First videos: BMW unveils new 5-series Touring
This very attractive estate is the new BMW 5-series Touring, unveiled officially today. It’s more elegant than its predecessor, and has many of the features of the saloon announced last year. There is an optional eight-speed automatic transmission to aid fuel economy, and, depending on the model, brake energy regeneration and an automatic start–stop […]
Fashion Museum of Hasselt looks inside model Hannelore Knuts’s world
Model Hannelore Knuts, 32, has curated an exhibition, Fashion Testimony, to be shown at the Fashion Museum of Hasselt from March 27 to June 6, 2010. Knuts’s exhibition offers a glance at her 10-year career, which includes working the professional catwalk at Chanel, Gucci and other top European labels. Designers featured in the […]
The venue is filled with only standing room. The lights are dim and a mystical tune fills the air. While the crowd glares at the stage, a slender silhouette appears in the background. As the light shines more brightly, the crowd is progressively enchanted by a sleek, dark-haired model with an unusual grin. Her movements […]
Porsche reveals 918 Spyder concept as environmental response
Normally, we don’t profile concept cars in Lucire: cars that appear at shows but are not available to the public. They usually demonstrate the company’s advanced thinking, but they tend not to be things we can buy for some years. However, we’ll make an exception for the Porsche 918 Spyder concept shown at the […]
New Zealand’s Ken Robinson gets to wow Beverly Hills at pre-Oscar suite
Top Ken Robinson gets to showcase his designs in Beverly Hills. Above Robinson with Jason Ritter and his girlfriend. Ken Robinson of Robinson Designer Goldsmith, New Zealand’s most innovative fine jeweller and a long-time friend of Lucire, has been on a quest to get his gravity-defying designs in diamonds and precious gems into the hands […]
Natalia Vodianova previews De Beers’ Magic Moment Necklace
We have more news from several worldwide events. New York Fashion Week news tends to go to print, which is why we are a bit sparing online, though some info will head here. Doug Rimington has shot some lovely photographs for us from London, while Rola Saab will shortly report from Paris and Thomaz from […]
Jewellery Shop Online offers Lucire readers 15 per cent off
Jewellery Shop Online has been very generous in offering all Lucire readers a 15 per cent discount on all costume and designer jewellery until midnight on March 31, 2010. To qualify for this offer, type in the coupon code LUCIRE on Jewellery Shop Online to claim your discount. Owner Susan Salkeld explains, ‘Jewellery Shop […]
Finalists announced in Blue Cactus competition
Lucire fashion editor Samantha Hannah has the three finalists in Blue Cactus’s promotion, one of whom will take away an $8,000 prize package that we previewed last month. You may also like Michael Beel scoops top honour at Industry New Zealand Hair Awards; Derek Elvy inducted into Hall of Fame Blue Cactus makeover promotion has […]
Porsche to show hybrid at Salon de Genève
A Porsche hybrid? That’s exactly what the Stuttgart manufacturer is planning to launch on March 4 at the Salon de Genève: a hybrid version of its 911 GT3. Dubbed the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, the car was developed for racing. The electrical front axle drive has two electric motors developing 60 kW each, supplementing […]
Volvo announces new S60, with pedestrian detection and automatic braking
We have already tried the Volvo XC60 with collision avoidance—and in good Swedish tradition, the new Volvo S60 takes the safety idea a step further. Newly announced today, with its world première at the Salon de Genève on March 2, the S60’s pedestrian detection, using a camera and radar, has a full automatic brake. […]
