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…

By HotelSalesCareers September 18, 2019 Off

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…

By HotelSalesCareers September 18, 2019 Off

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…

By HotelSalesCareers September 18, 2019 Off

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…

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“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…

By HotelSalesCareers September 16, 2019 Off