Has Ryanair pushed its 2010 calendar too far?
Related story: Ryanair launches 2012 cabin crew calendar We knew it was that time of year again: the number of searches that resulted in hits at Lucire about the Ryanair calendar were on the rise again. Last year, this magazine covered the story briefly, trying to stay neutral by reporting the facts. We detailed […]
Twilight’s Christian Serrato appears nude in PETA’s latest campaign
Christian Serratos’s new poster for PETA, one of the long-running ‘I’d rather go naked than wear fur’ series, is well timed to promote the new movie, Twilight: New Moon. The youngest actress to have appeared in one of the advertisements—Serrato is 19—her poster has imagery intended to remind audiences of the vampire flick, right […]
Scarlett smoulders in retro campaign for Dolce & Gabbana
Earlier this year, Dolce & Gabbana broke its first campaign featuring actress Scarlett Johansson. In the latest advertisements for the brand’s l’Eau the One, Johansson is back, shot in black and white with a 1950s’ retro style. Our verdict: it’s great that D&G is celebrating curves over the waif look, and Johansson is a great […]
British Fashion Council announces eco-fashion mentoring
The British Fashion Council has announced the winners of a programme to develop eco-fashion businesses as part of its ethical fashion initiative, Estethica. Six designer businesses have been selected to receive one-to-one expert support from one of three industry mentors: brand consultants Susanne Tide-Frater and Yasmin Sewell, and buying consultant Bev Malik. The designers […]
Countdown to Style Christchurch
We’re attending Andhy Blake’s Style Christchurch 2009 show, which promises an aeronautical theme at the Isaac Theatre Royal tomorrow night (November 12) at 8 p.m. in Christchurch, New Zealand. We attended his first one in 2007 and thought it was huge fun: Andhy timed the models impeccably and got through the sets without sacrificing the […]
Claudia Schiffer and others commemorate children’s rights’ convention
The fall of the Berlin Wall is not the only 20th anniversary being celebrated this month. UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassadors have recorded a series of PSAs to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which takes place on November 20. Supermodel Claudia Schiffer appears in one PSA (above) […]
Being pregnant still means being sexy, thanks to HotMilk Lingerie
What if you have worn glamorous lingerie all your life, but the minute you become pregnant, your choices begin looking limited? We came across Tauranga, New Zealand-based HOTMilk Lingerie on Twitter, and firmly believe this international brand deserves to be even better known. Now three years old, the story began when co-owner Lisa […]
Water crystals inspire Dogstar collection
It’s not every day you see photography of this calibre in a catalogue. The label is Dogstar, the work of Masayo Yasuki and her team. What’s fascinating with the Laika range—named for the first mammal in space—is the collaboration with visual artist Paolo Milani, inspired by the work of Dr Masaru Emoto. Even […]
Porsche Boxster Spyder is the butch one
In 1953, Porsche showed its original racing 550 Spyder, a lightweight roadster—a model which could count James Dean as one of its owners. In the 1980s, to get more mileage out of the 911 line, the company released a Speedster version, inspired by the 356, with a lower windscreen. This time around, Porsche has released […]
Paris and Nicky Hilton, Kate Walsh, Cat Deeley and others on Jimmy Choo for H&M
WireImage Yes, that is Paris Hilton (left)—who, along with her sister, Nicky, and many other Hollywood celebrities, attended a star-studded bash high above the Sunset Strip in Hollywood on Monday, to launch the Jimmy Choo for H&M range. Previewed in June in Lucire, and again a few weeks ago when the range neared its […]
