A musical escapade at Carnegie Hall, presented by Nicola Bulgari
Craig Chesek Above, from top Pianist Alexander Romanovsky with, from left, Nicola and Ilaria Bulgari, Cody Franchetti, and Clive Gillinson. Alexander Romanovsky performing. The audience watches Romanovsky at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City. On the evening of Wednesday, March 30, 2011, a group of people attended a sold-out concert that […]
A Lucire update: from Vivienne Westwood to our favourite coats
For our RSS readers, there are a few features on the main part of our site that you will want to pop by and see. Jobs.co.nz’s winner, Kate Goodbehere, who won a prize to be Lucire’s fashion editor for a day, has penned her article—a top 10 on coats, supervised by fashion editor Sopheak […]
Dame Elizabeth Taylor: a style icon remembered
We’ve thought about it and other than praising her charity work raising money for Aids, there isn’t a better tribute we can make to the late, great Dame Elizabeth Taylor, DBE, than showing her at her peak. Below is a video of her in Las Vegas with then-husband Eddie Fisher, in 1959. This video […]
Our updates: Irina Shayk models John John Denim’s winter ’11
Stuart Shining We’ve seen these images released last week from John John Denim, as modelled by WAG and this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl Irina Shayk, reported elsewhere as part of the company’s spring–summer 2011 range. We’ve checked with the company and, in fact, these are from its autumn–winter 2011 catalogue—but, of […]
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 […]
Bon & Zai’s contemporary cashmere; interviewing the woman behind Bulgari’s exhibition
Bon & Zai has entered the Swiss market after reporting success in the French Alps and London. The contemporary cashmere label, founded by Nancy Cravero and Isabel Morillo last autumn, will sell to Swiss and European customers online at www.bonandzai.com. Cravero and Morillo have backgrounds in finance and fashion, and collaborate on all the […]
Worldwide round-up: a styling app for your Iphone, macaroons, and a cherry toothpaste
A New Zealand company has released an Iphone app called Colour with Style, which helps users find clothes that enhance their features and provides more confident shopping. Using the app, you can choose colours that will suit you. According to Colour with Style, one of New Zealand’s premier colour and wardrobe consultants, people belong […]
Paris: city lights, camera and passion
Ernest Hemingway called Paris ‘a movable feast’. During the holiday season ‘a feast’ is exactly what this city is! During this time of year, the sun sets in the early afternoon and the cold wind cuts the skin like a sharp dagger. While walking down the long French avenues the smell of roasting chestnuts […]
Considering Lincoln Center, New York’s new fashion destination
Lola Saab Above Mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses a small group of media on New York Fashion Week’s move from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center, joined by (from left to right) Katherine Farley, Ted J. Forstman and Diane Von Fürstenberg. The unveiling of the Fashion Line sign at the New York subway stop nearest to Lincoln […]
