Jason Merritt One of our favourite items from Carrera y Carrera, the Tiger ring, appeared on the finger of Taylor Swift at the Billboard Music Awards at the weekend. The Madrid-based jewellery company noted that Swift, presenting her new music video for ‘Bad Blood’, wore the ring in white gold, smoky quartz and diamonds from […]
Video: who wore what at the 2015 Met Gala? Beyoncé, FKA Twigs, Rihanna stand out
Taylor Hill Jamie McCarthy Who wore what at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute 2015 Gala, benefiting the CFDA–Vogue Fashion Fund, with the theme, China: through the Looking Glass? We spotted Jessica Hart in a red Valentino Chinoiserie-style velvet dress, really getting into the spirit of the theme, accessorized with Carrera y Carrera […]
Olivier Saillant Aldo Castoldi Chanel’s cruise 2015–16 collection has a stylistic link from what we saw at the ready-to-wear shows earlier this year, with Karl Lagerfeld confident with endowing the French label with plenty of colour and differing textures, though this time, he has looked to the orient for his inspiration. Showing on Monday […]
IWC Schaffhausen hosts 2015 Beijing International Film Festival dinner; Peter Chan honoured
Emmanuel Wong In Lucire 30’s ‘Red alert’ by Geneviève Hole, we noted how brands continued to focus their attentions eastward, and the trend continues with IWC Schaffhausen sponsoring its third Beijing International Film Festival. The fifth edition of the festival sees IWC return as an official sponsor and partner, spying an opportunity to promote […]
Mini’s augmented reality glasses include X-ray vision
Augmented reality for drivers may be here sooner than some might think, as BMW’s Mini brand reveals its prototype eyewear at Auto Shanghai. The Mini Augmented Vision eyewear links the car and the driver, transmitting basic information such as speed and speed limits, but adds other practical features for the 2010s lifestyle. Mini […]
Dove encourages women to see themselves as beautiful with new campaign; summit session announced
Dove wants to change the way women think about themselves with its new campaign, called Choose Beautiful. According to its 2010 research, 96 per cent of women do not choose the word beautiful to describe how they look. Its new five-minute film, shot in San Francisco, Shanghai, New Delhi, London and São Paulo, encourages women […]
The tale of The Legend of Mulan made its way in revitalized form to the David H. Koch Theater in March for a limited time at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. The Hong Kong Dance Company (HKDC) brings its expertise to the stage for the first time outside Asia. The China […]
Above Vivienne Tam’s fall–winter 2015–16 collection paid respect not only to Tam’s Chinese culture but the occidental interpretation of it in chinoiserie. (Courtesy Vivienne Tam; photographed by Dan Lecca.) Day five of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York was the biggest day of the week, as we showcase videos from the fall–winter 2015–16 collections below from […]
Stoneleigh hosts pop-up bar for Volvo Ocean Race’s Auckland stopover
From top The Stoneleigh pop-up bar at the Auckland stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race. Scenes at sea over the weekend during the Volvo Ocean Race: from the all-women Team SCA, where Sam Davies and crew sail past a traditional Vietnamese fishing boat; and on board Dongfeng Race Team. When the Volvo Ocean Race hits […]
Auckland University Press explores New Zealand cultural identity through poetry
Two fantastic works exploring very different aspects of New Zealand culture and identity have come across our desks here at Lucire, from the Auckland University Press. Puna Wai Kōrero: an Anthology of Māori Poetry in English Earlier this year, the first anthology of Maori poetry in English was published featuring a wide collection of prominent […]
