H&M launches latest UNICEF campaign with children’s T-shirt
Hennes & Mauritz will contribute to UNICEF with a children’s T-shirt in 100 per cent organic cotton, to be sold from March 31 in Sweden. Twenty per cent of the T-shirts’ sales will be donated. The unisex T-shirt is available for Kr 79,50 in H&M’s children’s department, fitting sizes 86 to 128. […]
Fashion industry group urges consumers to support Christchurch labels
Last week, Fashion Industry New Zealand (FINZ) published its Fashion Impact Report on the Christchurch earthquake, examining how designers, retailers and wholesalers were faring after the February 22 disaster. There’s an extra connection to us: it was penned by Lucire’s own Vicki Matias on the direction of FINZ executive officer Mapihi Opai. In a […]
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes promote The Kennedys, while Lady Gaga thanks fans for her birthday
Copyright ©2010 Kennedys Productions (Ontario) Inc. and Zak Cassar Leading celebrity news today: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have headed on to the red carpet to promote Holmes’s mini-series, The Kennedys. Holmes said she had some concerns when the mini-series was scrapped by the History Channel, but it will now be broadcast on the […]
Getting the sassy beach look, with KMS California
We’ve featured a number of videos from Lancôme dealing with make-up—but what about hair? KMS California’s on the case, with its international creative director Clive Allwright showing how one can get a beach-casual look without the frizz. Among the products Allwright uses are two offerings from KMS California’s Hairplay range. The first is a […]
Gucci helps with Grammy musical archives’ preservation efforts
The Image Gate/Getty Images for Gucci Gucci celebrated its partnership with the Recording Academy at Baselworld by showing off its Grammy timepiece and jewellery collection, and announcing a preservation project being handled by the Grammy Museum. Announced last October, the partnership sees Gucci supporting the Academy and, notably, this latest venture. Recently unearthed […]
A Lucire update: from Vivienne Westwood to our favourite coats
For our RSS readers, there are a few features on the main part of our site that you will want to pop by and see. Jobs.co.nz’s winner, Kate Goodbehere, who won a prize to be Lucire’s fashion editor for a day, has penned her article—a top 10 on coats, supervised by fashion editor Sopheak […]
More successes for Madrid’s fourth Fitting Room
Alessia Rollo Genetic Photos Helmet Dress Le Moulin Joly Munota, Art by Kids Salvador Bachiller Susana de Dios Victim of Art Wear Your Etch The fourth Fitting Room was held at the Petit Palace Art Gallery Hotel in Madrid earlier this month, with works from Italy, Venezuela, Belgium, México, Colombia and Spain. The Brandery, […]
BMW launches the 650i Cabriolet, with the bigger picture in mind
March 15, and New Zealand was already enjoying the launch of the BMW 6-series Cabriolet—mere weeks after the official global launch. From memory, this was the quickest New Zealand launch for any car, if one measures the weeks after a global launch. That includes certain Australian models. To make it extra-special, Lucire was one […]
Dame Elizabeth Taylor is late for her own funeral
Dame Elizabeth Taylor was late for her own funeral—at her own request. In accordance with her wishes, the 79-year-old actress’s service began 15 minutes after the publicized time. Dame Elizabeth has been laid to rest at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, after a private service held outside Los Angeles. […]
Glimpses from Paris: Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Valentino, Anna dello Russo and Christian Loubotin
While Paris editor Lola Saab went Stateside to help our New York Fashion Week coverage, our new correspondent Léona d’Huy popped in to the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac autumn–winter 2011–12 show, entitled Woman/Ray, for Lucire at the Place de la Concorde. Her report from the events of March 8 follow, translated from the French. Photographers take […]
