Steffi Graf opens Longines’ NYC flagship store
Longines has opened a store in New York, with brand ambassador, tennis star Stefanie Graf—better known to us as Steffi Graf—doing the ribbon-cutting on January 24. The shop, inside leading US watch retailer Tourneau, includes the latest Longines watches, including the Longines Master Collection Retrograde Moon Phases, the DolceVita, and the Column-Wheel Chronograph. […]
Top Diane Krüger is one of the VIPs at the Versace Étoile de la Mer eyewear launch. Above Donatella Versace and Anna Wintour. Versace hosted a dinner at Restaurant Lasserre in Paris on January 23 to unveil its spring–summer 2012 eyewear collection, dubbed Étoile de la Mer. The capsule collection features two sunglasses and […]
Stolen by Stolen Girlfriends’ Club reveals menswear campaign for autumn ’12
Maya Villiger Following on the heels of its autumn–winter 2012 women’s campaign, Stolen Girlfriends’ Club has revealed its shoot for its menswear label, Stolen by Stolen Girlfriends’ Club. The campaign was photographed by Maya Villiger from street-style blog Turned Out in and around New York City. Villiger is a self-taught photographer who grew […]
Previewing Delikatessen’s menswear; Karolína Kurková and Eva Padberg at Berlin Fashion Week
Our correspondent Joanna Mroczkowska has sent us some images from Netherlands-based Polish designer André Lisowski, one of the men behind the Delikatessen label. The latest look book for spring–summer 2012 features Polish model Greg Nawrat, the face of the Gucci spring–summer 2012 campaign. Delikatessen, co-founded by Stephen Hartog, aims to combine old-world craft and […]
The US will vote on internet censorship: why this will matter to many of you
How appropriate that the 2,000th entry in the ‘Insider’ section of the Lucire website would be devoted to something very important to the internet. On January 24, the US will vote on internet censorship, despite the opposition of the majority of American citizens, with the Protect-IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop […]
Manfred Baumann’s candid shots of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron and Olivia Wilde
Manfred Baumann Sometimes, you can’t beat the candid shots that guests themselves at celebrity events take. In this case, Austrian photographer Manfred Baumann, and his wife Nelly, walked the red carpet at the Palm Springs Film Festival—along with Charlize Theron, Olivia Wilde, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks and Al Pacino—and came prepared. […]
Japanese designers continue to make splashes globally
Lucire’s coverage of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo is online today in the main part of the website. Not content with bringing back the event after a cancellation earlier in 2011 due to the earthquake and tsunami, peripheral events, including an international edition of Fashion’s Night Out with all 17 Vogue editors, made sure that the […]
WOW founder Suzie Moncrieff becomes Dame; Russell Brand and Katy Perry divorce
World of Wearable Art (WOW) founder, Suzie Moncrieff, becomes a Dame in the New Zealand New Year honours’ list today. Her honour comes on the same day as a similar award for businesswoman Rosanne Meo, and knighthoods for former All Blacks’ coach Graham Henry, former TV chef and Wellington City Missioner Des Britten, Todd […]
Chanel has opened a temporary boutique at Courchevel in the French Alps for the winter. The 180 m² store features a minimalist décor with the odd flash of colour. It also has stunning views over the entire Courchevel valley. Chanel retails its fragrances, fine jewellery, watches, and the cruise 2011–12 and spring–summer 2012 collections […]
One Tweet, and media speculate Britney Spears is engaged again
Amazing how one Twitter post has the world’s media speculating that Britney Spears has become engaged to her former agent, Jason Trawick. The Tweet read, ‘OMG. Last night Jason surprised me with the one gift I’ve been waiting for. Can’t wait to show you! SO SO SO excited!!!! Xxo’. A later one six hours […]
