Fiction from The New York Times, courtesy the Yes Men
A prank edition of The New York Times, published by the Yes Men, had me going a bit earlier today. After receiving a realistic looking release and knowing that 1·2 million copies had gone out in print, it was a heck of an expensive prank from the liberal group. But it worked. My […]
Fabulous sexagenarians: Jaclyn Smith, Olivia Newton-John
There’s a lot of talk about supermodels such as Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer continuing to model and scoring new campaigns, not to mention Vogue Paris’s new Cindy Crawford shoot, but the media haven’t really noticed celebrities in their 60s contributing to the Zeitgeist this year. On TV screens in many countries is Olivia […]
Win a trip to Tokyo or New York with Za
Here’s a tip from our friends at Za: a competition to win a trip to Tokyo or New York open to New Zealand residents. Check it out at www.seewhathappens.co.nz. Za itself is available from mid-November in New Zealand, with retailers listed at the See What Happens site. […]
Fashion in brief: from Prahran to Riga
News in brief: Prahran label Nique has its Control collection for summer 2009, viewable at its website. There’s a little more about its background on our fashion contents’ page. Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology’s Ramona Millen came to our attention at the end of last month with her collection made from recycling men’s trousers for […]
European Car of the Year to be announced Nov. 17
Final voting is under way for the European Car of the Year 2009 and the result will be announced on the 17th inst. at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London at the Autocar Awards. Interestingly, the shortlist is not too dissimilar from the Car to Be Seen in finalists that Lucire announces next month. […]
Changes coming to the Lucire forum
We may be making some big changes to the Lucire forum this month. Once called StyleTalk, the forum has gone through quite a few incarnations, and its heyday was in 2003 when it was receiving tens of thousands of visitors regularly. But with blogs becoming the norm, more successful forums opening up elsewhere, a […]
Kevin Rudd’s stimulus package could be great for green
I congratulate Australian PM Kevin Rudd for announcing a A$6·2 billion stimulus package for the Australian car industry. And before you think I am going to go off talking cars again, this is about the environment—something that many Lucire readers care about with our UNEP connection. Australia has long innovated in the automotive industry […]
South Island by Clio, sans Nicole et Papa
I was interested to find that there were still photographs from my 2007 South Island drive that hadn’t seen the public light of day. These were good shots of the Renault Clio 3 that the company had loaned to me. Outside Carey’s Bay Hotel, the Clio looked more 21st century than the 1990s cars parked […]
H&M opens in Harajuku, shows Comme des Garçons collaboration
With the Japanese economy at risk of deflation, it’s probably not a bad time to open a retail store that specializes in low prices. H&M’s new store in Harajuku, Tokyo, opened yesterday and was one of two that showed the Swedish brand’s latest designer collaboration—this time, with one of Japan’s own: Rei Kawakubo of Comme […]
Michelle Obama looked perfectly fine in Narciso Rodriguez
I know we are a fashion magazine, but to see polls criticize the United States’ future First Lady, Michelle Obama, for choosing a dress from the Narciso Rodriguez spring 2009 collection and to say it wasn’t up to snuff is a bit much. Mrs Obama wore the dress at her husband’s victory speech on […]
