Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! exhibition opens today at Somerset House
The exhibition, Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!, opens today at Somerset House, London. This marks the second time Lucire has covered an exhibition connected to the late editor and fashion patron. The earlier occasion, in 2008, saw curator Donna Loveday of the Design Museum look at Philip Treacy’s hats, and focused on the then Isabella […]
Mini launches with Poppy Delevingne, Henry Holland, Peaches Geldof, Ellie Goulding, Kimberley Garner
Dominic O’Neill Mini knows it’s on to a good thing, especially when it has 2½ million customers worldwide for the fashion-led 21st-century models released under BMW. With the launch of the fourth-generation Mini, BMW has stuck with the fashion image, with Poppy Delevingne, fashion designers Henry Holland and Amy Molyneaux, Peaches Geldof, Ellie Goulding, […]
BMW unveils sportier fourth-generation Mini in Oxford
BMW has released details of the new Mini, the third generation made under its watch and arguably the first to be developed entirely under its auspices. The new F56-series Mini looks more purposeful, with a shallower glasshouse, but that is only the start. As with most new cars, it is bigger than the […]
BBC releases trailer for An Adventure in Space and Time, as Doctor Who celebrations continue
Building on the Doctor Who 50th anniversary celebrations is a fact-based drama on BBC2, An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss. The trailer was released today by the BBC. The film looks at the creation of Doctor Who, and the involvement of producer Verity Lambert, director Waris Hussein, actor William Hartnell, […]
Michael Holman isn’t a name in the spotlights which you normally see associated with the global movement called hip-hop, but he is a true pioneer and innovator. His impeccable credentials in the earliest days of the phenomenon attest to his permanent place in its history. Co-founder of the band Grey with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, film-maker […]
Sam Mendes to return to direct next James Bond film, with John Logan writing
Danjaq LLC/United Artists Corp. Eon Productions has confirmed that Sam Mendes will return to direct the official James Bond series’ 24th film, which will reunite the Oscar-winning director with star Daniel Craig. Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson had fitted the film around Mendes’s theatre schedule, according to a release. ‘I very […]
Olivia Palermo models Carrera y Carrera’s latest range, Tesoros del Imperio
Olivia Palermo, the face of Spanish luxury jewellery brand Carrera y Carrera, has modelled its latest range, called Tesoros del Imperio. The range is inspired by the Spanish empire and the era’s jewellery art, with four individual lines within, called Reina, Velazquez, Isabel and Cervantes. Reina mixes white and yellow gold with diamonds, […]
Jennifer Lawrence, Doutzen Kroes, Cheryl Cole, Eva Longoria at day four of the Cannes Film Festival
Updated with Jennifer Lawrence video on May 23, 2013, 2.06 p.m. GMT Ian Gavan/Getty Images Above In what must be her year, Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence was in Cannes to promote her new film, Catching Fire. It was another evening of celebrities at the 66th Festival de Cannes, the Cannes Film Festival, yesterday, with […]
Companies behind Wellington label Starfish appoint liquidators
Above From Starfish’s heyday: the summer 2010–11 collection, Free Radical. The companies behind Starfish have appointed liquidators, according to public notices placed in metropolitan newspapers today. Both Starfish Retail Ltd. and Starfish Wholesale Ltd. went into liquidation as of May 8, with creditors expected to make their claims with Price Waterhouse Coopers in Wellington, […]
Lamborghini fans descend on Milano to start its 50th anniversary convoy, the Grande Giro
Above A preview of some of the locations in Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary convoy. Cars for a convoy commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lamborghini arrived at Milano today. The Grande Giro, with 350 models from the Italian supercar maker’s stable, will pass through Lombardia, Toscana, Lazio, Umbria and Emilia Romagna, stopping over in Forte dei Marmi, […]
