A nip–tuck for Lucire’s home page
Visitors to our home page might have noticed a few nip–tucks as of this morning. It’s an acknowledgement of how you use the home page. The page is slightly wider, because many monitors are wider today. While it’s still not designed for those of you with 23-inch screens, it now has a nominal […]
Holly Budge to launch jewellery collection inspired by Christchurch ’quake
Christchurch, New Zealand jeweller and extreme adventurer Holly Budge will launch on October 21 a collection inspired by the September 4 earthquake that struck her city, called the 7.1 collection. The collection is named after the scale of the tremor that literally shook Christchurch and the Canterbury region last month. A portion of […]
Pioneering Korean designer André Kim, 74, dies
André Kim, 74, one of South Korea’s greatest fashion names, died Thursday night, his son Kim Joong-Do announced earlier today. André Kim was being treated for pneumonia at Seoul National University Hospital. He was admitted to hospital last month, and was also being treated for his earlier colorectral cancer. Kim was less […]
Range Rover, Victoria Beckham show new Evoque model
Victoria Beckham was one of the guests at the launch of the Range Rover Evoque, held in conjunction with Vogue at Kensington Palace yesterday. Beckham, who was announced as the company’s creative design executive, said she was looking forward to working with Range Rover design director Gerry McGovern. ‘I’m incredibly excited to be […]
New Zealand’s Ken Robinson gets to wow Beverly Hills at pre-Oscar suite
Top Ken Robinson gets to showcase his designs in Beverly Hills. Above Robinson with Jason Ritter and his girlfriend. Ken Robinson of Robinson Designer Goldsmith, New Zealand’s most innovative fine jeweller and a long-time friend of Lucire, has been on a quest to get his gravity-defying designs in diamonds and precious gems into the hands […]
Alexander McQueen inquest adjourns
The inquest into Lee McQueen’s death, which opened today at Westminster Coroner’s Court, has found that the 40-year-old designer had hanged himself in his wardrobe. McQueen had died of asphyxia and hanging, according to a post mortem, and had left a suicide note. Det Insp Paul Armstrong told the coroner, Dr Paul Knapman, […]
Daniela de Marchi shows Anemone ring
Italian designer Daniela de Marchi’s Anemone ring uses silver, bronze and copper, which allows for more distinctive shapes, according to her. Using a patented process called Dropage, where heat is used to bring wax to a liquid state, then brought back to a solid one in tiny spherical drops, forged individually. Burnishes and varnishes […]
Paris and Nicky Hilton, Kate Walsh, Cat Deeley and others on Jimmy Choo for H&M
WireImage Yes, that is Paris Hilton (left)—who, along with her sister, Nicky, and many other Hollywood celebrities, attended a star-studded bash high above the Sunset Strip in Hollywood on Monday, to launch the Jimmy Choo for H&M range. Previewed in June in Lucire, and again a few weeks ago when the range neared its […]
Sonia Rykiel is H&M’s next guest designer
Matthieu Salving Above Nathalie Rykiel, President and Artistic Director at Sonia Rykiel. Sonia Rykiel will be the next guest designer for Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish company announced today. Rykiel follows a long line of famous designers, including Roberto Cavalli, Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor & Rolf, who have created accessible collections […]
Katie Taylor in her Miss Universe 2009 national costume
We know we showed you what Miss New Zealand 2009 Katie Taylor wore at Miss Universe a few days ago, but we finally have the official image from the event. Presenting Katie Taylor herself in In-Tui-Tion by Tracey Koole, the Montana World of Wearable Art 2007 garment, as seen in the Bahamas on Monday night: […]
