Pierre Cardin, visionary designer, dies aged 98
Claude Iverné/Creative Commons 3·0 Top: Pierre Cardin’s official portrait in 1992. Above: The cover of the book accompanying Pierre Cardin’s 60th anniversary retrospectives in 2010. Legendary fashion designer Pierre Cardin died December 29 aged 98, according to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, of which he had been a member since 1992. Born Pietro Costante Cardin […]
Arborea, Stanley Moss’s new novel written during the pandemic in Italy, out now
Lucire travel editor Stanley Moss has penned a new novel, this one written during the COVID-19 pandemic as he braved the dire situation in his base in northern Italy, at one point Europe’s “ground zero” for the virus. Arborea, out now, once again brings together a cast of international characters in an intriguing and entertaining […]
German actress Tiana Pongs releases insider’s guide to modelling
German model and actress Tiana Pongs, who had authored Der kleine Model Guide in her native country some years ago, has released an updated English-language equivalent, Keep Smiling: a Career Guide for Models, from the same publisher, Ebozon Verlag. According to the publisher, the guide ‘explains, step by step, how to start, what the […]
Basquiat items at accessible prices
If you’re a fan of Jean-Michel Basquiat, but can’t touch his unique work, here’s a wallet-friendly group of alternatives for you. Lucire’s travel editor, Stanley Moss, has just released a reissue of his privately printed 1980 limited edition The New Wave Cookbook in book form. It’s a chance to get a collectible 33 pp. booklet […]
Kathy Ireland to release first novel, Fashion Jungle, based on real-life experiences
Above: Rachel van Dyken and Kathy Ireland. As if building up a multi-million-dollar fashion and home licensing enterprise and her philanthropy weren’t enough of a follow-up to a highly successful modelling career, Kathy Ireland can now add novelist to her list of credits, with her first title written with the number-one New York Times best […]
Travel editor Stanley Moss to speak, plus Q&A session and book signing in Gurgaon
Paula Sweet Stanley Moss, pictured earlier this month at Brunton Boatyard in Fort Kochi. Travel editor Stanley Moss will be the guest of honour at the second edition of Converse@Nagarro, an interactive talk series, in Gurgaon on November 13. Nagarro, the software development and technology consultancy, was the basis of Stanley’s fictional company Talsera […]
Rihanna launches her first book, a visual autobiography, available as impressive limited editions
Rihanna’s self-titled visual autobiography, with never-before-seen photographs, is an impressive 504 pp. volume and includes an Ultra Luxury Supreme Edition (limited to 10) that comes with its own marble pedestal nicknamed ‘Stoner’, giving a total weight of 907 kg (2,000 lb). That edition’s 10 copies, signed by Rihanna, complete with pedestal designed in collaboration […]
Extraordinary insights promised in new Mary Tyler Moore biography, to be released January 25
To be released on the second anniversary of her passing, the new biography, Mary: the Mary Tyler Moore Story, offers new insights into the acclaimed Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress who portrayed two of television comedy’s most beloved characters, Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler […]
Crazy Rich Asians delivers a fun romp, beating The Meg in week two
Sanja Bucko From top: Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Constance Wu in Crazy Rich Asians. Henry Golding and Constance Wu. Lisa Lu’s Ah Ma character meets Constance Wu’s Rachel Chu. What a pleasure it was to see, finally, Crazy Rich Asians, which opens here next week. It’s already been doing very well in the US, […]
Ten weeks ago, I received an Instagram message from Lorraine Downes, whom most Kiwis will know as our only winner at Miss Universe (in 1983). I knew she had been working on a memoir, and before she could even tell me what it was about, I wrote back to say I would love a copy […]
