Lucire
The global fashion magazine April 25, 2024 
Out now: Lucire issue 48, with free shipping for UK and US

The Adler Spa Resort Sicilia takes flight

June 17, 2022/6.41

  Given that Adler translates to eagle in German, it’s fitting that the Adler Spa Resort Sicilia is perched atop a coastal plateau above Sicilia’s southernmost shores and has a bird’s eye view of the Mediterranean Sea. Just as the family-owned hotelier has accomplished with its counterparts in the Dolomites and the Tyrol bordering Italy […]

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Ka’anapali Beach Resort: a fresh look at an old Hawai‘ian favourite

June 3, 2022/1.29

Mieko Horikoshi Above, from top: The Ka’anapali’s summery, bright interiors. One will never be starved for inspiration or admiration from culinary creations the island’s hotels.   The time-honoured Ka’anapali Beach Resort continues to enliven one of Maui’s most photogenic beachfronts. Framed by white sand beaches and crystal water, Ka’anapali once served as a playground for Hawai‘ian […]

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Hotel La Compañía: a modern immersion into Panama’s history

June 2, 2022/22.29

  The Hotel La Compañía, the first property to open under Hyatt’s just-launched ‘The Unbound Collection’ umbrella, begins a new tradition of introducing independently operated Central American boutique lodging to avid travellers looking for luxury properties that are decidedly not corporate. Located in Panama City’s historic-but-progressive Casco Antiguo neighbourhood, the family-owned property multitasks as sleek, […]

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New Elsa Schiaparelli retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs from July

May 12, 2022/9.06

  Paris’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs will host a new retrospective on Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), entitled Shocking! Les mondes surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli (Shocking! The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli), and running from July 6, 2022 to January 22, 2023 in the Christine & Stephen A. Schwarzman fashion galleries. Schiaparelli drew much of her inspiration from […]

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Letter from a deck chair, summer 2022

May 3, 2022/9.36

Don’t even try to explain what sort of vacation folks will choose after being cooped up for two years. It defies prediction. A well heeled couple we know could have done anything from trekking in Bhutan to luxury glamping in Patagonia, yet what did they opt for as their first foray into post-pandemic luxury-world? A […]

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NGV hosts The Picasso Century, with over 170 works by Picasso and contemporaries

March 5, 2022/10.19

Header image: Tim Carrafa; above image: Getty Picasso artworks appearing in The Picasso Century. Above: Portrait de femme, 1938 (Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d’art moderne–Centre de création industrielle; gift of the artist, copyright ©1947 Succession Picasso/Copyright Agency; photo © 2022 Centre Pompidou, MNAMCCI/Georges Meguerditchian/Dist. RMN-GP). Mère et enfant, 1907 (Musée national Picasso–Paris; donated in […]

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Russia pulls out of La Biennale di Venezia

February 28, 2022/17.30

  We have received word from La Biennale di Venezia that the Russian Federation’s curator and artists have resigned, cancelling their participation in the 59th event. ‘La Biennale expresses its complete solidarity for this noble act of courage and stands beside the motivations that have led to this decision, which dramatically epitomizes the tragedy that […]

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Coronet Peak plans August 2022 events to celebrate 75th anniversary

February 27, 2022/10.51

Coronet Peak, in Queenstown, New Zealand, plans to celebrate its 75th anniversary from August 17 to 21, 2022. Events have not been finalized but visitors can expect a programme that appeals to a wide range of people, encouraging a week-long stay. The Peak, as New Zealand’s first commercial ski field, began with a single rope […]

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Eternal Nineties exhibition pays homage to the era of the supermodel

February 26, 2022/0.00

Above, from top: Sylvie Castioni: Dans les draps de Léa Seydoux, 2010. Jacques Burga: Valentina Hites, 2021. Pierre-Alban Hüe de Fontenay: Margot, rue de la Croix Nivert, 2019. Jacques Burga: Charlotte Lawrence, 2021.   Running from February 26 to March 9, 2022, Galerie Duret in Paris (7bis rue des Saints-Pères, 75006) is paying tribute to […]

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