Creative director Mathilde Castello Branco quits Azzaro

Designer Mathilde Castello Branco quits Azzaro The French-Brazilian AZZARO creative director Mathilde Castello Branco left the fashion house, without announcing her next steps or details about a replacement. The designer joined AZZARO label over a year ago, replacing designer Vanessa Seward. The label plans to name a successor “shortly.” “The House of Azzaro and Mathilde … Read more

Coren carbon fiber – a bike that no-one can imitate because no-one would dare

Coren carbon fiber – a byke “that the masses couldn’t ignore”   For UBC, a manufacturer of high performance parts for Formula 1 sports cars, Le Mans and the aviation industry, carbon is a material and a passion. Based on UBC’s interest in carbon as its passion for motor racing, the company built its own … Read more

Estée Lauder lighted up in pink Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, Helix Bridge and The ArtScience Museum

Extravagant pink laser and light show, and the “Pink Ribbon“, the widely-recognised symbol for the fight against breast cancer, bathed Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands at Estee Lauder’s Pink Ribbon Global Illumination Event. Estee Lauder has been a breast cancer awareness champion for 20 years and the spectacle was a reminder of the beauty group’s commitment … Read more

Krug Champagne appoints Master Sommelier Ian Cauble as first US brand ambassador

Master Sommelier Ian Cauble as the brand’s first US Ambassador Krug Champagne, the world’s first luxury Champagne House, has a first US Ambassador. Master Sommelier Ian Cauble will serve as Krug’s spokesperson in the United States, hosting a variety of tastings and training events across the country to inspire, educate, and share Krug’s champagne-making process … Read more

Actress Katie Holmes is Bobbi Brown’s first-ever celebrity face

 American actress Katie Holmes has partnered with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics as the brand’s first-ever celebrity face. The first iteration of the partnership will appear in spring 2013. Additionally, Bobbi will be the lead makeup artist at the Spring/Summer 2013 Holmes & Yang Fashion Show, the eponymous line founded by Katie Holmes and celebrity stylist Jeanne Yang. … Read more

Qatari investment fund interested in Versace

Qatari Investment Fund Could Be Interested in Versace Qatar has used its wealth from oil and natural-gas exports to buy all kinds of assets in safe-haven countries. The investment strategy by the nation’s sovereign-wealth fund includes London luxury store Harrods, luxury hotels in France or luxury brands & real estate. A Qatari investment fund is … Read more