Lucire
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Couture Comix, no. 5

June 14, 2022/11.18

Many of you will know Paula Sweet’s photography in the travel section, ‘Volante’, of Lucire, but her talents go well beyond photography. She created the Muslin Mink, iconic enough that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC has a three-quarter-length one in its permanent collection. In an ongoing weekly series, we present Paula’s humorous observations […]

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Couture Comix, no. 4

June 7, 2022/4.51

Many of you will know Paula Sweet’s photography in the travel section, ‘Volante’, of Lucire, but her talents go well beyond photography. She created the Muslin Mink, iconic enough that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC has a three-quarter-length one in its permanent collection. In an ongoing weekly series, we present Paula’s humorous observations […]

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Couture Comix, no. 3

May 31, 2022/10.51

Many of you will know Paula Sweet’s photography in the travel section, ‘Volante’, of Lucire, but her talents go well beyond photography. She created the Muslin Mink, iconic enough that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC has a three-quarter-length one in its permanent collection. In an ongoing weekly series, we present Paula’s humorous observations […]

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Couture Comix, no. 2

May 24, 2022/11.30

Many of you will know Paula Sweet’s photography in the travel section, ‘Volante’, of Lucire, but her talents go well beyond photography. She created the Muslin Mink, iconic enough that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC has a three-quarter-length one in its permanent collection. In an ongoing weekly series, we present Paula’s humorous observations […]

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Couture Comix, no. 1

May 17, 2022/12.30

Many of you will know Paula Sweet’s photography in the travel section, ‘Volante’, of Lucire, but her talents go well beyond photography. She created the Muslin Mink, iconic enough that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC has a three-quarter-length one in its permanent collection. In the first of a weekly series, we present Paula’s […]

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My computer thinks I am a woman

March 14, 2020/18.04

My computer thinks I am a woman. I found out quite a long time ago, but it was mostly just a funny topic for small-talk between friends. How did I recognize this about my computer? Sometimes via the feminine form of address though Google Translate, sometimes by ‘Merci, Mademoiselle Dmitry Kostyukov d’avoir acheté votre TGV […]

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Elizabeth Banks is Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Woman of the Year for 2020

February 1, 2020/11.51

Paul Marotta The Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ annual awards always lift one’s spirits during the North American winter. This year, the oldest theatrical organization (dating back to 1770) in the US has named actress, producer and director Elizabeth Banks its Woman of the Year.    Banks follows Bryce Dallas Howard (2019) and Mila Kunis (2018), and […]

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News in brief: Ryan Reynolds roasted as Man of the Year; Karl Lagerfeld Paris launches new collection

February 14, 2017/20.13

Paul Marotta/Getty Images Karl Lagerfeld Paris has launched a ‘Social Collection’ of eveningwear designed specifically for the North American market. The brand, its name licensed from Lagerfeld but targeting a broader audience, has priced the collection at between US$168 and US$398, with sizes ranging from 0 to 16 (US).    The collection features 13 designs […]

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Get in NOW for Footnote: four entertaining dances, representing our times

April 20, 2016/14.06

Courtesy Footnote Footnote New Zealand Dance’s NOW 2016 (New Original Work) programme, which hit Wellington tonight after performances in Auckland, presents four original works by New Zealand choreographers Julia Harvie, Sarah Knox, Lucy Marinkovich and Jessie McCall. It’s a particularly enjoyable programme, mixing meanings, humour and, in the case of Elephant Skin, a lot of […]

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