Supermodel Elle Macpherson donates $50k Aspen watch to non-profits
Swiss-based watch company, Aspen, introduced its Aspen One luxury timepiece, earlier this month. The launch took place at the Aspen Mountain Club, where supermodel Elle Macpherson was presented with the diamond version of the One, retailing at US$49,900 (the standard, limited-edition version is a “mere” US$38,900). Macpherson chose to donate her watch to two non-profit […]
Keeping fit the Cirque the Soleil way with Reebok
Cirque du Soleil was the subject of a large article in the first Twinpalms Lucire in Thailand, but we didn’t expect it would really get in to fashion. Enter Reebok, which has followed up the Step Reebok programme of the late 1980s with Jukari Fit to Fly, an exercise routine developed with the circus arts’ […]
See what we mean? We didn’t request extra photographs of Mischa Barton—she just seems to be in the Zeitgeist again. Here is the actress in a hat by D&Y—its hats and scarves are apparently favoured by Miley Cyrus, Taylor Momsen and Audrina Patridge, according to the company’s PR firm, P3R. […]
Jewellery is Mischa Barton’s staple
Of all the news we are getting about celebrities, one seemed to appear more often over the last week in conversation and news: Mischa Barton. Barton has had a whirlwind few months with filming in India, stopping off in the UK, New York Fashion Week, and now Los Angeles. At New York Fashion […]
Mini E christens power-point for electric cars in Berlin
Another video that came during New York Fashion Week, but which we didn’t want to run as it would have got lost: the Mini E christening an electricity charging-point for cars in Berlin, Germany. For those who feel that plug-in electric cars would be problematic when they run out of juice, BMW and Vattenfall answer […]
Views from the Medinge Group’s Brands with a Conscience 2009 ceremony
With all that was going on during New York Fashion Week, we decided to delay these videos in case they got lost. They’re from the Brands with a Conscience ceremony at MIP in Paris earlier this month (we detailed the winners here at Lucire in January), which the Medinge Group has been running for six […]
Chado Ralph Rucci, NYFW fall–winter 2009–10
The last show on the official calendar, Chado Ralph Rucci, completed New York Fashion Week at the Bryant Park tents for the fall 2009 season. […]
Tadashi Shoji, NYFW fall–winter 2009–10
One of Lucire’s favourite designers, Tadashi Shoji, showed grace and elegance again with his fall 2009 collection at New York Fashion Week on Friday afternoon. […]
Calvin Klein Women’s, NYFW fall–winter 2009–10
Francisco Costa was the centre of attention at the Calvin Klein women’s collection showing for fall 2009 at New York Fashion Week. […]
Zac Posen, NYFW fall–winter 2009–10
Zac Posen, whose career we have also followed since his first Gen Art Show, has become one of New York’s best known designers. His fall 2009 show continued to demonstrate his sense of elegance. […]
