American TV legend, Dick Clark, dies at 82
Sara Lee TV producer and host Dick Clark has died of a heart attack, aged 82, at St John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., says his spokesman Paul Shefrin. Clark was best known for presenting the TV show American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989, which broke a number of new acts, and Dick Clark’s […]
Jaguar promotes XF Sportbrake, XKR-S at Milan Fuorisalone 2012
Marco Luzzani/Getty Images for Jaguar Jaguar has held a gala evening to promote the new XF Sportbrake (estate) in Italy last night, in association with AD magazine and its La casa degli italiani show at the Milan Fuorisalone (furniture fair). The area dedicated to the car saw three Jaguar models: the new XF Sportbrake, […]
Designing 007 opens at the Barbican in July, covering 50 years of James Bond design
Copyright ©1964 by Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corp. Above Sean Connery as James Bond at the Furka Pass, Switzerland, and the iconic Aston Martin DB5, during the making of Goldfinger (1964). With the 50th anniversary of the cinematic James Bond, exhibitions are being shown around the world to mark the occasion, but the Barbican […]
The enfant terrible comes of age: The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier shows in San Francisco
Elyse Glickman It may seem at first blush like somewhat of a surprise that an ambitious fashion-as-art exhibition starring Jean-Paul Gaultier, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: from the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, is creating a major buzz in San Francisco instead of New York or even Los Angeles. However, given San Francisco is […]
Ferdinand Alexander ‘Butzi’ Porsche, designer of the 911 and founder of Porsche Design, passes away
Above Butzi Porsche and the Porsche 901, later 911. Below Official photograph of Prof F. A. Porsche. One of the great names in design, Prof Ferdinand Alexander ‘Butzi’ Porsche, the designer of the original Porsche 911 and the founder of Porsche Design, passed away yesterday. The honorary president of Porsche AG was 76, and […]
Sponsored video: new Renault Twingo given away to couple in leap-year proposal
A Lucire special promotion In the 1980s, there was a concern that cars were beginning to look all the same: the same rectangular headlights, the grille-less look, slightly rounded corners, and pretty much the same proportions. Enter Patrick le Quément, the man heading design at Renault, who said: ‘The biggest risk of all is […]
Dolce & Gabbana releases T-shirts featuring vintage Playboy covers
Dolce & Gabbana has released a series of T-shirts with iconic Playboy covers as part of its spring–summer 2012 range. The five T-shirt designs retail for US$275 and can be bought via D&G’s website, all D&G boutiques, and select stores, boutiques and high-end department stores through the US (including Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth […]
Whitney Houston dead at 48, police confirm; stars pay tribute
Updated February 12, at 6.15 a.m. and 12.21 p.m. GMT; videos added 12 p.m. GMT; Sir Elton John tribute video added February 13, 10.08 a.m. Phil McCarten/PictureGroup A. Turner/J Records/PR Newswire/Newscom Top Whitney Houston (left) pictured with Kim Burrell, performing on the 11th Annual Celebration of Gospel in 2011. Above Whitney Houston with music mogel […]
The Help wins big at SAG awards; Mary Tyler Moore receives lifetime achievement honour
Michael Buckner/WireImage John Shearer/WireImage Top Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis—Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Leading Role—at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Above Mary Tyler Moore receives a lifetime achievement award from former co-star Dick van Dyke. The Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG) Awards are often looked to, in […]
We’ll Take Manhattan: the impact of David Bailey and Jean Shrimpton revisited
Bailey, copyright ©1965 by the Condé Nast Publications (UK) BBC/Kudos Compare the pair. Top Jean Shrimpton, as she appeared in Vogue shot by Bailey in 1965. Above Karen Gillan and Aneurin Barnard as Jean Shrimpton and David Bailey in a publicity shot for We’ll Take Manhattan, which aired last week on BBC4. The visitor stats […]
