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One Lovely Blog Award!

2009-10-31T00:53:05Z

The loverly Sarah from Australia has awarded me this. I recently discovered her blog http://kiss--and--make-up.blogspot.com, and think she is possibly one of the most humble, gorgeous, and adorable bloggers I know. Also, for those of you who wa...

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Thanks to the Parkers

2009-10-24T00:50:42Z

Here were the search terms taking folks to the Lucire ‘Insider’ section yesterday. The day before was similar, but instead of Heidi Klum, it was Vanessa Paradis. Celebrities, still, sell. eva longoria london fog heidi klum eva longoria tony parke...

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I didn’t have this in my Flash Forward

2009-10-01T10:19:18Z

For the record, I did not start a discussion on Flash Forward because ABC is advertising it on the Lucire site: Though it is pretty cool that the ad is there. I never saw it last week, though I did happen across ads for other TV shows from this ne...

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Emma Watson designs with People Tree

2009-09-20T18:41:59Z

Though she said No to personal fashion line claiming she wasn’t “interested in doing it for my own ego”, Harry Potter star and the highest grossing lead actress of the decade, Emma Watson added she would willingly design a line if it was “benefic...

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The background is just as interesting

2009-09-19T11:22:56Z

Here’s a photo from the dinner we held in photographer Doug Rimington’s honour last Wednesday. Lucire’s Samantha Hannah and Tanya Sooksombatisatian are showing him photographs on their cameras. But anyone notice the background? At point (1) is...

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Looks better in the metal, and drives better still

2009-09-19T07:02:22Z

Thanks to Coby at Mercedes-Benz for my transport last week: a new E350 Coupé with Distronic (the cruise control system that slows down if the traffic in front slows). Lucire review to follow. It looks much better in the metal than in the photos (w...

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iPhone and Blackberry Fashion Apps

2009-09-18T11:33:21Z

The pace of application development for smartphones such as the iPhone and Blackberry (and Android) continues apace, and now the fashion industry has its own set of Apps that enable you to follow the latest trends on the catwalk and beyond. Here...

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Fall/Winter Trends 2009/2010

2009-09-17T20:31:17Z

Time passes so quickly that we often don’t notice how seasons change each other. But if you are a woman of fashion you have to go step in step with seasons as the fashion industry does. Trends for the fall 2009 and winter 2010 are not much differ...

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Remembering 9-11 at Lucire, eight years on

2009-09-11T14:27:04Z

I was going to get an early night, but really couldn’t let the day pass without writing an editorial about 9-11. I remember going to bed in the small hours of September 12 (NZST) thinking that nothing was happening. Was I ever wrong. By 6 a.m., a ...

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At least when we have bugs, we act

2009-09-06T13:31:55Z

I have written to the creator of the WP-Cufón plug-in for Wordpress about this bug, which caused some missing characters at the Lucire website today: It turns out that the ligatures (such as the ﬁ character) are missing from the Javascript version...

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