Leeds announces fourth annual Shopping Week
Leeds has a vibrant fashion community, even if those outside the UK might think of London first when it comes to British style. In fact, say the organizers of the Leeds Shopping Week Festival, 40 per cent of survey participants found it inspiring, compared with 32 for London’s street cred. For 10 days […]
Sweden inaugurates its first national marine park
Sweden has inaugurated its first marine national park on its west coast, near the Norwegian border. Both Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, and Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, inaugurated the park at Kosterhavet, 150 km north of Göteborg. Marine life at Kosterhavet includes species found nowhere else in Swedish waters, and is a […]
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 […]
Presenting eight Miss Universe 2009 contestants, on video
While we’re on the subject of Miss Universe 2009 in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, we did manage to get video of some of the contestants. And rather than be accused of being biased toward our head-office country all the time, here are videos of other contestants, namely: Ada Aimée de la Cruz, Miss Dominican […]
Miss Universe ’09 contestants are enjoying the Bahamas
The contestants at Miss Universe are having a great time in the Bahamas, and the fun is not restricted to Atlantis on Paradise Island. Below, the contestants are having fun on Atlantis, and visiting Bimini, Exuma and Grand Bahama Island. The telecast is on August 23 at 9 p.m. EDT, and will be shown live […]
Twiggy’s 60th birthday exhibition hits London, September 19
Above: The iconic image of Twiggy, aged 16 and weighing 90 lb, photographed by Barry Lategan in 1966. It has been known that a book celebrating Twiggy’s 60th birthday, Twiggy: a Life in Photographs, will be published by the National Portrait Gallery this year, but only today has news emerged about the dates for an […]
I know Lucire is not a car magazine, but I thought I should clarify my statements about the A-pillar area on the Peugeot 308 SW being messy. At left is a photograph I took on my old cell illustrating what I meant. Some people might like all these lines that go nowhere and everywhere—I don’t. […]
Mini United celebrates 50 years of an icon
Last weekend, 25,000 enthusiasts from over 40 countries attended the Mini United Festival at Silverstone to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an automotive icon. It’s hard to believe that the Mini celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, having cemented itself as one of the 20th century’s most significant cars and a style icon in its […]
Flickr-formed Christchurch Cluster exhibition opens
Mike Dowsett: Milford Sound Katherine Bodger Frank Sew Atjon: Porthills The Christchurch Cluster is a photography exhibition with a point of difference—many of the 25 contributing photographers met each other for the first time on opening night. This is because The Christchurch Cluster is actually an online community, started by Frank Sew Atjon and formed through the website Flickr, a […]
Photographed by Parris Bambery Tucked away at the back of Cuba Mall in Wellington lies a haven for those seeking out alternative health treatment and advice. Wellcare Chinese Medical Clinic and Herbal Shop opened in 1995 and encompasses traditional Chinese healing philosophies that have been employed for 5,000 years. The owner, Dr Jun Wu, has established […]
