Lucire
The global fashion magazine March 19, 2024 
Out now: Lucire issue 48, with free shipping for UK and US

Future imperfect

December 15, 2020/10.59

Adi Constantin/Unsplash Above, from top: The real 2015 and one photo that summarizes the decade: Kendall and Kylie Jenner go shopping for Ugg shoes in New York, and take a selfie. The 2015 of fiction: Michael J. Fox outside a cinema in Back to the Future Part II (1989). Still from Ridley Scott’s 1982 film […]

Read more



Montblanc launches Great Characters Andy Warhol range of writing instruments

January 19, 2016/14.23

Montblanc honoured Grace Kelly a few years ago with a limited-edition collection, and now it has turned its attention to pop artist Andy Warhol.    Its Great Characters line, which has already offered items based on the legacies of Leonardo da Vinci, Alfred Hitchcock and John F. Kennedy over the last seven years, sees a […]

Read more



Chinese label Lanyu plans international growth, US launch

December 30, 2015/4.38

  Chinese designer Lan Yu, commemorating her 11th anniversary, says she will launch her Lanyu brand Stateside next, after having shown in Paris during 2015.    Her Water Charm collection can be viewed on her brand’s home page.    Her work combines eastern techniques, including traditional Suzhou embroidery that has been practised in China for […]

Read more



Win a luxury skin care pack with Lucire and Skin Institute

December 22, 2015/23.57

Before 2015 is out, Lucire has the pleasure of announcing another giveaway, this time in association with Skin Institute.    Skin Institute is a multi-disciplinary specialist centre focusing on cosmetic medicine, skin cancer detection and treatment, clinical dermatology, vein treatment and surgery, and its 18th clinic has recently opened in central Wellington.    To commemorate […]

Read more



Iris Mittenaere, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, wins Miss France 2016

December 19, 2015/23.19

Bertrand Noël/SIPA courtesy Endemol and TF1 Iris Mittenaere, Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais, has been crowned Miss France 2016.    Mittenaere, 22, is a dental student in her fifth year of studies. 20minutes earlier revealed that she scored the most highly in a general knowledge quiz (17·5 out of 20, above the average of 13·5).    She succeeds […]

Read more



Jean Paul Gaultier reveals criteria for his ideal Miss France 2016

/12.56

Franziska Krug/Getty Images Above Jean Paul Gaultier earlier this year at Installations by Designer Jean Paul Gaultier at the Swarovski Kristallwelten Store in Wien. Miss France 2016, which will be decided Saturday night in Lille with a televised final on TF1, has a very different judging line-up, with fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier chairing the […]

Read more



Ab Aeterno’s wooden watches are the next thing in eco-fashion

December 17, 2015/23.58

Ab Aeterno has shown its Sky collection, a range of wooden watches that contain a Swiss movement, with the remainder made in Italy.    The firm, just over three years old, uses only sustainable materials such as wood. They guarantee that their products contain 100 per cent natural materials, including recycled materials, and are toxic-free. […]

Read more