Lucire
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Fiat Punto Evo includes methane, LPG variants

September 30, 2009/12.06

Fiat has launched a revised version of its Grande Punto supermini, now called the Punto Evo. The good news: the MultiAir engines, which include diesel units, are better for the environment. Never mind all the infotainment equipment in the new model; Fiat also launches a methane engine as well as an LPG one. (While Kiwi […]

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Harry’s understands style

September 29, 2009/11.13

I finally saw The September Issue last Monday, a bit after our Christchurch writer, Jolene Williams, who filed the official Lucire review. I agree with her words but need to add one thing: for 90 minutes, I was constantly reminded of work and probably was the only person walking out of the cinema more wound […]

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Lucire’s view: The September Issue

/10.07

Above Stills from The September Issue. Vogue editor Anna Wintour is likened to the Pope in R. J. Cutler’s documentary The September Issue. With a divine omnipotence, a single-arched eyebrow reduces flamboyant designers to stuttering school boys. A flick of her bony, bangled wrist condemns a $50,000 photo shoot to the scrap heap.    Her […]

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Sonia Rykiel is H&M’s next guest designer

September 28, 2009/7.58

Matthieu Salving Above Nathalie Rykiel, President and Artistic Director at Sonia Rykiel. Sonia Rykiel will be the next guest designer for Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish company announced today.    Rykiel follows a long line of famous designers, including Roberto Cavalli, Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor & Rolf, who have created accessible collections […]

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Sheila de Vries, by appointment

/6.10

Our roving photographer, Thomaz, has made his way to the Netherlands, where he shot for Sheila de Vries. De Vries is known for dressing HM Queen Beatrix, and celebrities in the Netherlands. She can count Jane Fonda and Barbara Sinatra as clients, thanks to a long stint in the US.    De Vries maintains a […]

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Faux fur’s the trend at Lonely Hearts’ Club

September 27, 2009/9.18

Lonely Hearts’ Club has done it better, bolder, sexier and cleverer than before. Proving that it is a key player in the New Zealand fashion industry, it came out with beautiful layering, sheers and knits for autumn–winter 2010. I’m proud to see its look-book features our favourite model, Nicole Clulee of Red Eleven! A (faux) […]

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The Beautiful Life was out of step

/1.39

The CW   Above Nico Tortorella and Mischa Barton in The Beautiful Life. We didn’t think the CW’s The Beautiful Life would last long, but we didn’t expect it to be canned after two episodes.    It didn’t help that one of its stars, Anglo-American actress Mischa Barton, sought psychiatric treatment months before the series’ […]

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BMW’s new X1, not getting thrashed on Cobra 11

/1.15

The BMW X1 received its début before it was even shown at the IAA, the Frankfurt Motor Show, namely on the hit RTL TV show, Alarm für Cobra 11: die Autobahnpolizei. Rather than have it thrashed by Semir and Ben (or at least the stunt doubles for actors Erdogan Atalay and Tom Beck) as in […]

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The Pamela Anderson press conference at New Zealand Fashion Week

September 26, 2009/18.42

A mad, busy day—Miromoda, Starfish, Emma Ford, Trix and Dandy, Chapel, Hailwood … but the highlight of the day and week was Stolen Girlfriends’ Club. Held in a masonic lodge in Newton, the show was so popular that we were jammed in like cattle. There was no room for divas in this show.    The […]

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Spotted at New Zealand Fashion Week

/12.19

Thanks to the the girls’ super-crush on cute boy in hat, we managed to get these four stunners together for a photo op. Have you ever seen such a beautiful gang? I don’t think it’s coincidence that they are all part-Māori. Fourteen-year-old Laken (far right) is set to make waves overseas very soon—let’s just let […]

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