HRH Prince William attends first public engagement as Skill Force patron
On July 6, HRH Prince William attended an event for Skill Force, a charity helping students who are at risk of discontinuing their education. Skill Force creates alternative learning programmes for those students, with the assistance of ex-service personnel serving as instructors and role models. Prince William became its patron in February. The event […]
Hong Kong Fashion Week opens, with sizeable exhibits
Hong Kong Fashion Week—more a trade fair than the fashion weeks that Lucire traditionally covers—opened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on July 6, with 1,100 exhibitors taking part for the spring–summer 2010 season. We have some sights from the exhibitions and sound bites from this spectacular, and very comprehensive, event. The event […]
This combines not only Lucire’s beliefs in being kind to the environment—unlike other magazines, our association with the United Nations Environment Programme goes back to 2003, and we’ve been eco-minded for years before that—but my love of typography. New Zealand label Was makes its bags from recycled billboards, so there’s every chance one can get […]
Balibo trailer shown in advance
The people behind the Australian political thriller Balibo, directed by Robert Connolly (The Bank, Three Dollars) have provided us with its trailer a few days before its website goes live. The film follows the story of five Australian journalists who were murdered in East Timor in 1975. Balibo stars Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac, Damon […]
Supermodel Christy Turlington returns in YSL campaign
Supermodel Christy Turlington, 40, is the new face of Yves Saint Laurent, fronting the fashion house’s autumn–winter 2009–10 campaign. Previously, Claudia Schiffer, one of Turlington’s contemporaries, had been the face of Yves Saint Laurent advertising. The campaign has been photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. The last YSL campaign to feature […]
Dinner with Summer Rayne Oakes, Samantha Hannah and the Lucire team
From last month, during editor-at-large Summer Rayne Oakes’s visit to New Zealand: our photographer, Douglas Rimington, took images on his film camera of a dinner at fashion editor Samantha Hannah’s home. These photographs were processed last week. We made pizza, the old-fashioned Italian way, with Samantha’s husband, Damian, guiding the proceedings. Douglas Rimington/Detune Photography You […]
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Open-top Fiat 500C hits the streets for summer
In time for the summer, the Fiat 500C—Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in for 2008—has just gone on sale in the UK. The new model keeps the overall appearance of the original hatchback but features a power-operated, roll-back canvas roof, in a homage to the 1957 model. Plus sides, says Fiat, include the fact […]
Welcoming ‘techfashion’ at W-41
After assistant fashion editor Bronwyn Williams, intern Alice Palmer and I attended the trends’ presentations at Massey University yesterday (which were, incidentally, impressive), it was interesting to see this Dutch label, W-41, embracing another emerging trend: that of combining technology with fashion. At least one group of students touched on this, and seeing it in […]
AnnaLynne McCord, 2009’s “it girl”?
We’ve been noticing AnnaLynne McCord in more photographs of late in Lucire, and we wonder: is she the new “it girl” of 2009? McCord was spotted at the Raise Hope for the Congo event at Jane’s House in Hollywood on June 28, in an Eva Culture black strapless rusched dress (available at Curve) and Marcia […]
