New London footwear label is a trip
We like this idea: Above + Below London, a new footwear label, uses fabrics that have been reclaimed from London buses and Underground carriages from the 1950s through to the 1990s—with the permission of Transport for London. Some are rare and will likely take wearers back to an earlier era. Central St Martin’s graduate […]
Matthew Williamson is H&M’s next guest designer
Above: Model Veronika Fasinova and Matthew Williamson, previewing one of the designs in next spring’s collection for H&M. (Photographed by Magnus Magnusson for H&M.) Continuing the idea of accessible luxury, Hennes & Mauritz has announced that its next guest designer will be Matthew Williamson. Williamson follows in the footsteps of Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Viktor […]
New Porsche Panamera 4S: official first videos
Porsche has released footage of its new Panamera sports sedan—we have the latest video of the car, both stationary and in motion. If it’s anything like the 911s we have driven, this car could do well. And we were right about the Cayenne being a sales’ hit for Porsche. While there are still people smarting […]
GAS store celebrates its first anniversary
It was nice to join GAS in Wellington, New Zealand on its store’s ?rst anniversary last Friday, at which deputy mayor Ian McKinnon was a guest. The store, meanwhile, slashed 40 per cent off its retail prices for the VIP function. The Italian label, whose New Zealand venture has the support of All Black Dan […]
More of Anne Hathaway on Lancôme Magnifique
We’ve put up some extra images from behind the scenes of the Lancôme Magni?que TV commercial, starring Anne Hathaway and directed by Peter Lindbergh, this week. A video showing the making of the commercial was shown on the Lucire TV site last month. You may also like Anne Hathaway, behind the scenes on Lancôme Magnifique […]
E! says Karolína Kurková is world’s sexiest woman
Above: Karolína Kurková in La Perla, as featured in Lucire in 2001. E! Entertainment Television has named Karolína Kurková as the world’s sexiest woman for 2008. Model Bar Rafaeli and actress Angelina Jolie took second and third places. Rounding off the top 10 were Gisèle Bündchen, Scarlett Johansson, Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Penélope […]
Rhonda Grant at Miss International
Top: Rhonda Grant, representing New Zealand at Miss International (centre) is flanked by Miss Norway and Miss Russia. Above: With Japanese students prior to a national costume parade. It was nice to hear from nutritionist Rhonda Grant, one of our Miss Universe New Zealand runners-up, who represented her country at Miss International in Macau. […]
Do US automakers deserve a bailout?
[Excerpted; full post here] Today at the Vista Group luncheon, we’ll be discussing the US auto industry’s desire for a government bailout. My view: of course it’ll be great to protect US manufacturing jobs, since the situation is not of the plant workers’ doing. As mentioned in one of my papers, ‘Saving Detroit’, the troubles […]
Porsche shows revised Boxster and Cayman at LA
Porsche has shown its new mid-engined Boxster and Cayman models at the LA Auto Show today. In some respects, this is a facelift for the cars, now looking more aggressive. Under the skin, the changes are more thorough, with new flat-six boxer engines and the new Porsche-PDK double-clutch gearbox. Below, videos of the new Boxster […]
Charlize Theron, UN Messenger of Peace
In the main part of our site today, photographs of and quotations from Charlize Theron as she is inducted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as a Messenger of Peace, focusing on violence against women. As we reveal, this matter is very near and dear to Theron’s heart, and she has spent a great deal […]
