With our server shift (great service from Xplosiv.ly) and all the fashion weeks happening through February, a few news items on our radar have been delayed—but we believe they are of interest to our readers, regardless. The first is Jameson Irish Whiskey’s new limited-edition bottle for St Patrick’s Day 2013 (right). Jameson had already […]
Month: February 2013
Amid the bustling of holiday traffic, a layover, and no time for tea, I took a moment to speak with prominent talent, Yasemen Hussein. The London-based artist and creative all-star designs exceptional artworks that are both captivating to the fine art tenderfoot as well as any artistic mastermind. As I found a quiet space […]
Celebrities attend H&M’s first catwalk show at Paris Fashion Week
H&M Hennes & Mauritz presented its first catwalk show at Paris Fashion Week, live at the Musée Rodin and webcast at hm.com. Among the VIPs were Chloë Moretz, Tali Lennox, Caroline de Maigret, Ashley Olsen, Pixie Geldof, Lizzie Jagger, Josephine de la Baume, Emma Roberts, Melissa George, Daisy Lowe and Carine Roitfeld. The […]
Leona Lewis is the Body Shop’s new ‘brand activist’
After a successful year where Lily Cole promoted the Body Shop through her channels, the ethical beauty retailer has announced that Leona Lewis will be its new ‘brand activist’, to use the company’s term. It’s not altogether inaccurate: instead of simply posing in photo shoots for the brand, the Body Shop expects that its […]
Made to Move a fluid, beautiful collection of premières from the Royal New Zealand Ballet
Royal New Zealand Ballet Jack Yan The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s trio of premières tonight in Made to Move at the St James Theatre was an enjoyable mixture of innovative and classical. The first production, danced on a plain stage so audiences could focus on the work itself, was The Anatomy of a Passing […]
Video: the 2013 Oscars, from red-carpet gowns to Jennifer Lawrence’s fall, and Argo’s win
Official White House photograph Above First Lady Michelle Obama reads out the Best Picture winner live from the White House. Updated at 5.22 a.m. GMT with results of top awards, and at 8.39 a.m. GMT with additional videos With the 85th Academy Awards concluded, Lucire has highlights from the telecast below. Daniel Day-Lewis has […]
Silver Linings Playbook triumphs at Film Independent Spirit Awards
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards took place in a tent at Santa Monica beach on Saturday, supported by Jameson Irish Whiskey, with Silver Linings Playbook the big winner at the event. Silver Linings Playbook beat rival independent films Beasts of the Southern Wild, Bernie, Keep the Lights on, and Moonrise […]
Milano Moda Donna, autumn–winter 2013–14: Fendi, Emilio Pucci, Marni and Byblos
Lucire tends to have a smaller presence in Milano, although we have managed to source three videos from the autumn–winter 2013–14 collections at fashion week. Fendi has been going back to its roots, and autumn–winter 2013–14 is no exception. The abundance of fur (mink and fox) will divide observers, while Karl Lagerfeld kept his […]
Paula Sweet The area around Palm Springs, California has made a gradual transformation in recent history from retirement community to trendy retreat. Known internationally for its film festival, music festival, as a tennis and golf paradise, gay destination, and popular health tourism mecca, the desert community has a new aspect that goes beyond simple cosmetic […]
London Fashion Week autumn–winter 2013–14, day five: from Simone Rocha to Haizhen Wang
Douglas Rimington/www.detunephotography.com As London Fashion Week draws to a close and the circuit moves on to Milano, we have videos from Simone Rocha, Lucas Nascimento, Paul Costelloe, Emilio de la Morena (above), Meadham Kirchhoff, Maria Grachvogel, Roksanda Ilincić, Tata Naka, Aminaka Wilmont, Haizhen Wang, and Anya Hindmarch. There is also a day five highlight reel. […]