Unscripted shows creative minds behind Wellington’s film industry
Top Locket by Sophie Lewis-Smith. Above Jewellery by Steph Lusted. Below left Textile designs at Unscripted. Bottom Locket by Sophie Lewis-Smith. Starting on Saturday, September 3 and running until the following Friday, the Unscripted exhibition, displaying artwork from local screen industry artists’ personal passions will be open, for free, to the public at the St […]
Lucire update: Alber Elbaz interviewed, South Africa, and top 10 menswear
Above Lucire Paris editor Lola Saab with Lanvin creative director Alber Elbaz. If you’ve surfed through to our home page, you’ll have noticed that Lola Saab has interviewed Alber Elbaz, getting him to reveal his thinking behind Lanvin’s menswear collection for autumn–winter 2011–12. It’s not the only new article that we want to alert […]
Louis Vuitton on the Oscars and internal changes
Above, from top Producer Emile Sherman. Actor Andrew Garfield. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Normally, among the European labels, it’s Giorgio Armani who’s first to tell the media who wore what at a major gala event. This year, Louis Vuitton has sent information through, claiming Emile Sherman, Andrew Garfield and Gwyneth Paltrow as its clotheshorses at the […]
Natalie Portman issues statement severing ties with John Galliano
Above Actress Natalie Portman, photographed in her Miss Dior Chérie advertisement. Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman, the face of Miss Dior Chérie, has issued a statement condemning the anti-Semitic words of John Galliano, creative director of Christian Dior. Portman issued her statement after a video surfaced on a Murdoch Press website, showing a drunk […]
Oscar coverage: from the red carpet, to Colin Firth, to Melissa Leo’s swearing
Our coverage of the Oscars begins here, with highlights from Colin Firth’s, Natalie Portman’s and Melissa Leo’s acceptance speeches. The King’s Speech won best film while its star Colin Firth took the best actor prize at the Academy Awards. The movie took four honours in total, including best original screenplay for David Seidler and […]
Hairstylist to Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock gives his Oscar tips
We had wondered who would be the first to send us an Oscar-related bulletin this year. That honour goes to hairstylist David Babaii, for his work on Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. Babaii had previously worked on Kidman at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, and gave these tips through publicist Janice R. McCafferty: […]
From Cheryl Cole to the fitness “boot camp”
Sean Gallup for de Grisogono/Getty Images For those of you catching up with Lucire on your RSS feeds, a little note to say that we were among the first media to get you pics from Cheryl Cole’s performance at the de Grisogono dinner party, where she entertained some of the stars at the Festival de […]
A proper glance at Oscar gowns for Jennifer López, Amanda Seyfried, Hilary Swank
We couldn’t let the day pass without showing you some of the Oscar gowns. These images are courtesy Giorgio Armani, who dressed many of the celebrities at the 82nd Academy Awards last night. As previewed yesterday in Lucire, Jennifer López’s Giorgio Armani Privé iridescent icy pale pink silk organza evening gown was much talked […]
New Zealand’s Ken Robinson gets to wow Beverly Hills at pre-Oscar suite
Top Ken Robinson gets to showcase his designs in Beverly Hills. Above Robinson with Jason Ritter and his girlfriend. Ken Robinson of Robinson Designer Goldsmith, New Zealand’s most innovative fine jeweller and a long-time friend of Lucire, has been on a quest to get his gravity-defying designs in diamonds and precious gems into the hands […]
Filmmaker Peter Jackson will receive a knighthood
Filmmaker Peter Jackson will receive a knighthood in HM the Queen’s New Year Honours’ List in New Zealand, according to sources. While administered by the Herald-at-Arms in New Zealand, the honours have the sanction of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Jackson may style himself Sir Peter Jackson if he chooses. Jackson is best […]
