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A green rice-field, a blossom maize field, a water-melon field, dishcloth gourd trellis, a country wharf with a bamboo bridge, ferry-boats… are the image of Vietnamese countryside which appear at the Spring Flower Festival held in Phu My Hung residential area in HCM City. This is one of the three flower festivals in the city, [...]
This week has seen the annoucement of two new fashion collections for men, from designers Vera Wang and Isaac Mizrahi. New York-based designer Vera Wang, best known for her bridal collections, has announced she’s launching a tuxedo collectioncalled Black by Vera Wang. A report in WWD December 15 revealed Wang’s formalwear line for men will reach all Men’s Wearhouse stores in [...]
The beginning of 2012 in the world of fashion will be particularly dominated by menswear, with key men’s trade fairs such as Pitti Immagine Uomo, which will welcome Valentino as its special guestfor the 81st edition. Meanwhile, all eyes will be on Milan and Paris, when their Fall/ Winter 2012 shows kick off January 14. Read about these and [...]
US lingerie maker Victoria’s Secret on Thursday vowed to investigate claims that some of its fair-trade underwear is produced using child labor. In a statement Victoria’s Secret’s parent company said it was “very concerned” that fair-trade-certified cotton used in its panties could have been farmed using under-aged labor in Burkina Faso. “Immediately upon learning of this allegation, we began [...]
Action adventure film “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” led a trio of sequels at the box office over another underwhelming weekend that saw ticket sales fall from last year. Robert Downey Jr.’s follow-up to the 2009 hit “Sherlock Holmes” pulled in an estimated $54.7 million around the world, distributor Warner Bros. said on Sunday. [...]
Film director Sofia Coppola has been revealed as the woman behind the yet-to-be-seen print and television campaign for the Marni for H&M line, with WWD reporting December 14 that the moviemaker shot the ads in Morocco back in October. It was announced in November that the Italian fashion house would be following in the footsteps of labels such as Comme des [...]
Elizabeth Taylor’s script for the movie “National Velvet” — which made her a star at age 12 — sold for more than 50 times its estimate on Friday as the New York auction of the actress’s jewels, clothes, art and memorabilia neared its close. Christie’s auctioneers said the 1944 “National Velvet” script, bound in lilac [...]
The nominees for the BFC (British Fashion Council)/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund 2012 have been revealed, with industry favorites including Mary Katrantzou, Jonathan Saunders and Peter Pilotto among the nine shortlisted designers. Inspired by the US Vogue Fashion Fund and now entering its third edition for 2012, the event will once again offer an up-and-coming British-based creator a cash prize of £200,000 (€238,540) [...]
Cue the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” or maybe the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter.” Martin Scorsese, whose iconic use of those songs (in “Mean Streets” and in a couple of different films, respectively) has made him one of the most rock ‘n’ roll savvy of all directors, has been named recipient of the second Music+Film Award by the Broadcast [...]
The Vietnam Kennel Association (VKA) will host two national contests and an international contest for dogs this weekend in HCMC. First up is the third VKA National All Breed Championship Dog Show and the fourth VKA National Phu Quoc Dog Show both on Saturday, with the first VKA FCI International Dog Show on Sunday. There [...]