Extra Christmas treats from the Body Shop
The Body Shop USA We couldn’t get enough of the goodies from the Body Shop we looked at in last month’s post. Now we are looking at their new range of Christmas gift sets titled Love, Peace and Joy, each one coordinated to a specific scent including the Frosted Cranberry and the Glazed Apple range […]
Backes & Strauss and English National Ballet continue partnership into 2015
Backes & Strauss and the English National Ballet will continue their partnership for a second year, with the Ballet’s artistic director Tamara Rojo becoming the brand’s new ambassador. Rojo had endorsed Backes & Strauss’s Victoria collection last year. She will become the face of the Backes & Strauss in its 2015 campaigns. English […]
Edward Enninful to be honoured at 2014 British Fashion Awards
Edward Enninful will receive the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator at this year’s British Fashion Awards, the British Fashion Council announced today. Ghanese-born Enninful is a stylist and the current fashion and style director of W. In 1991, he became fashion director of I-D, at the age of 18, making him the […]
Absolut Vodka launches Andy Warhol limited-edition bottle into New Zealand
Absolut Vodka’s latest limited-edition bottle pays tribute to one of the greatest pop culture icons of all: Andy Warhol. Warhol was the first artist to create an original artwork for Absolut in the 1980s, for an advertisement simply titled, ‘Absolut Warhol’. The image has become iconic and arguably helped make the Absolut bottle recognizable […]
Tested: we indulge in the Body Shop’s Christmas 2014 selection
The Body Shop’s Christmas shopping selection has some of its most indulgent products, and Lucire has tried some of them out. There are plenty of products in the Body Shop’s Glazed Apple body care line, from the very simple but effective Bonbon Soap (NZ$10·25) to the indulgent bath jelly (NZ$33·95). The soap has a […]
District notes that Kendall Jenner, the new face of Estée Lauder, wears a top from its range. The blush pink top retails for US$108. Blake Lively had also recently chosen District for a photo shoot for her new website, Preserve. Charlie’s wants New Zealand customers to try their Straight Up cola, and decide whether […]
Sponsored video: Christmas is a different world at Very.co.uk
A Lucire special promotion It’s nearly Christmas, and as much as we might want to delay thinking about shopping for the season, Very.co.uk is in full force with its new commercial starring its brand ambassador, Fearne Cotton. Cotton, who is very recognizable in the UK for her hosting duties on everything from Top of […]
Expertly executed: the New Zealand School of Dance’s 2014 Graduation Season
Stephen A’Court Top Samantha Vottari and Tynan Wood in Double Stop. Centre Wessel Oostrum’s The Speech, danced to the words of Charlie Chaplin. Here, Jeremy Beck dances. Above The challenge of dancing the Balanchine Ballet, Concerto Barocco, here with Samantha Vottari and Tynan Wood. Choreography by George Balanchine, and copyrighted to the George Balanchine Trust. […]
Bentley gauges interest with Grand Convertible concept as it guns for Rolls-Royce Drophead
Since Volkswagen took over Bentley, the company has only fielded one convertible line in the top tier, the Azure. Since 2010, the marque has left the convertible market for the Continental GTC to pursue, but those wanting something more exclusive have had to turn to Bentley’s former sister brand, Rolls-Royce, which had tapped into the […]
Kendall Jenner signed as Estée Lauder’s new face: social media consumers among targets
Courtesy Estée Lauder Estée Lauder has signed model Kendall Jenner for digital, TV, print advertising and social media campaigns. The company sees Jenner’s personal social media following as an asset, able to bridge them with fashion and entertainment, while targeting younger consumers. She has 30 million fans across Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and […]
