Beauty news: YBF is back on QVC; OPI launches German-inspired nail colours
In the UK, YBF Beauty is back on QVC after a few years off. It hits screens shortly (2 and 9 p.m. today, then 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow, July 4). YBF was a huge hit when it was last on the network, and is expected to be again. YBF was founded by […]
New, exclusive watches from Christian Koban and Boegli
Frankfurt-based watchmaker Christian Koban has released its Army Blue model from its diamond watch collection. Army Blue features diamonds and sapphires—but builds them in to a camouflage look. There are 923 pavé-set sapphires totalling 8·71 ct and 121 pavé-set black diamonds totalling 1·1 ct. The strap is in stingray, with the stainless steel body […]
Previewing Delikatessen’s menswear; Karolína Kurková and Eva Padberg at Berlin Fashion Week
Our correspondent Joanna Mroczkowska has sent us some images from Netherlands-based Polish designer André Lisowski, one of the men behind the Delikatessen label. The latest look book for spring–summer 2012 features Polish model Greg Nawrat, the face of the Gucci spring–summer 2012 campaign. Delikatessen, co-founded by Stephen Hartog, aims to combine old-world craft and […]
Let’s not forget Boston, Madrid, Berlin and Miami—with Cambodia and Vancouver on the way
Cirestudios Top !Nu.I, one of the notable labels at Boston Fashion Week’s Emerging Trends Show. Above Linda Rowe Thomas. It wasn’t all about the major cities. Among them was Boston Fashion Week’s Emerging Trends Show, from which Lucire, as an official media partner, has coverage today. New and emerging talent from around the world showed […]
Lacoste Live takes campaign to Berlin
A Lucire special promotion The Lacoste Live campaigns, which some readers will have seen on this site, has shifted to another cool location for autumn–winter 2011–12: Berlin. Lacoste Live—or L!ve, to use the brand’s own moniker—is the company’s youth-oriented line, and was characterized in its first season with photography by American photographer Mark Hunter, […]
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley steals the show; Beyoncé energetically closes Glastonbury
Lucian Capellaro/Getty Images Chris Jackson/Getty Images Above Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in a backless dress at the Berlin première of Transformers 3, and in Burberry at the London VIP screening. Beyoncé Knowles, wearing a gold sequinned jacket and black hot pants, closed the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, with husband Jay-Z watching in the crowd. The singer went […]
Volkswagen globally launches next-generation Beetle with more ‘masculine’ design
Volkswagen has débuted the new Beetle with simultaneous launches in Shanghai (which is having its motor show), New York and Berlin. The launch reflects the most important markets for the car: the growing Chinese market, where Volkswagen has a leadership position with ventures in both Beijing and Shanghai; the US, which has always had […]
For those surfing in through our home page, you’ll have noticed a distinct Germanic flavour. A selection of Maurice Luckett and his team’s photographs from Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week are online, with Vicki Matias—who has herself trained in fashion design—giving the expert’s view of the collections we’ve covered. Meanwhile, publisher Jack Yan has tested three […]
Clive Owen joins Design Hotels’ cinematic photo contest jury
Getty Images and courtesy Bulgari Above Clive Owen, pictured with Julianne Moore at the Paris Bulgari exhibition late last year. Actor Clive Owen is on the jury of Design Hotels’ Don’t Forget the Popcorn photo contest. He joins experts such as, inter alia, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Palme d’Or winner 2010, Efe Cakarel, founder and CEO of […]
Celebrating Sweden at Berlin Fashion Week
While we await more catwalk images from Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week, we have some videos from the Swedish presence at the event. Three designers, two academics, one photo exhibition and hours of avant-garde fashion films were showcased around Berlin during the January event. The designers, Camilla Norrback—known for her sustainable fashion and her […]
