Lucire
The global fashion magazine May 14, 2024 
Out now: Lucire issue 48, with free shipping for UK and US

Getting Nicole Kidman’s look at the Producers’ Guild and SAG awards

January 28, 2013/9.34

Since it’s awards’ season in Hollywood, celebrity hairstylist David Babaii has been hard at work again, this time working on Nicole Kidman.    At the Producers’ Guild Awards (top), Kidman had a fringe and a half-up, half-down do. Babaii used IT&LY Hairfashion’s eco-friendly, cruelty-free Purity Design Line. He began with blow-drying, with a mixture of […]

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The Body Shop’s Christmas event: in anticipation of the next one

December 28, 2012/1.54

The Body Shop’s Christmas event had always been a matter of curiosity for me. I first noticed the festive decorations and customer-filled stores a few years ago whilst I was still in university and struggling to keep my expenditures in check, as all students are wont to do. Needless to stay, I steered clear of […]

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Video: Sarah Jessica Parker launches Barney’s New York window display with Minnie Mouse

November 16, 2012/22.21

Sarah Jessica Parker was guest of honour—with Minnie Mouse—at the unveiling of Barney’s New York window display on Wednesday. The Electric Holiday display, with a Minnie theme, features a cartoon of the same name that sees the Disney character venture to meet various fashion icons, including Parker, Lady Gaga, supermodels Linda Evangelista and Naomi Campbell, […]

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Lucire issue 29 is out, starring Laura Vandervoort

November 13, 2012/12.58

It was uncharacteristically quiet in the news pages in Lucire on Monday, for a very good reason: the release of issue 29 in print and PDF.    The latest issue features Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, V, Ted) on the cover, photographed by Courtney Dailey, styled by Lei Phillips, with make-up by Jamie Dorman and hair by […]

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New Zealand Fashion Week autumn–winter 2013, day four: theatrics and uniqueness

September 9, 2012/14.11

Nikita Brown/Nikita Brown Photography Matthew Beveridge/Matthew Beveridge Photography The last day of fashion week is always the quietest. However, things went off this year with a hiss and a roar with Phoenix Cosmetics’ Truly Outrageous showcase. This was a make-up show with a difference, with dance, music, theatrics, big drama, bigger hair and even bigger […]

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Cheryl Cole steps out in 1950s style for ‘Under the Sun’ video

July 27, 2012/11.44

Cheryl Cole’s video for her new song, ‘Under the Sun’, has been released, with a sexy time-warp theme.    The Geordie songstress attracts the attention of every man in the video, which has props and fashions from almost every era from the 1940s to the present day.    While Cole’s 1950s’ costume—a yellow brassière, cream […]

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Video: Anne Hathaway on her Catwoman role in The Dark Knight Rises

July 10, 2012/23.24

Anne Hathaway says she is ‘very pleased’ that she is in two films this year that ‘people will actually go to see,’ referring to The Dark Knight Rises and Les Misérables.    Hathaway plays Catwoman in the new Batman instalment, directed by Christopher Nolan, following in the footsteps of Eartha Kitt, Lee Meriwether, Julie Newmar, […]

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