Thomas Salme, best known to Lucire readers as our Milano photographer and occasional correspondent, has released his new book on an infamous period in his life. In the spirit of Frank Abagnale, Jr, Thomas posed as a pilot—but for 13 years, actually flew the aircraft. Thomas did once hold a pilot’s licence for private […]
Danish siren Oh Land has such fashion appeal
Danish pop star Oh Land brings to the world of music her elegant earthy yet surreal sound. She evokes Björk and Kate Bush with a modern sensibility. I think Scissor Sisters with a more feminine, almost fairy-tale, quality to her music. Platinum locks with a sonorous voice that be-spells you, Oh Land has gathered quite a fan […]
Irina Shayk, Luisana Lopilato, Li Bing Bing, Diane Krüger come out for Brad Pitt’s Cannes première
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Top Brad Pitt dons shades for the Killing Them Softly première. Above Actress Luisana Lopilato, and L’Oréal spokeswoman, shows off Farrah Fawcett-style locks and her figure. The première of Brad Pitt’s new film, Killing Them Softly, is probably the Festival de Cannes event with the greatest number of glamorous stars this […]
More from Cannes: Virginie Ledoyen, Charlotte Casiraghi, Natasha Poly, and the Haïti benefit dinner
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/WireImage Above At the Haïti: Carnival in Cannes benefit dinner: Virginie Ledoyen and Melissa George. The Festival de Cannes has helped fund-raise this year for the earthquake victims in Haïti. The Haïti: Carnival in Cannes gala dinner was presented on Friday by Giorgio Armani, supporting Sean Penn’s J/P Haitian Relief Organization, Paul Haggis’s […]
Ian Gavan/Wireimage More shots have been coming from the Cannes Film Festival at the premières and the gala dinner on Wednesday night, sponsored by Electrolux. And it’s not just any food at the Electrolux Agora Pavilion: the gala dinner saw a collaboration between two Michelin star chefs, Bruno Oger (Villa Archangel, a two Michelin […]
H&M announces accessories’ collaboration with Anna Dello Russo
Magnus Magnusson Top Designs from the Anna Dello Russo at H&M collection. Above Anna Dello Russo and H&M’s Margareta van den Bosch. In the spirit of having famous designers collaborate on mass-market fashion, H&M has said that it will now work with fashion director Anna Dello Russo on a new accessories’ collection. The new […]
H&M sells key-rings to benefit UNICEF
Starting April 19, H&M will sell two specially designed key-rings for Kr 39 each in 138 stores through Sweden, with proceeds being donated directly to UNICEF. It is H&M’s fifth year benefiting UNICEF’s For Every Kid campaign. The key-rings, in boy and girl versions, are joined by three pillowcases created by Lovisa Burfitt, […]
Absolut’s new Wild Tea plays on black tea and Nordic elderflower flavours
Tea is the “in” drink, more so in the last few years, and Absolut has now responded. Absolut Wild Tea has made its New Zealand début, retailing at NZ$46·99 for 700 ml, with hints of tea, elderflower, red apples and citrus. The new vodka has been done in true Scandinavian style: black tea is […]
Björn Borg releases fun Earth Hour study on what people like to get up to in the dark
Jonas Nyvang Above Christopher Wetmore and Klara Wester model for Björn Borg. Björn Borg has released the results of a fun study for Earth Hour, asking people what they might do in the dark tonight between 8.30 and 9.30 p.m. Respondents to the survey indicated that Spaniards are most likely to get sexy in […]
Sponsored video: Elin Kling’s guilty pleasure at Net-a-Porter
A Lucire special promotion Elin Kling is getting more and more global. Her Style by Kling blog was noticed by us very early on, but equally, she became a fashion personality in Sweden with TV attention as well. Soon, a major retailer decided it would need her endorsement on its autumn–winter 2010 trends, […]
