Vans opens Auckland store with Australasia’s first custom lab
Vans has opened its first custom lab workshop in Australasia, at its newly opened 200 Queen Street branch in Auckland, New Zealand. While the store had its soft opening last December in time for Christmas, February marks its official launch, retailing a full range of Vans footwear, apparel and accessories, for men, women, and […]
YY Nation launches sustainable Legacy Footwear Collection, with lower carbon footprint
YY Nation, a New Zealand footwear company, launches its Legacy Footwear Collection in New Zealand and the US, presenting its gender-neutral and sustainable sneakers following a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2020. Made from a combination of wool, bamboo, pineapple husk, recycled post-consumer plastic, algæ and sugarcane, the collection, which took three years of intense […]
A tribute to the uniquely creative and brilliant David MacGregor
Wayback Machine at Archive.org Above: A 2000 screenshot of Emale, created by David MacGregor. I was very saddened to learn of the passing of my friend David MacGregor, with whom this magazine collaborated in the early 2000s. But David was much more than the creator of Emale (eMALE in its official form), New Zealand’s […]
First right-hand-drive Chevrolet Corvette arrives in New Zealand
Your eyes are not deceiving you: that is a right-hook Chevrolet Corvette C8 3LT in Auckland, New Zealand, and it’s made with the steering wheel on what some might call the correct side straight from the factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The first landed in New Zealand earlier this month. The eighth-generation ’Vette is […]
K-pop star Jennie models Chanel’s Coco Neige 2021–2 collection
Inez & Vinoodh/Chanel The South Korean singer Jennie is the face of Chanel’s Coco Neige 2021–2 collection, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Jennie has been a Chanel ambassador since 2017, and a member of Blackpink, a K-pop group, since 2016. She started her solo career in 2018. She was the first […]
New Balance–Casablanca collaboration, XC-72, on sale in New Zealand from August 28
If New Balance is right, then we’re in for an era of retrofuturism, as the brand releases its XC-72 in collaboration with Casablanca. The XC-72 is part of New Balance’s Shifted collection, complementing the 237 and 327 styles, and intentionally calls on the 1970s for inspiration. Product manager Alana Burton says the XC-72 ‘describes […]
Pop-up exhibition showcases customized Dr Martens shoes by Jimmy D and other creatives
A pop-up exhibition for Dr Martens opens today at Westfield Newmarket in Auckland, New Zealand, and will run to May 30. Lochie Stonehouse, Jimmy D, Portia Prince and Miro have each customized a pair of Dr Martens’ 1461 shoe, commemorating 60 years of the design. Their customized shoes are being displayed at level 1 of […]
Ruby’s Champ collection rings in a cosy winter
Ruby is showing its new collection, dubbed Champ, with its first items going on retail sale on May 14 both on- and offline. The collection represents both a change in season as well as change in how we do things: ‘Champ is about taking responsibility, knowing your force and driving change for a world […]
Linda Gair pays tribute to famous artists in Auckland exhibition, Homage
Artist Linda Gair—sister of make-up artist Joanne, whose work appears regularly in Lucire—is having an exhibition, Homage, from April 29 at the Railway Street Gallery, at 8 Railway Street, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand. Gair herself has been an art teacher and educator since she turned 50, but has been a lifelong artist. Her works […]
Witchery, Ruby show what’s coming for autumn ’21
Witchery’s April arrivals form part of its Highland Escape collection for autumn–winter 2021, with checks and tartan dropping for April. Tapping into a Scottish heritage, Witchery’s latest evokes a 1970s to 1980s mood, with designs including the pintuck check dress, with butterscotch and whisky tones (NZ$199·90); the mini button check skirt (NZ$149·90) is a […]
