Claudia Schiffer and others commemorate children’s rights’ convention
The fall of the Berlin Wall is not the only 20th anniversary being celebrated this month. UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassadors have recorded a series of PSAs to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which takes place on November 20. Supermodel Claudia Schiffer appears in one PSA (above) […]
Porsche Boxster Spyder is the butch one
In 1953, Porsche showed its original racing 550 Spyder, a lightweight roadster—a model which could count James Dean as one of its owners. In the 1980s, to get more mileage out of the 911 line, the company released a Speedster version, inspired by the 356, with a lower windscreen. This time around, Porsche has released […]
Paris and Nicky Hilton, Kate Walsh, Cat Deeley and others on Jimmy Choo for H&M
WireImage Yes, that is Paris Hilton (left)—who, along with her sister, Nicky, and many other Hollywood celebrities, attended a star-studded bash high above the Sunset Strip in Hollywood on Monday, to launch the Jimmy Choo for H&M range. Previewed in June in Lucire, and again a few weeks ago when the range neared its […]
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is Maranello’s theme park
In tribute to its brand, Ferrari will open Ferrari World Abu Dhabi next year, a theme park with 20 state-of-the-art attractions including the world’s fastest roller-coaster (travelling at over 200 km/h), all under a roof spanning 200,000 m². A G-force experience ride goes over the 48 m roof, to a 62 m point. There will […]
Zhang Ziyi opens Omega’s flagship boutique in Singapore
Cindy Crawford may get in a western audience, but in the east, it’s Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) whom Omega relies on to give it the glamour factor. The international Chinese film star launched its flagship boutique at ION Orchard in Singapore along with the latest Constellation collection on Tuesday. An exhibition for the Constellation range […]
Sylvie van der Vaart gives BMW the hair test
Former Miss Bundesliga and the Netherlands’ and Germany’s most famous WAG, Sylvie van der Vaart, puts the BMW convertible to the hair test in the company’s München wind tunnel. The full story is here on our website. You may also like Behind the scenes with Sylvie van der Vaart on the BMW hair test Lucire […]
Pedro Kirilos/Getty Images If you’re relying on ‘Insider’ and our RSS feed, our latest scoop at the main part of the Lucire site is photographs from Oi Fashion Rocks Brasil, where Diddy rapped for Versace. We know Mariah Carey sang during another collection that evening, but in our view, Diddy was unbeatable on Saturday in […]
Twelve things you might not have known about Lucire
This post has gone online exactly 12 years since Lucire went live on the internet (October 20, 1997, 6 a.m. EST), to commemorate our anniversary. Since those humble beginnings, Lucire has branched out from the web and into international print editions. And rather than go on about our history as we did in editions […]
A Lucire miscellany for October ’09
For one reason or another, these folks didn’t get covered in Lucire earlier, despite being very worthy. Sometimes it’s what’s in our editorial calendar, sometimes it’s due to a heavy news day with other things being covered. We spotted Teza at one of our regular haunts—regular, at least, till they stopped accepting American Express. […]
Chic runs from Petone to Paris
Douglas Rimington On the main part of the Lucire site today is a special travel promotion on Petone, a place which really surprised us. The historical area on Jackson Street is full of surprises, and for Wellingtonians who hold on to decades’ old views about what Petone is like, cast aside your notions. Jackson Street, […]
