Lucire
The global fashion magazine March 28, 2024 
Out now: Lucire issue 48, with free shipping for UK and US

Beauty backstage: Badgley Mischka fall–winter 2011–12

February 25, 2011/12.30

Chris Pearce Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Stylist Peter Gray and key make-up artist Tom Pecheux combined their talented forces yet again backstage for the Badgley Mischka fall–winter 2011–12 show.    I spoke to both designers and they explained that this collection is heavily inspired by the great party scenes of classic Hollywood films in […]

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Alexander McQueen honoured with Met exhibition

/5.43

The late Lee Alexander McQueen will be recognized with an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.    Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, designer Stella McCartney, and UK First Lady and British Fashion Council ambassador Samantha Cameron were present to promote the Met’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, opening on May 4.    The exhibition will feature […]

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Mario Testino shoots supermodel Kate Moss in Vogue Eyewear campaign

/5.29

Set amid digitally enhanced tropical-like foliage at London’s Syon Park, Kate Moss, the new face for the Vogue Eyewear spring–summer 2011 collection, pouts and poses for photographer Mario Testino.    This is her first complete eyewear collection and she succeeds fellow models Gisèle Bündchen and Daria Werbowy. Kate took the opportunity to choose from the […]

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Different sides to autumn menswear at MAN, E. Tautz, Cassette Playa and James Long

February 24, 2011/5.50

The MAN collective show had New Power Studio (distinguished by way-out headgear, a mask and a child model), Felipe Rojas Llanos (a real contrast, with back-to-basics T-shirts, coats and jackets, with black the base again), and Martine Rose (layered coats and gold vests). New Power Studio distracted us a little too much with spectacle, and […]

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CNN talks to Betty Jackson, while the menswear designers strut their stuff

/2.59

We have the second video from CNN’s Connect the World, after the first one on Matthew Williamson that was kindly offered to us to syndicate.    British fashion designer Betty Jackson is well-known across fashion circles for her beautiful clothing and is even responsible for designing the outrageous costumes on the hit television series, Absolutely […]

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Christchurch earthquake: a first-hand account

February 23, 2011/10.39

This is a war zone; but no sign of the enemy. People crushed to death; people trapped; people missing. Friends are missing. People’s lives shattered forever.    Christchurch’s latest earthquake just before 1 p.m. yesterday is New Zealand’s worst natural disaster.    The mood and atmosphere around the streets and suburbs of Christchurch is one […]

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CK One unveils global advertising campaign for spring ’11

/9.21

Steven Meisel Calvin Klein, Coty (the fragrance licensee) and Warnaco (which runs Calvin Klein Underwear and licenses the brand for jeans and swimear) have unveiled the spring advertising campaign for CK One.    The campaign, created by Fabien Baron in cooperation with Calvin Klein’s internal ad team, breaks its teasers on February 23 globally, leading […]

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New Zealand Fashion Museum to hold black-themed events

/4.24

The New Zealand Fashion Museum is holding two events with the Black on Fashion exhibition theme, one in Auckland and the other in Wellington.    The Auckland event is hosted by Hotel de Brett on March 15 and features designers Elisabeth Findlay (Zambesi), Beth Ellery, Teresa Hodges (Blak), and Black Magazine founders Grant Fell and […]

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Connect the World talks to Matthew Williamson

/4.02

Courtesy of CNN, the video below features Max Foster talking to Matthew Williamson, arguably one of the most profiled designers at London Fashion Week this season. (Betty Jackson, Erin O’Connor and Christopher Bailey are slated for the next instalments.)    You can see earlier videos from Williamson’s catwalk show here, and interviews with him and […]

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Christchurch earthquake: Skylight offers grief and trauma support

/3.33

We’ve already placed Red Cross ads on our website to replace many of our commercial ones during our national emergency, and I am sure many of us are donating already to the victims of the 22-2 Christchurch earthquake.    For the last few years, you’ll have seen Skylight ads appear on this website as well. […]

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