Rolex honours five Young Laureates who better our world
Marc Latzel All successful organizations and countries involve their young people in decision-making. Rolex, recognizing that the future lies in youth, has started its Young Laureates Programme, and its five recipients were announced recently at the École Fédérale Polytechnique de Lausanne. The Programme gives young people the financial support and recognition to tackle the […]
An interview with ousted Apprentice contestant, Paloma Vivanco
To those following Lucire via RSS, our web cover story is an interview with Paloma Vivanco, who was “fired” from the UK version of The Apprentice by Lord Sugar last week. The fifth contestant this season to go, Paloma talks to us about how she got on the show, how the media portrayed her (as […]
Designer snippets: Pierre Garroudi, Panos Emporio, Nicholas Jermyn, Jennyfer
On the main part of the Lucire site, two stories about European designers. First, Pierre Garroudi might hail from Teheran, but he has a workroom in London, which our photographer Doug Rimington visited. It’s a beautifully shot story, as you can imagine from Doug. Secondly, Panos Papadopoulos, a good friend of this magazine, celebrates […]
Ralph Lauren, Luxe Boutique open online stores in UK
This was the sort of news item that would come in via the press release wires and be easily missed: ‘Polo Ralph Lauren will further extend its e-commerce reach with the launch of Ralphlauren.com in the United Kingdom this October.’ It’s taken 10 years for the ecommerce site to cross the Pond, with the […]
La Martina opens at Emirates Mall
Argentinian label La Martina has opened a second flagship shop at the Emirates Mall, following an earlier one at the Dubai Mall. La Martina’s owner, Lando Simonetti, says the opening was prompted by ‘double-digit growth in most prominent markets … including the UAE. ‘Our UAE sales are higher than many other major global […]
Miromoda gets stronger for autumn–winter ’11
Miromoda’s catwalk show is in its second year at New Zealand Fashion Week. From the comments of those waiting in line to get into the tents, it was worth waiting a week to see and is always awe-inspiring and innovative. The selection of winners chosen to showcase at this year’s presentation was the best to […]
An explanation for the political ads on Lucire
New Zealand readers will be seeing a few advertisements around this site relating to the local body election in Wellington. And perhaps, thanks to programming not always being precise, a few more readers outside New Zealand will notice them, too, although we have targeted them for this country alone. I think it’s time to explain […]
Levi’s, H&M announce ban on sand-blasting
Two of the best known fashion brands in the world have announced they will implement a ban on sand-blasting on all their future product lines. Hennes & Mauritz AB and Levi Strauss & Co. say they want to eliminate sand-blasting as an industry practice. Sand-blasting creates a worn look for denim and other […]
UK firm creates Naomi Campbell blood diamond game
For most of the trial of the dictator Charles Taylor, who is facing war crimes’ charges in Den Haag, we decided not to cover supermodel Naomi Campbell’s bit-part in the case. The main reason was that it trivialized the Taylor case. The man is accused of serious crimes against humanity, including murder, the use […]
Le Faire brings more stylish fashion to online buyers in New Zealand
Above Luela and Evil Twin are two of the labels stocked at new online shopping destination, Le Faire, the brainchild of Pauline So. We’ve known Pauline So for some time and were delighted to hear that she’s behind a new venture, the Le Faire online store. ‘I love shopping online, and found it a […]
