Steve McQueen’s Le Mans to be celebrated at Top Gear Live VIP gala
Copyright ©1971 Cinema Center Films and Solar Productions; copyright ©2011 by Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved. Personality rights of Steve McQueen are used with the permission of Chadwick McQueen and the Terry McQueen Testamentary Trust, represented exclusively by GreenLight. It’s hard to believe 40 years have passed since the Steve McQueen car racing epic, Le […]
Oamaru: the most wonderfully anachronistic centre in New Zealand
Above The Criterion Pub in Oamaru. Below left Grainstore Gallery. Oamaru is as wonderfully anachronistic as a 21st-century tourist attraction as fax machines are to businesses. The sleepy North Otago settlement has possibly one of the best compact collections of Victorian architecture in the world. It’s like going back in time and the […]
Thoughts on 9-11, ten years on
Every September 11, I feel compelled to write an editorial about that September 11. New York Fashion Week was on, just as it is now, and I was back at HQ in New Zealand, mere weeks after being in NYC myself. Seventeen hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time, our September 11, 2001 passed uneventfully. […]
CNN interviews Karl Lagerfeld on Macy’s diffusion line: video and transcript
Our colleagues at CNN International have provided us a transcript and video of Karl Lagerfeld’s exclusive talk to Felicia Taylor about the launch of his new diffusion fashion line at Macy’s, and fashion’s relevance to a more connected, and less affluent, era. CNN will feature more from Karl Lagerfeld during ‘The Fashion Season’, beginning […]
Celebrating Amy Winehouse’s life
Further videos today in the wake of the sad news of the death of Amy Winehouse at age 27. The first features clips from the Grammy-winning singer–songwriter and how her life was overshadowed by her demons. It features a clip from her award-winning song, ‘Rehab’, and a discussion of Winehouse’s unique style—with her […]
Christchurch designers come to Wellington, while the Historical Arts’ Trust plans to head down
On Saturday and Sunday in Wellington, Lucire attended Red into the Black, a trade fair of Christchurch businesses—including designers and jewellers—who got a helping hand promoting their goods at the TSB Arena. Heather Morris and other organizers found sponsors, including Harry’s and Mainfreight, to ship up products from Christchurch businesses affected by the February […]
Omega commemorates the 40th anniversary of Apollo 15 with new Speedmaster
In celebration and commemoration of the 40th anniversary of NASA’s fourth mission to the moon, the highly successful Apollo 15, Omega watchmakers have brought out the limited-edition Speedmaster Moonwatch. Apollo 15 was the fourth of six NASA missions to land on the moon in July 1971, and the adventure lasted for twelve days. This […]
Entertainment round-up: Justin Bieber, the fragrance; Peter Falk dies
Musician and teen heart-throb Justin Bieber has launched his new fragrance, Someday, at Macy’s Herald Square. The flowery, fruity fragrance is targeted at women. Bieber says he had the opportunity to choose the scent, and had input in the packaging design, which is a flower made of hearts. The name is meant to […]
Bulova Accutron creatives, with Sir Richard Branson, shown
At the recent BaselWorld 2011 watch and jewellery show, fine watchmakers Bulova Accutron announced Sir Richard Branson as their brand ambassador. Sir Richard’s appointment is part of a company growth strategy for Bulova, which follows the opening of four new divisions in the last year. As a highly recognized global innovator and entrepreneur, Sir […]
Cloud 9, one step away from heaven in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands
Top Long Beach, in Russell, New Zealand. Above and bottom Stunning views at Cloud 9. I could hear the waves below washing over the golden sands along Long Beach, massaging my mind and soul. This was heaven in northern sub-tropical New Zealand. It’s a warm night; the French doors at my NZ$1,750 a night […]
