Michelle Obama leads Elle’s best-dressed list
Elle’s best-dressed list for 2009 has US First Lady Michelle Obama in first place in the ‘politique chic’ category, with France’s own First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in second. French Sports Minister Rama Yade came third, followed by HRH Princess Letizia in fourth place and French presidential candidate Ségolène Royal in fifth. While the […]
David Bailey selling exhibition to open at Bonhams in March
Above Jean Shrimpton, a.k.a. the Shrimp, as photographed by Bailey in British Vogue. A selling exhibition, Pure Sixties, Pure Bailey, of David Bailey’s iconic images of the 1960s will be hosted by Bonhams at 101 New Bond Street from March 7 to April 7, the company announced yesterday. In celebrating the 50th anniversary of […]
Supermodels go naked for latest I-D cover
Photographed by Kayt Jones; I-D Showing that the original supermodels still have pull, I-D has Eva Herzigova, Hélèna Christensen and Claudia Schiffer in the nude, save for their leather boots, on the cover of its winter 2009–10 issue. Herzigova, 36, Christensen, 40, and Schiffer, 39, were photographed by expat Brit Kayt Jones, who is […]
University professor puts Twilight: New Moon into context
The University of Denver is an unlikely institution to get on board the Twilight movie phenomenon, but Lynn Schofield Clark, associate professor of mass communication and journalism, puts it into context. Dr Schofield Clark says that Twilight appeals to teenage girls, and their mothers, because of its empowering message. ‘Who wouldn’t want to be […]
Has Ryanair pushed its 2010 calendar too far?
Related story: Ryanair launches 2012 cabin crew calendar We knew it was that time of year again: the number of searches that resulted in hits at Lucire about the Ryanair calendar were on the rise again. Last year, this magazine covered the story briefly, trying to stay neutral by reporting the facts. We detailed […]
Online today: Jimmy Choo for H&M, travelling in Navarra
The 22nd was quite a heavy news day, so our story on the Jimmy Choo for H&M range was put back on the main part of the site. It’s online now, for those who want to see the first fruits of the labours between the famed shoe brand and one of the biggest fashion retailers […]
Twelve things you might not have known about Lucire
This post has gone online exactly 12 years since Lucire went live on the internet (October 20, 1997, 6 a.m. EST), to commemorate our anniversary. Since those humble beginnings, Lucire has branched out from the web and into international print editions. And rather than go on about our history as we did in editions […]
Hachette promises lavish new book on Michelle Obama’s style
Many books have already been written about US First Lady Michelle Obama and her style, and we’ve heard of another launching at the end of October. Mrs O: the Face of Fashion Democracy, by Mary Tomer, is released on the 28th, and promises to be one of the most beautifully presented on the First Lady […]
For those wanting an extra dose of Lucire, we have some more pages we can share in our free 72 pp. Supplement. Some are exclusive to this edition, some are older pages, and some are from the issue that’s on newsstands right now. It might not have the tactile style of the real thing, but […]
Our good friend Thomaz has been in Ecuador to photograph fashion week there, and we have some shots from the event last month. Meanwhile, we’d like to give Sharyn Steel’s Struggling to Fly a bit of a plug. Sharyn started off as the only woman journalist at a newspaper in 1969, and rose through […]
