Tresemmé finds New Zealand’s next top hairstylist
It takes an outstanding stylist, with clear leadership and strong credentials to become Tresemmé’s next top hairstylist. Chetan Mongia has what it takes. On Friday, Mongia was announced the winner of New Zealand Fashion Festival–Tresemmé Dream Team from eight finalists. They endured a week working backstage at the New Zealand Fashion Festival proving their […]
Lucire feature updates: from Jodhpur to Santiago
Between the autumn–winter fashion weeks and the Christchurch earthquake, it’s easy to overlook the main features on our website. Since we last mentioned them to readers using our RSS service, we’ve quite a few stories that have gone up. Vicki Matias gives us a summary on London Fashion Week, with photographs by Maurice Luckett […]
Jaguar to celebrate 50 years of the E-type at Salon de Genève
Jaguar will commemorate 50 years of its E-type sports car at the 2011 Salon de Genève, the company has announced. The E-type stunned audiences when it was first shown at the Restaurant du Parc des Eaux Vives in Genève on March 15, 1961. It was targeted at export markets, though sales on the home […]
Abbas–Mustan’s Players films at Miramar
After stints in Rongotai and Wellington central in New Zealand, the Abbas–Mustan brothers’ Players, the Indian remake of Paramount’s The Italian Job, shifted to Burnham Wharf at Miramar today—putting them near Peter Jackson territory and not far from where parts of his King Kong were filmed. Lead members of the cast were present, and […]
Players, Italian Job remake, begins filming in Wellington, New Zealand
When I first wrote on my personal blog about Players, the Abbas–Mustan brothers’ remake of The Italian Job, I did so with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek. It wasn’t so much that the film was being remade again—and by such stylish and expert directors—but that it would take quite a twist in the […]
Konrad Parol, Rhian Morris, and a trip to Kolkata
It may be the holiday season, but the world doesn’t stop at Lucire. There are articles in our features’ sections, beginning with Joanna Mroczkowska and her first report on menswear designer Konrad Parol, one of Warszawa’s rising stars. We’ve had a good year looking at some menswear label, thanks largely to fashion editor Sopheak Seng; […]
Miranda Kerr is the most searched-for celeb at Lucire
Above Miranda Kerr in an earlier Victoria’s Secret campaign. The most searched-for celebrity name in this section of Lucire‘s website over the last 12 months was Miranda Kerr (left), model wife of actor Orlando Bloom. It seems the bulk of queries for Miss New Zealand 2010 Ria van Dyke wound up on our site […]
Channelling Hemingway in Runtime
Last December a young, audacious Delhi-based technology company approached me to create an unusual brand extension for them. They wanted to commission a novel, set at a Delhi-based technology company. ‘We need Hemingway,’ they said. Of course, as a six-time finalist for the International Imitation Hemingway Competition, my interest in the project soared. Wasn’t the […]
Rolex honours five Young Laureates who better our world
Marc Latzel All successful organizations and countries involve their young people in decision-making. Rolex, recognizing that the future lies in youth, has started its Young Laureates Programme, and its five recipients were announced recently at the École Fédérale Polytechnique de Lausanne. The Programme gives young people the financial support and recognition to tackle the […]
New Zealand’s only Miss Universe, Lorraine Downes (above), is partnering with Living Nature to promote natural skin care solutions, it was announced yesterday. Downes begins an Authentic Beauty Tour commencing in Wellington on November 23, continuing to Christchurch and Auckland, before concluding in Hamilton on December 1. Meanwhile, New Zealand TV host Jeanette […]
