Mike Marsland Top Harry Styles, winner of the British Style Award this year. Above The two Christophers who took the top awards: Christopher Bailey (left) and Christopher Kane (right). Christopher Kane won the coveted prize of womenswear designer of the year, and Christopher Bailey, MBE, for menswear (for Burberry) at this year’s British Fashion Awards […]
Supermodel Kate Moss to receive British Fashion Awards honour to mark 25 years of influence
David M. Benett/Getty Images Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott Top Kate Moss, photographed last month celebrating Rimmel’s 180th anniversary. Above A preview image of the supermodel, who will appear in Playboy’s 60th anniversary issue in January. Suzy Menkes isn’t the only woman getting a special award from the British Fashion Council, supermodel Kate Moss will […]
Video: Irina Shayk poses for 7 Hollywood’s winter 2013–14 issue
Alix Malka Model and Wag Irina Shayk, who dates Cristiano Ronaldo, appears in a shoot by Alix Malka for the latest issue of 7 Hollywood magazine. The ‘Fantasy’ issue for winter 2013–14 also features Laetitia Casta, Karl Lagerfeld, Carine Roitfeld, Jared Leto, Elle Fanning and Courtney Love. The bi-annual magazine has an avant-garde […]
Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! exhibition opens today at Somerset House
The exhibition, Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!, opens today at Somerset House, London. This marks the second time Lucire has covered an exhibition connected to the late editor and fashion patron. The earlier occasion, in 2008, saw curator Donna Loveday of the Design Museum look at Philip Treacy’s hats, and focused on the then Isabella […]
Paris editor Lola Saab is reporting from the haute couture shows presently, but to whet your appetite, we have two videos from the event. One of our media partners caught the arrivals at Versace, where A-list celebrities included Uma Thurman, Mena Suvari, Zachary Quinto, David Furnish, Elena Perminova, Delphine Chanéac and Harper’s Bazaar Russia’s […]
Pictures from Cheryl Cole’s 30th birthday appear on Instagram and Twitter
Lisa Laudat via Twitter Kimberly Walsh via Instagram Just to show that interest in Cheryl Cole hasn’t dimmed, the British media have covered her 30th birthday party at Hakkasan in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, even if they have cobbled the story together via Twitter. Britain’s sweetheart is looking a bit worse for wear […]
Princess Madeleine responds to tabloid tracking down her and Chris O’Neill on honeymoon
Via Facebook The Swedish tabloid press has tracked down HRH Princess Madeleine and her new husband, Chris O’Neill, who are honeymooning after a grand Royal Wedding in Stockholm on Saturday. The Royal Court, wishing to guard the newlyweds’ privacy, had remained silent on their travel plans, but Expressen has published photos taken via a […]
Thank her for being a friend: Betty White previews LA Zoo fund-raiser
Above Gloria Pink and Betty White. Betty White shines in her element, the Los Angeles Zoo, offering a preview of the delights awaiting patrons of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association Beastly Ball Fundraiser. Noah and his passengers on the Ark should be so lucky! White Betty White and NCIS star Pauley Perrette are […]
Who will be Forbes’ top-earning models for 2013?
Above Gisèle Bündchen, who has returned to model for H&M, first appeared in 2000 for the company’s summer swimwear. In a few weeks’ time, Forbes will release its table of the world’s top-earning models for June 2012 to June 2013. Lucire didn’t report on the numbers last year, but if we did, we would […]
Forbidden fruit that’s fresh as ever
Literature that’s long been ripe for the picking (or picking-on) is harvested in earnest for the PEN Center, a literary organization advocating the freedom of expression around the world. Hollywood risk-takers like director John Landis, literature critic Tom Lutz, novelist Natasha Dean, and actors Rénée Felice Smith, Julian Sands, Kevin McKidd and Illeana Douglas […]
