Above Keeley Hawes may have style in Upstairs, Downstairs, but publisher Jack Yan argues that Rufus Sewell, in Zen, paints a far more desirable fashion world (ignoring the tobacco smoke). Fashion editor Sopheak Seng and I had a great meeting today, discussing trends. A couple of weeks ago, he told me that he had seen […]
Liam Gallagher, Fearne Cotton, Brendan Cole and others attend Drapers’ awards
Last Wednesday, Drapers held the 20th anniversary edition of its awards at Grosvenor House in London. Guests included Liam Gallagher, a bow tie-wearing Fearne Cotton, Reggie Yates, Jimmy Mistry, Come Dancing‘s and Strictly Come Dancing‘s Brendan Cole, accompanied by his wife Zoë, and Flavia Cacace from the latter show. In the above video, […]
An interview with ousted Apprentice contestant, Paloma Vivanco
To those following Lucire via RSS, our web cover story is an interview with Paloma Vivanco, who was “fired” from the UK version of The Apprentice by Lord Sugar last week. The fifth contestant this season to go, Paloma talks to us about how she got on the show, how the media portrayed her (as […]
Gemma Cairney restyles at Britain’s Next Top Model Live, keeping the heat down
Our friends at Global Cool have videos from Britain’s Next Top Model Live at Excel Centre in Docklands, with BBC Radio 1’s Gemma Cairney holding Style Icon Workshops over Days 1 and 2, and other highlights. Global Cool is encouraging people to turn down their heating at home this winter, in a campaign called […]
WedgeWelly gets £65k from Dragons’ Den
On last Monday’s Dragons’ Den on BBC Two, retail guru Theo Paphitis invested £65,000 in exchange for 25 per cent of fashion footwear company, the WedgeWelly Family. The company sells what it calls ‘practical yet fashionable wellies for women,’ made with fashion and comfort in mind. The wellingtons have a patented 2½-inch wedge heel, […]
The final of Ashes to Ashes: a cultural phenomenon
Above Keeley Hawes as DI Alex Drake and Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt in Ashes to Ashes, concluding tonight on BBC One. Tonight on BBC One, the final of Ashes to Ashes airs in the UK. Of all the TV shows we have covered in Lucire, Ashes to Ashes seems to be one […]
Relive the ’80s: Ebay seller has Ashes to Ashes items
BBC For those wanting to get the 1980s’ look as the final series of Ashes to Ashes hits the Zeitgeist, a seller on Ebay has a number of items that are claimed to have been verified by one of the crew as having been worn on the show. A corduroy jacket, a beret, Lyle […]
Is Keeley Hawes’s Ashes to Ashes hairstyle as ’83 as her wardrobe?
BBC Above DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) and DI Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) in the final series of Ashes to Ashes. Below right Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman in 1983’s Valley Girl. Power suits, check. Shoulder pads, check. Big earrings that could scrape those shoulder pads, check. Chunky necklaces, check. Blacks and whites and primary […]
This year’s BBC Children in Need programme benefits from a new pendant from Clogau Gold featuring the Pudsey Bear design. It is a strictly limited edition, with 250 examples. The price for the pendant, with Welsh gold mined from the Clogau St David’s Gold Mine in Snowdonia, is £99, £33 of which will go […]
The Beautiful Life was out of step
The CW Above Nico Tortorella and Mischa Barton in The Beautiful Life. We didn’t think the CW’s The Beautiful Life would last long, but we didn’t expect it to be canned after two episodes. It didn’t help that one of its stars, Anglo-American actress Mischa Barton, sought psychiatric treatment months before the series’ […]
