Official photos and video: Jaguar launches F-type coupé at Los Angeles Auto Show
Although images of the F-type coupé have already been leaked, Jaguar has now officially released details of one of its most anticipated sports cars. The convertible F-type is already on the market and is Lucire’s Car to Be Seen in for 2013 (see Lucire issue 30), but enthusiasts have waited for the hardtop coupé […]
Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! exhibition opens today at Somerset House
The exhibition, Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!, opens today at Somerset House, London. This marks the second time Lucire has covered an exhibition connected to the late editor and fashion patron. The earlier occasion, in 2008, saw curator Donna Loveday of the Design Museum look at Philip Treacy’s hats, and focused on the then Isabella […]
Mini launches with Poppy Delevingne, Henry Holland, Peaches Geldof, Ellie Goulding, Kimberley Garner
Dominic O’Neill Mini knows it’s on to a good thing, especially when it has 2½ million customers worldwide for the fashion-led 21st-century models released under BMW. With the launch of the fourth-generation Mini, BMW has stuck with the fashion image, with Poppy Delevingne, fashion designers Henry Holland and Amy Molyneaux, Peaches Geldof, Ellie Goulding, […]
Nespresso launches Wellington boutique with the help of the PM, Taika Waititi, and Team New Zealand
Mark Tantrum Nespresso and Wellington seem to be natural bedfellows: Wellingtonians pride themselves on a decent cup, while Nespresso aims to bring the café experience into the home with its high-pressure machines as well as its gourmet coffees. And while Wellingtonians love supporting their local brands, Nespresso’s new upscale boutique on Lambton Quay, which opened […]
Rock the Boat: a see-worthy effort by Annah Stretton
While some designers strive to create an ideal vision of the perfect female customer, others choose to let their customer use fashion to define their own definition of perfection. Annah Stretton, now easing her way into to the US and other countries’ markets via her jaunty online boutiques, fits the second category and does it […]
BBC releases trailer for An Adventure in Space and Time, as Doctor Who celebrations continue
Building on the Doctor Who 50th anniversary celebrations is a fact-based drama on BBC2, An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss. The trailer was released today by the BBC. The film looks at the creation of Doctor Who, and the involvement of producer Verity Lambert, director Waris Hussein, actor William Hartnell, […]
Miss France’s 33 finalists to arrive in Dijon on November 23
Sylvie Tellier, via Twitter It was unprecedented in New Zealand to see the 20 finalists in Miss Universe New Zealand 2013 being flown to Thailand for their retreat and swimwear shoot. However, one country—the one where beauty pageants remain in the public consciousness, and where the telecast gets a 40 per cent share—does this as […]
Commoners wins DHL Express Fashion Export Scholarship for 2013
Although publicized at a ceremony in Auckland last night, DHL has lifted the embargo tonight to announce that Commoners has won its Fashion Export Scholarship. In a release, Jae Mills, Commoners’ designer, said, ‘The DHL export scholarship is very important to us as we see it as an opportunity to connect internationally. We are […]
Jessie J, James Arthur, Conor Maynard turn on the Oxford Street Christmas lights
Ian Gavan/Getty Images Jessie J was the headlining celebrity chosen to turn on the lights on Oxford Street, and kicked off the Christmas season in London’s West End on Tuesday at 6.22 p.m. The English singer and songwriter says it was a dream of hers to turn on the world-famous lights. ‘I always used […]
Tilda Swinton celebrates 53rd birthday as MoMA honours her at benefit
Tilda Swinton celebrated her 53rd birthday at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, during its sixth annual Film Benefit cocktail hour. She is the first actress to be honoured by the benefit. Arrivals in Lucire’s video below New Zealand’s fast-rising songstress Lorde, Jessica Biel, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld, Karlie Kloss, […]
