A tribute to Massimo Vignelli, a design legend
RIT Massimo Vignelli, who passed away on May 27, was a hero of mine. When receiving the news shortly before it hit the media in a big way, from our mutual friend Stanley Moss, this title’s travel editor and CEO of the Medinge Group, I posted immediately on Facebook: ‘It is a sad duty to […]
Style this week: the Audrey Hepburn look—wherever you’re going, I’m going your way
The concept for this week’s style profile began while I was shoe shopping at local Wellington-based store, Shoezies. This shop is full of exquisitely made, usually hand-crafted, European brand shoes. I came across these forest green, sling-back, pointy-toe, kitten heels and fell in love. I am celebrating the comeback of kitten heels as they are […]
YSL, first of two bio-pics on Yves Saint Laurent, opens today amid controversy
Thibault Grabherr and Anouchka de Williencourt/SND Top Pierre Niney as Yves Saint Laurent and Guillaume Gallienne as Pierre Bergé in YSL. Above Pierre Niney as Yves Saint Laurent and Charlotte Le Bon as Victoire Doutreleau. The first of two bio-pics on fashion design legend Yves Saint Laurent opens today in France. YSL, directed by […]
Supermodel Kate Moss to receive British Fashion Awards honour to mark 25 years of influence
David M. Benett/Getty Images Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott Top Kate Moss, photographed last month celebrating Rimmel’s 180th anniversary. Above A preview image of the supermodel, who will appear in Playboy’s 60th anniversary issue in January. Suzy Menkes isn’t the only woman getting a special award from the British Fashion Council, supermodel Kate Moss will […]
Video: Jennifer López receives award from Muhammad Ali at charity Fight Night awards
Jennifer López has received an award from Muhammad and Lonnie Ali at the Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night Awards XIX at the J. W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona, held on March 23. López, who also performed at the event, said, ‘Muhammad has always been this massive presence, [a] larger-than-life person, who […]
Miss Bourgogne, Marine Lorphelin, crowned Miss France 2013
Miss Bourgogne, Marine Lorphelin, is Miss France 2013, succeeding Delphine Wespiser. Lorphelin, 19, hails from Charnay-lès-Mâcon. She is 1·76 m tall (5 ft 9 in). She is in her first year of medicine in Lyon. Her interests are art, painting and fashion. She is a regular gym-goer. Lorphelin was originally crowned Miss […]
Chanel releases new image of Brad Pitt, and voice clips, in No. 5 teasers
To whet the appetite for Chanel’s No. 5 new campaign with Brad Pitt—its first male spokesman since its inception in 1921—the French company has released three teasers, all of which contain the actor saying brief sentences. The longest video is a paltry eight seconds. Pitt asks, ‘Are you going somewhere? Where?’, ‘Do you feel […]
Madonna’s Truth or Dare fragrance commercial film revealed
Last November, we revealed that Madonna would release a Truth or Dare fragrance, and now the promotional video has come out on the eve of its April launch. The advertisement shows the 53-year-old singer before a soft-focus lens, wearing lingerie, reminiscent of some of her earlier videos. As with her coffee-table book Sex, […]
Whitney Houston’s causes of death identified: cocaine use and drowning
Los Angeles County Coroner spokesman Craig Harvey has announced the cause of death of singer Whitney Houston. ‘The final cause of death has been established as drowning due to artherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use,’ said Harvey. ‘Other drugs were identified during the toxicology process. Those drugs were all at the therapeutic or sub-therapeutic […]
Bobbi Kristina Brown speaks out about Whitney Houston on Oprah special
As previewed last week in Lucire, Oprah Winfrey interviewed Whitney Houston’s brother, Gary, her sister-in-law, Patricia, and her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, for a special episode of Oprah’s Next Chapter. The special managed to achieve record ratings for Winfrey’s network, OWN, with 3½ million total viewers. In the clip below, Winfrey talks to Bobbi […]
