I know there is still poverty and hardship in Mumbai, but there is also a richer, modern side that Stanley Moss got to see when he had an extended stay in India. The Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai, already open, but going fully online in September, shows that the Indians can do luxury city hotels as […]
And now, presenting the twenty-first century
[Cross-posted] Remember Xanadu? It’s become somewhat of a cult hit even though in 1980 it was considered Olivia Newton-John’s mega-turkey. Stylistically, it sits uncomfortably between the 1970s and 1980s, as though there was a vacuum in between the decades. In one scene, Michael Beck insists to Gene Kelly that ‘It’s the ’80s’, but you know […]
Keira Knightley need not feel inadequate: she is a good model to follow
Keira Knightley says that she feels inadequate alongside better qualified actors because she didn’t go to university, according to next month’s Tatler. This is despite Miss Knightley, as Forbes revealed, being the second most highly paid actress in Hollywood. But that feeling of needing a little more is a refreshing one among the highest-profile members […]
Keira Knightley admits to inadequacy through not attending university
Above: Keira Knightley in her Academy Award-nominated role in Atonement. Although she’s received more press in fashion magazines this year than any other, and a recent Forbes list puts her as Hollywood’s second-highest-paid actress, Keira Knightley admits to Tatler, in the next issue on sale Thursday, that she feels inadequate next to better educated actors […]
Lydia Hearst modelling Myla: the seventh image
We were supplied seven images of Lydia Hearst modelling Myla in our cover story this week. Here’s the one we didn’t run in the main part of the website for space reasons. You may also like Twiggy’s 60th birthday exhibition hits London, September 19 Lucire issue 29 is out, starring Laura Vandervoort Supermodels go naked […]
Spring catwalk: Strenesse Blue, Berlin
Shown in July at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week spring–summer 2009, the Strenesse Blue line. We haven’t shown catwalk show videos regularly on Lucire, so here’s one to break the drought. Strenesse Blue is very structured, straight and crisp—and, according to the company, a perfect match for Berlin. You may also like Behind the scenes with Sylvie van […]
