One of our favourite photographers, Douglas Rimington, is notoriously hard to photograph, since he avoids being in front of the camera as much as possible. Even at a dinner held in his honour as he departs for the UK by way of Japan next week. Here are some of the Lucire team chilling out with […]
M for Miami, and Mercedes-Benz
Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz via image.net There are two reasons I’ve put the above image there: first, we have a brief story on the Miami Swim shows, which we covered at Lucire TV in July. Secondly, I’ll be sampling the new Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse Coupé on Monday, which I am looking forward to. You may […]
And so it begins. New York Fashion Week, spring–summer 2010, sponsored once again by Mercedes-Benz. Brian Ach/Mercedes-Benz You may also like New York Fashion Week spring–summer 2016, Day 1 videos: BCBG, Erin Fetherston, Tadashi Shoji New York Fashion Week fall 2013, day 3: Lacoste, Ruffian, Jill Stuart, Marissa Webb, Mara Hoffman, Hervé Léger, Rafael Cennamo […]
Madonna in the autumn ’09 Louis Vuitton campaign
We have wanted to show these off for a little while, but for whatever reason, we put it off: Madonna in Louis Vuitton’s autumn–winter 2009–10 campaign. Steven Meisel photographed, and Marc Jacobs was artistic director. The portraits are meant to recall the golden age of Hollywood and the work of Man Ray, and broke last […]
Our good friend Thomaz has been in Ecuador to photograph fashion week there, and we have some shots from the event last month. Meanwhile, we’d like to give Sharyn Steel’s Struggling to Fly a bit of a plug. Sharyn started off as the only woman journalist at a newspaper in 1969, and rose through […]
If you came via the home page today, then you’ll know Lucire has a new look on the web. We haven’t put this design on all the pages yet—obviously this page, at the time of writing, still has the old look. But we are continuing to roll it out across the site and all subsequent […]
ShowStudio gets exhibition at Somerset House
Naomi Campbell, Bring and Buy, ShowStudio, 2005. Copyright by Nick Knight. Beginning during London Fashion Week, Somerset House will present an exhibition on ShowStudio, founded by Nick Knight. In 2003, both Lucire and ShowStudio were vying for a prize in the same category in the Webby Awards—which ShowStudio deservedly took that year. The exhibition […]
Katie Taylor in her Miss Universe 2009 national costume
We know we showed you what Miss New Zealand 2009 Katie Taylor wore at Miss Universe a few days ago, but we finally have the official image from the event. Presenting Katie Taylor herself in In-Tui-Tion by Tracey Koole, the Montana World of Wearable Art 2007 garment, as seen in the Bahamas on Monday night: […]
Vote for Katie at Miss Universe ’09
Miss New Zealand Katie Taylor wearing a swimsuit by BSC Swimwear Thailand. (Photo from Miss Universe LP, LLLP) The shots of Miss Universe New Zealand 2009, Katie Taylor, are probably the best I’ve ever seen of her—and I’m pretty sure that Katie herself is thrilled with them, too. My lips are sealed on some of […]
Jockey ups the sex appeal with Dan and Honor
All Black Dan Carter is a sex symbol among some quarters of the population. Jockey has upped the sex appeal in its latest campaign by including the rugby player’s girlfriend, Honor Dillon. Jockey chief Tim Wheeler has said that Carter is one of the most recognized models the company has used. The campaign runs only […]
