Keira Knightley flirts up a storm for Coco Mademoiselle
As day breaks, golden sunlight bathes over a slumbering Keira Knightley. A Joss Stone version of ‘It’s a Man’s, Man’s World’ starts just as she awakens, and the scene is set. Keira, who is vamping up her role in a short film for Chanel directed by Pride and Prejudice’s Joe Wright, gets up, wrapped in […]
Hope Villa aptly named a romantic haven after big earthquake rocked Christchurch
This was the most relaxing, cathartic and re-energizing but surreal holiday ever, after a devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. We are shading ourselves from the scorching sun under the terracotta tile-roof summer house at a stunning plush luxury lodge—Hope Villa—20 minutes southeast of Christchurch International Airport. This feels like such a romantic […]
From avant-garde to co-creation
We frequently come across labels at Lucire that we love, but haven’t had time to quiz the designers to give us more background. But, in the interests of giving readers sneak peeks as soon as possible, here are some which we feel deserve a mention. Conchita Pérez: avant-garde Conchita Pérez, based in London, has worked […]
A honey theme drives Louis Vuitton’s windows
Stephane Muratet In April 2009, Louis Vuitton installed three beehives on the roof of its Parisian HQ on the rue de Pont Neuf. Its first batch of honey is now ready for spring, celebrated through creative displays at many of its store windows worldwide till May. It is a nod to biodiversity. As Louis […]
İstanbul Edition hotel promises to be the ‘coolest place in town’
Edition, the new lifestyle hotel brand from Marriott and creative adviser Ian Schrager, will open a new property in İstanbul in April. It follows on from the Waikiki Edition, launched last October, which was awarded the AAA 4-Diamond. Located in the Levent district, where the Kanyon mall is situated, the 13-storey Istanbul Edition […]
Celebrities donate to Japan to varying degrees
This is all well and good: ITN’s report about celebrities donating to organizations working with the Japan earthquake and tsunami. The Sandra Bullock report, we can understand, deserves applause, and Demi Lovato has done a good thing so early in her career: both are donating amounts from their own pockets. But is this the same […]
Stolen Girlfriends’ Club: away with snobbery, setting a catwalk show in a supermarket
We have to hand it to Stolen Girlfriends’ Club for its innovative supermarket catwalk on Thursday, which seemed very of-the-moment. The New Zealand fashion label took over the Victoria Park, Auckland branch of New World supermarket, with its models walking down each of the 20 aisles over six minutes, treating the public to an unanticipated […]
Lancôme’s latest beauty tips: ‘perfectly natural skin’
Lancôme’s latest beauty tips’ video is not hosted by German Moyano, who has helmed so many for the French brand, but make-up artist Roberto Siguero. Entitled ¿Quiere una piel naturalmente perfecta? (Want perfectly natural skin?), the latest video is in Spanish without subtitles. Siguero uses Lancôme Génifique to prepare the skin, Teint Miracle […]
British Vogue editor discusses Kate Middleton as see-through dress reaches £78,000
British Vogue editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman comments on Kate Middleton. This is one of the few intelligent commentaries on Middleton’s fashion, taking a bigger-picture view than the usual tabloid reporting on William and Kate. Shulman discusses the nature of fame and how the public looks for new people who can be in the limelight, in […]
Make Up For Ever launches beauty campaign with no retouching
Make Up For Ever has done what so many beauty companies have declined to do—and in one move catapulted its brand into mainstream recognition. The company has released what it claims to be ‘the first unretouched makeup ad’, in a print and online campaign—appealing to consumers who demand a more no-nonsense message. The […]
