Model agent to testify that Naomi Campbell knew dictator gifted blood diamonds
Court papers show that modelling agent Carole White is due to tell a war crimes’ tribunal in Den Haag on Monday morning that Naomi Campbell knew that Liberian dictator Charles Taylor had gifted the supermodel blood diamonds after a charity dinner in 1997. Campbell had admitted at the tribunal that she was presented with […]
European masters’ exhibition arrives at Te Papa in November
Above Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751–1829): Goethe in der römischen Campagna, 1787. Oil on canvas, 1,610 × 1,975 mm, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Acquired in 1878 as a gift by Baroness Salomon von Rothschild. Te Papa will exhibit European Masters: 19th–20th Century Art from the Städel Museum from November 6 to February 27, with […]
Revealed: 20 years of Dolce & Gabbana
CNN Thanks to CNN, we’re able to bring readers this month’s Revealed, on 20 years of Dolce & Gabbana. The show is an intimate portrayal of the pair, showing them backstage at Moda di Milano and talking about their relationship. It features interviews with them in their holiday home, and on their yacht in […]
Museum of London explains the making of its pleasure garden
The Museum of London is hosting a session where a curator will explain the making of its recently opened re-creation Georgian pleasure garden on August 24, from 1 to 1.45 p.m. The pleasure garden is complete with tress, park benches, a pavilion, drama and costumed mannequins, with Philip Treacy hats and Yasemen Hussein wigs. […]
Justine Picardie to launch Coco Chanel biography at Port Eliot Flower Show
Lipnitzki Above Coco Chanel, photographed in 1937. Author and former features director of British Vogue, Justine Picardie, will launch her new book, Coco Chanel: the Legend and the Life, at the inaugural Port Eliot Flower Show, part of the established Port Eliot Festival, on July 25. Picardie will be talking about Chanel, Lady of the […]
Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock are engaged
HSH Prince Albert of Monaco II, 52, is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Charlene Wittstock, the Prince’s Palace announced today. Miss Wittstock, 32, a South African, is a former Olympic swimmer. No date has been set for the wedding, although by protocol it would have to be at least six months from the […]
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. […]
Girard-Perregaux launches limited-edition flagship
Above The new Girard-Perregaux Biaxial Tourbillon. Left The 1860s’ yellow gold Tourbillon chronometer. Girard-Perregaux has announced a limited-edition (to 33 pieces) watch, the Biaxial Tourbillon, in white gold. Inspired by an 1860s’ pocket watch created by Constant Girard-Perregaux, which won a first-class prize from the Neuchâtel Observatory, the new model features a cage that […]
The final of Ashes to Ashes: a cultural phenomenon
Above Keeley Hawes as DI Alex Drake and Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt in Ashes to Ashes, concluding tonight on BBC One. Tonight on BBC One, the final of Ashes to Ashes airs in the UK. Of all the TV shows we have covered in Lucire, Ashes to Ashes seems to be one […]
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 […]
