Jaguar goes digital with Iphone and Ipad apps
It’s very much the end of the backward-looking Jaguar brand. Jaguar has launched an Iphone (and Ipad) app, called the Iconfigurator, which allows users to check out the latest Jaguar range and specifications. A model can be configured by the user, and the finished model shared on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook and […]
Jaguar shows XJ75 concept at Pebble Beach—video
Nick Dimbleby Top The Jaguar XJ75 Concept, showing at Pebble Beach today. Above Jaguar celebrates the 75th anniversary of its name. Starting with the front, then going right to left: the famous Appleyard Jaguar XK120, registration NUB 120, of 1949; 1951 Jaguar C-type; 1954 Jaguar D-type; 1961 Jaguar Lightweight E-type; the Jaguar Mark 2 saloon; […]
Range Rover, Victoria Beckham show new Evoque model
Victoria Beckham was one of the guests at the launch of the Range Rover Evoque, held in conjunction with Vogue at Kensington Palace yesterday. Beckham, who was announced as the company’s creative design executive, said she was looking forward to working with Range Rover design director Gerry McGovern. ‘I’m incredibly excited to be […]
Lucire’s summer ’10 travel specials
Last week was, by all accounts, a slow news week. We glanced at the wires, and the sort of articles that might have piqued the interest of Lucire readers just weren’t arriving. However, that did mean we could pull out our summer travel specials, penned by our industrious west coasters, travel editor Stanley Moss and […]
Aishwarya Rai turns heads at Festival de Cannes
Giorgio Armani Many regard former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, 36, as the most beautiful woman in the world. She is certainly a positive, modern and relevant symbol of India. As mentioned yesterday, Giorgio Armani Privé supplied her with her Festival de Cannes dress for the event’s second day. Rai wore a black evening dress […]
You can tell a lot about a luxury property simply by looking at the amenities laid out in the bathroom. Recently I applied the amenity-test to three properties in Paris: the first, a higher end boutique inn near Trocadero, had l’Occitane products, a solid mid-level retail brand- the interesting and sportif Verveine scent, and good […]
Land Rover celebrates 20 years of the Discovery
In many respects, we’re lucky the Land Rover Discovery is still around. In 1989, the British motor industry was excited by the prospect of a new model from Land Rover that would bridge the gap between the iconic Defender model and the Range Rover, which had become ever more plush in the 1980s. Tipped to […]
Australia’s Juli Grbac uncovers India’s fashion secrets
Brisbane fashion designer Juli Grbac (left), winner of Project Runway Australia 2008, has been invited by trade fair organizers to show an Indian-inspired collection at Brand India. Brand India is organized by the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) and sponsored by the Government of India. It aims to bring together established Indian companies […]
Miksani introduces Carbon Neutral fashion range
We’ve heard of many labels using the eco-fashion tag—after all, Lucire was the first fashion magazine to bring sustainable style into the mainstream, from 2003. Miksani, meanwhile, has gone one further with a Carbon Neutral clothing range for spring–summer 2010, launching at the Pure London Fashion Show. Miksani says its products have a minimal […]
Lucire’s Jaguar XJ party pics and exclusives
For those wondering what it was like to see the new Jaguar XJ and hang out with supermodel Elle Macpherson and Bond girl Rosamund Pike (and even the Hoff), we have party pics from last night’s launch at the Saatchi Gallery. Don’t forget our videos at Lucire TV showing everything from the Jaguar XJ driving […]
