Panos Emporio has announced that one of the contestants in next week’s Top Model Sverige will become its new model for 2013. In next week’s episode on Sweden’s TV3, the 10 models will be photographed by Nigel Barker, with one winner being adopted by the swimwear label for a future campaign. Filmed at […]
& Other Stories to launch in ten European countries; seven with physical stores
H&M brand & Other Stories—the ampersand is part of the official name—will launch its first collections this spring in ten European countries. There will be seven bricks-and-mortar boutiques in Barcelona, Berlin, København, London, Milano, Paris and Stockholm, while Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK will see online […]
Oscars pay tribute to 50 years of James Bond
Danjaq LLC/United Artists Corp. Above Instead of Switzerland, it’s Scotland, and Daniel Craig pays homage to Sean Connery in a Skyfall publicity photo. The 85th Academy Awards—the Oscars—will pay tribute to 50 years of the James Bond films, it was announced Friday. Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement that […]
Wordpress has summarized the year of this news section, and told us something we know already: that our story on Marine Lorphelin being crowned Miss France 2013 was the biggest of the year. This also correlates with our Facebook fan page numbers. It also put France as one of the top countries accessing Lucire […]
Psy takes home four Mnet Asian Music Awards on ‘Gangnam Style’ wave
Psy, a.k.a. Park Jae-sang, took home four awards at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong on Friday, thanks to his hit ‘Gangnam Style’, which has surpassed even Justin Bieber in YouTube views, now numbering 850 million. He performed the song at the awards’ show and won awards for Song of the Year, […]
Montblanc announces Worldsecond project, taking snapshots of the world at 60 given seconds
A Lucire special promotion Montblanc, whom we feature regularly in these pages with its events, jewellery and other luxury products, has announced its Worldsecond project, specifically aimed at those using app-enabled smartphones. The Worldsecond project encourages people to take photos fromg their part of the world on their cellphones using the app, for both […]
Eva Herzigová opens luxury mall in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Vladimir Tretyakov/Getty Images Top Gregorio Marsiaj, Eva Herzigová, Capital Partners’ CEO Burak Oymen and model Teresa Maxova at the opening of Almaty’s Esentai Mall. Above A model on the catwalk during a fashion show to celebrate the launch of Capital Partners’ Esentai Mall. Forget the Romania-filmed parody of Kazakhstan in a certain American film: the […]
Paul Tanner Top Jessica Minh Anh of J Model Management poses on board Le Jean Bruel, wearing Les Folies De. Above War on Want campaigner Vera Weghmann puts a ’34p’ tag on an Adidas product at its flagship store in London. Lucire always looks after its alumni: Samantha O’Reilly, who was interning here last month, […]
Vogue Archive goes online for free for Wellington library users
Top The screen which you arrive at after clicking through to the Vogue Archive. Above A Jean Shrimpton spread from the Archive. Anyone with a current Wellington City Library card—one that has been active in the past two years—now has access to the entire archive of Vogue (the US edition) from 1892, for free. […]
Adidas and Alfred Dunhill have unveiled new videos showing off their products, while World has released a video featuring the making of its new flagship Britomart store. Adidas’s ‘Adidas Is All in’ campaign has new creative, with 30- and 60-second spots, featuring brand ambassadors such as FIFA World Player of the Year Lionel Messi, […]
