Supermodel Kate Moss to receive British Fashion Awards honour to mark 25 years of influence
David M. Benett/Getty Images Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott Top Kate Moss, photographed last month celebrating Rimmel’s 180th anniversary. Above A preview image of the supermodel, who will appear in Playboy’s 60th anniversary issue in January. Suzy Menkes isn’t the only woman getting a special award from the British Fashion Council, supermodel Kate Moss will […]
Pirelli releases Helmut Newton-photographed calendar for 2014
Helmut Newton It was a pleasant surprise last year when we learned that our own Summer Rayne Oakes modelled for the 2013 Pirelli calendar, photographed by Steve McCurry. Released today, this year’s Pirelli calendar, its 50th anniversary publication, is an even bigger surprise: it is the work of the late Helmut Newton, shot for the […]
Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! exhibition opens today at Somerset House
The exhibition, Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!, opens today at Somerset House, London. This marks the second time Lucire has covered an exhibition connected to the late editor and fashion patron. The earlier occasion, in 2008, saw curator Donna Loveday of the Design Museum look at Philip Treacy’s hats, and focused on the then Isabella […]
Mini launches with Poppy Delevingne, Henry Holland, Peaches Geldof, Ellie Goulding, Kimberley Garner
Dominic O’Neill Mini knows it’s on to a good thing, especially when it has 2½ million customers worldwide for the fashion-led 21st-century models released under BMW. With the launch of the fourth-generation Mini, BMW has stuck with the fashion image, with Poppy Delevingne, fashion designers Henry Holland and Amy Molyneaux, Peaches Geldof, Ellie Goulding, […]
BMW unveils sportier fourth-generation Mini in Oxford
BMW has released details of the new Mini, the third generation made under its watch and arguably the first to be developed entirely under its auspices. The new F56-series Mini looks more purposeful, with a shallower glasshouse, but that is only the start. As with most new cars, it is bigger than the […]
BBC releases trailer for An Adventure in Space and Time, as Doctor Who celebrations continue
Building on the Doctor Who 50th anniversary celebrations is a fact-based drama on BBC2, An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss. The trailer was released today by the BBC. The film looks at the creation of Doctor Who, and the involvement of producer Verity Lambert, director Waris Hussein, actor William Hartnell, […]
Michael Holman isn’t a name in the spotlights which you normally see associated with the global movement called hip-hop, but he is a true pioneer and innovator. His impeccable credentials in the earliest days of the phenomenon attest to his permanent place in its history. Co-founder of the band Grey with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, film-maker […]
Kustom Kulture returns at the Huntington Beach Art Center
Stanley Moss Lucire had the pleasure of attending tonight’s VIP opening of Kustom Kulture II, presented by the Huntington Beach Art Center, a 20-year anniversary tribute to an original exhibition presented at the Laguna Art Museum in 1993. Curated by C. R. Stecyk, Paul Frank and Greg Escalante, the exhibition directs a contemporary […]
Four years on, Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett are still in the news
It’s hard to believe that four years have passed since the passings of pop superstar Michael Jackson and actress Farrah Fawcett. Commemorating the event, Madame Tussauds has released archive footage of Jackson dancing for its sculptors. The footage is in slow motion and not in good condition. Madame Tussauds will launch three […]
Piaget celebrates Rose Day with Melody Gardot, Bar Refaeli, Béatrice Rosen, Annabelle Belmondo
Bertrand Rindoff Petroff Piaget celebrated its first Rose Day on Thursday, June 13, with a private concert featuring Melody Gardot and Irwin Hall in l’Orangerie Ephémère at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. Gardot sang ‘La vie en rose’ in a new arrangement, especially for the event. Piaget CEO Philippe Leopold-Metzger and his […]
