Karen Elson, Libby Callaway speak at couture exhibition
Victoria & Albert Museum Above Zémire evening ensemble by Christian Dior, autumn–winter 1954–5. Cellulose acetate, with the skirt lined with layers of silk and net. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn. is showing an exhibition entitled The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957, from June 18 to September 12. […]
Twilight film studio sues Bella Swan jacket designers
Above left The BB Dakota jacket at the core of the lawsuit. Above right Kristen Stewart, as Bella Swan, wearing the jacket. Summit Entertainment LLC, the studio behind the Twilight film franchise, is filing suit against BB Dakota, Modcloth and Metropark. BB Dakota created the jacket worn by Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan character in the […]
Renault, Mercedes-Benz make pushes in film
Getty Images Above Melissa Theuriau and Mathilda May at Cannes, stepping out of Renault Vel Satises. Craig Blankenhorn Above Carrie and co. with the new Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse cabriolet and the Maybach limousines. Two car companies really pushed their marketing last week. Renault has had fairly good exposure for its poor-selling Vel Satis saloon as the […]
Cannes closes with more glamour, and Emmanuelle Béart in a suit
We are as guilty as many media for covering a lot of the opening of the Festival de Cannes, but less of the closing. On the last few days, we spotted Mary J. Blige and Camilla Belle in Gucci, while at the closing ceremony last night, jury member Kate Beckinsale wowed us in Nina Ricci […]
From Cheryl Cole to the fitness “boot camp”
Sean Gallup for de Grisogono/Getty Images For those of you catching up with Lucire on your RSS feeds, a little note to say that we were among the first media to get you pics from Cheryl Cole’s performance at the de Grisogono dinner party, where she entertained some of the stars at the Festival de […]
Some of our favourite dresses (so far) at the 63rd Festival de Cannes
Getty Images Venturelli/WireImage Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Tony Barson/WireImage Olivier Borde/Getty Images Getty Images Giorgio Armani We promised readers late last week that we would have some images from the Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) that were not from Giorgio Armani, who had sent us quite a few ahead of the other designers. […]
Armani shows its Cannes opening ceremony outfits
Giorgio Armani Here are some of the Armani-designed outfits from yesterday’s opening ceremony at the Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival). As revealed earlier this week in Lucire, Robin Hood star Russell Crowe wore a black one-button shawl collar microfibre Giorgio Armani tuxedo. His wife, Danielle Spencer, wore a Giorgio Armani Privé white silk […]
Giorgio Armani dresses Cate Blanchett, Kristin Scott Thomas, Russell Crowe and others at Cannes
Giorgio Armani has sent us this preview sketch of Cate Blanchett’s cocktail dress that she will wear for the Robin Hood press conference at the Palais de Festival at 12.30 p.m. today at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. It is an ice-pink triple organza lamé Giorgio Armani Privé cocktail dress. Other celebrities expected to […]
Amandari to show heritage films on Bali
From July 1 to 3, 2010, Amandari, a tranquil resort overlooking the verdant Ayung River gorge on the fringes of Ubud, will host a viewing of heritage films of Bali in conjunction with the French Cinémathèque of Dance and the Swedish Dance Museum. The fims focus on the theme of dance, with rarely seen screenings […]
HP, GHD launch Sex and the City 2 products
As hype about Sex and the City 2 begins to build, beauty and technology companies—along with the original book’s author—are beginning to cash in, collaborating on must-have new products, and a must-read prequel. The GHD Colour Collection, which launches today, features four brightly coloured straighteners—one for each of Sex and the City’s leading ladies. […]
