Iranian-born Mahshid Mahdian wins Emerging Designers’ Award at ID Dunedin
Chris Sullivan/Seen in Dunedin Mahshid Mahdian, from Brera Academy, Milano, won the ID Dunedin Emerging Designers’ Award and its NZ$10,000 prize on Thursday night. Mahdian’s collection, Shadow, was inspired by shadows in Burano Island in Venezia, and features geometrical shapes and innovative technologies. The Tehrān-born designer was encouraged by Mittelmoda’s Stefano Sopelza to […]
British Airways celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema with Bollywood film event
British Airways’ film extravaganza, Silent Picturehouse, celebrated the centenary of Indian cinema in Mumbai last week, with Arjun Rampal, Malaika Arora Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Mandira Bedi, Chitrangda Singh, Minissha Lamba, and Sophie Choudry among the red-carpet VIPs. The event, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai, had Bollywood screenings in three cinemas […]
Lucire travel editor Stanley Moss releases Supari, with companion screenplay
Lucire travel editor Stanley Moss was robbed on a train in India in 2008. This week he’s released a novella, a spinoff fantasy of what might have occurred after the theft, available as an on-demand paperback, and ebook. It’s called Supari, and was written after the event, while Moss waited for an exit visa, mired […]
Wellington’s bright spots for the cognoscenti: Dollybird and Behome
Jack Yan Above Items from Behome, previewed to Lucire in 2012 and officially open now in Miramar, Wellington. Wellington has two businesses that those in the know have to check out. Back in April, Lucire attended the launch of Dollybird (at 11 Hunter Street, one block down from the Old Bank Arcade; www.dollybird.co.nz). Prashila […]
Irina Shayk, Alessandra Ambrosio, Puja Gupta, Petra Němcová on day eight of the Cannes Film Festival
Videos added at 2.22 p.m. GMT Ian Gavan/Wireimage/Getty Images Above Irina Shayk was at her most fetching during the All Is Lost première. Swedish appliance brand Electrolux continued to host celebrities at the Cannes Film Festival, on a day that saw the latest Robert Redford starrer, All Is Lost, make its début. The Grand […]
Round-up: Notch scores Priyanka Chopra; One Luv’s Through the Eyes of Yves Saint Laurent jewellery
Notch has scored another high-profile cover girl with actress Priyanka Chopra. Chopra talks about why she hates singing live and her concern for her father’s health, and gives advice to her younger sister Parineeti Chopra. The magazine can be found via www.notchmag.com, or through its presences on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We’re absolutely loving […]
Daniel Craig launches Range Rover Sport in New York: official images and videos
Updated March 28, 2013 at 10.56 a.m. GMT with The Delivery film and other highlights James Bond star Daniel Craig has helped launch the Range Rover Sport in New York City with a drive through Manhattan, revealing the car to a celebrity audience that included former American football player Michael Strahan, Yasmin Le Bon, Zara […]
Sonam Kapoor is Notch’s latest cover girl; Sridevi, Amitabh Bachchan also feature
Actress Sonam Kapoor is the cover girl for the fifth issue of Notch, a free lifestyle and entertainment magazine that can be downloaded via Kindle, Ipad, Android and its own website at www.notchmag.com. Kapoor was reportedly happy to be a cover girl for a digital publication: ‘The world has shrunk because of the internet […]
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 […]
Jaguar reveals specs for new F-type
Jaguar revealed its new F-type to guests yesterday at the Musée Rodin in Paris, a day before its originally announced date. The specs of the new F-type, Lucire can reveal today, range from a three-litre V6 developing 340 PS, through a similar unit developing 380 PS, to the five-litre V8 developing 495 PS. Maximum torque […]
