I have to confess to being a Twitter sceptic, hence it has taken so long (as it did with a Lucire blog!) for this title to have a page there. But for those wishing to get headlines and the occasional update from Lucire, head over to twitter.com/lucire. We’ve a history of engaging with readers properly, […]
L’Oréal and Carelle create compact for Golden Globes’ nominees
L’Oréal Paris and Carelle, the jewellers, have created a Red Carpet Golden Globes Compact for this year’s top female nominees in the Best Actress—Drama and Best Actress—Comedy categories. One compact will be auctioned at www.ebay.com/lorealparis beginning January 11, with all proceeds benefiting the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. You may also like Kicking off the Golden […]
There’s life in the Buick brand yet
GM announced both its 2010 Cadillac SRX and Buick LaCrosse at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), or the Detroit Auto Show, on January 9. We don’t see much point to SUVs like the SRX—and have not done for the entire decade—but the LaCrosse, admittedly, is a tidy, attractive design that shows there’s life […]
Ecover 3 skipper Mike Golding meets Kelly Brook at London Boat Show
Ecover 3 skipper Mike Golding might have had to retire from the Vendée Globe race due to a damaged mast, but he did make it back to the UK for the opening of the London Boat Show at Excel on January 9 to meet celebrity Kelly Brook. Above are scenes from the opening and Golding […]
Britney Spears turns her image around, as predicted
Above: Britney Spears in a Hidden Fantasy print advertisement for Elizabeth Arden. Who would have guessed, when we published our piece, ‘Rescuing the Britney Spears Image’ in March last year, that the singer’s negative image could be overturned so substantially by January 2009? Since March 2008, Spears has made a proper comeback—despite continuing bad […]
After a negative experience, Crowne Plaza Today Gurgaon impresses
Wow. That’s all I can say after the Crowne Plaza’s contact with me yesterday. I wasn’t that complimentary about the Crowne Plaza Today Gurgaon hotel during my time in India on my personal blog. The service was a trifle slow for such a top-rated (and expensive) establishment, and I blogged about it, almost […]
BMW reveals new Z4: first videos
The BMW Z4 came across as a far more butch sports car than the prissy Z3 that came before it, helped in no small part by the series of BMW Films starring Clive Owen. At the Detroit Auto Show, BMW reveals an all-new Z4 that’s longer and wider, with longer doors allowing for easier access, […]
Claudia Schiffer next with beauty line?
Yet another supermodel might be launching a cosmetics’ range: Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid says Claudia Schiffer is planning a line for the summer, to sell alongside a jewellery range that bears her name. Both Cindy Crawford and Elle Macpherson, Schiffer’s supermodel contemporaries from the 1980s and 1990s, have beauty ranges that they endorse. […]
TOMS Shoes, Rag-bag, Paul Newman among Medinge Brands with a Conscience winners
Above: A 2005 photograph of Paul Newman with ‘Paul’, an eight-year-old Victory Junction Gang camper, during the Las Vegas Champ Car 400. Among the Medinge Group’s Brands with a Conscience winners, announced today by the international branding think-tank, is TOMS Shoes, known for donating a pair to communities in need whenever one is bought. Annually, […]
Happy 2009 to all our readers! Things were a bit strange technologically over the last few weeks. For those who have noticed slight improvements in server speeds, your imagination is not playing tricks on you. The Lucire site is indeed faster, but to get here, we had to go to a new machine, change […]
