Camilla and Marc do cream and sex
I am looking forward to a sexy summer with Camilla and Marc. Universally, summer trends seem to be all about plays of proportion, and Camilla and Marc’s spring–summer 2009–10 collection affirms this. In typical Australian style, this collection was laid-back and light in spirit. Stefan Gosatti/Getty Images Looks were accessorized with heavy gold […]
Official Miss Sweden barred from Miss Universe, says pageant
The official winner of the Miss Sweden pageant will not be permitted to enter Miss Universe. Panos Papadopoulos, director of the official Miss Sweden pageant, has tried over the last several years to modernize the event, and says that the effort required to do that put Sweden’s entry at odds with the outmoded ideas […]
Yes, I enjoy knitting. And I have done ever since my childhood trips away to stay with my Nan every winter holidays. I knew I only had a couple of weeks to knit up a storm—because once I left there wouldn’t be anyone to fix up my mistakes. It was always just a scarf, and because it only […]
Design exhibition deemed not to disappoint
Travelling the world for three years and having already showed in Torino, Kyoto, Hong Kong and Melbourne, this international touring exhibition entitled The Dimension of the Plane—Communication Design in Germany is set to deliver some of Germany’s most current, innovative and leading-edge design. The exhibition, curated by the Rat für Formgebung (German Design Council) in Frankfurt, is an overview of […]
New Zealand’s triumphs at Home Design Awards
The array of furniture and objects in the Home Design Awards 2009 are testament to the fact that New Zealand designers are being well recognized internationally. ‘I think the selection of furniture and objects in the Design Awards 2009 shows that New Zealand designers are easily able to foot it on the world stage,’ said the […]
Miss Sweden’s Kiwi connections
Lucire publisher Jack Yan is judging two beauty pageants this year: both Miss Universe New Zealand, at which he has served since 2007, and Miss Sweden. Mr Yan chairs the international jury currently reviewing the résumés of the Miss Sweden entrants before the winner is voted by the Swedish public. There’s another Kiwi […]
Further to our earlier post about the second series of Ashes to Ashes, here’s the trailer, released yesterday. The 1980s, or at least this fictional version of it, doesn’t look much like where we are at, with its bright colours—we are trying to shed ourselves of 1970s’ dreariness. Though the autumn 2009 collections indicate […]
1982 will be different as Ashes to Ashes’ next series begins
We’ve been patiently waiting for news of Ashes to Ashes’ second series for quite some time. This time last year, we had already talked about the series, the ’80s and the decade’s influence on fashion. Last week was the first time we had heard much about the next Ashes to Ashes, aside from a […]
Objects of Desire at Tamsin Cooper
Available from early April, Tamsin Cooper’s autumn–winter 2009 collection, Objects of Desire, includes pendant necklaces, winter wraps and Victorian-styled brooches. Colours, according to Cooper’s company, include ‘garnet red, inky sapphire blue, dark amethyst and dramatic jet black,’ along with hot pink, mandarin and peacock blue. When the economic climate isn’t the rosiest, there seems […]
Tata Nano’s significance reaches far beyond India’s shores
This morning at our New Zealand bureau, we received a news advisory about the launch of the Tata Nano in Mumbai today. We expect to have coverage of the launch by this time tomorrow. The Nano, which we covered excitedly in Lucire in January 2008, represents a positive step for the Indian motor […]
