Customize your jewellery with Kãgi’s Rock Box
Kãgi, whose jewellery we profiled last year, continues to come up with great ideas. The latest, Rock Box, is an interchangeable necklace set—ideal in a world where we not only like to save a few dollars, but expect to be able to customize things to our liking. Kat Gee, the designer behind Kãgi, says […]
Neil Gussey photographs Miss Universe New Zealand 2010, Ria van Dyke
Neil Gussey Photographer Neil Gussey is the latest lensman to shoot Miss Universe New Zealand 2010, Ria van Dyke. The latest photographs were made available to the pageant yesterday, and can be found on the official site. The pageant’s Facebook fan page also has the images. Above is a selection of the newest. […]
Free radicals from Starfish: fashion that moves
From top Starfish’s Bounce Boléro runner dress. The Springer frock. Four ways of wearing the Starfish Swirler. Starfish’s summer 2010–11 collection, Free Radical, is inspired by one of New Zealand’s modernist artist Len Lye’s fascination with art that moves, the mystery of motion and the celebration of energy that is life. Lye’s ideologies are […]
Charmaine Reveley on the rise with Free Fall
The Lucire team had a good chance to catch up with Dunedin designer Charmaine Reveley at Coco Wellington (138 Willis Street) on Thursday. We were among the first media to interview Reveley when she was at the Dunedin Fashion Incubator in the mid-2000s. Showing her autumn–winter 2010 collection, Free Fall, Reveley’s work has strengthened both […]
Geo Skincare retails its certified organic range
Although the Geo Skincare brand has been around for the last ten years at health and beauty spas, only through popular demand has this exciting range of organic skin care products become available at selected pharmacies in New Zealand. The Geo Skincare treatment range is made up of 22 products, including six designed especially […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2010, Ria van Dyke, photographed by Angela Scott
Angela Scott Miss Universe New Zealand 2010, Ria van Dyke, has had her first photo shoot—if you do not count press ones—with Angela Scott. These are stunning shots, confirming many of the positive comments found here at Lucire’s web edition as well as other pageant-oriented websites. Ria’s win is drawing extra support from companies […]
Silkbody shows ‘Caterpillar’ hat
Keeping you warm during the southern winter is the Caterpillar hat from Silkbody. The makers describe it as a ‘luxe version of the beanie’. The hat is made from Silkbody’s Silkspun fabric, which is lightweight and warm. Colours available are gold, juniper, imperial, ruby, warrior, black and warrior multistripe. It retails for NZ$35 and […]
Fashion designer Charlotte Devereux débuts
New Zealand designer Charlotte Devereux has launched her début range for spring–summer 2010–11, with a floaty, feminine range. The label aims to bring ‘modern, practical yet romantic designs for the contemporary woman,’ according to its first release. The new range features draping, a feature that appears to be popular in collections at the turn […]
Ria van Dyke is the new Miss Universe New Zealand
Jin Cowan Top Ria van Dyke, Miss New Zealand 2010. Centre Runner-up Danijela Unkovich, Miss East Auckland; Samantha Powell, co-MC and Miss New Zealand 2008; Ria van Dyke, Miss New Zealand 2010; Katie Taylor, Miss New Zealand 2009; second runner-up Caren Freeman, Miss Auckland. Above This year’s contestants after the crowning. Auckland-based Ria van Dyke, […]
Museum Hotel gives Miss Universe New Zealand an Apprentice setting
Above The Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 judging panel: Samantha Hannah, Evana Patterson, Jack Yan (in the chair), Dina Janse van Rensburg and Carl Manderson. If you caught my last post, you’ll know that I wasn’t with our Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants until the evening. I awaited the arrival of Evana Patterson, with […]
