Alexandra Owen premières her Little Black Dress brand
Sopheak Seng Above The Alexandra Owen Little Black Dress models, in a tableau style. Below Designer Alexandra Owen. Jack Yan The little black dress has long been a wardrobe staple for every woman. From Chanel, to Givenchy for Audrey Hepburn and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the allure, sophistication and chic of a little black dress […]
Clearing out those virtual cobwebs
Hopefully, after three hours of tidying up and link-checking, we’ve weeded out the dead links in our magazine links’ section. If you have any good suggestions for new links who are willing to swap with us, please let us know—we ask that they not be content mills or filled with affiliate links, but contribute something […]
Audi launches innovative new A6, including hybrid model
Audi A6 3,0 TDI Quattro Audi A6 Hybrid Audi A6 3,0 TFSI Quattro S-Line Audi A6 interior Audi has launched its new-generation A6 saloon, arriving at dealerships in 2011. With sales internationally—including the mainland Chinese market where Audi has sold many long-wheelbase C6-generation A6s—Audi can claim that its entrant is the world’s top selling […]
A trio of culinary developments in Wellington
TECO Top Simply Paris‘s Pascal Chivot receives his Chevalier dans l’ordre du mérite agricole from French Ambassador HE Michel Legras. Above Chefs from Taiwan treat Wellingtonians to a taste of the island’s unique cuisine. Pascal Chivot is probably Wellington’s favourite pastry chef. His Simply Paris shops on Cuba Street and Riddiford Street, Newtown, are famous […]
TAFE Sydney’s Fashion Design Studio shows end-of-year parades
Above Alison Parker, Tina Johnson and Lauren Mitchell. TAFE Sydney’s Fashion Design Studio’s 2010 end-of-year parades were held on November 17 at the Carriageworks, featuring over 100 outfits from all three stages of the Studio’s course. The judges of the competition—designers Marnie Skillings, Gary Bigeni, Friedrich Gray’s Ben Pollitt, and the (Australian) Sunday Telegraph […]
Eco-luxe, conjured in the Bay, refined in Portland
Former fashion model and budding designer, Courtney Leonard, has no hidden agenda when it comes to conveying her love for luxury goods and the environment. The Oregon native, who has made her way back to the inspiring grounds of her childhood, creates what she calls ‘eco-luxe’ products, from accessories and dresses to one-of-a-kind leather handbags […]
Lanvin for H&M’s NYC couture show and Alexandra Owen lead our fashion coverage
Dan Lecca There are two great fashion stories in the features’ part of the Lucire site today, each on top labels in their respective countries. Above are photographs, by Dan Lecca for Hennes & Mauritz, of the Lanvin Loves H&M haute couture show at the Pierre Hotel in New York on Thursday night. The […]
Cyclus’s bags make eco-design more fashionable
Cyclus was created in Colombia in 2002 was designed to fill a niche in today’s market. The range of bags comprises durable fashionable products of the highest quality and innovative design. Made from premium raw recycled materials, you can be sure that you make a fashion statement while still caring about the environment. […]
Range Rover shows five-door Evoque: videos
The Range Rover Evoque, whose launch we covered earlier this year when Victoria Beckham was announced as a design executive for Land Rover, will spawn a five-door model, to be shown at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 17. The sleek lines of the original are interrupted slightly with the extra door, and […]
A nip–tuck for Lucire’s home page
Visitors to our home page might have noticed a few nip–tucks as of this morning. It’s an acknowledgement of how you use the home page. The page is slightly wider, because many monitors are wider today. While it’s still not designed for those of you with 23-inch screens, it now has a nominal […]
