Ecover 3 skipper Mike Golding meets Kelly Brook at London Boat Show
Ecover 3 skipper Mike Golding might have had to retire from the Vendée Globe race due to a damaged mast, but he did make it back to the UK for the opening of the London Boat Show at Excel on January 9 to meet celebrity Kelly Brook. Above are scenes from the opening and Golding […]
Britney Spears turns her image around, as predicted
Above: Britney Spears in a Hidden Fantasy print advertisement for Elizabeth Arden. Who would have guessed, when we published our piece, ‘Rescuing the Britney Spears Image’ in March last year, that the singer’s negative image could be overturned so substantially by January 2009? Since March 2008, Spears has made a proper comeback—despite continuing bad […]
Claudia Schiffer next with beauty line?
Yet another supermodel might be launching a cosmetics’ range: Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid says Claudia Schiffer is planning a line for the summer, to sell alongside a jewellery range that bears her name. Both Cindy Crawford and Elle Macpherson, Schiffer’s supermodel contemporaries from the 1980s and 1990s, have beauty ranges that they endorse. […]
TOMS Shoes, Rag-bag, Paul Newman among Medinge Brands with a Conscience winners
Above: A 2005 photograph of Paul Newman with ‘Paul’, an eight-year-old Victory Junction Gang camper, during the Las Vegas Champ Car 400. Among the Medinge Group’s Brands with a Conscience winners, announced today by the international branding think-tank, is TOMS Shoes, known for donating a pair to communities in need whenever one is bought. Annually, […]
Simply Paris dans la nouvelle ville
Simply Paris, famous in Wellington for its pastries and French cuisine, opened a new shop in the capital city’s fast-gentrifying Newtown district (at 112 Riddiford Street) on December 18. Pascal and Agnès Chivot welcomed such luminaries as HE Michel Legras, Ambassador of France; Her Worship Kerry Prendergast, Mayor of Wellington; Miss New Zealand Samantha Powell […]
Stars help Juicy Couture open flagship store
Juicy Couture decided to buck the doom and gloom of American economic news by opening its Fifth Avenue flagship store in New York City—and plenty of celebrities turned out to support founders Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy. Juicy Couture—which Lucire has been covering for years as well—now emcompasses swimwear, sunglasses, intimates, kids’ and babies’ clothing, […]
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sues over nude photograph on bags
French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is suing Pardon, a Reunion-based clothing company, for using a nude image of her from a 1993 photo shoot on one of its bags. The caption reads, ‘Mon mec aurait du m’acheter du Pardon,’ or ‘My man should have bought me Pardon.’ Bruni-Sarkozy’s lawyer’s spokesman, Iqbal Akhoun, has told […]
Ray-Ban celebrates Clubmaster at Bowery Ballroom
Ray-Ban has been celebrating its Clubmaster style, originally launched in 1986 and inspired by the lifestyle of the 1950s and 1960s, at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. Celebrities attending included Maggie Gyllenhaal, Blake Lively, Diane Kruger, Joshua Jackson, Ed Westwick, Kevin Bacon, Robert Buckley and Charlotte Ronson. Black Kids, Ipso-Facto and White Williams performed, with a […]
Nicole Kidman, Ellen MacArthur and others speak on Omega
Omega has had many spokespeople over the years—sailor Ellen MacArthur, actress Nicole Kidman, astronaut Gene Cernan and Formula One champion Michael Schumacher. Here, they discuss being ambassadors for the Swiss watch brand, and some of their accomplishments. You may also like Bar Refaeli, Pelé and Lapo Elkann celebrate Hublot’s Big Bang watch anniversary at new […]
On the red carpet with Jessica Alba
Above: Cash Warren and Jessica Alba, and Campari CEO Bob Kunze-Concewitz. (Getty Images photograph.) We’ve a few more shots from the December 2 launch of Jessica Alba’s calendar for Campari, held at la Permanente in Milano, Italy. Surf over to the main part of the site here. The story on the calendar, plus a few […]
