I have a feeling that tomorrow, we will hear that the Ford Ka, as driven by Olga Kurylenko in Quantum of Solace, will be European Car of the Year. It has a good chassis, it’s a subcompact car that ?ts modern European sensibilities, and it has cross-Europe appeal. Our second pick would be the Alfa […]
Today in Lucire: Stanley Moss visits Grover Cloth House, a New Delhi tailor which boasts President Bush, Cherie Blair and Chelsea Clinton as clients. The pashmina scarf photographs are lovely—and they can be picked up for a song at Grover’s. […]
Ryanair criticized again for calendar
Is Ryanair’s 2009 calendar, featuring 13 of its flight attendants in swimwear photographed by Mike Rosenthal in Spain, appropriate? The airline has come under fire for its 2009 calendar, as it did for its 2008 one last year, with its critics accusing it of sexism. Criticisms centre around Ryanair’s objectification of the flight […]
GHD’s limited-edition packs pamper for the holidays
GHD has two limited-edition packs for the holidays in New Zealand: the Purple Pamper Pack (NZ$75) and the travel-dryer kit (NZ$89). The Purple Pamper Pack features GHD’s Exotic Opulence bubble bath, body butter, body scrub and shower gel. All products feature a scent dominated by lily and enhanced with fresh jasmine, white rose and […]
The fundamentals of New Zealand’s economy are sound
[Cross-posted] As I call in around New Zealand to different companies, I have noticed a few things. First, the General Election has made no real difference to the way people feel. It’s no surprise: John Key voted the same way as Helen Clark on many of the least popular pieces of legislation, and fewer people […]
The winners of Sloggi’s Most Beautiful Bottom in the World contest, co-sponsored by Lycra, have been chosen by a jury in Paris. Brazilian Melanie Nunes Fronckowiak, 20, and Frenchman Saiba Bombote, 27, were the winners, taking away €15,000 in prize money, modelling contracts for the next Sloggi campaign, and insurance. Fronckowiak is no […]
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 […]
