Taormina Film Fest opens, with Claudia Cardinale, Margareth Madè, Raoul Bova
Tullio M. Puglia Valerio Pennicino The 60th Taormina Film Fest has started in the picturesque Sicilian town, with Maserati as a sponsor, and Claudia Cardinale, Margareth Madè and Raoul Bova among the red-carpet arrivals that we’ve spotted. Cardinale arrived for the screening of Manoel de Oliveira’s Gebo et l’ombre, in which she stars. Other […]
Mini re-creates Goodbye Pork Pie chase scene to launch fourth-generation model
When BMW launched its Mini at the turn of the century, it resisted doing the obvious thing in its marketing: reenacting The Italian Job. Over the years, various retro Mini marketing ideas have, nevertheless, surfaced, such as ‘Minis have feelings, too,’ re-created one Christmas, and for the New Zealand market, BMW is digging in to […]
H&M opens on Fifth Avenue, in collaboration with the Whitney Museum and Jeff Koons
As previewed on our Facebook, Hennes & Mauritz will partner with the Whitney Museum of American Art and artist Jeff Koons in the opening of their five-storey, 57,000 ft² 589 Fifth Avenue store on July 17, 12 p.m. H&M will sponsor the Whitney Museum’s Jeff Koons: a Retrospective, and collaborate with the artist. The […]
From modelling to fashion, what makes Brazil special?
David M. Benett Above Adriana Lima, appearing here for Victoria’s Secret, exemplifies the sensual Brazilian model who commands attention. With the World Cup round the corner, the focus is on Brazil, including Brazilian models (it is the home of Gisèle Bündchen, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Isabeli Fontana), and Brazilian fashion. Our series of videos […]
The sweet smells of the Body Shop this winter: thinking big and raspberry fare
One indisputable thing about the Body Shop’s products is that the scents are delectable. This month’s jumbo-sized shower gel (750 ml, available in strawberry, moringa, olive, satsuma or pink grapefruit, retailing at NZ$36·50) and body butter (300 ml, in shea, mango, coconut, olive, strawberry or moringa, NZ$41·50) are incredible, value-for-money ways to get your favourite […]
The Voice US winner Cassadee Pope is Proactiv’s new celebrity spokeswoman
Cassadee Pope, winner of the third season of the US version of Dutch show The Voice and CMT Breakthrough Video of the Year, is the new spokeswoman for Proactiv. Pope is the latest young celebrity that the acne-fighting skin care range has tapped to connect with consumers, endorsing the brand, following in the footsteps […]
Sponsored video: American Express wants your EveryDay moments
American Express’s EveryDay Card is an addition to its traditional range of debit and credit cards. It’s aiming at younger consumers by hiring Shameless Maya, the online personality known for her beauty tips and slices of life on YouTube, who recounts her “everyday moment” of heading out with a friend to do some exercise. She […]
Destination datelines: Catalina, Paris, Gurgaon, Punta Ala
©1964 Bettmann/Corbis ©1966 Hulton–Deutsch/Corbis Top The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night, 1964. Above George Harrison marries Pattie Boyd in 1966. Catalina Island, California Hard to believe it’s been a half-century since the première of A Hard Day’s Night. To commemorate the date, the Catalina Island Museum will mount a special 50th anniversary screening of […]
Lucire’s Instagram round-up, June 6: Natalia Vodianova nude to Lupita Nyong’o’s nails
Model Natalia Vodianova made headlines with her Instagram this week, showing off a nude image with her breastfeeding son, photographed by Paolo Roversi. The photograph was dedicated to her husband, Antoine Arnault, for his birthday. It was later revealed by Vodianova on her Instagram that the photographer was Roversi, who ‘was one of the […]
Wellington’s entrepreneurial women: Lisa Tamati opens jewellery store; publishing house launches
Lisa Tamati, known in ultra-marathon circles, has a side to her that only a handful of fashionistas are aware of: she is a jeweller, trained in Wien, Austria, who has recently relocated from the Taranaki to Wellington, New Zealand. Tamati has opened a shop in Dukes’ Arcade on the corner of Willis and Manners […]
