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Hack Is Back
After a successful serialization of travel editor Stanley Moss’s novel, The Hacker, earlier this year during lockdown in many countries, we follow up with its sequel, Hack Is Back, which picks up immediately after the conclusion of the earlier story about a young technology company located in Gurgaon, and continues to follow the lives and adventures of all the cast members. This time they’re mixed up with Israeli cybercriminals, Bitcoin ransoms and malware on smartphones
Who’s who | Chapters 1–3 | Chapters 4–7

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A Ukrainian label going to Morocco, our first travel story from mainland China, haute couture in Paris, sustainable style in Sweden, a top Canadian hairstylist, an American actress—it’s a journey round the world with the global fashion magazine

A model life
Tiana Pongs knows the modelling world inside out, from her 15-plus years in the industry as a sought-after, full-time professional. The model and actress tells us about her new book, Keep Smiling: a Career Guide for Models
First published in the September 2020 issue of Lucire KSA

Prompting a rethink
Our latest selection shows that many companies expected the 2020s to be a new decade of rethought and reshaped products, from the grille of the new Hyundai SUV to how you store your tea

Realizing your dreams
How does a successful London-based architect change career and become a shoe designer? Jack Yan talks to Jori Papa, whose unique designs have been winning acclaim internationally
Photographed by the author
First published in the September 2020 issue of Lucire KSA

Makers’ Mrkt: a celebration of the personal
Makers’ Mrkt is the antidote to mass production, with its personally curated selection of art, ceramics, fashion accessories, glassware, sculptures, vases and other artisan-made items. Lucire speaks to its founder, Kelly Thompson

Chanel retrospective opens at Paris’s Palais Galliera: Vanessa Paradis, Marion Cotillard, Angèle attend
After a US$10 million renovation, the Palais Galliera reopens with a bang: a 350-piece-rich retrospective on Chanel

Colourful and inclusive
Clothes should empower and bring a smile to your face, and Adedoyin Okuleye’s Afrispec designs do just that. Bhavana Bhim speaks with the Nigerian-born, New Zealand-based designer
Photographed by the author

Bollinger releases No Time to Die limited-edition gift box, featuring James Bond and DB5
Iconic imagery appears on a special gift box from Champagne Bollinger, housing the brand’s signature Special Cuvée champagne

Song Weiling launches new Emporio Armani Meccanico skeleton watch collection on Tmall
Song Weiling is part of a larger push by Emporio Armani to get sales from Generation Z, especially in the 2,500–5,000元 segment

Travelling back in time: the South Island to ourselves
A silver lining: COVID-19 has made driving through Aotearoa New Zealand pleasurable and easy, as Kip Brook embarks on a tour toward the Otago region
Photographed by the author

Arborea, Stanley Moss’s new novel written during the pandemic in Italy, out now
Travel editor Stanley Moss’s new novel, Arborea, was written between March and September 2020 in what was the European epicentre of COVID-19

H&M Studio channels the 1970s, with Irina Shayk, Jameela Jamil, Sasha Lane, Indya Moore
Gender-fluid, flares, frills and big shoulders: H&M Studio is not afraid to catch your eye for autumn–winter, with its geographically distant marketing campaign

A winning obsession
New York hairstylist Cassie Carey is winning acclaim from her peers. She tells Lucire about her experience creating her successful entry at the North American Hairstyling Awards
Hair by Cassie Carey
Photographed by Richard Monsieurs
Make-up by Dmitry Potapov
Modelled by Snow Dollkinson/Official Model Management
First published in the May 2020 issue of Lucire KSA

Innovative biodegradable shoes win James Dyson Award’s New Zealand competition
Rik Oithuis comes up with an innovative solution to the footwear industry’s increasing waste, and the long time existing footwear takes to decompose in landfills

Profoundly personal portraits
Jack Yan speaks with international photographer Aliona Kuznetsova, whose work first came to Lucire’s attention in the 2010s, embarks on a new book featuring over a decade of her work, telling a deeply personal story
Photographed by Aliona Kuznetsova
From issue 42 of Lucire