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NPO names Taylor Swift 2013’s most generous celebrity; One Direction in second place

December 30, 2013/23.52

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images American NPO DoSomething.org has published its list of the top 20 celebrities who have given to charity. While the criteria are not given, it does appear restricted to celebrities who have made an impact Stateside.    The site places Taylor Swift (above) in first place, with donations including US$100,000 to the Nashville […]

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Angela Lansbury, Penelope Keith become Dames in New Year Honours’ List

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Eva Rinaldi/Creative Commons 2·0 Hugo Bernand/Cartier Top Angela Lansbury, who receives a DBE in the New Year Honours’ List, announced today. Above Katherine Jenkins receives an OBE for her contribution to music and services to charity. Actresses Angela Lansbury and Penelope Keith are to become Dames in the New Year Honours’ List. Lansbury, 88, best […]

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Miss France 2014 your top story, and Princess Madeleine your favourite newsmaker

December 29, 2013/1.19

Bruno Ehrs/Kungahuset Above HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden was the person you searched for the most this year. We’ve told you who we thought 2013’s newsmakers were. But who did you want to read about this year?    In first place: HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden. The younger of HM King Carl XVI Gustaf’s daughters […]

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Dopo Natale: letter from Venezia

December 28, 2013/23.19

Paula Sweet Greetings the week after Christmas 2013! I’m living here for the month, writing and reporting, and the city is grand. You still see huge tour groups of curious Asians—welcome, friends! But the lanes are comparatively empty now, and they will thin out next week after the New Year. It’s the perfect season to […]

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Lucire TV: fashion’s significant moments and trends of 2013

/11.57

While we had our newsmakers, what else summed up 2013 in the fashion business?    In a nutshell: Marc Jacobs’ departure from Louis Vuitton after 16 years and his last show at Paris Fashion Week, the return of Tom Ford and a big show to London, the revival of Schiaparelli under Christian Lacroix, the return […]

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Ready for ’14: a new look for Lucire’s home page

/11.04

Above Out with the old, in with the new—with J-Law doing the honours as the first cover girl of the new look. (It was Kylie Minogue a year ago.) Our home page has had a nip–tuck today. Well, it’s closer to a full redesign.    During 2013, there seems to have been a trend toward […]

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Polaroid projection: originality in the digital age

December 27, 2013/0.49

In a modern context, we look to social media to promote us and to expand our visibility in the world. Images are posted and reposted, only to be reposted again. Even this blog is an attempt to promote what I want the world to see of myself, to reach more people than I see in […]

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British Airways celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema with Bollywood film event

December 21, 2013/10.51

British Airways’ film extravaganza, Silent Picturehouse, celebrated the centenary of Indian cinema in Mumbai last week, with Arjun Rampal, Malaika Arora Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Mandira Bedi, Chitrangda Singh, Minissha Lamba, and Sophie Choudry among the red-carpet VIPs.    The event, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai, had Bollywood screenings in three cinemas […]

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Lucire’s Instagram round-up, December 20

December 20, 2013/11.09

This week’s stylish Instagram moments include the absolutely stunning supermodel and former Victoria’s Secret “Angel” Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. This shot shows Rosie looking like a 1960s bombshell with big hair, winged lashes and a vixen-like expression: this look really suits her! Another awesome make-up look this week is from Miroslava Duma, who has become a regular […]

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Kate Moss returns to front Stuart Weitzman’s spring 2014 campaign

December 17, 2013/22.06

Supermodel Kate Moss has continued her connection to Stuart Weitzman, this time modelling for its spring 2014 advertising campaign with images by Mario Testino.    The chief image is simple, shot in black and white and with Moss donning Stuart Weitzman’s latest minimalist heel, called ‘The Nudist’. Her make-up has a nude look, and her […]

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