After pulling John Galliano boxes and macarons from the shelf in early 2011, luxury bakery brand Ladurée has tapped Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz to art…
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music video: azealia banks – 1991 directed by justin mitchell
Published September 2, 2012From the EP of the same name comes the Justin Mitchell directed video for Azealia Banks’ 1991. It even looks like she is wearing her Yung Rapunxel Limited Edition MAC lipstick (pictured under the cut).
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introducing mon shu girl: karl lagerfeld’s anime creation for shu uemura
Published August 31, 2012In just over ten days time, I will be in Paris for the launch of Karl Lagerfeld’s exclusive collaboration with shu uemura. In the same vein as Karl Lagerfeld for Diet Coke, the foundations of the shu uemura partnership are based on true authenticity. Not only has Karl been using Shu Uemura products (“they have the best colours”) to sketch (see below) for the last two decades, the designer was friends with the late makeup expert for 20 years.
Here is the teaser video for the new line, which introduces “Mon Shu Girl” – the chic anime character blending “Japanese pop with European chic”. The collection launches exclusively at Selfridges from November. Preview the collection under the cut.
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