Lucire heading on to your mobiles with special edition
We alluded to Lucire being on cellphones, Blackberrys, Ipods and similar devices last week when this blog disappeared brie?y due to a technical glitch. Lucire has been on portable mobile devices for some time, if you count the many cellphones out there that are capable of sur?ng the web. These take the existing website’s […]
We now return to your regularly scheduled programme (sort of)
We apologize to readers for the loss of service on this blog for a few days. Lucire is planning a mobile edition and we had a glitch (caused by human error) in one of the lines of code. Please stay tuned as we do have news items to post up here from earlier days—there’s still […]
Our Brad’s vying to be a Glam God
Top: The publicity shot for Glam God, featuring all the contenders. Above: Lucire alumnus Brad Batory at work. On August 21, 10 p.m. EDT on VH1, Glam God premières, and there’s a Lucire connection. In 2003, associate publisher Ann Fryer was introduced to Indashio designer Brad Batory, who walked the talk when it came to […]
Candie’s unveils second year with Hayden Panettiere
Giuliano Bekor, whose credits include numerous Lucire shoots, photographed Hayden Panettiere for her 2008 Candie’s print campaign. Hayden Panettiere will star in Candie’s back to school 2008 television, print and online advertising campaign, according to the company. Hayden, who is known as an award-winning actress, activist and star of NBC’s hit television series Heroes can […]
Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, wins Miss Universe 2008
Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, has won Miss Universe 2008, with Miss Colombia, Taliana Vargas, runner-up. Dominican Republic, Russia and México rounded off the top ?ve. Miss Mendoza, 20, hails from Caracas, and is already a model represented by Élite Model Management. The 57th Miss Universe contest was held in the coastal town of Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam, […]
Dorian Leigh, former Vogue cover girl, dies at 91
Dorian Leigh, who graced numerous McCall’s, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue covers and Revlon advertisements in the 1940s and 1950s, has died aged 91 in Falls Church, Va., according to her family. Leigh was married ?ve times and her life during her modelling years was well documented by the gossip magazines of the day. She was […]
Here’s another inventive recipe from our friends at Midori, the famous melon liqueur. 60 ml (2 oz) Midori 30 ml (1 oz) vodka Top with orange juice (or pineapple or grapefruit) Build over ice. Enjoy it this summer! You may also like Cowell quashes rumours as Nicole Scherzinger replaces Cheryl Cole on US X Factor […]
‘Why?’ may be a futile question in Ruslana Korshunova suicide
As some of you may have expected, the media are analysing why Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova committed suicide. Part of it is because the analysis keeps the story alive. Another part is because people are fascinated by this fashion world, and why shouldn’t a newspaper, normally covering dull stories, have an excuse to put the […]
Model suicide in Manhattan’s Financial District
Above: Ruslana Korshunova as she appeared in a print advertisement for Vera Wang. A woman committed suicide on Water Street in New York City’s Financial District yesterday afternoon, and the Murdoch Press’s New York Post is reporting it was Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova, 20. The newspaper claims that Korshunova jumped from her ninth-storey apartment. Korshunova had been […]
Uma Thurman, Arpad Busson engaged
People and other sources have reported that Arpad Busson, former fiancé of Elle Macpherson and the father of her two children, is now engaged to actress Uma Thurman. The pair met last summer and have managed to keep their romance blossoming despite being based on opposite sides of the Atlantic. The marriage will be […]
