Putting on make-up: brush or fingers?
Lancôme make-up artist Petr Belcha answers the question of whether product should be applied by one’s fingers or by a brush. Blogger Bjooti is the subject. You may also like Touching up your mascara on the go Lancôme opens first flagship store at 52 Champs-Élysées Lancôme’s tips: textures for foundations and base products Make-up for […]
Alfa Romeo Giulietta débuts today
Alfa Romeo’s new Giulietta, which was shown at the Salon de Genève in March, débuts today (April 13). The car will steadily be launched throughout Europe in May. In some ways, the new Giulietta, which replaces the 147, takes the design language begun with the 8C Competizione and MiTo (Lucire’s Car to Be Seen […]
Samantha Hannah launches stylish bag range, using recycled materials
Lucire editor Samantha Hannah’s In the Pond collection of handbags, satchels and wallets for Konev launches this week, using fully recycled and some sustainable material. Samantha’s expertise and continued practice as a stylist and style consultant has resulted in a line that works with all body shapes. The bags are made from soft, high-quality […]
Elsewhere on the Lucire site: Gisèle Bündchen to Devi Garh
Supermodel Gisèle Bündchen (left) appears on the cover of our web edition today, for modelling Brazilian brand Colcci. We’ve a few more photographs on the site. If you are reading Lucire via RSS feed, you may be interested in Rola Saab’s exclusive story on Lanvin designer Lucas Ossendrijver. Our Q&A appears here. Meanwhile, […]
Lancôme’s tips: textures for foundations and base products
There’s a change at Lancôme with its beauty tips’ videos. The company’s latest is in English, hosted by make-up artist Petr Blecha and blogger Bjooti. This edition: discussing the best textures when it comes to foundations and base products. You may also like Touching up your mascara on the go Defining your eyebrows Putting on […]
Renault introduces swivel seat for Clio 3
Renault has shown, at least in digital form, its new front passenger swivel seat, to be installed in the revised Clio 3. We really like the Clio. Travel editor Stanley Moss test-drove one in France for Lucire many years ago, and publisher Jack Yan followed suit later in the year in New Zealand. […]
Contemporary take for Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Carmen
Ross Brown The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Meridian Season of Carmen begins in Wellington in June, performed to the Georges Bizet score but with a modern-day Rio de Janeiro setting. Christchurch, New Zealand-born Pieter Simmons dances in the title role. Simmons is currently based in London, where she dances with the Rambert Dance Company. […]
Surprising trends from Lucire’s stats
After 1,000 posts at Lucire’s ‘Insider’ section—a relative latecomer in terms of fashion magazine blogs—we thought it might be fun to go into statistician mode and reveal which were the top articles and figures over the last two and a half years. There were reasons we avoided blogging. First, Lucire had an active forum […]
Kylie Minogue, Sienna Miller, Claudia Schiffer pose for breast cancer campaign
Mario Testino/FTBC The Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign for 2010 sees Kylie Minogue, Sienna Miller and Claudia Schiffer—celebrities who hail from three continents—model for the cause, photographed by Mario Testino. The target for the charity this year, with its campaign running from March 29 to mid-May, is £1 million. Items for sale supporting […]
USA takes 42 Below Cocktail World Cup for 2010—and other must-reads
From top The 42 Below logo on the Carillon at the National War Memorial. American graffiti: the US entrants spray-painted ‘USA’ and ‘42’ on stage. ‘Team America’ collect their trophy. A full report from the 42 Below Cocktail World Cup will be coming, but above are some quick shots we took earlier tonight where the […]
