From the archives: Levi’s, 2007
This is an image from Levi Strauss & Co., sent to us for our denim special last year. It never ran, and I’ve since learned that the ?le was corrupted—something I was reminded of when queried by an art director about it today. Here it is, ?xed up. While it didn’t run in our […]
Sir Edmund Hillary, national hero, passes away
I don’t think anyone in this country, especially those of us in the media, could not pay some form of tribute to Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, NZOM, KG, who passed away aged 88 in Auckland Hospital today. Sir Edmund, the ?rst man to conquer Mt Everest, is considered a national hero in New Zealand and before […]
It turns out Nicole and Paul McKinnon decided that their daughter looked more like a Hannah than an Aimée, and I was told the wrong weight—she’s in fact a healthier 5 lb 15 oz. So, I present, the newest Lucire team baby: Hannah McKinnon. You may also like New Zealand Fashion Week autumn–winter 2014, day […]
Congratulations to Nicole McKinnon
Lucire beauty columnist Nicole McKinnon and her husband Paul McKinnon welcomed a lovely, 5 lb baby girl yesterday at 5 p.m. (Yours truly called at 4.44 p.m.) Prior to baby’s birth, we know Paul and Nicole had settled on Aimée as her name. All of us at Lucire send her and her family our love. […]
[Cross-posted] Cadillac will head Down Under, according to General Motors–Holden’s boss Chris Gubbey. It makes sense: the brand is well known despite not having retailed here postwar, thanks to American media, President Bush and The Matrix Reloaded. GM has been making right-hand-drive Caddys for some time for the Japanese and the British. And with […]
In Lucire issue 24, one of my criticisms about the Quadrant Hotel in Auckland was directed at the table. This table is full of holes as an arty feature. Not a good idea: keys, cards and Strepsils kept falling through the holes. Quadrant sales and marketing director Penny Evans wrote me today to note that […]
I know some readers are fascinated about how a cover takes shape at Lucire. Again, before these go into the archives, we present the making of the shoot from issue 24. Make-up with Emma Foley Photographer Kelly Thompson discusses the shoot Vanilla works on the hair Thompson shoots Kenzy Cheeseman If you have been following this […]
Wellington’s fashionable crowds
If you were clever and in Wellington, New Zealand, you could have made two events scheduled for the same time last night. Kelly Thompson, the first New Zealander to shoot a retail Lucire cover, had an illustration exhibition opening at Good as Gold on Victoria Street (on till the end of December). Last night she […]
A dog was found dead today (Gillian Gibbons, Ahmadinejad speech in later news)
The front page of The Dominion Post highlighted the death of Cricket, the pet chihuahua of New Zealand celebrity Nicky Watson, and told buyers there would be a story inside. On p. A3 there was an eighth of a page. On the radio, I heard about the passing of her dog. Before I launch into […]
Personalities in antipodean fashion
New on Lucire: one interview, one pro?le. Earlier this year, I did a “?ve years on” follow-up on Murray Bevan, whom I ?rst interviewed when he started Showroom 22 in 2002. Back in ’02, I had a feeling Murray would do incredibly well with his PR company–high fashion showroom (we always did have a record […]
