Ford aims to beat Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf with Focus Electric
Top Ford’s Focus Electric. Above Ford has cleverly included technology that make the Focus feel high-tech, and satisfying for drivers, including informative dashboard displays. Above The MyFord mobile app provides information on charge and range. Below Charging the Focus Electric—executive chairman Bill Ford demonstrates at the Consumer Electronics’ Show. Instead of launching at the Detroit […]
Central St Martin’s grads create Alfa Romeo concept bags
Central St Martin’s College graduates William Hendry and Tamara Elliot have created two concept designer bags for the Alfa Romeo MiTo—Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in 2009—to help celebrate the company’s centenary. Fifteen graduates submitted sketches for the project, which a panel of experts judged. Alfa Romeo is considering producing a limited run of […]
Hungary pushes interactive boundaries with Fashion Video Festival
Above Some of the visuals from entries in The Beautiful People. Although The Beautiful People—Fashion Video Festival Hungary took place in November, word only filtered out to some media outside the country some weeks later through participants. The festival was held at the Museum Ludwig, the contemporary art museum in Budapest. It was founded […]
Karl Lagerfeld is Volkswagen’s new spokesman
Volkswagen has released two Style packages for its Polo, Golf, Golf Plus and Golf Variant models in Germany—with Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld as its spokesman. The limited-edition Style package, which has extra equipment to the value of €3,200, features alloy wheels, fog lamps, tinted side and rear windows and a winter accessories. A Style […]
Konrad Parol, Rhian Morris, and a trip to Kolkata
It may be the holiday season, but the world doesn’t stop at Lucire. There are articles in our features’ sections, beginning with Joanna Mroczkowska and her first report on menswear designer Konrad Parol, one of Warszawa’s rising stars. We’ve had a good year looking at some menswear label, thanks largely to fashion editor Sopheak Seng; […]
Mercedes-Benz revamps C-Klasse: better fuel economy and premium interior
Above Mercedes-Benz’s C-Klasse models have had a refresh for 2011. Below One of the previous model’s biggest bugbears for us, the interior, has been given a revamp, making it feel more upmarket. Mercedes-Benz has released details of its revised 2011 C-Klasse, with 2,000 components distinguishing it from the outgoing model. There are nip–tucks to […]
Mini previews Paceman coupé concept
Mini has released images of its next concept ahead of its official début at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. The Mini Paceman is, once you take away the marketing-speak, a coupé version of the Mini Countryman crossover, and shares its frontal look with that model. Parent company BMW calls […]
Ford previews 2011 Territory with official illustration
While we get ready to announce our Car to Be Seen in for 2011, Ford has released a surprise drawing for the next Territory SUV. This was an SUV we were prepared to hate in the early 2000s, till we got behind the wheel of the very earliest models in 2004. And we instantly […]
Sopheak Seng After moving from her original store in Victoria Street to a new premise in Featherston Street a few years ago, Robyn Mathieson has now moved again with the times, to Willis Street, taking her back to her Cuba Street–Willis Street quarter roots. The relocation is a smart move from Mathieson, who has […]
Céline’s Phoebe Philo wins Designer of the Year at 2010 British Fashion Awards
Rightster Above, from top Designer of the Year Phoebe Philo. Supermodel Naomi Campbell wearing Alexander McQueen, receiving an award commemorating 25 years of her career. Céline designer Phoebe Philo has won the prestigious Designer of the Year accolade at the 2010 British Fashion Awards, beating off Erdem and Christopher Kane, held at the Savoy Theatre […]
