David Bailey selling exhibition to open at Bonhams in March
Above Jean Shrimpton, a.k.a. the Shrimp, as photographed by Bailey in British Vogue. A selling exhibition, Pure Sixties, Pure Bailey, of David Bailey’s iconic images of the 1960s will be hosted by Bonhams at 101 New Bond Street from March 7 to April 7, the company announced yesterday. In celebrating the 50th anniversary of […]
Supermodels go naked for latest I-D cover
Photographed by Kayt Jones; I-D Showing that the original supermodels still have pull, I-D has Eva Herzigova, Hélèna Christensen and Claudia Schiffer in the nude, save for their leather boots, on the cover of its winter 2009–10 issue. Herzigova, 36, Christensen, 40, and Schiffer, 39, were photographed by expat Brit Kayt Jones, who is […]
University professor puts Twilight: New Moon into context
The University of Denver is an unlikely institution to get on board the Twilight movie phenomenon, but Lynn Schofield Clark, associate professor of mass communication and journalism, puts it into context. Dr Schofield Clark says that Twilight appeals to teenage girls, and their mothers, because of its empowering message. ‘Who wouldn’t want to be […]
Oprah Winfrey to call it quits on talk show in 2011
The Oprah Winfrey Show will broadcast its final episode on September 9, 2011, according to sources. Oprah Winfrey’s company, Harpo, Inc., officially announced the end of the show on Thursday. A public announcement will be made on the show on Friday in the US. Winfrey, 55, is tipped to focus on her cable […]
Capturing the Addington races, November 2009
There’s something about shooting on 35 mm film and the depth of the photographs produced, even if the resolution is no longer a match for the professional digital cameras around these days. Below are some of mine from the Addington Races last week, where I joined a number of luminaries—including Barbara Lee, Melinda Jones of […]
A media opportunity as Sarah Palin, aided by Oprah, goes to the mainstream
American readers will get to see Oprah Winfrey interview Sarah Palin today, in what is widely tipped to be a casual, feel-good special to promote the former governor’s book, Going Rogue. Some media have tipped this as the launch of ‘Sarah Palin 2·0’, one who is now free from the Republican Party machine and […]
Cassius shows ’10 campaign visuals
We love these new visuals that Jason Ng at Cassius Eyewear sent to us earlier this month. The extra good news, apart from doing some very stylish eyewear, is that his company is getting more attention domestically—until recently, it seemed Cassius would be known outside its native New Zealand more than it would be on-shore. […]
For those wanting an extra dose of Lucire, we have some more pages we can share in our free 72 pp. Supplement. Some are exclusive to this edition, some are older pages, and some are from the issue that’s on newsstands right now. It might not have the tactile style of the real thing, but […]
The Beautiful Life was out of step
The CW Above Nico Tortorella and Mischa Barton in The Beautiful Life. We didn’t think the CW’s The Beautiful Life would last long, but we didn’t expect it to be canned after two episodes. It didn’t help that one of its stars, Anglo-American actress Mischa Barton, sought psychiatric treatment months before the series’ […]
Tomorrow, blogs might even drive print magazines
The ‘Insider’ section has now been facelifted for the first time, bringing it in line with the new pages on the Lucire website. It has also dawned on us that this blog celebrates its second anniversary. Lucire was a late convert to blogging, even though I had been blogging away—on a very irregular basis—since […]
