Lucire’s Instagram round-up, June 6: Natalia Vodianova nude to Lupita Nyong’o’s nails
Model Natalia Vodianova made headlines with her Instagram this week, showing off a nude image with her breastfeeding son, photographed by Paolo Roversi. The photograph was dedicated to her husband, Antoine Arnault, for his birthday. It was later revealed by Vodianova on her Instagram that the photographer was Roversi, who ‘was one of the […]
Dopo Natale: letter from Venezia
Paula Sweet Greetings the week after Christmas 2013! I’m living here for the month, writing and reporting, and the city is grand. You still see huge tour groups of curious Asians—welcome, friends! But the lanes are comparatively empty now, and they will thin out next week after the New Year. It’s the perfect season to […]
Hugh Jackman, Olivia Newton-John and Glenn Close present G’day USA LA black tie gala
Above Olivia Newton-John at G’day USA’s Los Angeles event in 2011. The 10th anniversary G’day USA Los Angeles black-tie gala, part of the annual event celebrating Australia in the US, will see Golden Globe nominees Hugh Jackman and Glenn Close join Olivia Newton-John at the J. W. Marriott at LA Live on January 12. Awards […]
Harry Potter Tour to open next March at Leavesden, Herts.
The Harry Potter Tour will open next March at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, north of Watford, where the films were made. Tickets are already on sale. The tour will last for three hours and visitors can see sets, costumes and props from all eight films. Diagon Alley, Hogwarts’ Great Hall, the […]
Round-up this week: from Brancott Estate’s Heritage Centre to Kylie Minogue’s honorary degree
While all the attention was on the various fashion weeks, DeNada quietly released its spring–summer 2011–12 collection to a select VIP audience in Wellington. Designer Nada Piątek has pushed her styles, while staying true to what DeNada customers want, adding stripes and working with a fresh series of prints for the season. With brighter […]
Oamaru: the most wonderfully anachronistic centre in New Zealand
Above The Criterion Pub in Oamaru. Below left Grainstore Gallery. Oamaru is as wonderfully anachronistic as a 21st-century tourist attraction as fax machines are to businesses. The sleepy North Otago settlement has possibly one of the best compact collections of Victorian architecture in the world. It’s like going back in time and the […]
Weekend round-up: Presidents’ Cup at BMW, Frank Kitts Market, and Point2paint
For a few moments on Saturday, golfing’s Presidents’ Cup was in Wellington, at the Jeff Gray BMW dealership on the old Hutt Road in Kaiwharawhara. BMW, which has a Golfsport collection of golf bags as branded items to go with the cars, took the opportunity to promote itself, with the Cup shown alongside some […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2011’s busiest day before the final
Above Lucy at Te Papa Tongarewa energetically introduces the tour of the national museum. Tuesday proved to be the busiest day for the Miss Universe New Zealand 2011 contestants, with visits to Parliament (with my neighbour Murray as the tour guide), Te Papa (with a very energetic guide, Lucy—and with thanks to Bridget MacDonald for […]
Hope Villa aptly named a romantic haven after big earthquake rocked Christchurch
This was the most relaxing, cathartic and re-energizing but surreal holiday ever, after a devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. We are shading ourselves from the scorching sun under the terracotta tile-roof summer house at a stunning plush luxury lodge—Hope Villa—20 minutes southeast of Christchurch International Airport. This feels like such a romantic […]
The festival’s bright, the festival’s orange
Stanley Moss Greetings from Menton on the French Riviera, where the 78e Fête du Citron is winding down. A wild and wacky yearly event, this outdoor exhibition fills the Jardin Biovès with huge constructions on a chosen theme, all made of oranges and lemons. The festival runs from mid-February thru early March and always has […]
