Lucire
The global fashion magazine March 19, 2024 
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Giselle, a Royal New Zealand Ballet favourite, returns for May–June 2021

March 29, 2021/0.06

Giselle is back: the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s acclaimed ballet from 2012, which toured the world after its première in Wellington, and which became a 2013 feature film by Toa Fraser, will return in May and June 2021.    Conceived by former RNZB artistic director Ethan Stiefel and choreographer–director Johan Kobborg, Giselle was praised by […]

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Tailor Renew: does exactly what it says on the box

April 18, 2017/14.20

Tailor Skincare’s Renew is a probiotic serum that’s already picked up an Innovation Award for Best Formulation from the New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Chemists. For the service of our readers, we put it to the test, as we do with other products that come across our desk.    In the case of Renew, I […]

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Bringing Confucius’ legend to life

January 10, 2017/11.04

Liu Haidong After Asia, Europe and Australia the dance drama, Confucius, lands in New York. The China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG) returned with a marvellous performance at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. The China National Opera and Dance Drama Theatre presented an inspiring feature, directed and choreographed by a 77th-generation descendant […]

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Special features to kick off Lucire’s 20th anniversary year

January 5, 2017/10.31

Paula Sweet Above: Stanley Moss heads to Punta Ala in one of his best travel pieces to date. Click here to read it. Welcome to Lucire’s 20th anniversary year.    Remember that if you don’t see a news update (which will come with an RSS update), you can go to the main part of the […]

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The Beauty Therapy Project treats London’s homeless women to makeovers for Christmas

December 23, 2016/0.14

Emanuela Di Mulo Top: The Beauty Therapy Project’s founder, Ebun Ali. Above: Scenes from the special day as 50 professionals gave makeovers to homeless women. Fifty volunteers in London have pampered homeless women as part of the Beauty Therapy Project.    A southeast London community centre was transformed into a beauty haven, with drapes, warm […]

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Alicia Aylies, Miss Guyane, wins Miss France 2017

December 17, 2016/23.20

TF1/SIPA Press/Bertrand Noël Via Alicia Aylies/Twitter Alicia Aylies, Miss Guyane, has been crowned Miss France 2017. She is 18 years old, and a first-year law student.    Vaea Ferrand, Miss Tahiti, was runner-up, with Morgane Thérésine, Miss Guadeloupe, second-runner-up. Justine Kamara (Miss Lorraine) came fourth.    The competition was held at the Montpellier exhibition centre, […]

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Supermodel Kate Moss to be the face of Dutch label Nikkie from autumn ’17

December 14, 2016/10.47

Dutch label Nikkie, founded by Nikkie Plessen in 2011, has scored a coup by securing supermodel Kate Moss as its brand ambassador.    Moss will make her début for Nikkie for its autumn–winter 2017–18 collection.    Plessen announced the news during her spring–summer 2017 collection presentation in Amsterdam, attended by Moss.    In a release, […]

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