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 Pamela Anderson’s Baywatch one-piece, Louis Réard original among exhibits at Splash! Bar Refaeli, Pelé […]
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 […]
Jessica Alba’s in the red spirit
Campari launched its 2009 calendar, starring Jessica Alba, at a celebrity event in Milano yesterday. We’ve featured a few of Mario Testino’s stunning images from the calendar, with Alba promoting the red spirit in each one, some subtly, some less so (with the Campari bottle being quite noticeable). Also noticeable: make-up has been getting a […]
Michael Caine is London’s favourite Londoner
In an effort to get tourist numbers up, Britain’s Visit London campaign, in association with Virgin Atlantic, has presented an award to actor Michael Caine—Sir Maurice Micklewhite—for being London’s Favourite Londoner. The award was voted on by fellow Londoners and is one of fourteen Visit London awards that are presented. The awards are now in […]
More of Anne Hathaway on Lancôme Magnifique
We’ve put up some extra images from behind the scenes of the Lancôme Magni?que TV commercial, starring Anne Hathaway and directed by Peter Lindbergh, this week. A video showing the making of the commercial was shown on the Lucire TV site last month. You may also like Anne Hathaway, behind the scenes on Lancôme Magnifique […]
E! says Karolína Kurková is world’s sexiest woman
Above: Karolína Kurková in La Perla, as featured in Lucire in 2001. E! Entertainment Television has named Karolína Kurková as the world’s sexiest woman for 2008. Model Bar Rafaeli and actress Angelina Jolie took second and third places. Rounding off the top 10 were Gisèle Bündchen, Scarlett Johansson, Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Penélope […]
Charlize Theron, UN Messenger of Peace
In the main part of our site today, photographs of and quotations from Charlize Theron as she is inducted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as a Messenger of Peace, focusing on violence against women. As we reveal, this matter is very near and dear to Theron’s heart, and she has spent a great deal […]
