Adriana Lima, Karolína Kurková, Melanie Laurent, Kevin Spacey among celebs at IWC gala
Harold Cunningham David M. Benett IWC Schaffhausen débuted its Aquatimer diver’s watch collection at a celebrity-filled opening at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) on the 20th in Genève. Last night, the Swiss watchmaker held a gala evening called Inside the Wave, with even more VIPs from the worlds of modelling, film, motor […]
Iris van Herpen/Jean Baptiste Mondino Karl Giant Top Iris van Herpen is among the six winners of the Han Nefkens Fashion on the Edge Awards. Above Olek of Poland, also on the winners’ list. An exhibition, The Future of Fashion Is Now, will open on October 11, 2014 and run to January 18, 2015 at […]
It was a tie between Gravity and 12 Years a Slave at the 25th annual Producers’ Guild Awards, which now puts Alfonso Cuarón’s space-set drama, starring Sandra Bullock, among the front-runners for the Academy Awards. The films both won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures—Gravity for Alfonso Cuarón […]
Style this week: the Audrey Hepburn look—wherever you’re going, I’m going your way
The concept for this week’s style profile began while I was shoe shopping at local Wellington-based store, Shoezies. This shop is full of exquisitely made, usually hand-crafted, European brand shoes. I came across these forest green, sling-back, pointy-toe, kitten heels and fell in love. I am celebrating the comeback of kitten heels as they are […]
Lucire’s Sopheak Seng puts Wellington fashion in focus with Cup Day events
Nikita Brown/Nikita Brown Photography Sopheak Seng, fashion editor of Lucire, is one of the judges for Wellington Cup Day’s Fashion in the Field. As a preview event, he will helm a mini-fashion show for the Cup’s barrier launch this Wednesday, January 22, at Midland Park, on Lambton Quay in Wellington, New Zealand. The barrier […]
Who received Annah Stretton’s $30,000?
Designer Annah Stretton announced in December 2013 her 10 Days of Donations campaign, which would see a NZ$30,000 money pool be given to worthy causes around New Zealand. Over 2,000 nominations were received for various charities between December 14 and 24. ‘The huge numbers of individuals who made nominations proves to me that despite […]
Behind the Lucire 2014 redesign, and a features’ round-up
Surface Too Deep Top A promotional image from Surface Too Deep. The model on the left is reading Lucire. It’s a better photo than we could have come up with to promote ourselves. Above Lucire’s new look for the web edition’s news pages for 2014. You may have noticed we’ve continued to do some housekeeping […]
Aldo retails bracelets in a new campaign to benefit HIV–Aids NPO
Aldo, known more for its shoes, is launching a collection of friendship bracelets to raise funds for Partners in Health, a non-profit organization combatting HIV and Aids. The bracelets have been designed in collaboration with Waris Loves You. The latest Aldo Fights Aids campaign, hashtagged #FriendsFight, will see 100 per cent of net […]
Lucire’s Instagram round-up, January 17
This week has been full of fun and festive events and the fashion Instagram round-up this week reflects that. The first event this week was, of course, the Golden Globes. The Globes bring out the big guns of red carpet attire. My best dressed of the event was nominated actress from 12 Years a Slave, […]
Elyse Glickman Above Candles by the Hartmont Candle Company. Though the British and the Australians have set up camp for years during awards’ season in Los Angeles, with their A-list magnet G’Day LA and BAFTA Tea Party events, Canada stepped into the ring this year with a special fund-raiser, Oh! Canada, benefiting the Friends of […]
