiel passes away

Legendary French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel passed away at her home in Paris on August 25, she was 86. Rykiel’s daughter, Nathalie Rykiel, managing and artistic director of the Sonia Rykiel fashion label, released a statement announcing the designer’s death and confirming the...

Toni Maticevski gets major retrospective in a gorgeous new Book Aug 15

Toni Maticevski gets major retrospective in a gorgeous ne...

Australian designer Toni Maticevksi is the subject of a new tome titled ‘Maticevski: The Elegant Rebel’. Written by prolific Australian fashion journalist, editor, curator, and author Mitchell Oakley Smith, the book celebrates the 40-year old designer’s brilliant...

Newsmaker Of The Week: Marco Gobbetti Aug 01

Newsmaker Of The Week: Marco Gobbetti

Our Newsmaker this week is Marco Gobbetti. The luxury veteran was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer by British luxury brand Burberry, a position that was held by Christopher Bailey since May 2014. With more than 20 years experience in the luxury sector, Gobbetti has worked on brands...

Newsmaker Of The Week: Maria Grazia Chiuri Jul 18

Newsmaker Of The Week: Maria Grazia Chiuri

Our newsmaker this week is Maria Grazia Chiuri. The design maven was appointed Christian Dior’s first female Creative Director in it’s 69-year history, a post which was left vacant following Raf Simons’s October 2015 exit. A graduate from the Istituto Europeo di Design in...

Meet Our July 2016 Model Of The Month: Kim Jaspers Jul 04

Meet Our July 2016 Model Of The Month: Kim Jaspers

Dutch fashion model and blogger Kim Jaspers is our Model Of The Month for July 2016. The bold and sunshine-bright beauty started modeling when she was only fourteen. She never thought of being a model but was scouted when her niece (who is a photographer) sent some pictures to an agency and...

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