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Barbie’s 50th birthday approaches

January 29, 2009/5.02

Above: The late Ruth Handler, Barbie’s creator, admires her creation at its 40th anniversary celebration at F. A. O. Schwarz in New York, March 9, 1999. At the time, two Barbie dolls were sold per second. Mattel’s Barbie doll celebrates its 50th anniversary on March 9, 2009.    Barbie was launched at the New York […]

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Hetty Rose recycles kimono fabrics for spring–summer

January 26, 2009/11.17

We’ve had a few chats lately to readers about shoes—especially ones with prints and how they would make more of a comeback.    We were very interested to see the Hetty Rose collection for the spring–summer season. Embroidery and kimono fabrics—some are vintage and recycled, sourced from Japan—are the hallmarks of this new collection. The […]

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Michelle Obama chooses Loree Rodkin jewellery

January 21, 2009/11.28

First Lady Michelle Obama selected jewellery from American designer Loree Rodkin for her inauguration outfit.    Rodkin created jewellery for Mrs Obama for election night, the Inaugural Concert, the Kids’ Inaugural Concert and the Inaugural Ball.    The pieces will become part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection.    Rodkin says she found the First […]

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New works by David Kapp at Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica

January 19, 2009/0.43

I am a big fan of this artist, who only gets better and better as the years pass. Had the pleasure of visiting Kapp’s latest installation of work completed in 2008 at the opening in Santa Monica last night, and found the canvases as durable and surprising as ever. His colour palette evolves with deep […]

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Opel Insignia wins another award

January 16, 2009/12.42

The Opel Insignia has done very well for GM—such a shame it has come while the company is in such a deep crisis. It took home the 2008 Car of the Year award from European journalists, as we reported last year. It has also won the ADAC (German Automobile Association) Gelben Engel award on January […]

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Samantha Powell, in black and white

/11.27

Doug Rimington has given us permission to publish this image from his film camera, taken last year during our shoot of Miss Universe New Zealand 2008 Samantha Powell. Rebecca Connor—Miss Wellington and a make-up artist in her own right—is on the right. You may also like Behind the scenes on Samantha Powell’s shoot Former Miss […]

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Follow Lucire on Twitter

January 11, 2009/2.39

I have to confess to being a Twitter sceptic, hence it has taken so long (as it did with a Lucire blog!) for this title to have a page there. But for those wishing to get headlines and the occasional update from Lucire, head over to twitter.com/lucire. We’ve a history of engaging with readers properly, […]

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There’s life in the Buick brand yet

January 10, 2009/7.41

GM announced both its 2010 Cadillac SRX and Buick LaCrosse at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), or the Detroit Auto Show, on January 9. We don’t see much point to SUVs like the SRX—and have not done for the entire decade—but the LaCrosse, admittedly, is a tidy, attractive design that shows there’s life […]

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Britney Spears turns her image around, as predicted

January 7, 2009/5.38

Above: Britney Spears in a Hidden Fantasy print advertisement for Elizabeth Arden. Who would have guessed, when we published our piece, ‘Rescuing the Britney Spears Image’ in March last year, that the singer’s negative image could be overturned so substantially by January 2009?    Since March 2008, Spears has made a proper comeback—despite continuing bad […]

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