I didn’t spend years at the University of Denver to be called Ms
While the New Zealand media did not say much about the visit of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the time—too much time spent on the Barack Obama world tour, perhaps—the fashion industry can at least be happy with TV One’s prime-time report that she indulged in shopping for Kiwi clothing while here, with […]
New Zealand builds up to the Olympics
Who really is this human Kiwi that can climb the world’s highest rock, run the world’s fastest mile, win the Victoria Cross twice, create the second top-grossing Academy Award-winning ?lm, and split the atom in an act that would forever transform our world? New Zealanders are a people that have proven themselves as warriors in […]
Despite foreign-owned press, Miss New Zealand Samantha Powell’s well on her way
Samantha Powell’s “controversial” pose at Miss Universe I knew it was too good to be true: a Miss New Zealand competition that can pass without a foreign-owned newspaper getting on her case. This time, it’s our Irish friends at The New Zealand Herald who have decided to put a bit of stress Sam’s way, […]
Alex Evans is Britain’s Next Top Model
The winner of Britain’s Next Top Model has been announced as Alex Evans, 18, of Cranleigh, Surrey, after winning against Catherine Thomas, also 18, in the Cape Town-set ?nalé. Stefanie Wilson, 22, came third. Miss Evans takes home a contract with Models 1 and appear in a £100,000 campaign for Max Factor. She will also appear […]
‘Why?’ may be a futile question in Ruslana Korshunova suicide
As some of you may have expected, the media are analysing why Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova committed suicide. Part of it is because the analysis keeps the story alive. Another part is because people are fascinated by this fashion world, and why shouldn’t a newspaper, normally covering dull stories, have an excuse to put the […]
It’s official: you can’t get Botoxed any more
Just as Google—the company that parodies its own logo—sent out notices to the media in 2006 on how to use its name, and suffered a small backlash from some quarters, Allergan is trying to protect its Botox trade mark by doing something similar. We received a letter from Allergan’s legal associate for the Asia–Paci?c, Nicole […]
In depth: Nom D, Fly Guys and Donna Loveday
A very established New Zealand designer, Margarita Robertson of Nom D, and a newer label, Fly Guys, are pro?led on the Lucire site this week. Sam Mitchell’s Q&A with Margi is probably the most in-depth that has ever been published. And we’re running another ex-print piece: my interview with Design Museum senior curator Donna Loveday, […]
On June 4, 2008, we said, ‘Welcome,’ to Planet Green, Discovery’s new channel replacing Discovery Home. And the welcome is felt extra-strongly because one of the channel’s personalities and board advisers is none other than Lucire editor-at-large Summer Rayne Oakes. She tells me that there is a Wasted show that is based on the one […]
Why Yves Saint Laurent’s passing is so felt in fashion
Yves Saint Laurent’s passing is such a shock to the fashion media because he was the world’s greatest couturier. When we broke the news on Sunday night at Lucire, it was obvious that we were marking the end of an era. The casual observer might say that the end occurred in 2002, when […]
Shoegate: Sarah Riley, Trelise Cooper in payment dispute
It’s another case of ‘She said / She said’ in the fashion world, and Trelise Cooper’s name has come up again. This time, footwear designer Sarah Riley is accusing Trelise Cooper Ltd. of not paying in full for supplied stock. On Riley’s side, there might be some hope out there that people remember Trelise […]
