Celebrities donate to Japan to varying degrees
This is all well and good: ITN’s report about celebrities donating to organizations working with the Japan earthquake and tsunami. The Sandra Bullock report, we can understand, deserves applause, and Demi Lovato has done a good thing so early in her career: both are donating amounts from their own pockets. But is this the same […]
Brit celebs’ baby news, with Kelly Brook announcing pregnancy
Thirty-one-year-old Kelly Brook has announced, via Twitter, that she is pregnant, to boyfriend rugby player Thom Evans. Meanwhile, model Abbey Clancy and her fiancé, footballer Peter Crouch, have named their baby daughter, Sophia Ruby. Sophia was born Monday night, weighing 7 lb 9 oz. You may also like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley steals the show; […]
Kate Middleton and Prince William’s wedding may be streamed online
Mario Testino We were already impressed with the high-resolution and fast streaming of the Royal Wedding in Sweden last year on the state television website. This year’s Royal Wedding, of Kate Middleton to HRH Prince William, could go one better: it may be streamed on the couple’s own website, according to Marie Claire UK. […]
Christchurch earthquake update (current to Wednesday 1.43 p.m. GMT)
The emergency in Christchurch, after a 6·3-scale earthquake at 12.51 p.m. NZDT today, has all of us deeply worried for our friends there, especially with news of fatalities. Here’s what you can consider: New Zealand Red Cross is accepting donations. The New Zealand Blood Service website was down when we visited, but Fairfax […]
Irina Shayk likely the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl—pic leaked on Twitter
Breaking news: Irina Shayk confirmed as cover girl—click here Rana Wardlaw Russian-born model Irina Shayk has been revealed, on Twitter, as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl for 2011, if the leak is accurate. The WAG, who is dating Cristiano Ronaldo, recently posed for La Senza. She has appeared in the past five […]
UK student creates global style project; Katie Price previews next collection
Zina Graber, studying at university in the UK, is doing what she calls ‘a huge global style project’ for her final year. What Ya Wearing World? showcases individual style from around the world, and seeks happy, confident people to send images of themselves looking as they normally do every day. The idea is to […]
Vanessa Hudgens replaces Britney Spears as face of Candie’s
Tony Duran, courtesy Candie’s In line with earlier big names it has managed to secure such as Britney Spears, Iconix has announced that Vanessa Hudgens, the 22-year-old star of Disney’s High School Musical series, is the spokeswoman for Candie’s spring–summer 2011 line. In a release, Hudgens says, ‘Ever since I saw Fergie do the […]
Blogs are good for fashion, as long as we can find them
Above Journalist Simone Werle’s Style Diaries: World Fashion from Berlin to Tokyo uncovers the fashion blogosphere and the personalities behind some of the influential blogs. (Click for Amazon.com, Amazon UK and Amazon Deutschland.) The first time I encountered a fashion blog, I thought it was pretty crap. All its ideals aside, blogging, initially, seemed to […]
Lucire gets its own search-engine command, and Elyse goes to Taiwan
I am pleased to report that fashion editor Sopheak Seng has been discharged from hospital—those who follow his Tweets know he was laid up there this weekend. Please feel free to send him some good wishes via his Twitter account at @fashiondarlin. Duck Duck Go, our search engine of choice, has very kindly added […]
Miss France releases new video of 2010 winner, Malika Ménard
Election de Miss France 2011: Spéciale Malika Ménard, Miss France 2010 In the build-up to the Miss France telecast on Saturday night, French network TF1 has released a video featuring last year’s winner, Malika Ménard. The Miss France pageant, now run by Silvio Berlusconi’s Endemol, is going all out with a multimedia campaign. Visitors […]
