Eden Hore: High Fashion/High Country opens at the Dowse, with a nationally significant collection
Derek Henderson Jack Yan Header image: Kevin Berkahn evening dress and cape photographed at Bannockburn Sluicings, Central Otago by Derek Henderson, 2019. Above, from top: Lurex evening gown by Vinka Lucas photographed at the Poolburn Dam by Derek Henderson, 2019. Kevin Berkahn evening dress, 1973, acquired by Eden Hore for NZ$3,000. Other gowns by […]
A tribute to the uniquely creative and brilliant David MacGregor
Wayback Machine at Archive.org Above: A 2000 screenshot of Emale, created by David MacGregor. I was very saddened to learn of the passing of my friend David MacGregor, with whom this magazine collaborated in the early 2000s. But David was much more than the creator of Emale (eMALE in its official form), New Zealand’s […]
Dr Martens and Lazy Oaf team up for fourth collaboration
Katie Silvester As Lazy Oaf celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2021, the lifestyle brand founded in a north London garage and standing firm on its anti-fast-fashion principles, marks its fourth collaboration with Dr Martens—a long way from its roots selling painted T-shirts from a single stall in east London. Founder Gemma Shiel notes with […]
Valentina Sampaio named Armani Beauty’s newest ambassador
Mikael Jansson Valentina Sampaio is the new face of Armani Beauty, with her first campaigns for the brand’s 2022 line, photographed by Mikael Jansson. Sampaio will notably promote Lip Power, Armani Beauty’s new lipstick. She joins Cate Blanchett, Barbara Palvin, Zhong Chuxi, Adria Arjona, Alice Pagani, Greta Ferro, Madisin Rian, Ryan Reynolds, Jackson Yee […]
Manfred Baumann’s Face to Face shows intimate, personal celebrity portraits
Manfred Baumann Manfred Baumann has released a new book with celebrity shots, called Face to Face, featuring international stars who have posed for him and his Leica such as Martin Sheen, Olivia Newton-John, William Shatner, John Malkovich, Sylvester Stallone, Kathleen Turner, Ron Perlman, Thomas Kretschmann, Danny Trejo, Gene Simmons, Jean-Claude van Damme, T. J. Thyne, […]
Bella Hadid fronts Self-Portrait spring–summer 2022 campaign
© Self-Portrait/Harley Weir at Art Partner In February it was Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor giving Self-Portrait’s autumn 2021 collection a stylish presence, while for spring–summer 2022, it’s Bella Hadid who fronts for the London-based fashion label. Founded in 2013 by Penang, Malaysia-born Han Chong, Self-Portrait is known for its modern, tasteful, effortless design, and the […]
Una Healy is the new face of Swedish beauty brand IsaDora
Kevin Fox/We Shoot Irish singer–songwriter Una Healy is the new face of Swedish beauty brand IsaDora. Formulated in Sweden and Switzerland, IsaDora is cruelty-free, fragrance-free, tested for sensitive skin, and made in Europe. Healy will appear in three seasonal campaigns. A capsule collection tied to her name comprise new products and her favourites […]
Four faces on the rise getting noticed in social media
Felix Graf Alisia Ludwig Saloni Agarwal Anthony Evans We often look to see where the emerging talent is—once upon a time we identified nascent labels that became big, and we’ve occasionally done it with models and actors, too. German model Alexa Breit crossed the one million mark on her Instagram, rising rapidly from 2,000 […]
Karnit Aharoni shows off latest designs for spring–summer 2021
Greg Alexander/Méphistopheles New Zealand- and UK-educated, France-based Karnit Aharoni, profiled earlier in Lucire, has shown new entries for spring–summer 2021, inspired by her grandmother and the photographs of her from the 1930s. Aharoni has chosen to combine the 1930s inspiration with the wild west, on the basis that we currently live in times of change […]
SMoss’s Great Again charts the course of the Trump presidency
Lucire travel editor Stanley Moss, writing as SMoss, has put together a limited edition volume documenting the presidency of Donald J. Trump, available in both a hardcover collectors’ edition and a smaller paperback. Entitled Great Again, the book begins with a cover showing a worn ‘Make America Great Again’ cap discarded on the […]
