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Claudia Schiffer is new face of Alberta Ferretti fragrance

June 14, 2009/5.32

The 1980s’ supermodels seem to be evergreen: Elizabeth Arden, Inc. sent us a release in French yesterday, saying that Claudia Schiffer will be the face of Alberta Ferretti’s first signature fragrance.    The fragrance and the campaign will be released in the autumn.    Creative Director Alex White collaborated with Alberta Ferretti on the concept […]

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Miss New Zealand ’09 Katie Taylor, on the night

April 27, 2009/4.47

We finally have images of Katie Taylor, Miss Universe New Zealand 2009, from the night itself, rather than photographs taken casually during the days I was there. We’ve distributed some from this series to media today. Photo credit: Paul Whiteford/Southern First National via JY&A Media You may also like Miss Universe New Zealand 2011, Priyani […]

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Flickr-formed Christchurch Cluster exhibition opens

April 16, 2009/10.33

Mike Dowsett: Milford Sound Katherine Bodger Frank Sew Atjon: Porthills The Christchurch Cluster is a photography exhibition with a point of difference—many of the 25 contributing photographers met each other for the first time on opening night. This is because The Christchurch Cluster is actually an online community, started by Frank Sew Atjon and formed through the website Flickr, a […]

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We wish the world revolved around Italy

March 1, 2009/9.50

Lucire has a distinct Italian flavour at the moment, thanks in part to photographer Thomaz and his Milano shots from two fashion week shows so far: Byblos and Frankie Morello. Of the two, Morello is more newsworthy in its three-dimensional, origami quality; Byblos is more subtle, using silks and cashmere in showing off a structured, […]

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Samantha Powell, in black and white

January 16, 2009/11.27

Doug Rimington has given us permission to publish this image from his film camera, taken last year during our shoot of Miss Universe New Zealand 2008 Samantha Powell. Rebecca Connor—Miss Wellington and a make-up artist in her own right—is on the right. You may also like Behind the scenes on Samantha Powell’s shoot Former Miss […]

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Amanresorts celebrates 20 years with new book

December 12, 2008/22.49

Our friends at Amanresorts have launched a book celebrating their 20th anniversary, called Aman².    This third custom-published book, photographed by Hong Kong-based Basil Pao, reveals the spirit behind Amanresorts properties from the Himalayas to Caribbean reefs. At 264 pp., the hard-bound book is available for US$88 on www.amanresorts.com.    Pao has tried to capture […]

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Jessica Alba’s in the red spirit

December 3, 2008/11.17

Campari launched its 2009 calendar, starring Jessica Alba, at a celebrity event in Milano yesterday. We’ve featured a few of Mario Testino’s stunning images from the calendar, with Alba promoting the red spirit in each one, some subtly, some less so (with the Campari bottle being quite noticeable). Also noticeable: make-up has been getting a […]

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More of Anne Hathaway on Lancôme Magnifique

November 23, 2008/2.24

We’ve put up some extra images from behind the scenes of the Lancôme Magni?que TV commercial, starring Anne Hathaway and directed by Peter Lindbergh, this week. A video showing the making of the commercial was shown on the Lucire TV site last month. You may also like Anne Hathaway, behind the scenes on Lancôme Magnifique […]

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Ryanair criticized again for calendar

November 15, 2008/0.45

Is Ryanair’s 2009 calendar, featuring 13 of its flight attendants in swimwear photographed by Mike Rosenthal in Spain, appropriate?    The airline has come under fire for its 2009 calendar, as it did for its 2008 one last year, with its critics accusing it of sexism.    Criticisms centre around Ryanair’s objectification of the flight […]

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South Island by Clio, sans Nicole et Papa

November 9, 2008/4.46

I was interested to find that there were still photographs from my 2007 South Island drive that hadn’t seen the public light of day. These were good shots of the Renault Clio 3 that the company had loaned to me. Outside Carey’s Bay Hotel, the Clio looked more 21st century than the 1990s cars parked […]

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