Costume Institute exhibition runs through July 16, and realized with Bonaveri mannequins […]
Karl Lagerfeld: a Line of Beauty at the Met shows the serpentine with the straight
June 22, 2023/11.31
Tag: architecture
A historical musical unveiling
November 9, 2022/12.21
Lola Cristall headed to Lincoln Center to see first-hand the results of the renovations of the David Geffen Hall, enjoying a grand reopening featuring Beethoven and a new work by Angélica Negrón […]
Hotel La Compañía: a modern immersion into Panama’s history
June 2, 2022/22.29
The Hotel La Compañía, the first property to open under Hyatt’s just-launched ‘The Unbound Collection’ umbrella, begins a new tradition of introducing independently operated Central American boutique lodging to avid travellers looking for luxury properties that are decidedly not corporate. Located in Panama City’s historic-but-progressive Casco Antiguo neighbourhood, the family-owned property multitasks as sleek, […]
Milanese architectural firm creates interiors for SKP malls in Beijing and Xi’an
June 2, 2020/12.32
Above: SKP in Xi’an. Dirk Weiblen; Univochi; Alan Grilo Above: Designs by Vudafieri Saverino Partners for SKC’s men’s, women’s, lifestyle, home and footwear spaces. With China and Italy steadily reopening, it’s little surprise that a great deal of news is from those countries. Vudafieri Saverino Partners, the Milanese architectural firm with a base in […]
Jennifer Lawrence’s NYC penthouse apartment up for sale at US$12 million
January 14, 2020/21.29
It’s not often we at Lucire get to see how an A-lister lives, but with Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence putting her Manhattan penthouse apartment up for sale, we can get a glimpse of the property at the Laurel at 400 East 67th Street on New York’s Upper East Side. The 378 m² (4,073 […]
Drinking in the arts décoratifs
November 17, 2019/12.57
Kirstin O’Brien Top: The exterior of Parkview Square. Above: Interior wall details at Parkview Square. Looking out of our hotel window while in Singapore I spy a beautiful déco-styled building and decide to investigate. Little did I know that this building would share two of my favourite things … There it stood: a tall, […]
Aēsop opens Wellington, New Zealand store; H&M confirms Commercial Bay, Auckland, for August 30
June 12, 2018/12.02
Bottom image: Wellington City Council Archives Aēsop, the Australian skin care company, has launched its Wellington concept store at the corner of Featherston Street and Brandon Street. New Zealand may be its neighbour, but the Australian company has been opening locations in some of the biggest cities in the world—London, Paris, New York and […]
Poster Girl blends nostalgia with futurism
November 21, 2017/11.36
Two Central St Martin’s graduates from the class of 2015 formed a new label in March, Poster Girl, and have just announced their Series 1·1 collection for spring–summer 2018. The idea behind Francesca Capper and Natasha Sommerville’s label is to create four collections per year on the same theme, each building on the last. […]
Raf Simons, Reese Witherspoon honoured as WSJ Magazine Innovators
November 2, 2017/10.56
News Corporation’s WSJ Magazine honoured Raf Simons (fashion), Reese Witherspoon (entertainment), Roman and Williams (design), Ryan Heffington (performing arts), Musical.ly (technology), Mark Bradford (art), and Diller Scofidio + Renfro (architecture) at an awards’ ceremony for its November ‘Innovators’ issue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Wednesday. The 2011 design winner, Joris […]
Chanel opens new boutique at national heritage site in le Marais
December 7, 2016/21.34
Opened December 3, like a walk through history and Parisian elegance, the new Chanel boutique in the Hôtel Amelot de Bisseuil, also known as the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs de Hollande, is one of the most beautiful showcases of the prestigious brand yet. Careful to retain all historical detail, wear and time, the space encompasses […]
