Lucire
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Pre-ID: a chat to Aliana McDaniel

March 12, 2009/22.06

Bronwyn Williams talks to Aliana McDaniel at the Ali McD agency as we lead up to the Emerging Designers’ Awards tonight and ID Dunedin tomorrow night. On the make-up Our trainee make-up team is doing the faces for both the Emerging Designers and the ID show. The Emerging Designers show has one look: it is […]

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Specials at TKstore, Auckland

/10.17

Our good friend Turet Knüfermann has specials that we sometimes get wind of before the public. Here’s one at her TKstores in Auckland, New Zealand (50 Brown Street, Ponsonby; 18 High Street, Auckland) with 50 per cent off all womenswear (excluding footwear). The specials go from March 19 to 21, with new stock the following […]

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Heidi Klum appears with Barbie’s life-size New Beetle Cabriolet

March 11, 2009/11.22

Photo: Volkswagen of America/Lisa Rose With Barbie’s 50th birthday, Volkswagen has created a life-size version of her New Beetle Cabriolet, in bright pink, pictured here with supermodel Heidi Klum.    The life-size pink Malibu Barbie New Beetle convertible made its début at Barbie’s Malibu Dream House exclusive birthday celebration, celebrating Mattel’s iconic doll’s 50th anniversary. […]

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Stockholm is Europe’s first Green Capital

/11.01

We were delighted to hear that Stockholm has been named the first European Green Capital by the European Commission.    Stockholm is one of our favourite cities, and even though it never got congested compared to many European cities, the forward-thinking Swedes still implemented a congestion charge. The city has integrated environmental issues into its […]

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I’m off to watch a designer emerge

/7.00

My bags are packed and I’m on my last sleep before I board a plane tomorrow bound for Dunedin, to cover the ID Emerging Designers’ Awards. Pictures and stories will ensue … See you in the deep south!—Bronwyn Williams You may also like Pre-ID: a chat to Aliana McDaniel Miranda Kerr is the most searched-for […]

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Die and go to heaven?

/3.11

I hope to become a Balenciaga angel, with white feathered wings and these on my feet. I just discovered these trophies from the autumn–winter 2007 collection, they are very now—even two years on. Somebody mentioned they were up for sale on Ebay?—Bronwyn Williams You may also like Christian Louboutin to extend its brand into beauty […]

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New Clothes for the New Year, championing New Zealand fashion

March 10, 2009/7.37

Here is a pic of myself (wearing Mister) and Dominion Post fashion editor Carolyn Enting (in Voon) co-MCing the Asian Events’ Trust’s New Clothes for the New Year show last month in Wellington, New Zealand. Linda Lim, who chairs the Trust, sent me the pic last week—thanks, Linda! Both Carolyn and I loved the clothes […]

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The search for the next Miss Sweden has begun

March 9, 2009/12.13

The search for the next Miss Sweden has begun.    My own affiliation with this pageant—Fröken Sverige to use its name in its native language—began six years ago, and I am happy to say this year I will be far more involved. I will let the publicity machine talk about my role in due course. […]

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Salon de Genève

March 6, 2009/14.16

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California visited the Salon de Genève to support US automakers exhibiting there, as well as to highlight alternative energies for cars, a cause that he has championed. Although he did venture to the Lamborghini to look at one of its latest models. You may also like Video: Rolls-Royce’s electric car, the […]

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Lagonda returns at Salon de Genève—but will it fly?

March 4, 2009/10.32

We get a lot of information about press conferences and at the Salon de Genève, we have been seeing them come in thick and fast. Renault, Volkswagen, BMW, etc. But the most intriguing was for a brand I never expected to see in an email: Lagonda.    Lagonda is a brand that celebrates its centenary […]

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