Updated May 17, 2013 at 12.46 p.m. GMT with videos from Jennifer Keishin Armstrong In the 36 years since The Mary Tyler Moore Show ended, we’ve had snippets of information here and there: TV specials celebrating various anniversaries, articles when the release of the disappointing Mary & Rhoda TV movie appeared, and retrospectives when Mary […]
Copyright © Chanel Top Gabrielle Chanel, Seen by Karl Lagerfeld, original drawing by Karl Lagerfeld. Above An Imaginary Meeting Between Coco Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, original drawing by Karl Lagerfeld. In our round-up of news from ‘The Scene’: as part of Chanel’s celebration of the jacket, the house has released a new video (below) featuring […]
Video: Madame Tussauds unveils four Whitney Houston figures, celebrating her life
Almost a year after the passing of Whitney Houston, Madame Tussauds has unveiled four wax figures of the late singer, in the presence of her family, in New York. Her sister-in-law and former manager Pat Houston did the unveiling. The four figures represent different points of Houston’s life, spanning three decades, from her […]
Jean Paul Gaultier unveils his specially designed train, as part of Kunsthal exhibition in Rotterdam
In addition to haute couture and costumes, Jean Paul Gaultier has already designed a Coca-Cola bottle and recycling bags. And now he turns his attention to trains. Thalys, the ticketing organization run jointly by the French, Belgian, Dutch and German railways, teamed up with Gaultier for this latest venture. As an official partner […]
Oscars pay tribute to 50 years of James Bond
Danjaq LLC/United Artists Corp. Above Instead of Switzerland, it’s Scotland, and Daniel Craig pays homage to Sean Connery in a Skyfall publicity photo. The 85th Academy Awards—the Oscars—will pay tribute to 50 years of the James Bond films, it was announced Friday. Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement that […]
Vittorio Missoni and his wife missing after plane disappears from radar in Venezuela
Cheryl Gorski Above A design from the Missoni 50th anniversary retrospective, which Lucire covered in 2003. Reports from Venezuela indicate that Vittorio Missoni, his wife Maurizia Castiglioni, two friends, whom Italian media have identified as Elda Scalvenzi and Guido Foresti, and two crew have gone missing after their plane disappeared from radar on Friday morning. […]
Lucire’s new web look: a change for the better
Top The new look for Lucire’s web edition home page. Deeper and cleaner than before. Since this screen shot was taken, we’ve made even more improvements. Leading a redesign is always exciting, especially when there are more quiet news days at this time of the year. If you’ve surfed through our home page, or […]
Estée Lauder celebrates 60 years of Youth-Dew with limited-edition bottle next March
Estée Lauder will release a limited-edition bottle for its Youth-Dew scent to commemorate its 60th anniversary next year. The company, which says that Youth-Dew was ahead of its time and is as relevant today as when it was introduced, calls it a ‘sexy’ scent. The new limited-edition bottle, in a 67 ml (2¼ […]
Videos: the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant—the news analysed
The news of HRH the Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy means we have plenty of videos from our colleagues at ITN, on the announcement itself, on the rules of primogeniture (the baby will be third in line to the throne, regardless of gender), the obligatory comparison between the Duchess and Diana, Princess of Wales, and even […]
Anna Wintour, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell praise Manolo Blahnik at British Fashion Awards
News: our full report from the British Fashion Awards, with videos and interviews, can be found here As the British Fashion Awards take place tonight, we’ll bring you coverage as soon as videos and photography become available. Tonight’s first video, broadcast prior to the presentation of the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Savoy, features […]
