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Marisa Miller becomes face of Harley–Davidson

October 9, 2008/0.24

It’s Marisa Miller’s year. After signing a contract with Victoria’s Secret to be one of its ‘Angels’, Miller (left, in a Victoria’s Secret campaign) will now team up with Harley–Davidson to promote its latest model.    Miller’s campaign will break October 10, promoting the Harley–Davidson V-Rod Muscle motorcycle (below).    The California-born model says that […]

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Lucire’s top three

October 7, 2008/6.40

Killing two birds with one stone here: as of today, you’ll notice the home page has changed even more. We now have the main cover story in its own box, the same type as the ones broadcasting the ‘Insider’ headlines and the Lucire TV clip.    Today’s cover story is about Finnish fashion, written by […]

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Lucire home page evolves

October 6, 2008/12.34

Regular readers might notice, if they scroll, a few changes to our home page.    We’re not Facebook, so the change is designed to be evolutionary and not upset readers who have grown accustomed to where things are on the home page. There’s nothing tricky code-wise behind the scenes.    Recognizing the growing importance of […]

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Opel shows new Insignia Sport Tourer

October 5, 2008/5.17

Lucire has always preferred estate cars—station wagons in North America and the antipodes—to SUVs, such as our first choice of the Audi A4 Avant as our Car to Be Seen in back in 2001. So we like this trend toward sporting, lifestyle wagons. Opel’s new Insignia Sport Tourer is a recognition of that trend, replacing […]

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Renault launches new Mégane Coupé and berline at Paris Salon

October 4, 2008/3.47

The Paris Salon is now on for the car trade, and one of the most stunning débutantes is the Renault Mégane Coupé. We’ve been big fans of the Mégane all along, and this new coupé is a cracker. The sleek window line gives a sporting, dynamic feel, and the accents on the bumper and spoiler […]

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Lucire issue 26: download your free supplement here

September 21, 2008/11.39

Left: On your newsstands, Lucire no. 26, with cover by Kelly Thompson. Below left: The cover to the downloadable free supplement, with cover by Morand/Zwirner Photography (the full shoot appears in the newsstand edition). Issue 26 of Lucire is on the newsstands, but we realize some readers overseas mightn’t want to order it online if […]

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British women vote Fiat 500 their sexiest car

September 11, 2008/13.32

We did say the Fiat 500 was the Car to Be Seen in for 2008—something we actually knew in January but had to delay announcing for commercial reasons (including its later launch in New Zealand). And now, as if to prove that we do have our ?nger on the pulse, British women have voted the […]

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Peace Love Life Uganda T-shirts, as seen in Iraq

August 24, 2008/10.34

We’ve heard from our friend Brad Green at Peace Love Life, which we featured a few months ago. To refresh your memory, Peace Love Life sells T-shirts where proceeds go to a charity in the place they are inspired by. They have also sold 2,000 shirts since they began the venture and there’s a redesigned […]

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GM interns create cars for 2020

August 22, 2008/10.16

From as close as Detroit to as far away as China, 21 students around the world were chosen to design and engineer a hydrogen-powered car for the year 2020 as a part of the Annual Design Internship Program, by General Motors.    Each team of interns had a designer, an engineer, a sculptor, and a […]

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Manchester’s Nabil El-Nayal wins BFC scholarship

August 20, 2008/10.35

The British Fashion Council (BFC) today announced that the winner of its MA scholarship scheme is Nabil El-Nayal (left).    The scheme provides funding for fees for MA fashion design courses and is part-funded by the London Development Agency. Any ?nal-year fashion students from colleges that are members of the BFC’s Colleges Council may apply. […]

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