TEAM NEWS: Mafi named for Super Rugby return
Former Rebels forward Amanaki Mafi has been named by the Sunwolves to face the Reds on Saturday, ending his Super Rugby exile. Mafi still faces serious assault charges stemming from an alleged altercation with then-Rebels teammate Lopeti Timani in Dunedin last year, with the matter still before the court. While initially banned from training with…
One Percenters: "Internal and external" options for Wallabies attack coach, Gatland expected to lead Lions again
Rugby Australia’s director of rugby Scott Johnson says “internal and external” candidates will be looked at as they work on appointing a Wallabies attack coach for the World Cup. With just over four months to go until the Rugby World Cup, the Wallabies are yet to name a replacement for Stephen Larkham, who was moved…
Is Instagram the new bookshelf for Generation Z?
When the Kindle first launched in November 2007, it was billed as a game changer. Like the iPod before it in 2001, the e-reader was expected to revolutionise the market and herald the extinction of its analogue predecessors. The initial response was promising — in the US, the first-ever Kindle sold out in less than…
How independent accessories designers are shaking up the fashion industry
Share 18th Sep 2019 By internalising too much, you lose perspective on the fashion world and ecosystem,” illuminates Raphaël Brisson, the 24-year-old senior designer and production director of shoe workshop Arpent Studio. Brisson founded the company – originally a sneaker label of the same name – with husband and art director Thomas Massias in Paris…
Jasper Soloff is the 24-year-old photographer capturing the cultural zeitgeist in all of its glory
Share 18th Sep 2019 Jasper Soloff’s portfolio reads like a well-curated guest list at a Hollywood affair or a carefully laboured seating chart of a fashion week show’s front row. Clad in splendid colour, Billie Eilish, Iggy Azalea and Tommy Dorfman (to name a few) spring out from the native New Yorker’s Instagram grid, captivating…
A Downton Abbey film sequel may already be the works
Share 18th Sep 2019 It seems that as soon as the Downton Abbey film hit the big screen worldwide, the cast and crew of the Emmy-winning series and movie adaptation had begun talks about the possibility of a sequel, much to our period drama-loving delight. With almost the entire cast assembled for the recent Downton…
Victoria Beckham talks ‘clean’ beauty and the new sex appeal of ‘big’ dresses
It’s been a busy week at Victoria Beckham HQ. Not only has the designer just unveiled her new spring/summer 2020 collection at London’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but she has just launched her own eponymous beauty line, Victoria Beckham Beauty. caught up with the indefatigable LFW star after her final bow to talk ‘clean’ beauty and…
“We design for a very assertive female”: Kiko Kostadinov’s Laura and Deanna Fanning shared prior to their London Fashion Week show
It’s a common trope that creatives who work together and know each other so well can finish each other’s sentences. In the case of Laura and Deanna Fanning, the 29-year-old designers behind Kiko Kostadinov’s womenswear, it is true and made all the more uncanny as their voices sound practically the same. But that is to…
Victoria Beckham talks ‘clean’ beauty and the new sex appeal of ‘big’ dresses
It’s been a busy week at Victoria Beckham HQ. Not only has the designer just unveiled her new spring/summer 2020 collection at London’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but she has just launched her own eponymous beauty line, Victoria Beckham Beauty. caught up with the indefatigable LFW star after her final bow to talk ‘clean’ beauty and…
'That's everything United have got' – Gulf in class too much for Red Devils against City, says Neville
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have his work cut out for him in the summer, with a former player pointing to a lack of top-grade talent in the ranks Gary Neville’s reaction to Wednesday night’s Manchester derby might come as fearful news for Man Utd fans, with the ex-defender of the opinion that those currently turning…