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 […]
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 […]
Kristen Stewart, Caroline de Maigret, Pharrell Williams, Cara Delevingne in Chanel bag campaign
Kristen Stewart, Caroline de Maigret, Pharrell Williams and Cara Delevingne will appear in Chanel’s new campaign for its Gabrielle bag. The new advertisements break April 3. All four have links to Chanel, either as campaign faces over the years, or, in the case of de Maigret, having a friendship with Karl Lagerfeld. The […]
Classic & Sports Car London Show gets an iconic poster by artist Tim Layzell
Motoring artist Tim Layzell was commissioned to create an artwork for Classic & Sports Car magazine’s inaugural London Show, featuring a Jaguar E-type, Bentley Speed Six and McLaren F1 at Alexandra Palace. The iconic sports cars are among those in a public poll for the magazine, where readers are invited to name the ‘Best […]
Lucire’s Instagram round-up, June 28
With so much going on in the fashion world 24–7 we at Lucire thought you might need a quick Instagram update on what’s been happening in the lives of models and designers in the last week as we chronicle this world. With the spring–summer men’s runway shows in the last couple of weeks, most […]
The Instagrams of the top fashion labels: showing seven ways they reach us
With social media being such a big part of the world we now live in, fashion houses no longer have just magazines to sell their products. These Instagram accounts give fans an insiders’ look to the brand and what’s going on. We have chosen seven of the top fashion labels to give the different ways […]
Jameson Irish Whiskey unveils limited-edition bottle for St Patrick’s Day 2015
Jameson has shown its 2015 limited-edition bottle for St Patrick’s Day, designed by award-winning Dublin-based illustrator, Steve Simpson (above). This marks the fifth limited-edition bottle from the Irish whiskey brand, with a contemporary take, featuring Dubliner phrases on a map of the city. The story that Simpson wanted to convey was a personal one: […]
Jameson Irish Whiskey shows limited-edition bottle for St Patrick’s Day 2014
In the spirit of St Patrick’s Day 2014, Jameson Irish Whiskey will release its fourth limited-edition design bottle, this time the work of illustrator Dermot Flynn. Flynn was inspired by the sights and sounds of Dublin, and his illustration features a pub, statues, monuments, and humorous Irish sayings. Jameson says the limited-edition bottle […]
Claridge’s honours fashion artist, David Downton, with exhibition
To coincide with London Fashion Week, Claridge’s will host an exhibition, Midnight at Noon, featuring the work of fashion artist David Downton. Downton is Claridge’s fashion artist in residence. The exhibition sees Downton’s portraits of luminaries such as Diane von Fürstenberg, Dita von Teese, Joan Collins, Alber Elbaz, Christian Louboutin, Laura Bailey, Stephen Jones […]
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 […]
