Dan Sims Above, from top Poppy Delevingne, Joan Smalls, Karlie Kloss, and Cara Delevingne, Model of the Year. Victoria Beckham, winning Brand of the Year. Emma Watson, who won the British Style Award. Before an audience of 2,070 at the London Coliseum, the 2014 British Fashion Awards have seen Erdem and J. W. Anderson take […]
Retrospectives: great moments in Parisian fashion history, with YSL, McQueen, Galliano, Gaultier
What are some of the great fashion moments in recent history? You’ll have seen these videos run on Lucire TV, and we’ve singled them out for an additional focus. In French and English. 1. The departure of Yves Saint Laurent In January 2001, Yves Saint Laurent retired from the house that bears his name, with […]
Tim P. Whitby/AmFAR Dominique Charriau Pascal Le Segretain/AmFAR We had posted our video from the arrivals at the Cinema Against Aids gala from the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc at Antibes earlier, but this morning, hosts AmFAR, the Foundation for Aids Research has announced the total raised last night: a whopping, record-breaking US$35 million. The money, […]
Lucire TV: fashion’s significant moments and trends of 2013
While we had our newsmakers, what else summed up 2013 in the fashion business? In a nutshell: Marc Jacobs’ departure from Louis Vuitton after 16 years and his last show at Paris Fashion Week, the return of Tom Ford and a big show to London, the revival of Schiaparelli under Christian Lacroix, the return […]
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 […]
Video highlights from the 2013 Golden Globes: from red-carpet gowns to Argo’s win
Paul Drinkwater/NBC Above Amanda Seyfried and Robert Pattinson present at the 70th annual Golden Globes. Below left Former US president Bill Clinton introduces Best Drama nominee, Lincoln. As awards’ season kicks off, Lucire has a full set of video highlights from the 2013 Golden Globes courtesy of our colleagues at ITN. Of course, our […]
Royal Mail celebrates the best of British fashion, from Hardy Amies to Vivienne Westwood
Photographer Sølve Sundsbø has shot the latest first-class stamps for Royal Mail, celebrating British fashion. The stamps go on sale today (May 15), both at post office branches and online. Focusing on postwar designs, the stamps feature the work of Hardy Amies, Norman Hartnell, Granny Takes a Trip, Ossie Clark with Celia Birtwell, Tommy […]
Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton triumphs at Paris Fashion Week with autumn–winter 2012–13
Sarah Burton triumphed in Paris in her fourth collection for Alexander McQueen. The McQueen brand has been about blending the fantastic with elegance, taking fashion beyond its accepted boundaries without losing mainstream appeal. It’s meant to be a challenge to our expectations, and the autumn–winter 2012–13 collection was no exception, with Burton building on […]
Oscar night gowns: Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow make it black and white
The 84th Academy Awards were, as always, a great venue for A-list gown-watching. Looking every inch the movie star, Angelina Jolie wowed in a black Versace gown with a thigh-high split. Michelle Williams donned a bright red strapless Louis Vuitton gown, while Emma Stone also went with red, in Gimabattista Valli. Natalie Portman […]
Selfridges creates exclusive looks for Women Designer Galleries in London
A Lucire special promotion When Alannah Weston was appointed creative director at Selfridges, there were cries of nepotism—her father owns the group. However, she’s more than redeemed herself since her appointment, and can rightly be credited as the brains behind numerous Selfridges promotions and exhibits. The latest one continues Weston’s vision and takes the […]
