The AG Limited Editions collections of Alessandra Gucci

August 13, 2022/22.45

The brief history of Alessandra Gucci’s AG Limited Editions bags, as seen in our pages from 2008 to 2010 […]

Fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier dead at 78

April 1, 2022/9.31

Above, from top: Princess Diana, London, 1990. Nadja, New York, 1995. Nude, St Barthélemy, 1994. Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé at the Fondation Pierre Bergé–Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2002. Gisèle Bündchen for Chanel, 2014. Celebrated fashion photographer, Patrick Demarchelier, died Thursday aged 78. No cause of death was given as news of his […]

Charity calendar brings 1940s’ pin-up style into the 2010s

March 24, 2011/8.19

Mandi Lynn Pin Up for Prems is a charity calendar with a difference. Born out of a desire to help the Neonatal Special Care Unit of Hutt Hospital, which specializes in caring for newborn babies and helping parents during and after births, mother and businesswoman Georgia Wright and renowned Wellington photographer Mandi Lynn came […]

Open-top Fiat 500C hits the streets for summer

July 4, 2009/17.56

In time for the summer, the Fiat 500C—Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in for 2008—has just gone on sale in the UK. The new model keeps the overall appearance of the original hatchback but features a power-operated, roll-back canvas roof, in a homage to the 1957 model. Plus sides, says Fiat, include the fact […]

Top model Jodie Kidd kicks off Fiat’s EcoDrive

March 18, 2009/11.01

Last year, we said the Fiat 500 would be the Car to Be Seen in—and this year, more people are getting on board the popular retro-styled subcompact car. After celebrating Barbie’s 50th anniversary with a pink 500 last week (below), Fiat has announced that British top model Jodie Kidd was the ﬁrst Briton to […]

Samantha Powell, in black and white

January 16, 2009/11.27

Doug Rimington has given us permission to publish this image from his ﬁlm camera, taken last year during our shoot of Miss Universe New Zealand 2008 Samantha Powell. Rebecca Connor—Miss Wellington and a make-up artist in her own right—is on the right. You may also like Behind the scenes on Samantha Powell’s shoot Former Miss […]

The better half: The Golden Tide on Sunday

December 13, 2008/5.56

Half the country likes National Radio—or Radio New Zealand National, to give it its proper name these days—during the summer, and half the country dislikes it. The programming changes from the usual formula and I have often said that shows like Matinee Idle (not a misspelling) are among the highlights of the wireless year. While […]

E! says Karolína Kurková is world’s sexiest woman

November 22, 2008/10.25

Above: Karolína Kurková in La Perla, as featured in Lucire in 2001. E! Entertainment Television has named Karolína Kurková as the world’s sexiest woman for 2008. Model Bar Rafaeli and actress Angelina Jolie took second and third places. Rounding off the top 10 were Gisèle Bündchen, Scarlett Johansson, Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Penélope […]

New technologies from BMW at LA Auto Show

November 16, 2008/12.14

BMW will present a some of its new technologies at the Los Angeles Auto Show this year. The new shape some BMW fans will want to see will be the 7-series, which will also appear at the show as an Active Hybrid concept. We’ve video of some of the other technologies that BMW will be […]

Jaguar XF at bottom of US reliability survey

/10.03

I hope this doesn’t mean that Jaguar has gone back to its old ways as a US survey puts the Toyota Prius at the top of its reliability list, and the Jaguar XF (left) at the bottom. Both cars have been nominees in Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in awards: the Toyota in 2004–5, the […]