Video: who wore what at the 2015 Met Gala? Beyoncé, FKA Twigs, Rihanna stand out
Taylor Hill Jamie McCarthy Who wore what at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute 2015 Gala, benefiting the CFDA–Vogue Fashion Fund, with the theme, China: through the Looking Glass? We spotted Jessica Hart in a red Valentino Chinoiserie-style velvet dress, really getting into the spirit of the theme, accessorized with Carrera y Carrera […]
Still capturing plenty of attention, especially for her promotion of worthy social causes, Lady Gaga headed to Annabel’s in London last night in association with Belvedere Vodka and Product Red. Gaga performed ‘Artpop’, ‘Dope’ and ‘Do What U Want’ from her new album Artpop, which was released last month, as well as her classic […]
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 […]
Video: highlights from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2013 costume gala, including our favourites
BFAnyc.com for the Metropolitan Museum of Art The talk today at Lucire was the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual costume gala, and who was the best and worst dressed. Our friends at ITN had a slightly different view to us, as we felt that Kim Kardashian let the side down with an unflattering floral-print […]
London Fashion Week spring–summer 2013, day three: the celebrity favourites
Lucire has videos from Christopher Raeburn, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, Margaret Howell, Sophia Webster, Moschino Cheap & Chic, Nicole Farhi, Lucas Nascimento, J. J. S. Lee, Vivienne Westwood, Marios Schwab, Matthew Williamson, Temperley London, Unique, Paul Smith, Mary Katrantzou, Acne, Jonathan Saunders and Philip Treacy, as well as a day three highlight reel, as part […]
Video: a preview of Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style, opening on Friday
As previewed in Lucire in April, Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style is about to open at the Barbican Centre in London, focusing on the Bond look. Media were given a preview this week. Among the exhibits were one of the Aston Martin DB5s from Goldfinger, Scaramanga’s golden gun from The Man with […]
Designing 007 opens at the Barbican in July, covering 50 years of James Bond design
Copyright ©1964 by Danjaq LLC and United Artists Corp. Above Sean Connery as James Bond at the Furka Pass, Switzerland, and the iconic Aston Martin DB5, during the making of Goldfinger (1964). With the 50th anniversary of the cinematic James Bond, exhibitions are being shown around the world to mark the occasion, but the Barbican […]
V&A’s Unveiled wedding gown exhibition débuts at Te Papa
Top Gwen Stefani’s wedding dress, by John Galliano. Above Dita von Teese’s wedding dress, by Vivienne Westwood. Experience the world of wedding fashion with 200 years of extraordinary wedding fashion on display at Te Papa Tongarewa National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, on loan from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. The exhibition, Unveiled, displays everything […]
Royal Wedding recap: the Beckhams and Carole Middleton arrive
Now that the Royal Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is over, we thought we’d recap some of the arrivals from earlier in the day. From our fashion point-of-view, the hope we had that Kate Middleton’s wedding dress was from Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton was fulfilled. Also from the fashion perspective, […]
Museum of London explains the making of its pleasure garden
The Museum of London is hosting a session where a curator will explain the making of its recently opened re-creation Georgian pleasure garden on August 24, from 1 to 1.45 p.m. The pleasure garden is complete with tress, park benches, a pavilion, drama and costumed mannequins, with Philip Treacy hats and Yasemen Hussein wigs. […]
