Patrick Demarchelier shoots Miranda Kerr pregnant and nude for W
Patrick Demarchelier Australian model Miranda Kerr, best known to some as a Victoria’s Secret “Angel”, has posed nude for Patrick Demarchelier while six months pregnant with her and husband Orlando Bloom’s child. The photographs appear in the latest W. Kerr follows in the footsteps of numerous celebrities who have had nude portraits done […]
Above The first issue of Lucire in 1997. Below right Lucire’s first iPad cover. n hour ago, we turned 13. Normally this wouldn’t have merited much of a mention, since 13’s not the sort of number people tend to celebrate. But I happened to be up, after a long day catching up on emails post-election, […]
Cheryl Cole’s album cover shown; song contains references to Ashley
Polydor Records Artwork for Cheryl Cole’s new album, Messy Little Raindrops, has been publicly shown by Polydor. Cole wears a bright off-the-shoulder dress and five-inch Christian Louboutin shoes. The album was mostly recorded in Los Angeles when Cole was recuperating from malaria and spending time with her friend Derek Hough. She has collaborated […]
Mercedes-Benz unveils SLS AMG to Lucire
Jack Yan Fashion editor Sopheak Seng wasn’t the only Lucire staffer enjoying himself last Friday. Yours truly, along with editorial associate Victoria Jones, headed to Wellington Star Mercedes-Benz for the city unveiling of the SLS AMG gullwing sports car. Wellington Star General Manager James Ridley took the covers off for Lucire especially, an hour […]
UK firm creates Naomi Campbell blood diamond game
For most of the trial of the dictator Charles Taylor, who is facing war crimes’ charges in Den Haag, we decided not to cover supermodel Naomi Campbell’s bit-part in the case. The main reason was that it trivialized the Taylor case. The man is accused of serious crimes against humanity, including murder, the use […]
Richard Avedon exhibition opens at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Above Richard Avedon: Veruschka, Dress by Kimberly. New York 1967. Copyright ©2009 by the Richard Avedon Foundation. Photographer Richard Avedon continues to influence what defines fashion photography today, six years after his passing. In a new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, entitled Avedon Fashion, 1944–2000, the photographer’s output is comprehensively examined, […]
Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock are engaged
HSH Prince Albert of Monaco II, 52, is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Charlene Wittstock, the Prince’s Palace announced today. Miss Wittstock, 32, a South African, is a former Olympic swimmer. No date has been set for the wedding, although by protocol it would have to be at least six months from the […]
Karen Elson, Libby Callaway speak at couture exhibition
Victoria & Albert Museum Above Zémire evening ensemble by Christian Dior, autumn–winter 1954–5. Cellulose acetate, with the skirt lined with layers of silk and net. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn. is showing an exhibition entitled The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957, from June 18 to September 12. […]
Kelly Brook and Ultimo to part ways
Ultimo does not seem to be having much luck with its spokeswomen, as news emerges that Kelly Brook, signed only a few months ago, will part ways with the company. A report in Marketing indicates that Brook proposed that she would pose for Playboy and appear topless in Loaded, which would place her in […]
Lucire gives away two tickets to Miss Universe New Zealand ’10
While I await my fellow judge Evana Patterson to arrive in Wellington this afternoon—and lead the panel into a quick briefing—Lucire is going to give away two tickets to Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 at the Duxton Hotel, Wellington, for Saturday night, 7.30 p.m. It’s the show only, with no dinner. The two best […]
