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Twilight’s Christian Serrato appears nude in PETA’s latest campaign
Christian Serratos’s new poster for PETA, one of the long-running ‘I’d rather go naked than wear fur’ series, is well timed to promote the new movie, Twilight: New Moon. The youngest actress to have appeared in one of the adv...
Claudia Schiffer and others commemorate children’s rights’ convention
The fall of the Berlin Wall is not the only 20th anniversary being celebrated this month. UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassadors have recorded a series of PSAs to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which ta...
Eva Longoria Parker, Alicia Keys glam up Latin Grammy Awards
Brian Jones/Las Vegas News Bureau The 10th annual Latin Grammy Awards were held last Thursday at the Mandalay Bay Events’ Center in Las Vegas, the second time it has been hosted in the city. Eva Longoria Parker and Giselle Blondet took the glam q...
Porsche Boxster Spyder is the butch one
In 1953, Porsche showed its original racing 550 Spyder, a lightweight roadster—a model which could count James Dean as one of its owners. In the 1980s, to get more mileage out of the 911 line, the company released a Speedster version, inspired by ...
Paris and Nicky Hilton, Kate Walsh, Cat Deeley and others on Jimmy Choo for H&M
WireImage Yes, that is Paris Hilton (left)—who, along with her sister, Nicky, and many other Hollywood celebrities, attended a star-studded bash high above the Sunset Strip in Hollywood on Monday, to launch the Jimmy Choo for H&M range. &nb...
Stephen Fry and brumplum: it’s a good-news story
Despite Stephen Fry and fellow Tweeter, brumplum, settling their differences four hours ago, many media outlets are content to spread the bad news that the actor–writer is poised to quit Twitter this morning. Yesterday, brumplum called...
Zhang Ziyi opens Omega’s flagship boutique in Singapore
Cindy Crawford may get in a western audience, but in the east, it’s Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) whom Omega relies on to give it the glamour factor. The international Chinese film star launched its flagship boutique at ION Orc...
Sylvie van der Vaart gives BMW the hair test
Former Miss Bundesliga and the Netherlands’ and Germany’s most famous WAG, Sylvie van der Vaart, puts the BMW convertible to the hair test in the company’s München wind tunnel. The full story is here on our website. ...
Vintage by Kate Moss releases ad image, TVC
Supermodel Kate Moss’s fragrance, titled Vintage by Kate Moss, went on sale in September, but the company has only sent us artwork and a video today. The print advertisement has a 1920s’ to 1930s’ feel, while the fragrance itself has fruity a...
Diddy for Donatella
Pedro Kirilos/Getty Images If you’re relying on ‘Insider’ and our RSS feed, our latest scoop at the main part of the Lucire site is photographs from Oi Fashion Rocks Brasil, where Diddy rapped for Versace. We know Mariah Carey sang during an...
Heidi Klum, Nicole Richie to start fashion lines—industry papers
Above left Nicole Richie has already dabbled in design, namely with maternity wear. Above right Heidi Klum is set to add footwear to her already diverse portfolio. Two celebrities are reportedly starting fashion lines this week. First, Nicole Richi...
Eva Longoria, Tony Parker in London Fog holiday campaign
US brand London Fog, best known for its raincoats and bags, showed its new holiday 2009 campaign starring Eva Longoria-Parker and husband Tony Parker yesterday. It is the first time the couple has appeared in a marketing campaign together. &nb...
Vanessa Paradis is new face of Chanel lipstick
Chanel has announced that it will begin a collaboration with singer–actress Vanessa Paradis, as the face of Rouge Coco, a new range of lipsticks from the French firm. Paradis had already represented the Chanel Coco fragrance in ...
Chic runs from Petone to Paris
Douglas Rimington On the main part of the Lucire site today is a special travel promotion on Petone, a place which really surprised us. The historical area on Jackson Street is full of surprises, and for Wellingtonians who hold on to decades’ old ...
Cindy Crawford, George Clooney rushing between dos
Omega Top The Saatchi Gallery with the new Omega advertisements up. Centre Cindy Crawford. Above George Clooney. Cindy Crawford, George Clooney and other celebs rushed from the première of Roald Dahl’s Fabulous Mr Fox to attend the launch of ...
Ronan Keating, other Boyzone members, in Majorca after Stephen Gately’s death
We do not think anyone can blame Ronan Keating if he does not appear at the Audi Centre opening in West London tonight. After the death of his colleague and former fellow bandmate, Stephen Gately, 33, in Majorca on Saturday, Keating has rushed to the...
Keeley Hawes, Ronan Keating, Sir Jackie Stewart among celebs at Audi Centre opening
Above The world’s largest Audi Centre—West London Audi—officially opens its doors on October 19. Philip Glenister, the actor behind DCI Gene Hunt, the most famous fictional Audi driver, and Ashes to Ashes co-star Keeley Hawes, join ...
Hachette promises lavish new book on Michelle Obama’s style
Many books have already been written about US First Lady Michelle Obama and her style, and we’ve heard of another launching at the end of October. Mrs O: the Face of Fashion Democracy, by Mary Tomer, is released on the 28th, and promises to be one ...
Richie Rich, Pamela Anderson in Tourism snapshot
Hill & Knowlton, Inc. It amazes us, too, what emerges on the US wire services we have access to. Here are our friend Richie Rich of A Muse and his collaborator, Pamela Anderson, with a Māori cultural group during their visit to New Zealand ...
Chanel to launch Coco Cocoon line, with Lily Allen fronting campaign
Some of you will have seen the ads for Coco Before Chanel on this website (currently on at the Penthouse Cinema here in Wellington), on the eve of its release in New York and Los Angeles. But in the real world of Chanel, we can show the below video f...
Jenny Craig announces latest international celebs
Jenny Craig, Dr Billy Ingram Jenny Craig continues to use star power to promote its programmes. In the US, it has announced that Nicole Sullivan (Rita Rocks) is its latest celebrity client; in Australasia, Australian Idol judge Ian Dickson (‘Dicko...
Lucire’s view: The September Issue
Above Stills from The September Issue. Vogue editor Anna Wintour is likened to the Pope in R. J. Cutler’s documentary The September Issue. With a divine omnipotence, a single-arched eyebrow reduces flamboyant designers to stuttering school bo...
Sheila de Vries, by appointment
Our roving photographer, Thomaz, has made his way to the Netherlands, where he shot for Sheila de Vries. De Vries is known for dressing HM Queen Beatrix, and celebrities in the Netherlands. She can count Jane Fonda and Barbara Sinatra as clients, tha...
The Beautiful Life was out of step
The CW Above Nico Tortorella and Mischa Barton in The Beautiful Life. We didn’t think the CW’s The Beautiful Life would last long, but we didn’t expect it to be canned after two episodes. It didn’t help that one of its st...
The Pamela Anderson press conference at New Zealand Fashion Week
A mad, busy day—Miromoda, Starfish, Emma Ford, Trix and Dandy, Chapel, Hailwood … but the highlight of the day and week was Stolen Girlfriends’ Club. Held in a masonic lodge in Newton, the show was so popular that we were jammed in like c...
Spotted at New Zealand Fashion Week
Thanks to the the girls’ super-crush on cute boy in hat, we managed to get these four stunners together for a photo op. Have you ever seen such a beautiful gang? I don’t think it’s coincidence that they are all part-Māori. Fourteen-year-...
New Zealand Fashion Week’s grand opening
The opening celebration was held at the New Zealand Fashion Week sheds at the Viaduct in Auckland. Moët and Ned wines were the sponsors of drink, though only Moët seemed to be drunk—it flowed like a river, poured over-excitedly by untrained...
Behind the scenes on the Summer Rayne Oakes interview
For Lucire readers who remember when editor-at-large Summer Rayne Oakes visited Wellington, here are a few shots, taken by head designer Tanya Sooksombatisatian, from behind the scenes of fashion editor Samantha Hannah’s interview (broadcast on Sna...
New Zealand Fashion Week’s grand opening
The opening celebration was held at the New Zealand Fashion Week sheds at the Viaduct in Auckland. Moët and Ned wines were the sponsors of drink, though only Moët seemed to be drunk—it flowed like a river, poured over-excitedly by untrained...
Gisèle Bündchen is UNEP’s new ambassador
Today on the Lucire site: we have news that supermodel Gisèle Bündchen has followed in our footsteps by partnering with the UNEP. As Lucire pioneered the idea of partnering the UNEP with the fashion industry, we’re delighted to see the environmen...
